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The Royal Roadby Hilary Peterson

Fountas-Pinnell Level SHumorous FictionSelection SummaryA street in Teresa’s town is El Camino Real, the royal road. After her grandfather tells a story about kings, queens, and nobles that once lived on the street, Teresa and her sister Clara assign royal roles to people along the road. Although the results are disastrous, people appreciate the girls’ ability to imagine.

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Characteristics of the Text Genre • Humorous fi ction

Text Structure • Third-person narrative • No chapters or headings

Content • Constellations • Royalty like that found in fairy tales• Imagination

Themes and Ideas • Imagination is a wonderful gift. • Imagination can go too far.

Language and Literary Features

• Assigned dialogue• Some fi gurative language (glittered like diamonds)• Language suitable for royalty

Sentence Complexity • Longer complex sentence structures including dialogue• Questions in dialogue

Vocabulary • Many terms about royal society, some of which may not be familiar to English language learners, such as lords, ladies, knights, court jester, and loyal subjects. Cultural references such as crossing guard (p. 7).

Words • Multisyllable target vocabulary: ignorance, transformedIllustrations • Captioned illustrations that support the text

Book and Print Features • Italics and capitals used for emphasis• Full range of punctuation including dashes and parentheses

© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

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Target Vocabulary

antique – an object made many years ago, p. 8

exploits – brave actions, p. 10faithful – loyal, p. 10ignorance – a lack of knowledge

of important things, p. 3

noble – honest, brave, and unselfi sh, p. 4

pierced – poked a hole in, p. 9 plagued – constantly bothered by

something, p. 10

quests – journeys undertaken in order to fi nd something, p. 6

thrust – to push in forcefully, p. 9transformed – totally changed,

p. 3

The Royal Road by Hilary Peterson

Build BackgroundHelp students use their knowledge about imagination to visualize the story. Build interest by asking a question such as the following: Why is imagination a wonderful thing? Read the title and the author and talk about the cover illustration. Tell students that this text is humorous fi ction, so it is written to entertain readers.

Frontload VocabularySome everyday words may be unfamiliar to English learners. Before reading, check understanding of the following words: imagination, royal, fainted, crossing guard, butcher, helmet, veil.

Introduce the TextGuide students through the text, reading the captions, noting important ideas, and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary so they can read the text successfully. Here are some suggestions:

Pages 2–3: Read the caption. Suggested language: This story is about two sisters. Teresa, the older sister, has a big imagination. What does that mean? Have students fi nd the highlighted word transformed on page 3. “Teresa’s imagination transformed the stars into shapes.” What’s another word for transformed?

Page 5: Read the caption under the illustration. Explain that Teresa’s grandfather is telling a story about the road in their town named El Camino Real, or “the Royal Road.” Ask: What does royal mean? What kind of characters might be on a royal road?

Pages 6–7: Cultural Support: Explain that the woman in the illustration is a crossing guard. She helps students cross the street safely. Read the caption. Ask: What things in this picture are only in Teresa’s imagination?

Page 11: Read the caption under the illustration. Make sure students understand the meaning of fainted. Ask: Which child in the picture seems to have fainted?

Page 15: Read the caption under the illustration. Explain that Alfonso is a butcher. Ask: What do butchers do?

Now, turn back to the beginning of the story and fi nd out how the imaginations of Teresa and Clara cause problems.

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ReadHave students read silently while you listen to individual students read aloud. Support their understanding of the text as needed.

Remind students to use the Question Strategy , and to think of questions as they read.

Discuss and Revisit the TextPersonal ResponseInvite students to share their personal responses to the story.Suggested language: At the end of the story, the crossing guard brought satin sashes. The butcher brought swordfi sh. The baker brought a castle cake. Did you think these were clever gifts? Why?

Ways of ThinkingAs you discuss the text, help students understand these points:

Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text

• Teresa and Clara imagine that El Camino Real is still a “royal road.”

• Teresa and her sister pretend to turn people along the road into royal subjects.

• In spite of some unfortunate results, people appreciate Teresa and Clara’s gift for imagination.

• Imagination is a wonderful gift.

• If used unwisely, one’s imagination can lead to trouble.

• Stylistic illustrations add to the creative tone of the story.

• The main characters use language as if they were speaking to royalty.

© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

Choices for Further Support• Fluency Invite students to choose a passage from the text to act out or use for a

readers’ theater. Remind them to vary the tone, pitch, and volume of what they read, just as they would do as if they were talking to someone.

• Comprehension Based on your observations of the students’ reading and discussion, revisit parts of the text to clarify or extend comprehension. Remind students to go back to the text to support their ideas.

• Phonics/Word Work Provide practice as needed with hyphenated compound words, using examples from the text. Remind students that many adjectives are hyphenated compound words. Use the following examples, drawing attention to the placement of the hyphens: silver-colored (p. 6), oval-shaped (p. 9), and make-believe (p. 10).



Writing about ReadingCritical ThinkingHave students complete the Critical Thinking questions on BLM 20.10.

RespondingHave students complete the activities at the back of the book, using their Reader’s Notebook. Use the instruction below as needed to reinforce or extend understanding of the comprehension skill.

Target Comprehension SkillUnderstanding Characters

Target Comprehension Skill Remind students that they can use story

details to understand characters. Model how to add details to the Graphic Organizer, using a “Think Aloud” like the one below:

Think Aloud

Teresa sees how stars form a mermaid in the sky. Teresa places a crown on Clara’s head and declares her to be a princess. These actions show that Teresa has a big imagination. Add those details to the diagram. Teresa says “I crown you Princess Clara!” That also shows she has a big imagination.

Practice the SkillHave students share examples of another story in which details help them understand characters.

Writing Prompt: Thinking Beyond the TextHave students write a response to the prompt on page 6. Remind them that when they think beyond the text, they use their personal knowledge to reach new understandings.

Assessment Prompts• What is the important message in this story?

• Which sentence on page 9 shows that Alfonso, the butcher, has a sense of humor?

• What do Marva, Alfonso, and Rosa do to show that they appreciate Teresa’s and Clara’s imaginations?


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RespondingTARGET SKILL Understanding Characters

What details help you understand Teresa’s

character? Find Teresa’s thoughts, actions, and

words in the story and add them to the chart.

Write About It

Text to World In The Royal Road, Teresa creates a

fantasy story about the main street in her town.

Think of another real place that people might

tell fantasy stories about. Write two paragraphs

describing that place. Tell how the place might make

people think of fantasy stories.

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ActionsThoughts Words

thinks in creative ways

?sees a mermaid among the stars

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Critical ThinkingRead and answer the questions.

1. Think within the text Where does the name of the story come

from?

2. Think within the text What game do Teresa and Clara play? What

happens when they take the game too far?

3. Think beyond the text Why is imagination important? Why should

adults, such as Marva and Alfonso, use their imagination?

4. Think about the text What does Teresa’s grandfather mean by

“Use your imagination wisely”? Why does the author have him offer

this good advice?

Making Connections Are you more interested in games, books, and movies that take place in the future or in the past? Why?

Write your answer in your Reader’s Notebook.

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from El Camino Real, which means “the Royal Road”

Imagination helps us stay creative and look for unique solutions

to problems.

He means that you can let your imagination get in the way of

important things you should be doing, such as paying attention in

school. The grandfather is being a good role model for balancing

imagination and reality.

Possible responses shown.

They pretend they are queens, princesses, and knights who live on the

Royal Road. Things go wrong when Clara pretends to faint in the park

and gets distracted by the game and knocks over a wedding cake.

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First Pass

English Language DevelopmentReading Support Give English learners a “preview” of the text by holding a brief small-group discussion with them before reading the text with the entire group.

Vocabulary The story includes many terms related to royalty and royal society. Familiarize students with the meaning of royal, lords, ladies, knights, servants, court jester, and loyal subjects.

Oral Language DevelopmentCheck student comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches your students’ English profi ciency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the student.

Beginning/Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced

Speaker 1: What does El Camino Real mean?

Speaker 2: the Royal Road

Speaker 1: What gives Teresa the idea that royal subjects live along the road?

Speaker 2: her grandfather’s story

Speaker 1: What does Teresa put on the crossing guard’s head?

Speaker 2: a crown

Speaker 1: Why does Teresa put a crown on the crossing guard’s head?

Speaker 2: She’s pretending that Marva is a queen.

Speaker 1: What happens when the girls put a helmet on the butcher’s head?

Speaker 2: It gets stuck. They have to slide it off with butter.

Speaker 1: At the end of the story, Teresa’s grandfather says, “And perhaps now you will use your imaginations wisely.” What happened in the story when the girls did not use their imaginations wisely?

Speaker 2: The crossing guard fell down. A helmet got stuck on the butcher’s head. The baker’s wedding cake got knocked over.



Name Date

The Royal RoadThinking Beyond the Text

Think about the questions below. Then write your answer in one or two paragraphs.

Remember that when you think beyond the text, you use your personal knowledge to reach new understandings.

Teresa and Clara made people in their community—the crossing guard, the butcher, the baker—into “royal subjects.” What problems did their imagination cause? Did the girls use their imagination too much when they played the game with the younger children? Why or why not? Explain your answers, using examples from the story.


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The Royal RoadCritical Thinking

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Name Date


Critical ThinkingRead and answer the questions.

1. Think within the text Where does the name of the story come

from?

2. Think within the text What game do Teresa and Clara play? What

happens when they take the game too far?

3. Think beyond the text Why is imagination important? Why should

adults, such as Marva and Alfonso, use their imagination?

4. Think about the text What does Teresa’s grandfather mean by

“Use your imagination wisely”? Why does the author have him offer

this good advice?

Making Connections Are you more interested in games, books, and movies that take place in the future or in the past? Why?

Write your answer in your Reader’s Notebook.


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The Royal RoadRunning Record Form

The Royal Road • LEVEL S

Behavior Code Error

Read word correctly ✓cat 0

Repeated word, sentence, or phrase

®cat

0

Omission —cat 1

Behavior Code Error

Substitution cutcat 1

Self-corrects cut sccat 0

Insertion the

ˆcat 1

Word told Tcat 1

page Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections

10 Teresa told the children about the kingdom. She told them

about castles and kings. She told them about brave knights

and their exploits. She told them about a dragon that plagued

the kingdom.

Just then, Mr. Johnson’s old dog walked over. Mr. Johnson

lived next door to Clara and Teresa. Clara spotted the dog first.

She cried out, “HELP! It’s a dragon!” Then she fell to the

ground.

Teresa looked at Clara. She was surprised by how much Clara

wanted to play the game. Maybe it was too much. The younger

children thought Clara really had fainted.

Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read

correctly/97 × 100)

%

Total Self- Corrections


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