Destination Reading Course IV – Scope and Sequence with...

Destination Reading Course IV – Scope and Sequence with Learning Objectives Activities Table

Unit 1 Lesson 1 1.1 Genre and Vocabulary

Lesson 2 1.2 Reading Comprehension I

Lesson 3 1.3 Strategic Reading

Lesson 4 1.4 Reading Comprehension II

Cut!: Making a Movie

Informational Text: Interview Instruct

Recognize that the author's purpose in writing informational texts, including interviews. Recognize the distinguishing features of informational texts, including interviews.

Build Background Context Clues: Unfamiliar Words (Slang) Instruct

Learn the meanings of grade-level and content vocabulary words in context.

Practice Use context clues to determine the meanings of slang.

Apply Create sentences demonstrating knowledge of slang, context clues, or grade-level vocabulary.

Sequencing Instruct

Recognize the importance of sequence in retelling events.

Practice Identify the sequence of events in a person's life.

Predicting Instruct

Recognize predicting as a strategy to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Predict the kinds of questions an interviewer will ask.

Strategic Reading

Uncut: An Interview with an Animator - Lexile 970

Make and monitor predictions about questions and their answers while reading an interview. Read an interview to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use context clues to determine the meanings of slang while reading an interview. Recognize sequence of events while reading an interview. Decoding Support: Schwa in Three-syllable Words

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of an interview.

Sequencing Instruct and Practice

Analyze the retelling of a sequence of events in a person's life.

Apply Analyze the retelling of a sequence of events in a person's life.

Predicting Instruct and Practice

Select statements that confirm predictions about information revealed in an interview.

Apply Evaluate predictions about information revealed in an interview.

Grade Level Equivalents Grade 6: Course IV, Units 1 – 6 Grade 7: Course IV, Units 7 - 18 Grade 8: Course IV, Units 19 – 30 1






Work It: Hip Hop Dancing

Informational Text: Profile Instruct

Recognize that the author's purpose in writing informational texts, including profiles. Recognize distinguishing features of informational texts, including profiles.

Build Background Context Clues: Homographs Instruct


Practice Use context clues to determine the meaning of a homograph used in a sentence.

Apply Create sentences demonstrating knowledge of homographs, context clues, or grade-level vocabulary.

Fact and Opinion Instruct

Recognize facts and opinions in a profile.

Practice Identify facts and opinions in a profile.

Fix Up Strategies (Illustrations and Text Features) Instruct

Recognize the strategy of using illustrations and text features to confirm and monitor comprehension.

Practice Identify how illustrations and text features support comprehension.

Strategic Reading Keeping It Real: The

AmountBoyz – Lexile 1060 Read a profile to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Identify facts and opinions while reading a profile. Use illustrations and text features as a strategy to confirm and monitor comprehension while reading a profile. Use knowledge of homographs while reading a profile to improve comprehension of vocabulary.

Decoding Support: Syllable Pattern in Multisyllabic Words

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a profile.

Fact and Opinion Instruct and Practice

Distinguish between facts and opinions in a profile.

Apply Distinguish between facts and opinions in a profile.

Fix Up Strategies (Illustrations and Text Features) Instruct and Practice

Use illustrations and text features to confirm comprehension.

Apply Write an explanation of how illustrations and text features assist in monitoring comprehensions.







Throw It, Catch It, Kick It: Playing Ball!

Historical Nonfiction Magazine Article and Poetry: Narrative Instruct

Recognize distinguishing features of nonfiction magazine articles. Recognize that the author's purpose in writing historical nonfiction magazine articles.

Build Background Context Clues: Analogies Instruct


Practice Use context clues to derive meanings from person-to-situation analogies.

Apply Complete person-to-situation analogies to determine the meaning of a word.

Comparing and Contrasting Instruct

Recognize information to compare and contrast across two texts.

Practice Identify information to compare and contrast across two texts.

Text Structure (Headings and Subheadings)

Instruct Recognize that the purpose of analyzing the text structure of a historical nonfiction magazine article is to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Identify headings and subheadings in a historical nonfiction magazine article to improve comprehension.

Strategic Reading The Ancient Sports of Rome -

Lexile 1050 Read a historical nonfiction magazine article to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use knowledge of analogies while reading a magazine article to understand unfamiliar words. Use text structure such as headings and subheadings while reading a historical nonfiction magazine article to improve comprehension. Compare and contrast information about times in the past with the present while reading a nonfiction magazine article.

Decoding Support: VCCCV Pattern for Syllabication

The Goalie’s Journey – No

Lexile on Poetry Use knowledge of analogies while reading a narrative poem to understand unfamiliar words. Compare and contrast information while reading a narrative poem. Read a narrative poem to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use text structure such as headings and subheadings while reading a narrative poem to improve comprehension.

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a historical nonfiction magazine and of a narrative poem.

Comparing and Contrasting Instruct and Practice

Compare and contrast information about times in the past with the present.

Apply Compare and contrast information about times in the past with the present.

Text Structure (Headings and Subheadings) Instruct and Practice

Analyze use of headings and subheadings in a historical nonfiction magazine article to improve comprehension.

Apply Write several paragraphs using the text structure of a nonfiction magazine article.







Codes: Breaking It Down

Autobiographies Instruct

Recognize the author's purpose in writing autobiographies. Recognize distinguishing features of autobiographies.

Build Background Dictionary and Glossary: Unfamiliar Words Instruct


Practice Identify base words in unfamiliar words for looking up words in a dictionary.

Apply Complete sentence starters to demonstrate comprehension of grade-level vocabulary.

Cause and Effect Instruct

Recognize causes and effects in an autobiography.

Practice Determine multiple causes for a single effect in an autobiography. Determine multiple effects for a single cause in an autobiography.

Taking Notes Instruct

Recognize drawings as form of note taking. Recognize that the purpose of taking notes while reading an autobiography is to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Identify important information for taking notes about an autobiography.

Strategic Reading

Creating Unbreakable Codes: My Life as a Cryptographer - Lexile 1030

Use a dictionary while reading an autobiography to learn unfamiliar words. Identify multiple causes and multiple effects while reading an autobiography. Recognize key information for note taking while reading an autobiography to improve comprehension. Read an autobiography to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Decoding Support: Word Endings –ency and –ancy in Long Words

Comprehension Quiz Demonstrate comprehension of an autobiography.

Cause and Effect Instruct and Practice

Analyze causes with multiple causes and effects with multiple causes in an autobiography.

Apply Analyze causes with multiple causes

and effects with multiple causes in an autobiography.

Taking Notes Instruct and Practice

Complete a set of notes about an autobiography to improve comprehension.

Apply Take notes on an autobiography to improve comprehension.







What Did You Say?: Thinking About Noise

Persuasive Text: Speeches � Instruct

Recognize the author's purpose in writing persuasive speeches. Recognize distinguishing features of persuasive speeches.

Build Background Context Clues: Multiple Meaning Words Instruct


Practice Use context clues to determine the meanings of multiple-meaning words.

Apply Write sentences with context clues that demonstrate knowledge of multiple-meaning words or grade- level vocabulary.

Persuasive Devices Instruct

Recognize the purpose of propaganda devices, including hasty generalization and bandwagon, in persuasive texts.

Practice Identify the propaganda devices, including hasty generalization and bandwagon, in a persuasive speech.

Paraphrasing Instruct

Recognize paraphrasing as a strategy to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Identify sentences that paraphrase a paragraph by changing word order and using synonyms.

Strategic Reading Music to Your Ears – Lexile 950

Paraphrase a persuasive speech at critical points while reading to improve comprehension. Recognize propaganda devices, including hasty generalization and bandwagon, while reading a persuasive speech. Read a persuasive speech to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use context clues to determine the meanings of multiple-meaning words while reading a persuasive speech. Decoding Support: Consonant Alterations in Words with Endings

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a persuasive speech.

Persuasive Devices Instruct and Practice

Analyze the effect of the propaganda devices, including hasty generalization and bandwagon, in a persuasive speech.

Apply Analyze the effect of the propaganda devices, including hasty generalization and bandwagon, in a persuasive speech. .

Paraphrasing Instruct and Practice

Evaluate paraphrases of paragraphs of persuasive text.

Apply Write sentences that paraphrase a new text by changing word order and using synonyms.







When and Where: Learning About Life in Other Times and Places

Drama and Fable Instruct

Recognize the author's purpose in writing plays. Recognize distinguishing features of plays. Identify the author's purpose in writing fables. Recognize distinguishing features of fables.

Build Background Context Clues: Idioms Instruct


Practice Use context clues to determine the meanings of common idioms.

Apply Write sentences with context clues that demonstrate knowledge of idioms or grade-level vocabulary.

Literary Elements: Plot, Setting, Characters Instruct

Recognize plot, character, and setting in a drama and a fable.

Practice Identify the beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution of a play and a fable. Identify plot, character, and setting in a drama and a fable.

Text Structure: Drama Instruct

Recognize text features of a play as a strategy to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Identify text features of a play, including stage directions, scenes, acts, speakers' names, and dialogue.

Strategic Reading The First Red Creek Craft’s

Festival – No Lexile on Plays Use knowledge of idioms to improve comprehension while reading a play. Use knowledge of text structure to improve comprehension while reading a play. Identify story structure, including rising action, climax, and falling action, while reading a play. Read a play to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Decoding Support: Three-letter Combinations –squ and -scg

The Fish Out of Water - Lexile 990

Use knowledge of text structure to improve comprehension while reading a fable. Use knowledge of idioms to improve comprehension while reading a fable. Read a fable to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Identify story structure, including rising action, climax, and falling action, while reading a fable.

Comprehension Quiz Demonstrate comprehension of a play and of a fable.

Literary Elements: Plot, Setting, Characters Instruct and Practice

Compare and contrast plot and story structure, setting, and character in a play and fable.

Apply Compare and contrast plot and story structure, setting, and character in a play and fable.

Text Structure: Drama Instruct and Practice

Select text features including stage directions for an excerpt of a play.

Apply Write an alternative ending to a play incorporating text features of a play.







Pop It: Experimen-ting with Corn

Informational Text: Newspaper Instruct

Recognize distinguishing features of informational texts, including newspaper articles. Recognize the author's purpose in writing informational texts including newspaper article.

Build Background Word Structure: Greek and Latin Roots Instruct


Practice Use knowledge of Greek and Latin roots to determine the meanings of words. Use knowledge of Greek and Latin roots to determine the meanings of words.

Apply Write sentences to demonstrate comprehension of Greek and Latin roots or grade-level vocabulary.

Main Idea and Supporting Details Instruct

Recognize main idea and supporting details in an informational text.

Practice Identify details that support the unstated or stated main idea of an informational text. Identify the stated or unstated main idea in an informational text.

Summarizing Instruct

Recognize that the purpose of summarizing a text is to improve comprehension of its important ideas.

Practice Identify the best summary of a section from an informational text using headings as clues.

Strategic Reading A Kernel of Truth – Lexile 1030

Recognize stated and unstated main ideas and supporting details while reading a newspaper article. Read a newspaper article to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use knowledge of Greek and Latin roots while reading a newspaper article to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. Summarize after each section while reading a newspaper article.

Decoding Support: Reading Related Forms of Words with Greek or Latin Roots

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a newspaper article

Main Idea and Supporting Details Instruct and Practice

Analyze stated and unstated main ideas and supporting details in an informational text.

Apply Analyze stated and unstated main ideas and supporting details in an informational text.

Summarizing Instruct and Practice

Select the best summary for an informational text using headings as clues.

Apply Summarize a section from an informational text using headings as clues.







You’ve Got Taste: Growing Your Own Food

Persuasive Text: Pamphlet Instruct

Recognize distinguishing features of persuasive texts, including pamphlets. Recognize the author's purpose in writing persuasive texts, including pamphlets.

Build Background Context Clues: Synonyms and Antonyms Instruct


Practice Use context clues to determine the meaning of synonym and antonym analogies. Use context clues to determine the meaning of synonym and antonym analogies.

Apply Complete synonym and antonym analogies to determine the meaning of a word.


Recognize that persuasive text includes both facts and opinions.

Practice Distinguish between facts and opinions in persuasive text. Identify opinions stated as facts in persuasive text.


Recognize paraphrasing as a strategy to improve reading comprehension. Recognize use of synonyms and changed word order as techniques for paraphrasing.

Practice Identify the best paraphrases of persuasive texts.

Strategic Reading Food for Thought - Lexile 1030

Paraphrase while reading a persuasive text to improve comprehension. Read a persuasive text to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use knowledge of analogies while reading a persuasive text to learn unfamiliar words. Distinguish between facts and opinions while reading a persuasive text.

Decoding Support: VCCCV

Words with Division VC/CCV and VCC/CV

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a persuasive text.


Differentiate facts, explicit opinions, and opinions stated as facts in a persuasive text.

Apply Differentiate facts, explicit opinions, and opinions stated as facts in a persuasive text.


Evaluate paraphrases to select the best paraphrase of a persuasive text.

Apply Compose a paraphrase for a paragraph of persuasive text using synonyms and changed word order.







Ride It: White Water Rafting

Adventure Fiction Instruct

Recognize the author's purpose in writing adventure fiction texts. Recognize distinguishing features of adventure fiction texts.

Build Background Context Clues: Unfamiliar Words Instruct


Practice Use semantic, syntactic, and typographic context clues to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words.

Apply Demonstrate knowledge of semantic, syntactic, and typographic context clues to understand grade-level vocabulary.

Author’s Point of View Instruct

Recognize the features and purposes of first-person point of view in fiction texts.

Practice Identify the features and purposes of first-person point of view in fiction texts.

Predicting � Instruct

Recognize making predictions as a strategy to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Make and confirm predictions from a section of text.

Strategic Reading Blue Sky, White Water – Lexile

Use the context of a sentence or paragraph while reading an adventure fiction text to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. Make and confirm predictions while reading an adventure fiction text. Read an adventure fiction text to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Recognize first-person point of view while reading an adventure fiction text.

Decoding Support: Stress in Three-syllable Words

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of an adventure fiction text.

Author’s Point of View Instruct and Practice

Analyze first-person point of view in a fiction text.

Apply Analyze first-person point of view in a fiction text.

Predicting Instruct and Practice

Confirm predictions about plot, setting, or character using evidence from an adventure fiction text.

Apply Evaluate predictions about an adventure fiction text.







When Disguises Don’t Work: Learning about Fairness

Folktale, Realistic Fiction Instruct

Recognize the author's purpose in writing folktales, including trickster tales. Recognize distinguishing features of realistic fiction texts. Recognize distinguishing features of folktales, including trickster tales. Recognize the author's purpose in writing realistic fiction texts.



Practice Use the context of a sentence to determine the meaning of multiple- meaning words.

Apply Write sentences demonstrating knowledge of context clues, multiple-meaning words, or grade-level vocabulary.

Realism and Fantasy Instruct

Distinguish between fantasy and realism in fiction texts.

Practice Identify elements of fantasy and realism in a traditional trickster tale and a modern-day trickster tale.


Recognize analyzing cause-and-effect text structure as a strategy to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Identify cause-and-effect text structure in a fiction text.

Strategic Reading How the Tortoise Cracked His Shell - Lexile 900

Distinguish between fantasy and realism while reading a trickster tale. Use context clues while reading a trickster tale to determine the meanings of multiple-meaning words. Read a trickster tale to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use knowledge of cause-and-effect text structure while reading a trickster tale to improve comprehension. Decoding Support: Vowel Alterations in Homographs

A Superstar Gets Soaked – Lexile 930

Use context clues while reading a realistic fiction text to determine the meanings of multiple-meaning words. Use knowledge of cause-and-effect text structure while reading a realistic fiction text to improve comprehension. Read a realistic fiction text to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Identify examples of realism while reading a realistic fiction text

Comprehension Quiz Demonstrate comprehension of a realistic fiction text. Demonstrate comprehension of a trickster tale.

Realism and Fantasy Instruct and Practice

Compare and contrast the use and effects of fantasy and realism in a trickster tale and a modern-day trickster tale.

Apply Compare and contrast the use and effects of fantasy and realism in a trickster tale and a modern-day trickster tale.

Cause and Effect � Instruct and Practice

Analyze cause-and-effect text structure in fiction texts.

Apply Write a paragraph(s) with a cause-and-effect text structure.





Lesson 3 11 .3 Strategic Reading


Who Are You?: Finding Out Through Technol-ogy

Informational Text: Magazine Article Instruct

Recognize distinguishing features of informational text, including technology magazine articles. Recognize the author's purpose in writing informational texts, including technology magazine articles.

Build Background Context Clues: Homophones and Homographs Instruct


Practice Use context clues to determine the meanings of homophones and homographs.

Apply Write sentences demonstrating knowledge homophones, homographs, or grade-level vocabulary.


Recognize a cause-and-effect chain in informational texts, including technology magazine articles.

Practice Identify a cause-and-effect chain in informational texts, including technology magazines.

K-W-L Strategy Instruct

Recognize that the purpose of using a K-W-L chart is to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Determine information to record in the K and W sections of a K-W-L chart.

Strategic Reading Who Goes There? The Technology of Identification–Lexile 1050

Locate information while reading a technology magazine article to later complete a K-W-L chart. Read a technology magazine article to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use context clues to determine the meanings of homonyms and homographs while reading a technology magazine article. Identify cause and effect chains while reading a technology magazine article. Decoding Support: Stress in Homographs

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a technology magazine article.

Cause and Effect Instruct and Practice

Analyze cause-and-effect chains in a technology magazine article.

Apply Analyze cause-and-effect chains in a technology magazine article.

K-W-L strategy Instruct and Practice

Complete the L column of a K-W-L chart after reading a technology magazine article.

Apply Evaluate information learned after reading a technology magazine article.







Rate It: Talking About Movies

Informational Text: Persuasive Text: Magazine Article and Movie Review Instruct

Recognize the distinguishing features of informational texts, including magazine articles. Identify the author's purpose in writing reviews. Recognize the distinguishing features of reviews. Recognize the author's purpose in writing informational texts, including magazine articles.



Practice Use knowledge of Greek and Latin roots to determine word meanings.

Apply Write sentences to demonstrate comprehension of Greek and Latin roots or grade-level vocabulary.


Recognize the purposes and features of the propaganda techniques, including plain folks and testimonials, in an informational magazine article and an editorial.

Practice Identify the propaganda techniques, including plain folks and testimonials, in an informational magazine article and a review.

Asking and Answering Questions Instruct

Recognize asking appropriate questions before reading as a strategy to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Generate appropriate questions before reading as a strategy to improve comprehension. Identify appropriate questions before reading as a strategy to improve comprehension.

Strategic Reading Ready for My Close-Up: The Life of a Film Critic - Lexile 990

Generate appropriate questions while reading to improve comprehension of a magazine article. Read a magazine article to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use knowledge of Greek and Latin roots to determine word meanings while reading a magazine article. Identify the persuasive techniques, including plain folks and testimonials, while reading a magazine article. Decoding Support: Pronunciation of y at the End of Words

Here’s Looking at You: Casablanca - Lexile 950

Generate appropriate questions while reading a review to improve comprehension. Read a review to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Identify the persuasive techniques, including plain folks and testimonials, while reading a review. Use knowledge of Greek and Latin roots to determine word meanings while reading a review.

Comprehension Quiz Demonstrate comprehension of a magazine article and of a review.


Compare and contrast use of the persuasive devices, including plain folks and testimonials, in an informational magazine article and review.

Apply Compare and contrast use of the persuasive devices, including plain folks and testimonials, in an informational magazine article and review.

Asking and Answering Questions Instruct and Practice

Identify appropriate questions after reading to improve comprehension.

Apply Evaluate the usefulness of asking and answering questions after reading to improve comprehension. Generate appropriate questions after reading to improve comprehension.







Negative Peer Pressure: Resisting Trouble

Realistic Fiction Instruct

Recognize distinguishing features of realistic fiction texts. Recognize the author's purpose in writing realistic fiction texts.



Practice Identify synonyms and antonyms in paragraphs to determine word meanings. Identify synonyms and antonyms in paragraphs to determine word meanings.

Apply Demonstrate knowledge of synonyms and antonyms as context clues or grade-level vocabulary.

Literary Elements: Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration Instruct

Recognize the effects of similes, metaphors, and alliteration in a realistic fiction text.

Practice Identify similes, metaphors, and alliteration in a realistic fiction text.

Visualizing Instruct

Recognize visualizing as a strategy to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Use visualization to increase comprehension of a realistic fiction text.

Strategic Reading Reality Check - Lexile 1050

Use synonyms and antonyms in a paragraph as context clues while reading a realistic fiction text. Use visualization while reading a realistic fiction text to improve comprehension. Read a realistic fiction text to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Identify similes, metaphors, and alliteration while reading a realistic fiction text. Decoding Support: Silent vs. Sounded Consonants

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a realistic fiction text.

Literary Elements: Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration Instruct and Practice

Analyze the effects of similes, metaphors, and alliteration in a realistic fiction text.

Apply Analyze the effects of similes, metaphors, and alliteration in a realistic fiction text. .

Visualizing Instruct and Practice

Identify the benefits of and techniques involved with visualization.

Apply Use visualization to write a brief character description.







Believe It: Meeting Real Robots Among Us

Informational Text: Book and Persuasive Text: Editorial Instruct

Recognize the author's purpose in writing persuasive texts, including editorials. Recognize the author's purpose in writing informational texts, including books. Recognize distinguishing features of persuasive texts, including editorials. Recognize distinguishing features of informational texts, including books.

Build Background Word Structure: Prefixes and Suffixes Instruct

Learn the meanings of grade-level and content vocabulary words in context. Recognize synonyms and antonyms as context clues within a paragraph or two of text.

Practice Identify the meaning of prefixes, including im-, in-, under-, and over-, and suffixes, including -ive, -ative, -itive, -word, and -wise, to determine word meaning.

Apply Write sentences incorporating words with both prefixes and suffixes or grade-level vocabulary.

Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences Instruct

Recognize inferences and conclusions based on an informational book excerpt and an editorial.

Practice Identify logical conclusions and inferences in informational and persuasive texts. Distinguish between making inferences and drawing conclusions.


Recognize that the purpose of taking notes is to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Take notes using a three-column chart.

Strategic Reading Moving Into the Robot Generation – Lexile 1080

Read an informational book excerpt to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Draw conclusions and make inferences while reading an informational book excerpt. Take notes using a three-column chart while reading an informational book excerpt to assist comprehension. Use knowledge of prefixes, including im-, in-, under-, and over-, and suffixes, including -ive, -ative, -itive, -word, and -wise to determine word meanings while reading an informational book excerpt. Decoding Support: Structural Analysis

The Case Against Robots – Lexile 1070

Use knowledge of prefixes, including im-, in-, under-, and over-, and suffixes, including -ive, -ative, -itive, -word, and -wise, while reading an editorial to determine word meanings. Take notes using a three-column chart while reading an editorial to assist comprehension. Draw conclusions and make inferences while reading an editorial. Read an editorial to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of an informational book excerpt. Demonstrate comprehension of an editorial.

Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences Instruct and Practice

Compare and contrast conclusions and inferences drawn from an informational book excerpt and a persuasive editorial.

Apply Compare and contrast author's conclusions in an informational book excerpt and persuasive editorial.


Analyze notes taken in a three-column chart.

Apply Write a paragraph based on notes from a three-column chart.







For a Song: Singing for a Living

Biography Instruct

Recognize the author's purpose in writing biographies. Recognize distinguishing features of biographies.

Build Background Dictionary and Glossary: Multiple Meaning Words Instruct


Practice Use a dictionary to determine the meaning of multiple-meaning words.

Apply Write definitions for multiple meaning words and grade-level and content vocabulary.

Sequencing Instruct

Recognize the use of flashback in a biography.

Practice Identify the sequence of events in a biography, including events told through flashback.

Graphic Organizers (Concept Map) Instruct

Recognize that the purpose of using graphic organizers is to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Select information to complete a concept map about a biographical subject.

Strategic Reading Backstage Pass - Lexile 1040

Read a biography to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use a dictionary while reading a biography to determine the meaning of multiple-meaning words. Organize information in a concept map while reading a biography. Identify sequence of events, including a flashback, while reading a biography. Decoding Support: Divide Words with More Than One Syllable Type

Comprehension Quiz Demonstrate comprehension of a biography.


Sequence events from a biography that include a flashback.

Apply Sequence events from a biography that include a flashback.

Graphic Organizers (Concept Map) Instruct and Practice

Organize information from a biography in a graphic organizer.

Apply Generate information about a subject for a biography, using a concept map.







CSIs: Investigat-ing theTrue Story

Autobiography Instruct

Recognize distinguishing features of autobiographies. Recognize the author's purpose in writing autobiographies.

Build Background Dictionary and Glossary: Multiple Meaning Words Instruct


Practice Identify characteristics of dictionary entries that help determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. Identify characteristics of dictionary entries that help determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Apply Write a portion of a dictionary entry to demonstrate comprehension of grade-level and content vocabulary.

Draw Conclusions and Make Inferences Instruct

Recognize conclusions and inferences drawn from an autobiography.

Practice Identify author's conclusions in an autobiography. Distinguish between making inferences and drawing conclusions.

Ask and Answer Questions Instruct

Recognize that the purpose of using the QAR strategy is to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Identify the four categories of questions associated with the QAR strategy.

Strategic Reading Heather H.: Crime Scene Investigator - Lexile 950

Draw conclusions and make inferences while reading an autobiography. Use a dictionary while reading an autobiography to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. Ask and answer questions while reading an autobiography. Read an autobiography to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Decoding Support: Use Familiar Word Forms to Recognize and Pronounce New Words

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of an autobiography.

Draw Conclusions and Make Inferences Instruct and Practice

Analyze conclusions and inferences drawn from an autobiography.

Apply Analyze conclusions and inferences drawn from an autobiography.

Ask and Answer Questions Instruct and Practice

Categorize questions into the four categories of questions associated with the QAR strategy.

Apply Answer questions about an autobiography to demonstrate understanding of the QAR strategy.







Inca Treasure: Searching the Ruins

Historical Fiction Instruct

Recognize distinguishing features of historical fiction texts. Recognize the author's purposes in writing historical fiction texts.




Apply Write several paragraphs incorporating grade-level and content vocabulary and an idiom.

Literary Elements: Plot, Setting, Characters Instruct

Recognize how setting influences plot, including subplots, in a historical fiction text.

Practice Identify subplots in a historical fiction text. Identify how setting influences plot in a historical fiction text.

Fix Up Strategies: (Adjusting Reading Rate) Instruct

Recognize that adjusting reading rate is a strategy to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Identify when and how to adjust the reading rate to improve comprehension.

Strategic Reading Signs and Suspicions Lexile 1020

Read a historical fiction text to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Identify how setting influences the plot and subplots while reading a historical fiction text. Use context clues to determine the meaning of idioms while reading a historical fiction text. Adjust reading rate while reading a historical fiction text to improve comprehension.

Decoding Support: Sort Words with Different Syllable Patterns

Comprehension Quiz Demonstrate comprehension of a historical fiction text.

Literary Elements: Plot, Setting, Characters Instruct and Practice

Analyze plot and subplots in a historical fiction text.

Apply Analyze plot and subplots in a historical fiction text.

Fix Up Strategies: (Adjusting Reading Rate) Instruct and Practice

Evaluate use of reading rates for different types of text.

Apply Evaluate use of adjusting reading rates as a strategy to improve reading comprehension.







Gaming: Playing for All

Informational Text: E-zine Instruct Recognize the author's purpose in

writing informational texts, including e-zines. Recognize the distinguishing features of informational texts, including e-zines.

Build Background Context Clues: Connotative and Denotative Meanings Instruct


Practice Identify the differences between connotative and denotative meanings. Identify the differences between connotative and denotative meanings.

Apply Write sentences using a word's connotative and denotative meanings.


Recognize the purpose of comparing and contrasting information within an informational text. Recognize the purpose of comparing and contrasting information within an informational text.

Practice Select information that is being compared and contrasted in an informational text. Identify signal words used to compare and contrast information within an informational text.

Problem and Solution Instruct

Recognize that analyzing text structure of an informational e-zine is a strategy to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Identify the features and purposes of problem-solution text structure.

Strategic Reading Playing by Ear Lexile 1030

Read a technology e-zine to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use knowledge of problem-solution text structure while reading a technology e-zine to improve comprehension. Use context clues to decide whether to use a connotative or denotative word meaning while reading a technology e-zine. Compare and contrast information within a text while reading a technology e-zine. Decoding Support: Vowel Alternations: short to schwa

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a technology e-zine.


Compare and contrast information within an informational text.

Apply Compare and contrast information within an informational text. .

Problem and Solution Instruct and Practice

Identify the problem and the solution within a problem-solution text structure.

Apply Write a paragraph(s) that uses problem-solution as its text structure.







Brains in Gear: Designing Hot Cars

Biography Instruct

Recognize distinguishing features of biographies. Recognize the author's purpose in writing biographies.

Build Background Context Clues: Unfamiliar Words Instruct


Practice Use context clues to decide whether to use a word's connotative or denotative meaning. Use syntactic and semantic context clues to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words.

Apply Demonstrate knowledge of semantic and syntactic context clues to understand grade-level vocabulary.

Sequencing Instruct Recognize how the order of events

affects outcomes. Practice

Identify the sequence of events in a biography.

Fix Up Strategies (Rereading) Instruct Recognize that rereading is a strategy

to improve reading comprehension. Practice

Select the appropriate fix-up strategy for monitoring comprehension.

Strategic Reading Rev It Up – Lexile 1030

Select the appropriate fix-up strategy for monitoring comprehension while reading a biography. Read a biography to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use semantic and syntactic context clues while reading a biography to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. Recognize how the order of events affects outcomes while reading a biography. Decoding Support: Structural Analysis

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a biography.


Analyze how the order of events affects the outcome in a biography.

Apply Analyze how the order of events affects the outcome in a biography.

Fix Up Strategies (Rereading) Instruct and Practice

Evaluate the use of fix-up strategies for monitoring comprehension.

Apply Write statements that describe the purposes of fix-up strategies for monitoring comprehension.







Value that Lasts: Finding Old Coins

Adventure Fiction Instruct

Recognize the author's purpose in writing adventure fiction. Recognize distinguishing features of adventure fiction texts.

Build Background Context Clues: Prefixes and Suffixes Instruct


Practice Use knowledge of prefixes, including omni-, peri-, para-, and meta-, and suffixes to determine the meaning of words with both prefixes and suffixes.

Apply Write a paragraph incorporating words with specific prefixes and suffixes or grade-level vocabulary.

Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences Instruct

Recognize the differences between faulty and valid inferences and conclusions.

Practice Identify valid and faulty inferences and conclusions in an adventure fiction text.

Predictions Instruct

Recognize that making predictions is a strategy to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Make predictions from both text and illustrations to assist comprehension.

Strategic Reading Treasured Books Lexile 980

Make, confirm, and revise predictions while reading an adventure fiction text. Draw conclusions and make inferences while reading an adventure fiction text. Read an adventure fiction text to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use knowledge of prefixes, including omni-, peri-, para-, and meta-, and suffixes to improve comprehension of vocabulary while reading an adventure fiction text. Decoding Support: Words with More Than One Suffix

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of an adventure fiction text.

Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences Instruct and Practice

Draw valid conclusions and inferences from an adventure fiction text.

Apply Analyze whether an author's conclusions are valid or faulty in an adventure fiction text.

Predictions Instruct and Practice

Confirm predictions based on evidence in text and illustrations.

Apply Evaluate the strategy of making predictions based on evidence in text and illustrations.







Privacy at Risk: Tracking Your Every Move

Persuasive Text: Speeches Instruct

Recognize the author's purpose in writing persuasive texts, including speeches. Recognize distinguishing features of a persuasive text, including speeches.



Practice Use context clues to determine the meaning of multiple-meaning words. Use context clues to determine the meaning of multiple-meaning words.

Apply Generate a humorous paragraph demonstrating knowledge of multiple-meaning words or grade-level vocabulary.


Recognize persuasive devices, including statistical claims and transfer, in a persuasive speech.

Practice Identify persuasive devices, including statistical claims and transfer, in a persuasive speech.


Recognize that paraphrasing is a strategy to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Identify good examples of paraphrases for several paragraphs. Recognize when citing a source while paraphrasing is important.

Strategic Reading Tracking Technology: Is It Being Taken Too Far? Lexile 980

Use context clues while reading a persuasive speech to determine the meanings of multiple-meaning words. Read a persuasive speech to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Identify persuasive techniques, including statistical claims and transfer, while reading a persuasive speech. Paraphrase to improve comprehension while reading a persuasive speech. Decoding Support: VCCCCV Pattern

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a persuasive speech.


Analyze how statistical claims and transfer are used in persuasive speech.

Apply Analyze how statistical claims and transfer are used in persuasive speech.


Analyze a paraphrase of several paragraphs, including citation of sources.

Apply Paraphrase several paragraphs of text from a persuasive speech.







Our Study of Space: Expanding or Just Expending

Informational Text: Research Paper and Persuasive Text: Editorial Instruct

Recognize the author's purpose in writing a persuasive text, including editorials. Recognize distinguishing features of scientific nonfiction texts, including a research paper. Recognize distinguishing features of persuasive texts, including editorials. Recognize the author's purpose in writing scientific nonfiction texts, including a research paper.

Build Background Context Clues: Homophones and Homographs Instruct


Practice Use context clues to determine the meanings of homophones and homographs.

Apply Create lyrics which demonstrate comprehension of homophones and homographs.

Author’s Viewpoint Instruct

Recognize techniques that reflect the author's viewpoint, including slanted writing and emotional and judgment words, in a research paper and an editorial.

Practice Identify techniques that reflect the author's viewpoint, including slanted writing and emotional and judgment words, in a research paper and an editorial.


Recognize that analyzing compare-contrast text structure is a strategy to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Examine compare-and-contrast text structure to assist comprehension.

Strategic Reading Black Holes: Weird, But Not Worrisome – Lexile 1020

Identify techniques that reflect the author's viewpoint, including slanted writing and emotional and judgment words, while reading a science research paper. Use context clues while reading a science essay to determine the meanings of homophones and homographs. Use the compare and contrast text structure while reading a science essay to assist comprehension. Read a science essay to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.

Why Study Space? – Lexile 1040

Use the compare and contrast text structure while reading an editorial to assist in comprehension. Use context clues while reading an editorial to determine the meanings of homophones and homographs. Read an editorial to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Decoding Support: -tial and –shal as in martial and marshal; -ay and –eig as in way and weigh

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a science research paper. Demonstrate comprehension of an editorial.

Author’s Viewpoint Instruct and Practice

Compare and contrast the author's viewpoints and biases in a scientific research paper and an editorial.

Apply Demonstrate knowledge of how an author's viewpoint affects writing of a scientific research paper and an editorial.


Analyze paragraphs with the compare-and-contrast text structure.

Apply Write a paragraph using the compare-and-contrast text structure.







Exhibition Basketball Dribbling and Dunking for the Crowd

Informational Text: Historical Magazine Instruct

Recognize the author's purpose in writing informational texts, including historical magazines. Recognize the distinguishing features of informational texts, including historical magazine articles.




Apply Demonstrate knowledge of idioms or grade-level vocabulary.


Recognize that opinions are sometimes stated as facts.

Practice Identify facts, explicit opinions, and opinions that are stated as facts in informational texts, including historical magazine articles.

Graphic Organizers Instruct

Recognize that using graphic organizers is a strategy to improve comprehension.

Practice Select information to record in a graphic organizer.

Strategic Reading Fast Break: Basketball for All - Lexile 960

Use a graphic organizer while reading a historical magazine article to improve comprehension. Read a historical magazine article to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use context clues to determine the meaning of idioms while reading a historical magazine article. Identify facts, valid opinions, and opinions that are stated as facts while reading a historical magazine article.

Decoding Support: VC/CCV and VCC/CV Patterns

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a historical magazine article.


Distinguish valid opinions from invalid opinions in an informational historical magazine article.

Apply Analyze opinions stated as facts in an informational historical magazine article.

Graphic Organizers Instruct and Practice

Determine information to record in a graphic organizer for an informational historical magazine article.

Apply Evaluate how graphic organizers can

improve comprehension for an informational historical magazine article.







It’s Your Call: Making Healthy Choices

Informational Text: Newspaper Column Instruct

Recognize distinguishing features of informational texts, including newspaper columns. Recognize the author's purpose in writing informational text, including newspaper columns.

Build Background Context Clues: Unfamiliar Words (From Foreign Languages) Instruct


Practice Use context clues and/or cognates to determine the meaning of foreign language words used in English.

Apply Write a paragraph(s) demonstrating knowledge of context clues, foreign language words used in English, or grade-level vocabulary.

Main Idea and Supporting Details Instruct

Recognize that the main idea of an informational newspaper column may be unstated.

Practice Identify supporting details of stated and unstated main ideas in an informational newspaper column. Identify stated and unstated main ideas of an informational newspaper column.

Summarizing Instruct

Recognize that summarizing is a strategy to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Select the best summary of an informational newspaper column.

Strategic Reading Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise - Lexile 970

Read a newspaper column to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Summarize sections of a newspaper column while reading. Identify stated and unstated main ideas and supporting details while reading a newspaper column. Use context clues and cognates to determine the meaning of foreign words while reading a newspaper column.

Decoding Support: Divide Words with More Than One Syllable Type

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a newspaper column.

Main Idea and Supporting Details Instruct and Practice

Distinguish between stated and unstated main ideas supporting details in an informational newspaper column.

Apply Examine supporting details for stated and unstated main ideas in an informational newspaper column.

Summarizing Instruct and Practice

Analyze summaries of an informational newspaper column.

Apply Summarize an informational newspaper column after reading.







Fast Forward: Watching the Time

Mystery Instruct

Recognize the author's purpose in writing mysteries. Recognize distinguishing features of mysteries.



Practice Use knowledge of Greek and Latin roots to improve comprehension of vocabulary words. Use knowledge of Greek and Latin roots to improve comprehension of vocabulary words.

Apply Write a paragraph(s) incorporating words with Greek and Latin roots or grade-level vocabulary.

Literary Elements: Hyperbole and Exaggeration Instruct

Recognize hyperbole and exaggeration as a literary element.

Practice Identify hyperbole and exaggeration in a mystery.

Visualizing Instruct

Recognize that visualizing is a strategy to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Use visualization to improve comprehension and enjoyment.

Strategic Reading The Assignment of a Lifetime – Lexile 1010

Identify hyperbole and exaggeration while reading a mystery. Use visualization while reading a mystery to improve comprehension. Read a mystery to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use knowledge of Greek and Latin roots while reading a mystery to improve comprehension of vocabulary. Decoding Support: Reading Related Forms of Words with Greek or Latin Roots

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a mystery.

Literary Elements: Hyperbole and Exaggeration Instruct and Practice

Analyze the effect of the author's use of hyperboles and exaggerations in a mystery.

Apply Analyze the effect of the author's use of hyperboles and exaggerations in a mystery.

Visualizing Instruct and Practice

Evaluate visualization as a strategy to improve reading comprehension.

Apply Write a description of the process of visualizing text from a mystery.







The First Amend-ment: Speaking of Freedom

Informational Text: Textbook and Persuasive Text: Letter to the Editor Instruct

Recognize the author's purpose in writing informational texts, including textbook excerpts. Recognize distinguishing features of persuasive texts, including letters to the editor. Recognize the author's purpose in writing persuasive texts, including letters to the editor. Recognize distinguishing features of informational texts, including textbook excerpts.



Practice Use synonyms and antonyms as context clues in a paragraph to determine the meanings of words.

� Apply Write a paragraph(s) demonstrating knowledge of synonyms and antonyms as context clues or grade-level vocabulary.

Author’s Purpose Instruct

Recognize that an author's main purposes for writing a textbook excerpt and letter to the editor are different.

Practice Identify elements in a textbook excerpt and letter to the editor that help authors achieve their purposes.

K-W-L Strategy Instruct

Recognize that using a K-W-L chart is a strategy to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Determine information to record in the K and W sections of a K-W-L chart before reading.

Strategic Reading The First Amendment: Cornerstone of Freedom Lexile 1110

Use synonyms and antonyms as context clues while reading a textbook excerpt. Identify elements in a textbook excerpt that support's the author's purpose. Read a textbook excerpt to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Locate information while reading a textbook excerpt to later complete a K-W-L chart. Decoding Support: Irregular Words (-ough)

The First Amendment: Freedoms for Americans of All Ages - Lexile 1100

Locate information while reading a letter to the editor to complete a K-W-L chart. Read a letter to the editor to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use synonyms and antonyms as context clues while reading a letter to the editor. Identify elements in a textbook excerpt that support's the author's purpose.

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a textbook excerpt. Demonstrate comprehension of a letter to the editor.

Author’s Purpose Instruct and Practice

Compare and contrast elements in an informational textbook excerpt and a letter to the editor that help authors achieve their purposes.

Apply Compare and contrast elements in an informational textbook excerpt and a letter to the editor that help authors achieve their purposes.

K-W-L Strategy Instruct and Practice

Complete the L column of a K-W-L chart after reading.

Apply Evaluate the usefulness of a K-W-L chart to increase comprehension.



Unit 27 Lesson 1

27.1 Genre and Vocabulary Lesson 2

27.2 Reading Comprehension I Lesson 3

27.3 Strategic Reading Lesson 4

27.4 Reading Comprehension II

TBD: Urban Legends

Informational Text: Web Site Instruct

Recognize the author's purpose in writing informational texts, including Web sites. Recognize the distinguishing features of informational texts, including Web sites.

Build Background Context Clues: Connotative and Denotative Meanings Instruct

Learn the meanings of grade-level and content vocabulary in context.

Practice Use context clues to decide whether to use a word's connotative or denotative meaning.

Apply Demonstrate knowledge of context clues, a word's connotative or denotative meaning, or grade-level vocabulary.

Cause and Effect (Implied) Instruct

Recognize that causes and effects may be implied in informational texts, including a Web site.

Practice Identify implied causes and implied effects in informational texts, including a Web site.

Text Structure: Classification Instruct

Recognize that analyzing classification text structure is a strategy to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Identify the features and purposes of classification as text structure.

Strategic Reading Did You Hear the One About …? - Lexile 1040

Identify implied causes and implied effects while reading an informational Web site. Use knowledge of classification as text structure while reading an informational Web site to improve comprehension. Read an informational Web site to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use context clues to decide whether to use a connotative or denotative word meaning while reading an informational Web site. Decoding Support: Stress in Four Syllable Words

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of an informational Web site.

Cause and Effect (Implied) Instruct and Practice

Examine implied causes and implied effects in informational text, including a Web site.

Apply Examine implied causes and implied effects in informational text, including a Web site.

Text Structure: Classification Instruct and Practice

Distinguish between the class and the members of the class in informational text that uses classification text structure.

Apply Write a paragraph of informational text for a Web site that uses classification as its text structure.







From Ancient Peoples: Retelling Myths

Myth, Folktale Instruct

Recognize distinguishing features of myths. Recognize the author's purpose in writing myths

Build Background Dictionary and Glossary: Multiple Meaning Words � Instruct


Practice Use a dictionary to identify the meanings of multiple-meaning words with two dictionary entries.

Apply Write a paragraph(s) to demonstrate comprehension of multiple-meaning words with different word origins or grade-level vocabulary.

Literary Elements: Symbolism Instruct

Recognize the definition and purpose of symbolism in myths.

Practice Explain specific symbols in myths. Identify examples of symbolism in myths.

Asking and Answering Questions Instruct

Recognize that the purpose of using the QAR strategy is to ask and answer questions about a text.

Practice Identify the best QAR strategy to answer questions about a text.

Strategic Reading

Music in the Air: The Myth of Marsyas and Apollo - Lexile 1050

Use the QAR strategy to ask and answer questions while reading a myth. Use a dictionary while reading a myth to determine the meanings of multiple-meaning words. Read a myth to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Identify symbolism while reading a myth. Decoding Support: Vowel Alternations

How People Came to the South Pacific - Lexile 1000

Use the QAR strategy to ask and answer questions while reading a myth. Identify symbolism while reading a myth. Read a myth to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Use context clues to determine the meaning of idioms while reading a myth,

Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a myth.

Literary Elements: Symbolism Instruct and Practice

Compare and contrast symbols and their meanings in two myths.

Apply Compare and contrast symbols and their meanings in two myths.

Asking and Answering Questions Instruct and Practice

Use QAR strategies to answer questions about a myth.

Apply Generate new questions and answers that represent the four question-answer relationships in QAR.







It’s a Big Universe: Probing for Earth’s Twin

Science Fiction Instruct

Recognize the author's purpose in writing science fiction texts. Recognize distinguishing features of science fiction texts.

Build Background Context Clues: Analogies Instruct


Practice Identify elements of fantasy and realism in a science fiction text.

Apply Construct analogies using grade-level vocabulary.

Realism and Fantasy Instruct

Recognize the difference between fantasy and realism in a science fiction text.

Practice Identify elements of fantasy and realism in a science fiction text.


Recognize that the purpose of taking notes is to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Identify important information for taking notes about character, plot, and setting in a science fiction text.

Strategic Reading Shadow Planet Lexile 1100

Read a science fiction text to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Distinguish between fantasy and realism while reading a science fiction text. Use knowledge of analogies while reading a science fiction text to improve comprehension. Take notes while reading a science fiction text to assist comprehension.

Decoding Support: Silent vs. Sounded Consonants Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a science fiction text.

Realism and Fantasy Instruct and Practice

Analyze elements of fantasy and realism and their effect in a science fiction text.

Apply Analyze elements of fantasy and realism and their effect in a science fiction text.


Select information for notes about a science fiction text.

Apply Evaluate the purpose and usefulness of taking notes on a science fiction text.








It’s a Fantasy World: Living in the Comics

Science Fantasy Instruct

Recognize distinguishing features of science fantasy texts. Recognize the author's purpose in writing science fantasy texts.

Build Background Dictionary and Glossary: Base Words Instruct


Practice Identify base words in unfamiliar words for finding dictionary entries.

Apply Demonstrate knowledge of use base words to determine the appropriate dictionary entry for unfamiliar words.

Literary Elements: Theme Instruct

Recognize theme in a science fantasy text.

Practice Identify theme in a science fantasy text.

Graphic Organizers: (Story Map) Instruct

Recognize that the purpose of using a story map is to improve reading comprehension.

Practice Determine information to fill in a story map for a science fantasy text.

Strategic Reading Trapped in a Comic-Book World - Lexile 1030

Use a dictionary while reading a science fantasy text to identify the meaning of unfamiliar words. Read a science fantasy text to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. identify theme while reading a science fantasy text. Develop a story map while reading a science fantasy text to assist comprehension.

Decoding Support: Structure Analysis Comprehension Quiz

Demonstrate comprehension of a science fantasy text.

Literary Elements: Theme Instruct and Practice

Explain the theme in a science fantasy text.

Apply Explain the theme in a science fantasy text.

Graphic Organizers: (Story Map) Instruct and Practice

Complete a story map with information from a science fantasy text.

Apply Evaluate the usefulness of a story map to improve comprehension of a science fantasy text.

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