Name _____ Allie s Basketball Dream By Barbara E. Barber

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Allies Basketball Dream By Barbara E.
Barber Illustrated by Darryl Ligasan Prediction _
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_____________ Authors Purpose inform persuade
entertain
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• Allies Basketball Dream
• Focus Skills
• Narrative Elements- characterization
• Synonyms
• Using a dictionary
• To read and understand a realistic fiction
  selection to compare realistic fiction with
  expository text
• Subjects and predicates
• Genre
• Realistic Fiction- tells about characters and
  events that are like people and events in real
  life.
• Summary
• Allie cant make a basket with her new
  basketball. She keeps on trying, however, and
  finally shows that basketball is not just a game
  for boys.
• Reading Strategy
• Summarize
• One way to keep track of what is going on in a
  story is to summarize. Good readers pause every
  few pages or chapters and think about what has
  happened in the story so far. Ask yourself who
  are the main characters, what are they doing and
  what has happened to them? Keeping track of
  story elements will help you remember parts of a
  story.

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• Discussion Questions
• How does Allie feel about the gift her father
  gives her? How do you know?
• How do you know that Allie likes the game of
  basketball?
• Did the boys start their game before or after
  Allie and her father got to the playground? How
  do you know?
• How do you think Allie feels about practicing
  basketball for the first time near older kids who
  are already good players?
• Why do you think Allie misses her first two
  shots?
• How would you describe how the boys are acting
  toward Allie? Explain your answer.
• What detail does the author include that shows
  Allie has some basketball skills?
• 8. How does Allie feel when she hears what
  Keishas brother thinks about girls playing
  basketball? How do you know?

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• Does the author tell you directly what kind of a
  person Allie is? How does she let you know that
  Allie is determined to make a basket?
• How do you think Allie feels when Julio wont
  play with her? How does the author help you to
  know Allies feelings?
• If you were Allie, would you be tempted to
  accept Buddys trade? Why or why not?
• Why do you think the author describes Allies
  memory of the professional basketball game she
  went to with her father?
• What is Allies main problem?
• What do you learn about Allie when she says,
  Someday Im going to be the best basketball
  player ever!?
• Why do you think Allie talks about boys jumping
  rope to Buddy?
• What does Allie learn about playing basketball?

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• How have the attitudes of the boys on the
  playground changed by the end of the story?
• What kind of professional basketball player would
  Allie be? How can you tell?
• Do you think it is important to have a dream, as
  Allie does? Why or why not?
• A Guide to Basketball
• Why did James Naismith invent basketball?
• How is the offense different from the defense?
  How do you know?
• What happens after the ball is thrown in the air
  during the tip-off?
• Why do the players rest during half-time?