Book Summary
It's time for the annual Deer Lake Fishing Derby. Last year, all the kids except for Luis caught fish and won prizes. This year Luis is determined to win, and using his secret plan, he is sure not to fail.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to understand the text
• Analyze the main character in text
• Identify and understand the use of quotation marks
• Identify and understand homophones

Materials

• Book -- The Fishing Derby (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Dictionaries
• Prediction, analyze characters, quotation marks, homophones worksheets
• Discussion cards

     Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: bullhorn, determined, Derby, enormous, fishing, patiently, perched, prize, secret