Book Summary
In this exciting interview, Todd Cupell, a wildland firefighter in Arizona, recounts the most intense, frightening, and rewarding moments on the job fighting wildfires. Readers will enjoy the down-to-earth details and adventurous stories of this informative interview. 

Lesson Objectives

Word Work
Prefix un- 

Grammar
Past- and present-tense verbs 

Content Vocabulary
arsonist, bladder bags, brutal, camaraderie, competent, entrapment, fire line, fire-retardant, mesmerized, Nomex, Pulaski, tedious

These words are printed in bold in the text and included in the glossary. You may want to spend some time with these words and encourage students to understand their meaning through context and glossary definitions. 

Comprehension
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as students work to understand the text. The target comprehension strategy for this lesson is: understanding cause-and-effect relationships.