Vocabulary
The Marble Champ
Story Elements
S-T-R-E-T-C-H
Gary Soto
100
excact
What is accurate?
100
the three settings of the story
What is one afternoon, over the next two weeks, the day of the championship?
100
This is where the story begins
What is Lupe's house in Fresno, CA?
100
Rhyming words in the poem
What are then/when, fear/here, pill/will, door/floor, team/dream?
100
This is where Gary Soto grew up
What is Fresno, CA?
200
to make stronger
What is strengthen?
200
Lupe's problem in the beginning
What is "no matter how hard she tried, Lupe was not good at sports"?
200
The main character of the story
Who is Lupe?
200
the number of stanzas in this poem
What is 7?
200
Finish this quote, "I discovered that reading builds a life inside the ____________".
What is mind?
300
a person who is against you
What is opponent?
300
Lupe decided to do this to solve her problem
What is decides to play marbles. she starts practicing.
300
These are Lupe's traits
What are shy, but very smart. She's a straight-A student and very competitive. She's won awards in many areas. But as smart as she is, she's no good at sports?
300
The number of lines in each stanza in this poem
What is 4?
300
This is who Gary Soto is
What is an author?
400
strength to do things without getting tired
What is energy?
400
Lupe changed this about herself
What is practicing marbles has become more important to her than homework?
400
Lupe's problem at the beginning of the story
What is she's not good at sports?
400
The "awful problem" that the poem's narrator has with basketball
What is he is too short to play on his school's team?
400
This is where you can learn about Gary Soto
What is online/website?
500
praise or offer support
What is encourage?
500
This happens to Lupe at the end of the story
What is she became a champion because she practiced hard at a sport?
500
This is the author's message
What is "if you work hard, you can achieve a goal"?
500
the person telling this story
What is the narrator?
500
The year that Gary Soto was born
What is 1952?