Thank You Jackie Robinson

Lessons for 3/23 through 4/27 not including spring break. A new reading lesson will be posted on this website after 4/27 so you may want to pace out these lessons so that your student has a bit of work to do M-F.

The lessons/questions that you see following this page are questions that will lead your child through the rest of our story Thank You Jackie Robinson.

I usually read the selected passage for that day and the questions to the class on and talk about the story as a group. We go over character development, author’s purpose, text to text, and text to self-connections. I cannot expect you all to be able to do these things, so I am just presenting you with the questions to give to your student. I have added some retell sections that your child should understand how to do as we have done these in class all year. The major purpose in this story is just to help them to think past literal translation of the story as it unfolds and create in their minds the authors purpose as to how she unfolded her story and developed the characters. The characters change throughout the story. Afterwards the children would then break into groups and work together to find the answers to all the questions. Before the next set of questions would be presented. Again since we are not meeting you can just assign and section of the questions and have your child work on those questions until finished.

This is all part of our Read-A-Loud story and a great way to create understanding using textual evidence. Textual evidence is basically 1. Reading a question about a passage just read 2. Answering that question in the student’s own words 3. Supporting the student’s answer with a direct quote from the story. If you look in their journal you will see examples from class.

I have dated the question sheets that follow so that you can see the pacing that I used in class. It is entirely up to you to pace your child as you see fit. I usually give out one set of questions for Monday and another set of questions on Wednesday. We use Friday as a day to catch up.

Thank You Jackie Robinson (Presented April 6th)

Pages 71-75

1. Why do you think Sam wanted to sound a little bit interested in what Sarah had to say?2. What book did Sarah think that Sam would like?3. What did Sam say that the story called Wind in the Willows was about?4. What offer did Sara make Sam about reading?5. What offer did Sam make back to Sara about reading?6. How much allowance did Sarah make each week?7. Does Sam ever lie to his sisters?8. Did the kids ever lie to adults?9. Why did Sam say he wouldn’t have to eat a hotdog at the game?10. What was the name of the sporting goods store that Sam went to?11. What type of baseball was Sam going to buy?12. How much did it cost?13. What was Sam going to do with the baseball and why did he buy one?14. Why did Sam want to spend all his money on Davy?15. Where did Sam tell his mom he was going and a t what time would he be home?

Thank You Jackie Robinson (Presented April 8th)

Pages 76-82

1. What kind of sandwiches did Sam make to take to the ball game?2. Why didn’t Sam ride his bike to the game?3. Did San have to “change Trains” to get to Ebbet’s Field?4. When did Sam think was the best time to try to get Jackie’s autograph?5. In your own words, not textual evidence; what does it mean when Sam says “I swallowed my

heart.”?6. What was something Sam could do at Ebbet’s Field that “you couldn’t do at many other ball

parks?7. What is built on the place where Ebbet’s Field used to be?8. Why was Sam disappointed when he looked in the dugout?9. Describe in your own words what Sam’s clothes looked like after the usher told him to get off

the dugout?10. Did the usher frighten Sam?11. Why did the Usher say that “next season I’m going to apply for a job at the Polo Grounds.”?12. What did the usher say to Sam that made Sam worry about his plan?13. Who saved the day for Sam and how?14. At the end of the page 82 the author uses hyperbole to over emphasize something. Write down

the sentence that shows the author’s use of hyperbole and explain why she used it in this part of the story?

Jackie giving auto graphs at Ebbet’s Field.

Note: This is a picture of Yankees pitcher Don Larson talking to an usher. Don arson is the only pitcher to ever throw a perfect game in the World Series. He also is a graduate of Point Loma High school. David Wells is also a graduate of Point Loma High and he also threw a perfect game for the Yankees but not in a World Series. They are the only two pitcher to throw a perfect game who both graduated from the same high school in Major League History. David’s perfect game is also the fastest perfect game ever pitched.

Thank You Jackie Robinson (Presented April 13th)

Pages 83-88

1. Not Textual evidence; what do you think “He’s a fresh kid” means?2. What three questions did Jackie Robinson ask Sam on page 84?3. What is the one thing that Sam forgot to bring that really created a problem?4. What was the final deal Jackie told Sam about how they could get a ball signed by Jackie? Read

this question carefully and don’t come up and ask me what does this mean.5. Did Sam feel good about asking Jackie “To make sure it was one you hit?”?6. Did Jackie get hits in that game?7. What record from 1933 was broken during the game that Sam was watching?8. Did the people in the bleachers look like they had pens? Why not?9. Who did Sam borrow a pen from?10. What does a hawker do at a baseball game? Look it up in a dictionary if you don’t know.11. Was the hawker serious about selling the pen for a dollar?12. Towards the end of page 88 the author uses Hyperbole again; what did she write about Sam

that showed hyperbole?13. What other players were with Jackie when he met Sam after the game?

Thank You Jackie Robinson (Presented April 15th)Pages 89-921. Who had a pen that Jackie used to get the ball signed?2. Why was Sam glad that he hadn’t gone through all the trouble of getting the pen? Use your

own words here no textual evidence.3. In your own words; why wasn’t there much room left on the ball for anyone else to sign?4. What were the names of the five big men in white uniforms? You your own words here no

textual evidence.5. Imagery is important in writing. The author writes a very strong sentence that lets the

reader see what the author intended by describing (using bright adjectives) the scene at the ball park. What sentence on page 89 describes this scene? Copy it completely into your journal.

6. What special message did Jackie write on the ball that he had signed for Sam?

*Fold a sheet of paper into 8 sections and do a retell of the story from the point in the story that begins on page 62 until page 92. Fold it when completed and put it into your journal.

Thank You Jackie Robinson (Presented April 20th)

Pages 92-98

1. Where, on the baseball, did Jackie Robinson sign his name? TE2. On what street did Henrietta live? TE3. Who is “Pops”? No TE4. Why did Sam come “early” to Henrietta’s house? TE5. Why did Elliot’s eyes grow wide? TE6. Why did Henrietta scold Elliot about Sam’s baseball? TE7. What was the special message wrote to Davy? TE8. Why couldn’t Sam pass for “immediate family” according to Henrietta? No TE9. What car was Elliot and Sam going to use? TE10. What did Elliot give Sam for breakfast? TE11. What did Elliot look like to Sam when Elliot wore Davy’s chef’s uniform? TE12. What do you think a good Humor man is? (Use a computer for this answer no TE)13. Do Landry man usually “…come on Sunday.)? TE14. Did Sam know “What was this all about”? No TE

Thank you Jackie Robinson

Pages 99-109 (Presented April 22nd)

1. Describe in a short paragraph; what was Elliot’s plan to get Sam into the hospital to give the baseball to Davy. No TE

2. When Sam was in the laundry cart; what was he afraid would happen? TE3. What does the word smother mean? No TE4. How many new orderlies did the woman in the elevator say she saw that week? TE5. Was the laundry supposed to go upstairs or downstairs? TE 6. Elliot made a joke about what was in the cart; what did he say was in the cart? TE7. Was Elliot coming into Davy’s room with Sam? Be sure to tell why or why not. TE8. What was the temperature in Davy’s room? TE9. How does Sam describe Davy when he saw him in the bed? TE10. Why didn’t Sam like the smell of the room? TE11. When Sam asked how Davy felt; what did Davy say? TE12. Did the hospital let Davy have a radio? TE13. How many bases had Jackie stolen that year? TE14. How many RBI’s did Jackie have? TE

15. Who did Sam say sent Davy a present? TE16. What is an old gold special? No TE just remember from earlier in the story what Davy said an Old

Gold special was.17. Was Sam worried about his mom punishing him for going to the Dodger game alone? TE18. What team did Sam tell Davy that the Dodgers were playing that day? TE19. Describe the deal that Sam and Davy made about who would keep the ball. Use your own words

but do describe the deal using details from the story. No direct TE just in your own words.

Thank You Jackie Robinson (Presented April 27th)

Pages 110-117

Remember that Sam’s family is part of the Jewish religion and his family has traditions that are written about in this story.

Also remember that the author is making a statement about the time period this story was written from. During this time there was discrimination of people of color or African Americans. Because of discrimination (Not liking somebody because of their looks) the author is pointing out how two people from entirely different backgrounds could become friends.

1. Read pages 110 to 117 and write a two page detailed retell about what happens. This is the climax of our story.

2. After writing your retell of pages 110-117 then write a final paragraph and explain why you think the author wanted to write a story like “Thank You Jackie Robinson”.

1947 Brooklyn Dodgers