LESSON 30 TEACHER’S GUIDE Lance Armstrong by David Lau Fountas-Pinnell Level L Narrative Nonfiction Selection Summary Bicycle racing champion Lance Armstrong has won races all over the world. Readers will learn that he never gives up. His racing career started with a triathalon when he was thirteen. From there he went on to win races all over the world. Number of Words: 444 Characteristics of the Text Genre Text Structure Content Themes and Ideas Language and Literary Features Sentence Complexity Vocabulary Words Illustrations Book and Print Features • Narrative Nonﬁction: Biography • Third-person narrative focuses on life and career of Lance Armstrong. • Information presented sequentially • Professional bicycle racing • Lance Armstrong’s life and career • Champions never give up. • You can overcome personal problems to achieve a goal. • Sports competition is thrilling. • Exclamations for emphasis • Descriptive details about subject • A mix of simple, compound, and complex sentences with clauses and phrases • Longer sentences (more than 15 words) • Content-speciﬁc words explained in text: triathlon, champion, Iron Kids Triathlon • Plurals, contractions, compound words: races, didn’t, everyone • Many two and three-syllable words • Color action photos support and extend text. • Nine pages of text, photos on every page either above or beside text • Some sentences continuing over several lines • Photo caption extends text. © 2006. 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Printed in the U.S.A. 978-0-547-30061-0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0940 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge, Houghton Mifﬂin Harcourt Publishing Company retains title to the materials and they may not be resold. Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited. Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication, or any portion of it, into electronic format. 1_300610_AL_LRTG_L30_LanceArmstrong.indd 1 11/3/09 5:11:02 PM Lance Armstrong by David Lau Build Background Read the title to children and discuss the scene on the cover photo. Ask children what they think they will learn about Lance Armstrong in this book. Encourage children to use their knowledge of bicycle riding to think about the book. Ask questions such as: What do you like best about riding a bike? What do you think it’s like to ride a bike in a big race? Introduce the Text Guide children through the text, noting important ideas, and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary. Here are some suggestions: Pages 2–3: Explain that this book is about a world famous bicycle racer, Lance Armstrong. Suggested language: Turn to page 2. This is a picture of Lance Armstrong wearing his racing uniform. The last sentence reads: Lance liked to race, and he never gave up. Page 4: Turn to page 4. What is happening in this picture? Lance was also a winning swimmer. For swimming or biking, Lance always trained hard. He rode his bike ten miles a day! Have you ever trained hard for a race or sports event? Page 5: Remember to use captions to help you understand a photo and the text. The caption says: Lance runs in a triathalon at age 17. In the triathlon, racers swim, run a race, and ride a bike. Look at the photo. Which triathlon race is Lance taking part in? What do you think racers have to do before entering a triathlon? Page 8: Turn to page 8. Lance wanted to be win an important bicycle race and become a champion. How do you think never giving up helped him? What else do you have to do to become a champion in a sport? Page 9: Turn to page 9. The sentence reads: Lance asked his coach for help. His coach had some new ideas to help Lance win. Look at the photo. Do you think Lance listened to his coach? Why? Now turn back to the beginning and read to learn more about Lance Armstrong’s life. Learn More Words champion Grade 1 coach 2 train Lesson 30: Lance Armstrong © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 1_300610_AL_LRTG_L30_LanceArmstrong.indd 2 7/27/09 4:49:03 PM Read Have children read Lance Armstrong silently while you listen to individual children read. Support their problem solving and fluency as needed. Respond to the Text Personal Response Ask children to share their personal responses to the book. Begin by asking what they liked best about the book, or what they found interesting. Suggested language: What is one thing you learned about Lance Armstrong’s life that you would like to share with a friend? Ways of Thinking As you discuss the text, make sure children understand these teaching points: Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text • Lance Armstrong is a famous, bicycle racing champion. • You must never give up if you want to reach a goal. • The exciting photos bring the words to life for readers. • Lance became very sick, but got well and raced again. • You must work hard to become a champion. • The author really admires Lance Armstrong. • Lance Armstrong never gives up. • The details about Lance Armstrong’s life help make the book more interesting. © 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H. Choices for Support Fluency Invite children to choose a passage from the text to read aloud. Have them demonstrate appropriate stress on words, pausing and phrasing, intonation, and use of punctuation. Phonics and Word Work Provide practice as needed with words and sounds, using one of the following activities: • Make New Adjectives Materials: index cards and two boxes. Write the following words from the book on index cards and put the cards in a box: hard, old, strong, long. Write the suffixes –er and –est on index cards and put them in the second box. Ask children to select an index card from each box and create new words. Work with children to use the words in original sentences. • Build Sentences Materials: books, index cards, sentence strips. Have children find photos of six words in the book (i.e. triathlon, bike racing, race, champion, riders, winning) and write each word on an index card. Then have them write sentences using the words. Call on children to read aloud their sentences to the group. Grade 1 3 Lesson 30: Lance Armstrong © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 1_300610_AL_LRTG_L30_LanceArmstrong.indd 3 11/3/09 5:11:15 PM Writing About Reading Critical Thinking Read the directions for children on BLM 30.9 and guide them in answering the questions. Responding Read aloud the questions at the back of the book and help children complete the activities. Target Comprehension Skill Understanding Characters Remind children that they can tell more about characters in a book by paying attention to what they say, what they do, and how they feel. Model how to think about understanding characters: Think Aloud I read on page 7 that when Lance Armstrong got sick he fought very hard to get well and race again. No matter what, he didn’t give up. When he was stronger he entered a big race in France and won. This shows me that Lance is a strong person who never stops trying. Practice the Skill Have children share examples of what characters in other books, did, said, and felt and what this told children about the characters. Writing Prompt Read aloud the following prompt. Have children write their response, using the writing prompt on page 6. Think about what you learned about Lance Armstrong in this book. Then write two questions you would like to ask him about his training. Grade 1 4 Lesson 30: Lance Armstrong © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 1_300610_AL_LRTG_L30_LanceArmstrong.indd 4 11/18/09 6:16:35 PM English Language Learners Reading Support Give English learners a “preview” of the text by holding a brief, small-group discussion with them before reading the text with the entire group. Oral Language Development Check the children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their English proﬁciency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child. Beginning/ Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced Speaker 1: Who is this book about? Speaker 1: Why is Lance Armstrong a champion? Speaker 1: How did Lance Armstrong become a champion bicycle racer? Speaker 2: Lance Armstrong Speaker 1: What sport does he like the most? Speaker 2: bicycle racing Speaker 1: What happens when Lance enters bicycle races? Speaker 2: He wins bicycle races. Speaker 1: What did Lance do when he got very sick? Speaker 2: He worked very hard to reach his goal. No matter what happened, he never gave up. Speaker 2: He fought hard to get well and never gave up. Speaker 2: He wins. Lesson 30 BLACKLINE MASTER 30.9 Name Think About It Lance Armstrong Think About It Write an answer to the question. Responses may vary. 1. Why does Lance Armstrong never give up? He wants to be the best. He wants to be a champion. Making Connections Think about something you never give up working on. Write some sentences about what it is and why you never stop trying. Read directions to children. Think About It 11 Grade 1, Unit 6: Three Cheers for Us! © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. 1_246215RTXEAN_U6LR_TAI.indd 30.9 Grade 1 5 2/9/09 10:14:45 AM Lesson 30: Lance Armstrong © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 1_300610_AL_LRTG_L30_LanceArmstrong.indd 5 7/27/09 4:49:09 PM Name Date Lance Armstrong Think about you learned about Lance Armstrong in this book. Then write two questions you would like to ask him about his training. Grade 1 6 Lesson 30: Lance Armstrong © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 1_300610_AL_LRTG_L30_LanceArmstrong.indd 6 7/27/09 4:49:11 PM Lesson 30 BLACKLINE MASTER 30.9 Name Think About It Lance Armstrong Think About It Write an answer to the question. . 1. Why does Lance Armstrong never give up? Making Connections Think about something you never give up working on. Write some sentences about what it is and why you never stop trying. Grade 1 7 Lesson 30: Lance Armstrong © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 1_300610_AL_LRTG_L30_LanceArmstrong.indd 7 7/27/09 4:49:15 PM Student Lesson 30 Date BLACKLINE MASTER 30.14 Lance Armstrong • LEVEL L page 2 Lance Armstrong Running Record Form Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections Accuracy Rate Total SelfCorrections When he was young, Lance Armstrong was a lot like other kids. He didn’t have any brothers or sisters. He liked to play, swim, and ride his bike. But Lance could also ride his bike for hours and swim for miles. Lance liked to race, and he never gave up. Comments: (# words read correctly/50 × 100) % Read word correctly Code ✓ cat Repeated word, sentence, or phrase ® Omission — cat cat Grade 1 Behavior Error 0 0 1 8 Substitution Code cut cat 1 Self-corrects cut sc cat 0 Insertion the 1 Word told T cat cat  Error 1413379 Behavior 1 Lesson 30: Lance Armstrong © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 1_300610_AL_LRTG_L30_LanceArmstrong.indd 8 12/7/09 9:39:19 PM