About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
• Identify the main idea and supporting details
• Understand the use of adverbs ending in -ly to describe verbs
• Identify similes and metaphors in text

Materials

• Book -- InFLUenza (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Content vocabulary, main idea and details, adverbs worksheets

   Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reusable.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: antibodies, epidemic, germs, influenza, microbe, microorganism, mutating, pandemic, respiratory tract, strain, vaccines, virus