Whole Group Reading

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Whole Group Reading
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Focus Skill
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Focus Skill
Characters Traits and Motivations
Characters Traits
A characters traits show what the character is
like as a person. These traits are revealed by
what the character thinks, does and says.
Characters Motivations
A characters motivations are the reasons why a
character acts as he or she does.
Characters Setting
Sometimes a storys setting has an effect on how
a character feels, acts, or develops as a person.
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Mighty Jackie The Strike-Out Queen By Marissa
Moss
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He played ball with her in the neighborhood
sandlot. He also told her she could play when
everyone else told her that she couldnt.
Mr. Mitchells actions show that he is a good
father and he believes in his daughter.
Dazzy Vances actions showed that he was kind,
generous with his time, and a good teacher.
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Character
Actions
Motivations
Traits
make people more aware that girls dont belong in
baseball
Babe Ruth
bully
snickered when Jackie flinched and pitched a ball
bad sport
got mad when Jackie threw two strikes
show that he was still tough
short- tempered
threw the bat down in disgust
act tough despite what was happening
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Robust Vocabulary
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legendary
snickering
muttered
glared
stunned
gaped
flinched
fluke
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Why might Jackie Mitchell be considered a
legendary pitcher?
legendary
Jackie struck out the legendary Babe Ruth. Also,
she was a woman pitching baseball in the 1930s.
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Why was the crowd snickering?
snickering?
The crowd was snickering because Jackie pitched
two balls before throwing a strike.
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Why do you think Babe Ruth muttered to himself
when he couldnt hit Jackies first pitch?
muttered
Babe Ruth probably muttered some words that it
was luck that she had thrown a strike. Also, he
gave himself a pep talk.
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What happened when Jackie flinched before she
threw her second pitch?
flinched
When Jackie flinched, she lost track of the pitch
and threw a ball.
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Why did the fans gape at Jackie when she struck
out Babe Ruth?
gape
Jackie had proven to everyone that a girl can
also be a great pitcher.
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Lou Gehrig glared at Jackie when he stepped up to
the plate. Why?
glared
Lou Gehrig glared at Jackie because he wanted to
intimidate her so that she did not pitch well.
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Why might Jackie have felt stunned after she
struck out both players?
stunned
Jackie might have felt stunned because both of
these players were legendary.
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Do you think Jackies pitches were flukes? Why
or why not?
flukes?
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The New Kid By Mike Makley
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What makes the new kid a great player?
She can play many positions. Also, she can
outrun everyone.
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Do you think this poem was written in the past or
the present? Why?
In the past. The poet says that some people
believe that girls shouldnt play.
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How are the new kid and Jackie Mitchell alike?