Book Summary
Leaving his home in Dublin to immigrate to the United States was the last thing Patrick Kelley wanted to do. But Ireland’s potato famine of 1846 forced thousands of people to either flee or starve. Once aboard The Donegal, Patrick began to feel a sense of excitement as he watched the ocean’s waves crest and fall. However, only a short while later, Patrick would become the unlikely hero on his voyage to America. 

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make, confirm, or revise predictions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making, confirming, or revising predictions to understand fictional text
• Understand and identify a story’s problem and solution
• Understand and identify singular and plural possessive nouns
• Recognize and use content vocabulary

Materials

• Book – Atlantic Crossing (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Problem and solution, word search worksheets

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

Vocabulary

• Content words: blacksmith, bustle, crest, famine, frantically, hatch, immigrant, makings, mast, rafters, stern, yardarm