On the Road

By Lucy Nolan Illustrated By: Mike Reed

Suggested Delivery: Read Aloud

Lexile Reading Level: 380L

Adventurous, animated, seeing through a different lens, Day in the life a dog, day in the life an owner of a dog

This is a humorous book of life as a dog who likes to travel. See through a dog’s eyes what he thinks compared to what his owner thinks about his actions in at the places they go.

Electronic Resources:

Comic Maker 

Before they read students can create their own comic. They will do a comic describing a situation which could be named On the Road. This will have the students making prediction what this book is about.

Venn diagram 

This is an interactive Venn diagram. Students can compare and contrast the dog and the owner’s views in the book. They can do this after they read the book.

Key Vocabulary:

This vocabulary should be taught before reading the book.

Awfully

Bury

Hummed

Accident

Embarrass

Terrier

Reading Strategies:

Have the class make predictions on the board what they think will happen in this book before they read the book. The students can do a picture walk to help them make predictions.

Students will complete a concept map while they are reading describing a character of their choice using specific examples from the text.

Writing Activity that demonstrates Inferential Comprehension

Students will write two paragraphs explaining what could happen in real life and what cannot happen in real life.

Nolan, L. A., & Reed, M. (2005). On the road. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Children.