PLOT EVENTS
What sport do Josh and Jordan play?
What is basketball?
What figurative language compares two unlike things using “like” or “as”?
What is one major theme of the novel?
What is family?
Who says: “In this game of life your family is the court”?
Who is "Chuck Bell?"
Name the four steps of the R.A.C.E. writing method.
What is restate, answer, cite, and explain?
Why do Josh and Jordan begin to grow apart?
What is Jordan spends more time with Alexis and less time with Josh?
What type of figurative language gives human qualities to nonhuman things?
What is Personification?
What emotion does Josh struggle to control?
What is anger or jealousy?
What do the poems help readers understand about Josh?
What are his thoughts and emotions?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What happens when Josh becomes angry during a basketball game?
What is he throws the ball and hits Jordan in the face?
What writing style does Kwame Alexander use throughout the novel?
What is poetry/verse?
What conflict develops between Josh and Jordan?
What is they grow distant because Jordan spends more time with Alexis?
What evidence shows Jordan is changing throughout the novel?
What is he spends more time with Alexis and less time with Josh?
What is the unofficial "National Black Anthem?"
What is "Lift Every Voice and Sing?"
What punishment does Josh receive after hurting Jordan?
What is he is suspended from the team?
In basketball, what is a “crossover”?
What is a dribbling move used to quickly change direction?
What lesson does Josh begin to learn throughout the story?
What is the importance of forgiveness and communication?
What evidence suggests Chuck Bell ignores his health problems?
What is he refuses to go to the doctor and neglects to take care of himself?
In what year was the 13th Amendment "ratified?"
What is 1865?
What serious health issue does Chuck Bell struggle with?
What is hypertension/high blood pressure?
What figurative language repeats beginning consonant sounds?
What is Alliteration?
How does basketball connect to the novel’s larger themes?
What is basketball reflects teamwork, relationships, family, and personal growth?
How does the structure of the poems affect the reader?
What is the spacing and rhythm create emotion and control the pacing of events?
Name all four of the Bell family members.
Who is Chuck Bell, Dr. Crystal Bell, Josh Bell, and Jordan Bell?