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Lesson One

Welcome • In two sentences, briefly describe a favorite story, one that you love to hear, read, and / or tell and why you love it. ( How you got your name, a family memory, etc.)

LESSON ONE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS • Essential Question: What is the power of storytelling? • Focusing Question: What shapes Josh Bell’s sense of himself and his world? • Content Framing Question: Wonder: What do I notice and wonder about form and content in The Crossover?

Form and content: the power of storytelling • This module is a deep exploration of the relationship between these two essential parts of a story: form (the “how”) and content (the “what”) • Turn to your vocabulary sheet and stand to your feet.

Learn: examine the power of story telling • Based on your experiences reading, listening to, and even writing stories, what do you think is the power of storytelling? Why do you think storytelling is powerful?

Revisit your welcome • With your elbow partner discuss “ What can your choice of a favorite story, and your REASONS for identifying it as a favorite story, tell you about why you think storytelling is powerful? • Does anything about the Essential Question confuse you?

Briefly flip through “The Crossover”, jot down what you notice and wonder about the text, including its features, such as the cover, jacket summary, and section breaks.

Novel-in-verse • Based on your observations, how would you define a novel-in verse? • Throughout our reading of “The Crossover: we continue to explore about form and content, and why this book is written as a novel-in-verse.

Turn to “dribbling” On page 3 in the book Think Pair Share • How do you know this is a poem? • What do you notice about how this poem appears on the page? • What do you notice about how Kwame Alexander shows us how to read the poem?

Answer the following questions ON YOUR OWN! • How does the way the words are written on the page affect the way you might read them aloud? • How does the punctuation affect the way you might read a line? • Where would it be appropriate to read more loudly? • Where would you read quietly? • Where would you pause, or slow down? • What expression or tone would you use?

Paired reading • With your partner, silently read pages 1-10 and pull out two pieces of evidence that MOST STRONGLY describe who Josh is and how he describes himself. Evidence: • A. • B.

TPS: ALOUD! • Experiment reading “Dribbling” Aloud with your partner. Be prepared to recite in front of the class.  • Expression- the way you read aloud or tell a story is one thing that makes storytelling powerful.

Record the following basketball terms in your vocabulary journal • Top of the key- a half circle that goes behind the free throw line on a basketball court. • Dribble- the up and down motion of a bouncing ball. • Fast Break- a quick movement of the ball by the offense to get ahead of the defense and score. • Lay up- a basketball shot made when a play moves toward and in close to the basket. • Rim- the metal circle that is part of a basket, the part of the basket attached to the net. • Free Throw- an undefended shot from a line 15ft away from the basket. • Dunk- gaining a point by directly putting the ball in the basket from above. • Backboard- the rectangular surface behind the basket. • Drive- bouncing a ball up and down while moving towards the basket

Land • Wonder: What do you notice and wonder about form and content in The Crossover?

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