VG2 The Crossover 2223 Week 38

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Week 38 

Part 4  Basketball Rule #3 - Gym Class

Lesson Aims

* To learn new words and phrases.

* To check your reading comprehension. 

* To learn poetry, whether visually or by reading.

What is required, recommended:

* Hardcopy book or digital copy of The Crossover

* Taking notes during class

* Jot down difficult words/phrases which could be discussed in class.

* Do the weekly reading assignments and answer questions. 

* Use the Quizlet while reading the weekly assignments.* 

Vocabulary exercise - read the text and give the correct answer for the bolded letter.
But Filthy McNasty is my claim to fame.
Folks call me that ’cause my game’s acclaimed,
so downright dirty, it’ll put you to shame.

What could the word "acclaimed" mean?


What does "acclaimed" mean?

1. to laugh at
2. to own
3. to ridicule
4. to praise

Mom says,
Your dad's old school, like an ol' Chevette.
You’re fresh and new, like a red Corvette.
Your game so sweet, it’s a crepe suzette.

What is a "crepe?"

1. a small, thin pancake
2. a cookie
3. a doughnut
4. a car

Filthy McNasty
is a MYTHical MANchild
Of rather dubious distinction

What is the meaning of "distinction?"

1. a mythical person
2. winning a reward
3. high-status importance owing to marked superiority
4. someone who is suspect

JB likes to taunt and trash talk during games like Dad used to do when he played. To taunt someone means:

1. to laugh together with
2. harass with persistent criticism or carping
3. to give praise to
4. to take out garbage

In the locker room after the game,
JB cackles like a crow.

To cackle means:

1. emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
2. to cry
3. to whistle
4. to talk loudly to teammates

"Mom doesn't like us eating out"
What is Mom's biggest concern about Josh and JB's father?

What calamity happens to Josh’s hair? How?

1. One of his locks fell out
2. JB accidentally cuts off more locks than one
3. It happened during the game
4. The barber cut Josh's locks off

"The inside of Mom and Dad's bedroom closet"
What do the boys find out about their dad while snooping in the closet?

What is the cause of patella tendinitis?

1. Playing too much basketball
2. Muscle irritation near the kneecap
3. Too much jumping
4. Overweight

What do the twins and Chuck usually do after church? Why do you think this tradition is so important to them?

Why are JB’s eyes “ocean wide, his mouth swimming on the floor”, on page 52?

Josh mentions "Wait a minute— why is the pulchritudinous new girl now talking to my brother?" What could the word "pulchritudinous" mean to you?

1. a funny person
2. someone who is very attractive
3. breathtaking moment
4. a disease

Following lesson: 

Read part 5 of your book The Crossover, pages from ”Second Quarter until "Boy Walks into a Room” 

Study day in Week 40, do the exercises in Magister