La naturaleza 6-pack Author: Various ISBN: 9780176360092 Copyright Date: 2003 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 3 Reading Level: O Strategy/Skill: Fact and opinion, Features of nonfiction, Main ideas, Summarizing, Using texts as models for own writing Genre: Procedure Theme/Topic: Art and Activity, Plants, Transportation Classification: Nonfiction

Book Summary

This collection is on the theme of the variety of shapes, patterns, and colors in water, leaves, seeds, and fruit, with examples of both expository
and procedural texts.

Features of the Book

• Five articles on a theme
• Contents page (Índice)
• Procedural text in the activities
• Articles by the same author
• Bold type for keywords
• Simple science concepts
• Specialized vocabulary – vena, gota, vaina, piña, semilla, cáscara

Purpose

La naturaleza can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:

• locating and explaining keywords
• distinguishing fact from opinion
• following procedural text
• using text as a model for students’ own writing
• locating and researching new sources of information

For more information please see our Lesson Plan