Book Summary
The world’s tallest mountain, Mount Everest, has always provided a challenge for climbers. The climb to the top is dangerous, with steep cliffs, deep crevasses, limited oxygen near the top, and moving slabs of ice and snow. The book covers the history of the world's tallest mountain, from early attempts at its summit to modern climbers. 

About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make, revise, confirm predictions

Objectives

• Identify main idea and supporting details
• Identify adverbial phrases
• Identify and use suffixes -able, -ible
• Make predictions using content vocabulary

Materials

• Book – Everest: On Top of the World (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry-erase board
• Main Idea, Adverbial Phrases, Suffixes, Vocabulary Prediction worksheets
• Word journal (optional)

    Indicates an opportunity to use the book interactively (all activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are not consumable)

Vocabulary

• Amputated, crevasses, summit, dehydration, edema, fault line, hallucinations, inhospitable, nausea, porters, Sherpa