Book Title:

The Little Boy and The Rattlesnake.

Book Author:
Trevor Miller

Materials Needed:
Print out copies of the story, Textbook, Bubble cluster worksheet.

TEKS:
11.A) Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text.
Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository
text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
Students are expected to summarize the main ideas and supporting details
in a text in ways that maintain meaning and logical order.

bjective:
A. Students
B. Find the main idea in the story and explain how they know by giving
textual evidence.
C. After reading the story The Little Boy and The Rattlesnake
D. 90% of the time.

ancy:
Its relevant because it helps you understand what any text is talking about.
For example, if youre reading a news article, you want to be able to figure
out what the writer is trying to inform you about, be it a killer on the loose or
the weather.

s before reading the book:

Is the story fiction or nonfiction?
What is the story about?

in middle of book:
Should the boy trust the snake?

f book:
What is the main idea of the story?
What would have happened differently if the boy hadnt helped the snake?

ty:
Work with your group and find 2 similarities and 2 differences between The
Little Boy and The Rattlesnake and the nonfiction story from the textbook,
Rattlers.
What was similar about the main idea for The Little Boy and The
Rattlesnake and Rattlers.