MICHELLE KWAN: HEART OF A CHAMPION

PREDICT What do you think this story is going to be

about?

Who do you think is going to be featured?

Do you think she is going to become a champion, as the title suggests?

SUMMARIZE Please summarize with your partner, the

main idea of “Baseball’s Hero with a Heart”

Tell your partner and group one thing you remember about Sammy Sosa’s life.

AMATEUR Someone who engages in an athletic activity

for fun, instead of money.

ARTISTIC Showing skill and good taste

COMPETE To take part in a contest

ELEMENTS The part of which something is made up

JUDGES People who decide who wins a contest

PRESENTATION performance

PRESSURE Urgent or forceful demand

REQUIRED Necessary, essential

TECHNICAL Having to do with technique

ELITE Top level, the most skilled members of a

group

REVOLUTIONS 360 degree turns

GNARLED Knobby and twisted

SETTING See your graphic organizer.

What was the setting of this story?

Was there more than one?

If yes, then why?

What made the setting so important to the plot of this story?

GENRE AND THEME What genre and sub genre are “Michelle

Kwan: Heart of a Champion”? What was the main idea of this piece? What is the main idea of the first paragraph

in this piece? As a group.

List 6 main events in this story, and place them in chronological order.

CHARACTER TRAITS What motivated Michelle to continue doing what

she was doing, and working hard. Everyone told her she couldn’t do it. Why didn’t she listen?

What 3 personality traits made Michelle so determined to be great?

Would it have been easier for Michelle to give up and quit?

What would have happened to her life if she had quit skating?

ORGANIZATION AND POINT OF VIEW How is this story organized?

Events?

Time?

Discuss with your group

Who tells this story?

1st person? 3rd person? Omniscient?