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David Beckham Soccer Superstar LESSON 11 TEACHER’S GUIDE David Beckham Soccer Superstar by Stanford Makishi Fountas-Pinnell Level 0 Biography Selection Summary This biography of world-famous soccer player David Beckham focuses on the major achievements of his career. The exciting narrative combined with the full-color action photographs capture the Number of Words: 953 excitement generated by this dynamic athlete. Characteristics of the Text Genre • Biography Text Structure • Seven sections with titles, each one to three pages • Major events presented in chronological order Content • Athletic teams, competition, and sportsmanship Themes and Ideas • Importance of hard work and determination in achieving a personal goal • How great fame affects someone’s life Language and • Third person narrator Literary Features • Exclamatory sentences that convey excitement (David beat the best young soccer players in England!) Sentence Complexity • Many simple and compound sentences with phrases • Complex sentences with clauses (When David was 18, he started playing for Manchester’s regular team.) Vocabulary • Words related to playing soccer (goal, fi eld, stadium, score, shot, soccer league) • Names of foreign cities and countries (Leytonstone, England; Argentina; Madrid) • Names of professional soccer teams (Manchester United; Los Angeles Galaxy) Words • Some multisyllabic words (nationally, popular, professional) Illustrations • Color photographs that reinforce content on every page Book and Print Features • Eleven pages of text; easy-to-read section headings • Map with clear labels • Phonetic respelling of unfamiliar term (RAY el MA drid for Real Madrid) © 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Permission is hereby granted to individual teachers using the corresponding (discipline) Leveled Readers to photocopy student worksheets from this publication in classroom quantities for instructional use and not for resale. Requests for information on other matters regarding duplication of this work should be addressed to Houghton Miffl in Harcourt Publishing Company, Attn: Contracts, Copyrights, and Licensing, 9400 SouthPark Center Loop, Orlando, Florida 32819. Printed in the U.S.A. 978-0-547-30656-8 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 Miffl in 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. 3_306568_OL_LRTG_L11_David_Beckham.indd 1 11/2/09 9:49:32 PM David Beckham Soccer Superstar by Stanford Makishi Build Background Help students use their prior knowledge of soccer. Build interest by asking a question such as: Have you ever played soccer or watched a soccer game? Then read the title and author and talk about the cover photograph. Tell students that the book is a biography, so the words and photos will give facts about the life and career of a world famous soccer player, David Beckham. Introduce the Text Guide students through the text, noting important ideas, and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary so they can read the text successfully. Here are some suggestions: Page 3: Invite students to share any information they already know about David Beckham and his athletic accomplishments. Suggested language: Turn to page 3 of this book. The section heading is: They Call Him Becks. “Becks” is the nickname that many of David Beckham’s fans have for him. Look at the photograph. Why do you think people believe Becks is the “greatest soccer player in the world”? Page 5: Turn to page 5. In this part of the book, you learn about David Beckham’s childhood. When he was young, he already was a strong competitor. What does this show you about David’s personality? Page 7: Read the section heading: The Goal That Changed His Life. Explain that in this section the author describes an important game in David Beckham’s career. Make sure students understand the words associated with soccer: fi eld, goal, scored, shot. What would you like to learn about that game? Look at the photograph. How do you think David Beckham felt about the way he played soccer that day? Page 12: Point to the section heading. Explain that in 2007 David Beckham joined a soccer team in Los Angeles, California. Direct students’ attention to the photo. The entire stadium was full of David Beckham’s fans that day. Why do you think these fans fi lled the entire stadium? Now turn back to the beginning of the book and read to fi nd out how David Beckham became one of the most famous athletes in the world. Target Vocabulary athlete – a person who plays one competitor – a person who is power – strength, p. 9 or many sports, p. 4 trying to win in a game or a professional – a person who is championship – the game that sport, p. 5 paid to play a game or a sport, decides who is the best player court – an area where a game is p. 4 or team, p. 13 played, p. 10 rooting – cheering, p. 13 entire – whole or complete, p. 13 Grade 3 2 Lesson 11: David Beckham Soccer Superstar © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 33_306568_OL_LRTG_L11_David_Beckham.indd_306568_OL_LRTG_L11_David_Beckham.indd 2 77/29/09/29/09 66:00:03:00:03 PPMM Read Have students read David Beckham Soccer Superstar silently while you listen to individual students read. Support their problem solving and fl uency as needed. Remind students to use the Question Strategy and to think of questions as they read. Discuss and Revisit the Text Personal Response Invite students to share their personal responses to the book. Suggested language: What are the most interesting things that you learned about David Beckham’s life and career? Ways of Thinking As you discuss the text, help students understand these points: Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text • Even as a young boy, David • To achieve your personal goal, • The section titles sum up the Beckham loved sports and was a you must work hard and be most important events in each talented soccer player. determined. part of the book. • Later David played on a team • Athletes can be heroes to their • The action photographs highlight with the best players in England, fans. David Beckham’s athletic skill. where he lived. • The author includes specifi c • After David Beckham became details and interesting language the most famous soccer player to describe David Beckham’s life in the world, he joined a team in and how he plays soccer. the United States. © 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H. Choices for Further Support • Fluency Invite students to choose a passage from the text to demonstrate phrased fl uent reading. Have them use rising and falling tones in relation to text meaning and the use of periods and exclamation marks at the end of sentences. • Comprehension Based on your observations of the students’ reading and discussion, revisit parts of the text to clarify or extend comprehension. Remind students to go back to the text to support their ideas. • Phonics/Word Work Provide practice as needed with words and word parts, using examples from the text. Remind students that the contraction didn’t on page 6 is made up of two words, did and not. When these words are combined, the apostrophe is used in place of the letter –o-. Ask students to identify the two words in the contraction on page 5. Grade 3 3 Lesson 11: David Beckham Soccer Superstar © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 3_306568_OL_LRTG_L11_David_Beckham.indd 3 11/2/09 9:50:38 PM Writing about Reading Critical Thinking Have students complete the Critical Thinking questions on BLM 11.8. Responding Have students complete the activities at the back of the book. Use the instruction below as needed to reinforce or extend understanding of the comprehension skill. Target Comprehension Skill Fact and Opinion Remind students that if an idea can be proved true, it’s a fact; if it’s a person’s belief, it’s an opinion. Model the skill, using this Think Aloud: Think Aloud Some of the details in this book are facts; others are opinions. On page 4, a sentence gives the date and place of David Beckham’s birth. Since this date and place can be proved to be true, they are facts. Now look at the fi rst sentence on page 3: “Some people call him the greatest soccer player in the world.” This sentence explains what people believe, so it’s an opinion. Practice the Skill Have students write two sentences about the book, one with a fact and the other with an opinion about David Beckham. Writing Prompt: Thinking Beyond the Text Have students write a response to the prompt on page 6. Remind them that when they think beyond the text, they use their personal knowledge to reach new understandings. Assessment Prompts • Tell one word that best describes David Beckham. • In paragraph 1, on page 12, fi nd the word that means almost the same as “well- known.” • Complete this sentence in your own words: After reading this book, the reader can tell that _______________________________________________________________. Grade 3 4 Lesson 11: David Beckham Soccer Superstar © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 3_306568_OL_LRTG_L11_David_Beckham.indd 4 11/2/09 9:52:40 PM English Language Development Reading Support In Introduce the Text (p.2), include as much practice as needed to help students become familiar with the language structures of the book.
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