JOSH GIBSON

Author: Angela Johnson

Fact Josh Gibson is a baseball player

Main idea

The main idea is the author telling us about Josh Gibson.

Vocabulary

THREWI threw the ball to Aaron and he caught it.

opinion

We liked the story because we play baseball like Josh Gibson.

Genre

Realistic – Fiction

Some things could happen but it is fake

Sailed I hit the ball and it sailed down to center field.

field

Can I go to the baseball

field?

BASES

I ran around the bases.

Stole

I stole home

plate.

Theme

Do what you believe in.

Author’s purpose

It is to entertain because the people are fake.

Connection

We all play baseball . We know a lot about baseball like Josh Gibson.

Characters

The characters are Grandmama , Danny and Josh Gibson.

Compare/ContrastRyan is a baseball player and

grandmama is too. Grandmama is a girl and Ryan is a boy.

Draw a conclusion

We thought Grandmama would never play baseball.

Cause\ Effect

It was the forties so girls couldn`t play baseball.