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Health and Lifestyle
Unit 1
written by Hope Walker
illustrated by Gerardo Baró
adapted by Claire Colombo
Narrator 1:
Today was the City Baseball
Championship game. Raúl was very excited.
He thought about the game as he tied on his
cleats.
Raúl:
I’m going to hit one right out of the
park!
Narrator 2:
This was Raúl’s last year on his
team. He really wanted his team to win.
Narrator 1:
Raúl’s dad was in the kitchen
making breakfast.
Dad:
Raúl, breakfast is ready!
Raúl:
I’m coming!
Narrator 2:
Raúl walked down the stairs.
He pretended to be an announcer.
Raúl:
This year’s Most Valuable Player trophy
is awarded to Raúl Domínguez!
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Health and Lifestyle
On Day 4, assign parts and help students read
the play aloud. Have students read the play again,
and this time ask and discuss the More Complex
questions only.
On Day 5, assign parts to other students, and help
them read the play aloud again. This time, go over
and discuss all of the questions under Developing,
Expanding, and More Complex. If time allows,
assign parts yet again and have students read
aloud without asking the questions.
Active Reading Questioning
Strategies
reading
comprehension
Assign parts, and have students read the play
aloud. Then ask these questions.
Developing
u
Recall
What is Raúl getting ready to do?
Explain to students that recall questions ask
them to answer a question about something
directly from the text they just read.
Expanding
u
Drawing Conclusions
How does Raúl feel
about baseball?
Explain that questions that
ask readers to draw conclusions require
them to use information in the text to make
a judgment about something or someone.
More Complex
u
Make Inferences
Why might Dad be making
breakfast for Raúl?
Explain that inference
questions ask readers to use clues from the text,
the illustrations and what they already know to
figure out something that is not directly stated
or explained in the text.