69 pages • 2 hours read
Walter Dean MyersHoops
Fiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1981A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Activity
Use this activity to engage all types of learners, while requiring that they refer to and incorporate details from the text over the course of the activity.
“Rags-to-Riches Biography”
Students will research a successful NBA or WNBA player who came from humble beginnings and create a media presentation to show parallels between this athlete and Lonnie.
Research an NBA or WNBA player who shared similar challenges in their childhood/upbringing as Lonnie. Use a media presentation app such as a slideshow to show parallels between Lonnie’s story and the early life of the basketball player you research. Use the questions below to guide your thinking.
- Where did the basketball player grow up, and how does that setting compare to Harlem?
- What was the basketball player’s home life like? How many siblings did they have?
- What were some unique struggles the basketball player faced growing up?
- What was the socioeconomic background of the basketball player?
- How did the player learn to play basketball?
- Did the basketball player have an extra job, finish high school, or face street violence?
· their subject. You might also explain that WNBA players are a little more difficult to research because there is less information about them online, but students can use
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