Lesson 26:
"The Foot Race Across America"
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Target Skill: Main Ideas and Details
Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate
Vocabulary Strategy: Suffix - ion
Essential Question:
How does having a goal help people succeed?
Vocabulary Words
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
"The Foot Race Across America"
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Target Skill: Main Ideas and Details
Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate
Vocabulary Strategy: Suffix - ion
Essential Question:
How does having a goal help people succeed?
Vocabulary Words
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