Transcript SATCHEL PAIGE

SATCHEL PAIGE
The Best Arm in Baseball
a Biography
Connect 2 Ur Life
• OCSAR PISTORIUS (24)
• Sprinter from South Africa
• He was born without fibula (tulang
betis) so at the age of 11 his legs were
amputated from knee down.
• He uses fake leg made of carbon fibre.
• He is called the blade runner as the
shape of his fake legs look like a blade.
PISTORIUS IS RUNNING AT WORLD ATHLETICS
Key to the Biography
• When someone writes the story of another
person’s life.
• The events are usually told in sequence.
Building Background
• Position: Pitcher (the player who throw the
baseball)
• He pitched for 30 years in 2,500 games,
winning 2,000 games
Building Background
• Satchel lived during “segregation laws “
• Blacks & whites were kept away from living in
the same neighborhoods, going to the same
schools, or playing together.
Building Background
• He played in Negro leagues.
• The three most prominent leagues:
a.) Negro National League (1920-1931)
b.) Eastern Colored League (1923-1928)
c.) Negro American League (1937-1960)
• When African American accepted in previously
all-white National League, the Negro Leagues
disbanded. bubar
WORDS TO KNOW
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Contract noun legal agreement
Gaining verb getting closer gain + ing
Rookie noun first-year player
Retire verb stop working
Open WB p. 85
VOCABULARY STRATEGY: Context Clues
• Clues in text to help readers understand
unfamiliar words.
• Example:
a.) Before Mary signed the contract, her boss
explained the document.
b.) He carried traveler’s bags, sometimes called
satchel, for money.
Open WB p. 84
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CHUNK
p. 198, line 1-19
COMPREHENSION
• How would you describe Satchel’s childhood?
• Why his nickname was “Satchel”?
• Satchel was very poor as a child. He had to
work at young age, but he managed to find
time to have fun.
• Cause: He carried so many satchels, traveler’s
bags, at the train station. Effect: His nickname
became Satchel
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CHUNK
p. 198-199, line 20-39
VOCABULARY
• I was running around with the wrong crowd=
making friend with bad guys.
COMPREHENSION
• Why a judge sent him to the Industrial School
for Negro Children at Mount Meigs?
• Why he was called “The Crane”?
• How did the Industrial School change his life?
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CHUNK
p. 200-201, line 40-81
VOCABULARY
• Fast ball a straight, fast pitch from the pitcher
to the batter’s strike zone.
• Breaking curve ball a pitch that follows a
curved route & breaks upward or downward
as it nears the strike zone.
• Fast slider a fast pitch that slides/falls
downward as it approaches the strike zone.
COMPREHENSION
• What is the cause & effect?
a.) There was laws that kept blacks & whites
from going to school together.
b.) Now Satchel was getting older. Some people
thought his pitching arm had burned out
COMPREHENSION
• Why Satchel such a popular player in the
Negro Leagues?
• REREAD: For what did Satchel become
famous?
LITERATURE
• Arrange the following events in chronological
order:
a.) Paige married Janet Howard.
b.) Paige signed with the Kansas City Monarchs.
c.) Paige helped the Crawfords win the Negro
National League title.
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CHUNK
p. 201-202, line 92-122
COMPREHENSION
• REREAD: What qualities did Satchel have?
• What details show that Satchel was a great
ball player even though he didn’t play in the
major leagues?
BIOGRAPHY
• When & where were the people written about
born?
• What were their early lives like?
• How did they get into the fields in which they
became famous?
• What qualities set them apart from other
people?
• When did they die?
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CHUNK
p. 203-204, line 123-163
COMPREHENSION
• What is the cause & effect?
Satchel was hurt that he had not been the first
black player in the National League.
COMPREHENSION
• Why was Satchel’s career with a major league
team so remarkable?
• Make a chart that shows the order of events in
Satchel’s life.
• Why was Satchel voted into the Baseball Hall
of Fame?
HOMEWORK
• Comprehension SkillBuilder Workbook: Cause
& Effect, page 82
• Literature SkillBuilder Workbook: Biography,
page 83