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Great City Fires
Level Z
Text Type: Nonfiction Word Count: 1924

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Correlation
READING A-Z LEVEL Z
Grade 5
Fountas
& Pinnell
V
Reading
Recovery
29
DRA N/A
Lesson Parts
1) Before Reading
2) During Reading
3) After Reading

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Book Summary
Thrilling historical details and descriptions of city life of the past enhance the stories of three major urban fires. The fires of Rome, London, and Chicago led to tragic loss of life and property, but as the text shows, they also led to reforms and the fire safety our cities use today. Fire safety tips conclude the book. 

Lesson Objectives

Word Work
Word origins 

Grammar
Parts of a sentence: subject, predicate, object, subordinate phrases 

Content Vocabulary
arsonists, bucket brigade, firebreaks, fire hook, firestorm, gasworks, lax, looting, militiamen, persecute, refugees, slums, stockyards, thatched-roofed, unruly
These words are printed in bold and included in the glossary. Review with students how to gain meaning through context and the glossary. 

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: comparing and contrasting. 

Visual Learning
Understand the purpose of a bulleted list