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Unit 1
Health and Lifestyle
Narrator 2:
Raúl turned back to his dad.
Raúl:
Yes, I remember last week’s game. It was awful.
Dad:
Last week you were just too hungry to win. Your body didn’t have
enough fuel, and you ran out of gas.
Narrator 1:
Raúl smiled weakly. He knew his dad had a point.
Raúl:
You make me sound like a machine.
Dad:
Your body is like a machine.
Narrator 2:
Raúl pictured himself hitting a home run.
Raúl:
You’re right, Dad. And this is one game I want to have enough fuel for!
Narrator 2:
Raúl ate a good breakfast. Then he rushed out the door.
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Health and Lifestyle
Active Reading Questioning
Strategies
reading
comprehension
Developing
u
Recall
What does Raúl decide to do?
Expanding
u
Main Idea and Details
What is the main idea
on this page?
Remind students that the main
idea is the most important point the author
makes in a story or paragraph. In order to
support the main idea, authors use details
in other sentences that may describe, give
reasons and definitions, and provide other
types of information.
More Complex
u
Comparing and Contrasting
What do a body
and a machine have in common?
Remind
students that comparing is telling how two
or more things, events, or characters are
alike, and contrasting is telling how two
or more things, events, or characters are
different
.