Safe Place, The 6-pack Author: Sue Mooar ISBN: 9780478120578 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 2 Reading Level: H Strategy/Skill: Asking questions, Making predictions, Summarizing Genre: General Narrative Theme/Topic: Habitats, Life Science Classification: Fiction Fluency: Early-Fluent

Book Summary

A small brown hen looks for a safe place to hide on the Pacific atoll where she lives.

Features of the Book

• A story from the Pacific Islands of Tokelau.
• The conventional storybook beginning – “Once upon a time.”
• The contraction “isn’t.”
• The use of compound words – “herself,” “inside,” and “everyone.”
• The use of direct speech – “Is this a safe place?”
• Repetitive phrasing on pages 4 to 7.
• The map on the inside back cover.

Purpose

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

• encouraging prediction and developing questioning skills
• summarizing the ideas from a story
• writing to support the events in the story
• developing the ability to write specifically about the detail of the setting of the story

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