And Shenice’s teammates are beginning to wonder if she’s captain-qualified. Strike three: Broken focus means mistakes on the field. Strike two: Shenice’s focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending-and family-name-ruining-crime may have been a setup. Strike one: As the sole team of all-brown faces, Shenice and the Firebirds have to work twice as hard to prove that Black girls belong at bat. But life has thrown some curveballs her way. Nothing can stop her from leading her team to the U12 fast-pitch softball regional championship. Shenice Lockwood, captain of the Fulton Firebirds, is hyper-focused when she steps up to the plate. 31, 2021)įrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a challenging and heartwarming coming-of-age story about a softball player looking to prove herself on and off the field. I check in with groups as they meet to join in the discussion and help if they are stuck, but the written work students do also allows me to ensure they're on track if I miss a discussion.Ģ1 pages are for student use the remaining pages are the answer key with suggested answers provided.New York, NY: Crown Books for Young Readers (Aug.They record their answers on the page as an accountability measure.
They also jot notes on the input-output chart as a way of annotating (since they can't write directly in our school-provided books). While reading (either independently or as a group), students complete the vocabulary section using context to determine the meaning of words.How I use this resource to support students as they lead their own book groups: Comprehension questions focus on making inferences, supporting answers with text evidence, making text-to-self connections, and evaluating characters' choices-questions that lead to deeper critical thinking about the text!
Two pages at the end are included for students to finalize their thoughts about their reading: an open mind diagram and a plot structure activity. For each group of 2 chapters, students complete vocabulary work, an input-output chart to record their thoughts, and critical thinking comprehension questions. This guide has everything you need for a small group literature circle/book club study of Fast Pitch, by Nic Stone.
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