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Line Drive
What's a sentence?
Type of Sentences
Focus Skill
Just for Fun!
100
How do you know that Line Drive is an Autobiography?
It tells the author's own thoughts and feelings.
100
Pedro and John traded baseball cards. Is this a sentence or a fragment?
Sentence
100
Wow, our basketball team is going to the state finals!
Exclamatory
100
What is the problem (conflict) in the story Line Drive?
Tanya wants to play baseball with the boys.
100
Which of these would MOST help a reader understand the ideas in Line Drive? a. learning how to play baseball b. buying a baseball in a sports store. c. reading a book about sports heroes d. looking at pictures of baseball bats.
A. Learning how to play baseball.
200
Which word best describes Tanya? a. timid b. curious c. impatient d. determined
D.
200
Walked to school. Sentence or fragment?
fragment
200
Now we need to get ready.
Declarative
200
Why does Mark grin when Tanya does not see his first pitch to her?
He does not think Tanya will be able to hit a pitch.
200
What was the book I did my example Book Talk on?
Savvy
300
Why does the author compare the pitcher's mound to a throne? a. to show that Mark acts like he is a king. b. to describe what the mound looks like. c. to explain how baseball is played. d. to prove that the mound is high.
a. to show that Mark acts like he is a king.
300
Maya's drawings of the high school?
fragment
300
Do you think it will be an exciting game?
Interrogative
300
What is Tanya's Resolution to her conflict?
She hits one of Mark's fast pitches straight back into his gut.
300
What sports did I play in high school. (Hint: I played three)
Volleyball, Basketball, and softball
400
Which detail would be MOST important to include in a summary of the story? a.The coach and the fans love Mark b. Tanya's brothers are named Ricky and Bobby c. Mark has his name carved in the handle of his bat. d. Tanya's mom teaches her children to play great baseball.
D. Tanya's mom teaches her children to play great baseball.
400
Stephen asked the teacher for extra paper.
Sentence
400
Be at practice on time.
Imperative
400
What did Tanya do at first when she could not play baseball.
She kept score.
400
What month am I getting married?
July
500
Which Sentence BEST states the lesson this story teaches? a. Girls keep score better that boys. b. Girls can play baseball as well as boys. c. baseball is hard to play if you are a girl. d.Playing catcher is more important than pitching
B Girls can play baseball as well as boys.
500
What is this? Oh no!
Interjection
500
Work together as a team!
Exclamatory and Imperative
500
What is the MOST important plot event? The story would not have happened without it.
Mark makes a bet with Tanya that if she can hit one of his fast pitches then she can play with them.
500
Where did I go to High School?
Etowah High School