This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing.

Bob Lemmons, an African American cowboy, uses his skills of reading the land and the horses to imbed himself in a herd of wild mustangs. Once there, he is able to lead the herd back to a corral at the ranch. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Reading, 2005)

This lesson was created as part of the Basal Alignment Project, during which teachers created CCSS-aligned lessons for existing literary and information texts in basal readers. All page numbers and unit/week designations found in this lesson relate to the edition of the basal reader named above. If you are using a trade book or different edition of this title, the page/unit/week references in this lesson will not match. Consult the content referenced in the body of the lesson to determine appropriate page numbers for your text.