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Grade 4
Fountas & Pinnell Q
Reading Recovery 40
DRA 40
Female Sports Stars
Biography (nonfiction), 1,762 words, Level V (Grade 4)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Summarize
Comprehension Elements of a Biography
Grammar and Mechanics Complex Sentences
Word Work Synonyms and Antonyms

Book Summary
Female Sports Stars is a biographical text that focuses on the inspiration and motivation of four young ladies: Mia Hamm, Venus and Serena Williams, and Bethany Hamilton. Each story provides students with positive messages that inspire them to succeed. Photographs support the text.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Summarize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand nonfiction text
  • Identify elements of a biography
  • Identify and use complex sentences
  • Understand the use of synonyms and antonyms

Vocabulary

  • Content words: bone marrow, commemorate, dedicate, dominated, doubles, excel, legacy, singles, scholarships, spectators, strenuous, tourniquet, transplant
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