¡Ya llegó la luz! 6-pack Author: Brian Birchall ISBN: 9780176360115 Copyright Date: 2003 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 3 Reading Level: N Strategy/Skill: Comparing and contrasting, Information skills, Main ideas, Text structure Genre: Procedure Theme/Topic: Change over Time, History, Invention, Science and Technology Classification: Nonfiction

Book Summary

This text invites the reader to imagine what life was like 150 years ago with no electricity.  The book does this by comparing the life of a boy born in 1851 with the lives of children today.  It also provides information about how some modern electrical appliances work.

Features of the Book

• Nonfiction text features – diagramas, fotografías, glosario, índice alfabético
• Written instructions
• Different illustrative styles for past and present
• Familiar activities and events used to compare past and present
• Use of a child to evoke past times
• Simple explanations of familiar technology
• Specialized vocabulary – electricidad, refrigeradores, estufa, ignición, espiral, señales
• Punctuation – question marks, exclamation points for emphasis

Purpose

¡Ya llegó la luz! can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:

• recognizing and discussing the organization of a book
• finding the main idea
• locating important information
• reading and writing procedural text
• making comparisons within a book

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