Unit 4

How Do Games Influence People?

Lesson 8

Reader's Notebook

Season's Tickets

Pages 33 to 35 in Literacy in Action 5B.


Is there one sport or game that you are crazy about? In this poem, you will hear about a boy, who really enjoys science, and his sister Barbara, who is bats about baseball.


Click each coloured row for information about the activity.

Think About It


Before you begin reading, think of one idea about why a person cares about a game or sport.


Reader's Notebook

  1. Next, open the Reader’s Notebook: Season’s Tickets page and complete Question 1 in the Before Reading section.
  2. After you have written your paragraph, preview the poem. Look at the title, pictures, and how the poem is divided into sections. Complete Question 2 in the Before Reading section on the Reader’s Notebook page. Remember to write at least one complete sentence for each question.




Document: Reader’s Notebook: Season’s Tickets
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Download PDF


  1. Download the document Reader’s Notebook: Season’s Tickets.
  2. IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens: 
      • Click the "Open with" button.
      • Select "Adobe Reader".
      • Click "OK".
      • You will then be able to view the document Reader’s Notebook: Season’s Tickets.

  3. Print the document.

This poem is on three pages in your Literacy in Action 5B book. At the end of each page, stop to paraphrase, or write in your own words, what happened on that page. Use the During Reading section on the Reader’s Notebook: Season’s Tickets page to do that.
When you have finished reading all three pages of the poem, answer Questions 1 to 4 in the After Reading section on the Reader’s Notebook: Season’s Tickets page.


Save

How to save a file:

  1. Scan the document to your computer.
  2. Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
  3. Name your Reader’s Notebook: Season’s Tickets file in this format: jsmith_rnseasonstickets and save the file to your Documents folder.


Keep the Reader’s Notebook: Season’s Tickets page open because you will need it for the next part of this lesson.

Be sure to add any information from this lesson to your Games Graphic Organizer.