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Unit 2 Week 1. What Jo Did. Skills. Cause and Effect Prior Knowledge Word Structure Vocabulary. Prior Knowledge. Prior knowledge is what a reader already knows about a subject. Good readers use their prior knowledge to help them understand information as they read. Cause and Effect.
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Unit 2 Week 1 What Jo Did
Skills • Cause and Effect • Prior Knowledge • Word Structure • Vocabulary
Prior Knowledge • Prior knowledge is what a reader already knows about a subject. Good readers use their prior knowledge to help them understand information as they read.
Cause and Effect • The effect is the action that happens. • The cause is why it happens. • Example: The girl got dirty because she fell in a mud puddle. • Cause: because she fell in a mud puddle • (Why it happened) • Effect: The girl got dirty • (What happened)
Word Structure • Prefixes and suffixes have their own meanings. When you see an unfamiliar word, check to see if a prefix or suffix has been added to the base word. This will help you figure out a word’s meaning.
Vocabulary • Fouled • Speechless • Jersey • Hoop • Rim • Marveled • Swatted • Unbelievable
Rim • The outer EDGE
Marveled • Filled with wonder
Hoop • Ring
Swatted • To slap at something
Fouled • To break a rule
Jersey • A shirt worn in a game
Speechless • Unable to speak; AMAZED
How was Joanna’s basketball rim different? • It had a backboard. • It did not have a net. • It was 16 feet high.
What time of day does this story take place? • Early morning • Around noon • Early evening
Why did the boys ask Joanna to play basketball with them? • They did not have enough players. • They know she had just moved to town. • They wanted to use her basketball.
What is the most likely reason that Joanna hid the fact that she was a girl? • She wanted to embarrass the boys. • She thought the boys would not believe that she knew how to play. • She thought the boys would not let her play if they knew she was a girl.
The red-haired kid told Joanna that T.J. could jump pretty high, but he did not know… • How high Joanna could jump • How nervous Joanna was about playing • How long T.J. had been playing
Which is an important theme from the story? • To be successful, you must believe in yourself • Do not judge others by their appearance • Honesty is more important than success
Why did Joanna not want the boys to know she had never heard the word “dunk”? • They might refuse to let her play • They might realize that she was a girl. • They might think she did not know much about basketball.
What was the climax of the story? • Joanna jumped high and dunked the ball. • Everyone realized that Jo was Joanna. • The boys asked Joanna to play basketball with them.
Why were the boys shocked when Joanna’s hat fell off? • She was holding on to the rim. • She had made the perfect dunk. • They discovered she was a girl.
Which happened last in the story? • Joanna prevented T.J. from making a basket. • They boys asked Joanna to play with them. • The boys gave Joanna a nickname.
What lesson did the boys learn in the story? • Girls can be good athletes, too.
Why does T.J. tell Joanna to “leave the hat at home”? • He is telling her that she does not need to hide that she is a girl because he accepts who she is and knows she is a good player.
Which boy’s attitude changed the most about Joanna, and how did it change? • T.J.’s attitude changed the most because he went from being angry with Joanna to admiring her skills and inviting her to come back to play basketball again.