¡Que buena idea! 6-pack Author: Joy Cowley ISBN: 9780176360269 Copyright Date: 2003 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 3 Reading Level: M Strategy/Skill: Point of view, Prior knowledge, Text structure Genre: General Narrative Theme/Topic: Humor, Neighborhood, Problem Solving Classification: Fiction

Book Summary

When an ice cream truck gets stuck under the bridge on the main road, the race is on.  The driver has to get the truck “unstuck” before the ice cream melts.

Features of the Book

• The frequent use of direct speech to link events in the story
• Similes – tan atorado como un corcho de botella
• Descriptive language – ruidosos, bastante largo, bien atorado
• The use of thought bubbles
• Specialized vocabulary – camión de volteo, ingeniero, grúa, policía de caminos, soldador
• The use of exclamation points and question marks at the beginning and end of sentences

Purpose

¡Qué buena idea! can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:

• using prior knowledge to predict meaning and make sense of the text
• recognizing the distinguishing features of narratives – introducción, problema, solución, and conclusión
• recognizing the problem and the steps in the problem-solving process
• recognizing points of view in narratives
• identifying and discussing similarities and differences across texts

For more information please see our Lesson Plan