Your Body in Balance 6-pack Author: Pat Quinn ISBN: 9780176360733 Copyright Date: 2007 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 3 Reading Level: N Strategy/Skill: Cause and effect, Figurative language, Grammar and conventions, Using graphic sources, Vocabulary and word study Genre: Explanation Theme/Topic: Food, Health, Life Science Classification: Nonfiction

Book Summary

The human body needs the right balance of food, water, exercise, and sleep.  This book explores why each of these things is important to stay healthy.

Features of the Book

• Figurative language – your body in balance; an amazing machine
• Statistics
• Fact boxes with a question-and-answer format
• Charts and a bar graph
• Specialized vocabulary – cells, digesting, organs, muscles, nerves, blood vessels, nutrients

Purpose

Your Body in Balance can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills and understandings:

• exploring the author’s use of figurative language to increase understanding
• interpreting and using charts as a source of information
• recognizing cause-and-effect relationships
• studying the use of verbs
• writing a response to the text
• understanding the body’s need for food, water, exercise, and sleep to stay healthy

For more information please see our Lesson Plan