The Foot Race Across America
The Foot Race Across America
by Rob Hale
by Rob Hale
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction - gives information about a topic but is told as a story
Reading Skills: Main Ideas and Details
Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate
Essential Question: How does having a goal help people succeed?
Student Objectives:
Determine the main ideas and explain how details support them.
Analyze and evaluate details in narrative nonfiction.
Review Vocabulary
Review Vocabulary
principal: the leader of a school
proud: pleased with yourself or someone else
announced: made known
advice: ideas or suggestions about what someone should do
loyal: faithful
ability: skill
absorb: take in or soak up
loveliest: most beautiful, most delightful
compete: to try to do something better that others
approached: came near
Online Practice Resources:
Online Practice Resources:
Vocabulary Quizlet or Vocabuary Quizlet with Pictures
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