When the student’s teacher announces that the school will be holding a talent show, the students are all very excited, with the exception of Deon. Deon is certain that he has no talent to be showcased but participates through the help of his teacher. During the talent show, a series of accidents and mishaps occur to Deon and the other performers that could potentially destroy the talent show. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt StoryTown, 2008)

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.