The Great Ball Game

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The Great Ball Game

• By Joseph Bruchac
• Houghton Mifflin Reading Series
• PowerPoint by Jeanne Guichard

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Muskogee

• Muskogees are also known as Creek Indians and
  live in Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.

3
lacrosse

• The Native Americans used a game of lacrosse to
  settle their arguments.

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accept

• The young boy accepted his punishment.

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advantage

• The birds had an advantage in the game because
  they could fly.

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crane

• The whooping crane has very long wings.

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argument

• The birds were having an argument about food.

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quarrel

• The birds will quarrel about the food.

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guarded

• The goalie guarded the goal.

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penalty

• A penalty is a kind of punishment.

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jeered

• The children jeered at the boy, You look
  funny!

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horizon

• We saw the sun go down at the horizon.

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goal

• When he made the goal, his team won the game.

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dusk

• The animals run back to their homes at dusk.

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dim

• As the sky grew dim, it became harder and
  harder to see.