SATCHEL PAIGE

The Best Arm in Baseball a Biography

Connect 2 Ur Life• OCSAR PISTORIUS (24)• Sprinter from South Africa• He was born without fibula (tulang betis) so at the age of 11 his legs were amputated from knee down.• He uses fake leg made of carbon fibre.• He is called the blade runner as the shape of his fake legs look like a blade.

PISTORIUS IS RUNNING AT WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP IN DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA 2011.

Key to the Biography

• When someone writes the story of another person’s life.

• The events are usually told in sequence.

Building Background• Position: Pitcher (the player who throw the

baseball)• He pitched for 30 years in 2,500 games,

winning 2,000 games

Building Background• Satchel lived during “segregation laws “• Blacks & whites were kept away from living in

the same neighborhoods, going to the same schools, or playing together.

Building Background

• He played in Negro leagues.• The three most prominent leagues:a.) Negro National League (1920-1931)b.) Eastern Colored League (1923-1928)c.) Negro American League (1937-1960)• When African American accepted in previously

all-white National League, the Negro Leagues disbanded. bubar

WORDS TO KNOW

• Contract noun legal agreement• Gaining verb getting closer gain + ing• Rookie noun first-year player• Retire verb stop working

Open WB p. 85

VOCABULARY STRATEGY: Context Clues

• Clues in text to help readers understand unfamiliar words.

• Example:a.) Before Mary signed the contract, her boss

explained the document.b.) He carried traveler’s bags, sometimes called

satchel, for money.

Open WB p. 84

1st CHUNKp. 198, line 1-19

COMPREHENSION

• How would you describe Satchel’s childhood?• Why his nickname was “Satchel”?• Satchel was very poor as a child. He had to

work at young age, but he managed to find time to have fun.

• Cause: He carried so many satchels, traveler’s bags, at the train station. Effect: His nickname became Satchel

2nd CHUNK p. 198-199, line 20-39

VOCABULARY

• I was running around with the wrong crowd= making friend with bad guys.

COMPREHENSION

• Why a judge sent him to the Industrial School for Negro Children at Mount Meigs?

• Why he was called “The Crane”?• How did the Industrial School change his life?

3rd CHUNKp. 200-201, line 40-81

VOCABULARY

• Fast ball a straight, fast pitch from the pitcher to the batter’s strike zone.

• Breaking curve ball a pitch that follows a curved route & breaks upward or downward as it nears the strike zone.

• Fast slider a fast pitch that slides/falls downward as it approaches the strike zone.

COMPREHENSION

• What is the cause & effect?a.) There was laws that kept blacks & whites

from going to school together.b.) Now Satchel was getting older. Some people

thought his pitching arm had burned out

COMPREHENSION

• Why Satchel such a popular player in the Negro Leagues?

• REREAD: For what did Satchel become famous?

LITERATURE

• Arrange the following events in chronological order:

a.) Paige married Janet Howard.b.) Paige signed with the Kansas City Monarchs.c.) Paige helped the Crawfords win the Negro

National League title.

4th CHUNKp. 201-202, line 92-122

COMPREHENSION

• REREAD: What qualities did Satchel have?• What details show that Satchel was a great

ball player even though he didn’t play in the major leagues?

BIOGRAPHY

• When & where were the people written about born?

• What were their early lives like?• How did they get into the fields in which they

became famous?• What qualities set them apart from other

people?• When did they die?

5th CHUNKp. 203-204, line 123-163

COMPREHENSION

• What is the cause & effect?Satchel was hurt that he had not been the first black player in the National League.

COMPREHENSION

• Why was Satchel’s career with a major league team so remarkable?

• Make a chart that shows the order of events in Satchel’s life.

• Why was Satchel voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?

HOMEWORK

• Comprehension SkillBuilder Workbook: Cause & Effect, page 82

• Literature SkillBuilder Workbook: Biography, page 83