El jardinero 6-pack Author: Dot Meharry ISBN: 9780790328249 Copyright Date: 2007 Grade Level: K Reading Level: D Strategy/Skill: Drawing conclusions, Making predictions Genre: General Narrative Theme/Topic: Environment Classification: Fiction Fluency: Emergent

Overview

Nick shows his brother and sister a “dragon’s” egg and tells them that if they want to see it hatch, they’ll have to do his chores.  When Mom finds out, Nick discovers what it’s like to have a trick played on him.

Suggested Purposes

This text supports the comprehension strategies of setting a purpose for reading, identifying the main ideas, and forming and supporting opinions.
 

Text Features (Focus on only one or two per session.)

• the theme of honesty and fairness
• the way Nick tricked his brother and sister and the way Mom solved the problem in a clever way
• the complex narrative structure
• the dialogue to show the characters’ thoughts, feelings, and actions
• the indicators of time – one day, every afternoon, after a few days
• the word endings – y, ing, ly
• the commas for phrasing
• the colorful and lively illustrations
• the compound words – shoebox, eyelashes, eyebrows
• the hyperbole – it’s not fair!
• the exclamation marks for emphasis
• the similes for description
• the lively vocabulary – fiery, nestled, chomping
• the contractions – weren’t, there’s, they’d, it’ll, wouldn’t, it’s, we’d, he’s, won’t, there’s, let’s, he’ll, I’ll, couldn’t, wasn’t, I’m, egg’s
• the possessive apostrophe – Nick’s, Sam’s

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