Lesson Plans
Activity card
Blackline master What Tom thinks
Picture glossary Cut out the cards below to make your own glossary. Match the correct picture to each word, then paste the cards on a blank piece of paper and write the definitions beside them. Remember to put the words in alphabetical order. Blank cards have been provided so that you can add extra words and pictures to your glossary.
Pretend you are Tom and write about these pictures from Wipe-out! Make sure that you write the text as if Tom is talking.
aerial
wipe-out
Fluent Plus reading stage Level O (34)
Riding the Waves discusses learning to surf, different surfing moves, where the best waves are in the world, and surfing safety. Running words: 1,253 Text type: R eport – Explanation, Interview
Wipe-out! is a narrative about Tom preparing for a surfing competition. After experiencing a wipe-out in the surf, Tom is scared to return to the water.
Content vocabulary
aerial body-boarding breaks churning cutback dropping in dumped extreme floater leg-rope lifeguards lunge patrolled professional rip sandbar straddled surfboard surfing tube-riding swell wetsuit wiping out
Phonics
• Identifying “or” words as in important • Identifying “ai” words as in paid aerial moaned ocean practice warnings
cutback
Irregularly spelled words
Running words: 1,496 Text type: Narrative
Text structures and features
tube-riding
extreme surfing
Assessment Can the student write the text from Tom’s viewpoint? Can the student write descriptively?
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• Introduction and conclusion, glossary • Headings and subheadings; captions; questions and answers
Wipe-out!
• Third-person narrative with dialogue • Contents page, chapter headings
Reading strategies
• C omparing the author’s point of view to one’s own opinion • Identifying and describing a character’s feelings
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
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Phonics 3(2) (A) (ii) Decoding multisyllabic words with closed syllables. 3(2) (A) (iii) Decoding compound words, contractions, and abbreviations. Reading 3(9) (D) (ii) Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including features such as sections, tables, graphs, timelines, bullets, numbers, and bold and italicized font to support understanding. 3(10) (B) Explain how the use of text structure contributes to the author’s purpose. 3(10) (E) Identify the use of literary devices.
Writing 3(7) (B) Write a response to a literary or informational text that demonstrates an understanding of a text. Speaking and Listening 3(1) (A) Listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and make pertinent comments.