Lost Sandals, The 6-pack Author: Jean Bennett ISBN: 9780478122633 Copyright Date: 1999 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 5 Reading Level: S Strategy/Skill: Making predictions, Prior knowledge, Vocabulary and word study Genre: Realistic Fiction Theme/Topic: Conflict, Relationships, School and Community Classification: Fiction

Book Summary

David is sure that he left his new sandals in the locker room when he changed into his track shoes for long-jump practice.  But now they’re gone –and Rebecca is wearing a pair that look just like his.  David’s efforts to get the sandals off Rebecca are complicated and made more interesting by the rivalry between them in the long jump.

Features of the Book

• Realistic informal dialogue
• Colloquial language – Fat chance; Mom will go ballistic; Miss Know-it-all
• The different perspectives in the illustrations
• The use of simile – Rebecca’s legs stretched over the creek like rubber bands
• The facial expressions of the characters
• The twist in the tale
• Verbs – pounded, sailed, snatched, snapped, skidded, glanced, hurtled

Purpose

The Lost Sandals can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:

• using prior knowledge and experience to make sense of a text
• making predictions and supporting them with evidence from the text
• identifying everyday synonyms and antonyms
• looking at colloquial language

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