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Saving Placid
6-pack
ISBN: 9780790322193
Copyright Date: 2005
Grade Level:
5
Reading Level:
U
Strategy/Skill:
Character study, Comprehension strategies, Making predictions
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
Theme/Topic:
Relationships, Responsibility, School and Community
Classification:
Fiction
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Book Summary
A dangerous virus has taken hold in Michelle’s hometown, and she is asked to help with an evacuation so the town can be decontaminated. This futuristic story shows Michelle’s dilemma as she has to choose whether to lie to her neighbors in order to help them.
Features of the Book
- Fiction
- Problem solving
- Theme of problems that can be caused by scientific experimentation
- Scientific information
Purpose
Saving Placid can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills and understandings:
- evaluating ideas
- making predictions
- analyzing a character
- exploring how people have learned to alter genes to change how a plant or creature looks or behaves
- understanding that each organism carries in its genes a set of instructions for how it looks and behaves
- examining how altering an organism’s genes can have unforeseen effects
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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