Pets 6-pack Author: Joy Watson ISBN: 9780478120516 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 2 Reading Level: J Strategy/Skill: Comprehension strategies, Text structure, Vocabulary and word study Genre: General Narrative, Poetry Theme/Topic: Humor, Pets Classification: Fiction Fluency: Early-Fluent

Book Summary

The narrator can’t understand why people laugh at the pet giraffe when so many of the neighbors have pets that are just as wacky.

Features of the Book

• The regular rhythm.
• The use of rhyme on every page.
• The similarities between the pets and their owners.
• The humor in the illustrations.
• The convention of beginning each line with a capital letter.
• The use of boxes to define the text.
• The double “oo” vowel – “pool” and “door.”
• The repeated “wh” blend – “why,” “what,” "when,” and “white.”
• The blends – “sh,” “ch,” “sn,” “th,” and “st.”

Purpose

Pets can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce and reinforce the following skills and strategies:

• identifying the plot and characters within the story
• developing effective strategies for reading unknown words within a story
• discussing the organizational structure of the text
• writing using capital letters for the beginning of sentences and the names of people and places

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