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Felipe Alou: From the Valleys to the Mountains
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Felipe Alou: From the Valleys to the Mountains
Comprehension-based™ Reader
Felipe Alou beat overwhelming odds to become one of baseball's greatest players.
Level 3 and up / Intermediate Low — Intermediate Mid
Overview
Under ordinary circumstances, the odds of being struck by lightning are greater than the odds of becoming a Major League Baseball player, but Felipe Alou’s circumstances in 1955 were anything but ordinary. He was a black athlete living in the Dominican Republic, and he spoke no English ... not exactly a recipe for success in the U.S., especially during the height of the civil rights movement. This is Felipe’s amazing true story of perseverance and determination to beat overwhelming odds and insurmountable obstacles to become one of baseball’s greatest players and managers.
The low unique word count and high-frequency factor (the number of times core structures are embedded in the text) in the Comprehension-based™ reader, ‘Felipe Alou: From the Valleys to the Mountains’, make this an ideal read for advanced beginning or intermediate English students. Each page is loaded with cognates, recycled vocabulary, and illustrations, which makes this read highly comprehensible
Features
- Level 3 and up
- Past tense
- Unique word count: 290
- Total word count: 7700
- Page count: 61
- Digital bundle includes FlexText® digital reader + audiobook
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Felipe Alou: From the Valleys to the Mountains Teacher's Guide
Our Teacher's Guides are loaded with resources to enrich the teaching and learning experience.
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In Every Chapter:
Vocabulary, conversations, "Think About It"
Extension:
Slideshows: Transportation in Santo Domingo, The Time of Trujillo, Baseball, Houses and Streets, MLK Jr., Rosa Parks, Street Signs, What Do You Want to Buy?, School Segregation, The Supermarket, Santo Domingo, Beyond-the-Text reading, The Rojas Alou Family, Scouts, Discrimination, Rosa Parks, Batting average
Features and Highlights:
Pre-reading discussion questions, What did you learn? Comprehension questions to demonstrate what students know!, Reader’s Theater, Quizzes, Batter Up baseball game, Final assessment
