Vocab
What is terrible?
What is freeze?
Which statement is a correct generalization about James Naismith?
a. He likes learning more than teaching.
b. He wanted to be rich and famous.
c. He did not enjoy living in many different places.
d. He was determined to reach his goals.
d. He was determined to reach his goals.
Who is the main character of the book?
James Naismith
a word that means "illness"
What is study?
Which detail from the story explains why James came up with the idea of basketball?
a. "Two teams of men dragged themselves onto the gym floor, grumbling."
b. "teams formed in gyms all around town"
c. "There was no time to invent new gear."
d. "Winter was a problem. The men had to come indoors and exercise"
D. "Winter was a problem. The men had to come indoors and exercise."
How did people feel about basketball?
They loved it.
a words that means games you play, usually in a team
What are sports?
a word that means "a person who protects something"
What is a guard?
Which statement correctly describes the reason James and his siblings went to live with their grandmother?
a. to place them near other children
b. because their uncle forced them to move
c. to keep them from getting sick
d. because their grandmother lived close by
c. to keep them from getting sick
What game did James and his friends play when he was young?
Duck on a Rock
a sport that involves throwing a ball into a hoop
What is basketball?
what does "gear" mean?
supplies needed for a specific purpose
Which detail supports why James and his siblings went to live with their grandmother?
a. "near Almonte, Ontario, which is in Canada."
b. "A few days later, their father died."
c. "left Uncle Peter to take care of the children."
d. "So they would not catch the disease,"
d. "So they would not catch the disease"
peach baskets
a word that means "liked by many people"
What is popular?
what does "grumbling" mean?
complaints or unhappy talk
Which statement best describes the main idea of the following paragraph from the passage?
"In 1890, James became a Presbyterian minister. But he did not want to give sermons in a church. He thought he could help teens live better lives if he talked to them while teaching them sports. His first sport job was at the was at the International YMCS Training School, which is now Springfield College. So he moved from Canada to Springfield, Massachusetts, in the United States."
a. Moving far away to begin a new job was not a problem for James.
b. James wanted to help young people through sports.
c. The place where James worked is now know by a different name.
d. James studied very hard to be a minister.
Look back at page 36. When was basketball invented?
December 21, 1891