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¡Perr-fecto!
6-pack
ISBN: 9780790328973
Copyright Date: 2007
Grade Level:
1
Reading Level:
E
Strategy/Skill:
Making predictions, Summarizing
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
Theme/Topic:
Environment
Classification:
Fiction
Fluency:
Early
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Overview
This fable is about a vain and gullible bird and a clever cat. Its dramatic ending is sure to stimulate lively discussion.
Suggested Purposes
This book supports the comprehension strategies of:
- making and confirming predictions
- drawing conclusions
- making judgments
This text provides many opportunities for the students to practice their decoding and cross-checking strategies. It’s a useful text for
monitoring the students’ integration of reading strategies and their comprehension at this level.
Text Features (Focus on only one or two per session.)
- the high-frequency words
- the initial consonant blends – cl, fl , pl, tr
- the digraphs -sh – she, washed; -th – that, the, feathers
- the verbs ending -ed – fluffed, jumped, liked, pleased, wanted, washed
- the forms of the verb “to fly” – flew, fly, flying
- the irregular past-tense verbs – could, flew, said, sang, saw
- the pronouns – he, she
- the play on words in “Purr-fect”
- the use of direct speech
- the use of the ellipsis to indicate a pause
- the feeling of anticipation
- the gory (but unspecified) ending
- the characterization
- the implied moral about the perils of flattery
- the visual language features – the changing perspective; the way the bird moves closer to the cat; the increasing dominance of the cat; the movement lines; and the recurring feather motif, especially the single feather on the title page and page 8
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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