LP A Story of inner stRength & determination Written by Bill Coate Pete Gray ALso featuring Bethany Hamilton Natalie Du Toit Anthony Robles ISBN Print: 978-1-63260-502-3 ePub: 978-1-63260-503-0 Copyright © 2013 SNAP! Learning™ 2490 W. Shaw Ave. #200 Fresno, Ca 93711 855.200.SNAP www.snaplearning.net ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This book contains material protected under International and Federal Copyright Laws and Treaties. Any unauthorized reprint or use of this material is prohibited. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without express written permission from the author / publisher. LP Lesson Student TABLE OF CONTENTS Plan Book The Pete Gray Story ......................................................................................................4-12 4-8 A Dream Fulfilled: Pete Gray at Yankee Stadium ............................................................14 10-11 Legacy of a Pioneer (Part 1) ................................................................................................16 13 Legacy of a Pioneer (Part 2) ................................................................................................18 13 Hero on a Surfboard ............................................................................................................20 14 Heroism in the Swimming Lanes .........................................................................................22 15 Courage on the Wrestling Mat ............................................................................................24 16 Conclusion ..........................................................................................................................26 17 Research Integrate and Synthesize .....................................................................................28 Vocabulary ........................................................................................................................29 College and Career Readiness Standards .............................................................................31 Introduce Book Students look at the front cover, read the title, author, and illustrator. Students browse the Table of Contents and book to predict what they will learn about. First Read Teacher reads page 4 aloud. Second Read Students read to the stop sign highlighting difficult and challenging words and phrases. Students use strategies to work through the decoding and meaning of words. Students restate or paraphrase the text to demonstrate their understanding. Students determine the main idea, and then write it in the margins. Paragraph(s) 1 Paragraph(s) 2-4 Paragraph(s) 5 Pete Gray, a one-armed Some people objected to a One player shook the left man, wanted to play major one-armed man playing on hand of the one-armed league baseball. the team. player. Summarize the key idea of this passage in 25 words or less. Pete Gray, a one-armed man, wanted to play major league baseball. Some people objected to him being on the team. Third Read Identify the text form, point of view, and purpose of the Introduction. Underline words or phrases that support your answer. The author uses a first person account to introduce the reader to Pete Gray, a one-armed major league baseball player. The author uses a narrative text form. The purpose of the introduction is to interest the reader in the story of Pete Gray. Reread paragraphs 1-2. Explain why the second baseman was angry and threw his glove to the ground. Underline and cite details from the text to support your answer. The second baseman was angry and threw his glove to the ground because there was a new one- armed player on the team. In paragraph 2, the second baseman says, “Luke, you can’t do this. We are the American League champions,” and then adds, “Surely you can find somebody besides a one- armed man to play left field.” Reader Tasks - Quick Write 1 Students respond to one of the questions or tasks from the Third Read in the Quick Write section of their Close Reading Portfolio. © 2013 SNAP! Learning™ All Rights Reserved. 4 The Pete Gray Story 1 My name is Luke Sewell and I am the manager of the St. “Don, I had nothing to do with it,” I replied. “All the stars 3 Louis Browns. I will never forget the day I met Pete Gray, the are fighting in the war, and the front office says we have to one-armed man who wanted to play major league baseball. do something.” It was April 17, 1945, and we were going up against the Detroit Tigers. The clubhouse was quiet; nobody spoke a “Well, can’t that something be a player with two arms?” 4 word, but everyone stared at the new player as he looked Gutteridge yelled. for his locker. Don Gutteridge, my second baseman, broke the silence by throwing his glove to the floor. Out in the locker room, with Gutteridge gone, the tension 5 eased a bit. Mike Kreevich, our centerfielder, seeing the 2 He marched into my office and cried, “Luke, you can’t do new player was missing his right arm, walked up to him this. We are the American League champions, and we are and stuck out his left hand. The two men shook hands and fighting for the pennant again this year. Surely you can find the ice was broken for Pete Gray on this, his first day of somebody besides a one-armed man to play left field,” he playing in the big leagues. told me. 4 Review and Explore Students discuss what was learned in the previous lesson. Students explore the page. Students identify the text features used in the text. Students predict what they will learn. First Read Teacher reads page 5 aloud. Second Read Students read to the stop sign highlighting difficult and challenging words and phrases. Students use strategies to work through the decoding and meaning of words. Students restate or paraphrase the text to demonstrate their understanding. Students determine the main idea, and then write it in the margins. Paragraph(s) 6 Paragraph(s) 7 Paragraph(s) 8 Gray lost his arm in an Gray taught himself to play The manager thought accident as a child. baseball with just one arm. Gray was brought to the major leagues to increase attendance. Summarize the key idea of this passage in 25 words or less. Gray taught himself to play baseball with one arm. His manager believed he was placed on the team to increase attendance at the games. Third Read Reread paragraph 8. Underline the phrase “gate attraction.” What does gate attraction mean? Underline words or phrases that support your answer. Identify the strategy used to determine its meaning. In paragraph 8, the manager says that he believes Pete Gray was hired as a gate attraction. There is a ticket gate at the entrance to a baseball game. To attract means to pull towards something. A gate attraction would bring people to the game. The manager also says, “I think he expected people to buy a ticket just to see a one-armed man play baseball” (meaning of individual words, context) CSE Reread paragraphs 7-8. Analyze how the character of Pete Gray is revealed through his CHARACTERS SETTINGS EVENTS actions following his accident. Underline and cite evidence from the text. In paragraphs 7-8, the character of Pete Gray is revealed in his determination to overcome his disability and play major league baseball. In paragraph 7, the text says he “was determined to play with just one arm.” He taught himself to catch and throw a ball and swing a bat. In paragraph 8, the text says, “Pete grew up unwavering in his belief that he would play professional baseball someday.” Reader Tasks - Quick Write 2 Students respond to one of the questions or tasks from the Third Read in the Quick Write section of their Close Reading Portfolio. © 2013 SNAP! Learning™ All Rights Reserved. 6 http://minot43.homestead.com/pete_gray_in_the_field.jpg 6 I learned later that Pete lost his arm when he was just Pete grew up unwavering in the belief that he would play 8 six years old. He was riding on the running board of a professional baseball someday, and by gosh, he did just neighbor’s truck and fell off, his right arm getting twisted that. However, it wasn’t in the big leagues right away, up in the wooden spokes of the old truck. Tragically, they playing first for a couple of minor league teams. Then in had to amputate it. 1945, when he was 30 years old, we brought Gray up from the Memphis Chicks, a minor league team in Tennessee. 7 Like most boys his age, Pete fell in love with baseball, He had done all right down there, but I always thought, and was determined to play with just one arm. He taught and I still do, that Richard Muckerman, our new owner, himself to catch a fly ball and throw it with the same hand. signed Pete just to use him as a gate attraction. I think he He could swing a bat and even bunt with that one arm. expected people to buy a ticket just to see a one-armed man play baseball. 5 Review and Explore Students discuss what was learned in the previous lesson. Students explore the page. Students identify the text features used in the text. Students predict what they will learn. First Read Teacher reads page 6 aloud. Second Read Students read to the stop sign highlighting difficult and challenging words and phrases. Students use strategies to work through the decoding and meaning of words. Students restate or paraphrase the text to demonstrate their understanding. Students determine the main idea, and then write it in the margins. Paragraph(s) 9 Paragraph(s) 10 The manager was surprised by Pete’s ability. Only one player on the team was friendly toward Pete. Summarize the key idea of this passage in 25 words or less. The manager was surprised by Pete’s ability. Even though they won the game and Pete got a hit, only one player was friendly towards him. Third Read Underline the lines in paragraph 9 that explain how Pete Gray fielded a fly ball. Explain how the photographs help develop an understanding of how Pete Gray fielded a ground ball. The photographs show the series of motions for Pete Gray to catch and throw a ground ball.