Vocabulary
A game played on a court where two teams try to throw a ball through a raised hoop.
Several of our friends play _________ on Saturdays.
What is a basketball?
Who is the man who invented Basketball?
James Naismith
When James was young, he was very creative. He made something, what was it?
Basketball
What was James working by 1909?p.38
a professor, a minister , a medical doctor
What were the sports James good at teaching? p.35
hockey, football, rugby, and baseball
Really bad
Did you hear about the _________ accident last night?
What is terrible?
What is the genre of this story?
Biography
What organization was James a director of? p.38
YMCA
How do you know if a story about a person is an autobiography?
The person wrote it about themselves, and uses I and my
Where did James live growing up?
Canada
a problem in the body; sickness
This medicine is to treat the __________.
What is disease?
What was the name of the game James played as a little boy which gave him the idea for basketball?
Duck on a rock
Who took care of James after his parents and grandmother died?
Uncle Peter
What is a characteristic of a biography? page 28
It was written by someone else.
Why was James told to invent an interesting sport within two weeks ? page 35
Because it was winter and the men were so bored , they wanted to quit the YMCA
to spend time learning, usually by reading
If you want to learn multiplication, you must ______ every night.
What is study?
What was the game that James based the game of basketball on?
duck on a rock
Why was James determined to become a doctor?
His brother died from an illness
Which statement correctly describes the reason James and his brother and sister went to live with their Grandmother? page 31
to keep them from getting sick
Which sentence, from the passage, best supports the definition of the word "ads" page 39
"selling products"
liked by many people
Basketball is a _________ sport in the United States.
popular
When James was a preacher, he did not want to give sermons in church- why? page 35
He thought he could help teens live better lives if he talked to them while teaching them sports
What was the first type of ball used in the game of basketball?
Soccer Ball
How many days did James have to create a new game? page .35
2 weeks
Which sentence from the story shows that he was determined to reach his goals? ( page 38)
"There was no stopping James when had a plan"