The Baker Heater League

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The Baker Heater League 1159

• By Bryson, Noah, Walt, Hayden, and Caleb

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The Baker Heater League

• Author Patricia McKissack

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Info about author

• Born in Smyrna, TN
• Currently lives in St Louis, MO
• Books she wrote- A Long Hard Journey, Days of
  Jubilee, and Rebels Against Slavery.

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Setting and Picture

• Around the early 1900s in St Louis.

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Point of View

• This story is non-fiction.
• It is wrote in third person.

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The Plot

• There is not a conflict or a resolution in this
  story.
• The plot is Pullman porters telling storys about
  different porters around the world.

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Important Vocabulary

• There are two words that you need to know.
• Mishaps and burdened.

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Characters and character traits

• John Henry, Casey Jones, and Daddy Joe.
• There character traits are nice, loyal, and
  brave.

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Theme

• To learn from other peoples accomplishments.

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3 Questions

• What is the point of the Baker Heater League?
• Who are the main character in this story?
• Where is the setting of the story?

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1159

• By Patricia McKissack

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Info of Author

• Born in 1944 in Smyrna, TN.
• Lives in St. Louis, MO.

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Setting

• The setting is in St. Louis at the St. Louis
  Union Station.

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Point of View

• The story 1159 is written in 3rd person point
  of view.
• The story is fiction.

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Plot

• The conflict is that Lester Simmons is trying to
  outsmart death.
• The resolution is that death finally beats Lester
  at his own game.

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Important Vocabulary

• Finery, worrisome, and lurking

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Characters

• The main characters in the 1159 are Lester
  Simmons, Tip, and Death.
• Some of their character traits are that they are
  stubborn, bullheaded, and clever.

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Theme

• Never try to stop the inevitable.

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3 Questions of the 1159

• Who is the main character in the story?
• What is a porter?
• Who is the main character?