m ichelle k wan : h eart of a c hampion. p redict what do you think this story is going to be about?...
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MICHELLE KWAN: HEART OF A CHAMPION
PREDICT
What do you think this story is going to be about?
Who do you think is going to be featured?
Do you think she is going to become a champion, as the title suggests?
SUMMARIZE
Please summarize with your partner, the main idea of “Baseball’s Hero with a Heart”
Tell your partner and group one thing you remember about Sammy Sosa’s life.
AMATEUR
Someone who engages in an athletic activity for fun, instead of money.
ARTISTIC
Showing skill and good taste
COMPETE
To take part in a contest
ELEMENTS
The part of which something is made up
JUDGES
People who decide who wins a contest
PRESENTATION
performance
PRESSURE
Urgent or forceful demand
REQUIRED
Necessary, essential
TECHNICAL
Having to do with technique
ELITE
Top level, the most skilled members of a group
REVOLUTIONS
360 degree turns
GNARLED
Knobby and twisted
SETTING
See your graphic organizer.
What was the setting of this story?
Was there more than one?
If yes, then why?
What made the setting so important to the plot of this story?
GENRE AND THEME
What genre and sub genre are “Michelle Kwan: Heart of a Champion”?
What was the main idea of this piece? What is the main idea of the first paragraph
in this piece? As a group.
List 6 main events in this story, and place them in chronological order.
CHARACTER TRAITS
What motivated Michelle to continue doing what she was doing, and working hard. Everyone told her she couldn’t do it. Why didn’t she listen?
What 3 personality traits made Michelle so determined to be great?
Would it have been easier for Michelle to give up and quit?
What would have happened to her life if she had quit skating?
ORGANIZATION AND POINT OF VIEW
How is this story organized?
Events?
Time?
Discuss with your group
Who tells this story?
1st person? 3rd person? Omniscient?