The Labrador retriever is America's most popular dog breed. With the novel study for The Summer of Riley by Eve Bunting, scholars learn more about the sweet, lovable animal. Additionally, they write quatrain poems, explore foreshadowing and personification, and illustrate storyboards. 

Concepts

novels, children's literature, reading comprehension, setting, protagonists, quatrains, anagrams, personification, foreshadowing

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Invite learners to share about their favorite dog breeds
• Challenge students to use each vocabulary word in an original sentence 

Classroom Considerations

• Resource does not include the full novel study
• Provide pupils with dictionaries for a vocabulary exercise

Pros

• Targets language, reading comprehension, and writing skills
• Includes a pre-reading question to help readers prepare for the text 

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.4.1 RL.4.4 RL.5.1 RL.5.4 RL.6.1 RL.6.4 RL.7.1 RL.7.4