Mischief 6-pack Author: Karen Anderson ISBN: 9780478124767 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 2 Reading Level: K Strategy/Skill: Making inferences, Making predictions, Point of view, Text structure, Using texts as models for own writing Genre: General Narrative Theme/Topic: Communication, Family, Humor Classification: Fiction

Book Summary

Using email, two cousins plan to spend their summer vacation together at their grandparents’ ranch.  When the grandparents realize that the pair intend to get up to mischief again, they make plans of their own.

Features of the Book

• Email and letter formats
• Exchange of written communications that progress the story
• Illustrations that supply extra information and support
• Different print styles for different forms of communication
• Specialized vocabulary associated with rodeos
• Contractions – let’s, I’ll, I’ve, they’ve, can’t, we’ll, we’re
• Humorous story
• Extended-family members as characters

Purpose

Mischief can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:

• recognizing and discussing the organization of a book
• making, confirming, and revising predictions
• inferring meaning
• exploring point of view
• using text as a model for writing

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