Ghost
basketball
What is setting?
(hint: think two things)
How does Ghost get his running shoes for the track team?
He steals them from a sports store.
What is a noun?
What is the title of the Jason Reynolds book we are currently reading?
Ghost
What grade is Ghost in?
Can there be more than one setting in a story? (yes or no)
Yes, there can be more than one setting in a story
Do we use the author's first OR last name when analysing their work?
last name
What is special about proper nouns?
they are specific people, places, things, ideas
How old was Reynolds when he read his first book?
17 years old
What is Ghost's real name? (first & last)
Castle Cranshaw
What is the name of Ghost's neighborhood?
Glass Manor
Why do we include quotations marks?
To show a character is speaking aloud
or
to show that we took the exact words from a text
What is the noun in the sentence?
The cat slept.
Where was Reynolds born?
Washington D.C.
Who is Ghost's favorite basketball player?
LeBron James
Where does Ghost like to hang out in his free-time?
the bus stop
watching the people across the street work out in the gym
What does this line mean?
Running for his life, or from it?
He is running on the track team to have a better future--running for his life
He could be running from something scary--running for his life
He is running from his past --from it.
How many nouns are in the sentence?
Danny went to the store to buy burgers.
there are 3 nouns in the sentence
What inspired Reynolds to become an author?
He hated reading as a child and wanted to write books that with characters like him
Rap music
What grade was Ghost in when his dad shot at him?
4th
Where is Ghost's "file" or "rap sheet" kept?
school
How many pages are there in the book?
180
What are the common nouns in the following sentence:
The seagulls at the beach were trying to eat Sarah's fries.
seagulls
beach
fries
What are the names of ALL the Track Series novels?
Hint--what are the 4 newbies on the track team in our story?
Ghost
Patina
Sunny
Lu