Book Summary
Arrows is a story centered on a thirteen-year-old girl who discovers a series of arrows carved into large boulders. With her grandfather's help, she uncovers a hidden cipher. Will they be able to break the code or will the message remain a mystery? Illustrations and a photograph support the text.

Book and lesson also available at Levels R and Y.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Summarize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand text
• Understand indirect language by making inferences
• Identify and understand the use of pronouns
• Identify and use synonyms

Materials

• Book -- Arrows (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Thesauruses
• Index cards
• Summarize, pronouns, synonyms worksheets
• Discussion cards

      Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be demonstrated by projecting the book on interactive whiteboard or completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: carbon dating, code, Code Talkers, deciphered, glyph, interpret, Mississippi Choctaw, translate