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The Yanomami: Deep in the Amazon
Level W
Text Type: Nonfiction Word Count: 1,642

Lesson Parts
1) Before Reading
2) During Reading
3) After Reading

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Book Summary
The Yanomami: Deep in the Amazon is a factual text about the Yanomami people who live in the Amazon. The book describes Yanomami traditional ways of life, including what they eat, how they hunt, what they wear, and how they build their houses. Also included is a section on how outsiders are changing the Yanomami way of life.

Vocabulary
ancestor
culture
habitat
loincloth
manioc
method
plantain
preserve
sustainable
reservation
tapir
trek

Reproducibles
Worksheets
Worksheet 1 - Where Does it Come From?
Worksheet 2 - compound words, antonyms and synonyms

Lesson Objectives

Comprehension

  • You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as students work to understand the text. The targeted comprehension strategy for this lesson is: Relate prior knowledge to information gained from reading the text.

Word Work

Compound words
Identify and use compound words

Antonyms and Synonyms
Identify and use antonyms and synonyms

Visual Literacy
Read and interpret a graph


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