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Explore the character traits and motivations of Mighty Jackie in her remarkable journey as a female pitcher in baseball. Discover how the setting and actions of other characters shape her development.

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Whole Group Reading

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  1. Whole Group Reading

  2. Focus Skill

  3. Focus Skill: Character’s Traits and Motivations Character’s Traits A character’s traits show what the character is like as a person. These traits are revealed by what the character thinks, does and says. Character’s Motivations A character’s motivations are the reasons why a character acts as he or she does. Character’s Setting Sometimes a story’s setting has an effect on how a character feels, acts, or develops as a person.

  4. Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen By: Marissa Moss

  5. He played ball with her in the neighborhood sandlot. He also told her she could play when everyone else told her that she couldn’t. Mr. Mitchell’s actions show that he is a good father and he believes in his daughter. Dazzy Vance’s actions showed that he was kind, generous with his time, and a good teacher.

  6. Character Actions Motivations Traits make people more aware that girls don’t 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

  7. Robust Vocabulary

  8. legendary snickering muttered glared stunned gaped flinched fluke

  9. 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 1930’s.

  10. Why was the crowd snickering? snickering? The crowd was snickering because Jackie pitched two balls before throwing a strike.

  11. Why do you think Babe Ruth muttered to himself when he couldn’t hit Jackie’s 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. Do you think Jackie’s pitches were flukes? Why or why not? flukes?

  17. The New Kid By: Mike Makley

  18. What makes the new kid a great player? She can play many positions. Also, she can outrun everyone.

  19. 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 shouldn’t play.

  20. How are the new kid and Jackie Mitchell alike?

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