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  7.3 Glory Road 

Pre-Reading

Activities

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Introduction• Youwillbeworkingingroupstocompletetheintroductory

activitiesthatwillgiveyouthebackgroundknowledgenecessarytounderstandthedeepermeaningofthescreenplay,GloryRoad.

• Onthesurface,thescriptisaboutbasketballinthe1960’sbutunderneaththesurfacearemanythemesthatgomuch

deeper.

• Onceyoucompletealloftheactivities,wewillbeginreading,

• GloryRoad!

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 Activity1:StoryandThemeImpression• ReadTheSneetchesandwatchthemoviebyclickingonthelink

below:

• http://www.sanjuan.edu/webpages/rhaak/childrens_literature.cfm

?subpage=144475

• ReadTheSouthpawbyJudithViorst• http://www.readbag.com/blogs-muskegonisd-geigerr-files-2009-

10-the-southpaw-by-judith-viorst

• ReadFreedomSummerbyDeborahWiles

• • Basedonthethreereadings,whatdoesyourgroupinferthis

dramaanditsthemewillbemainlyabout?Answerincomplete

thoughtsontheanswersheet.

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 Activity2:Dissectingtheword-

• Usethefollowinglinkstocompletethe

questionsandactivitiesonthe

worksheetforActivity2.• http://www.wordcentral.com/• (lookupthewordpersistent)

• http://www.wordle.net

Persistence

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 Activity3:

Flashbacktothe1960’s(TimePeriodofGloryRoad)

Use the following website to answer the

questions on your sheet about the 1960’s. 

Go to website

http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html 

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