Book Summary
Alberto Salazar: An American Runner is a biographical text that focuses on the inspiration and motivation of a very accomplished distance runner. The book informs readers of how Alberto discovered his amazing talent and highlights important events that shaped his life. Photographs, and maps support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Retell

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand and remember a timeline of events
• Identify elements of a biography
• Understand the use of a dash as punctuation
• Recognize and form compound words

Materials

• Book -- Alberto Salazar: An American Runner (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Retell, dash, compound words worksheets
• Discussion cards

    Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: abuse, arduous, athletes, debut, dehydrated, depressed, fatigue, immune system, intimidated, miraculously, phenomenon, prestigious, qualifying, realization, surrendered, theories