Jan 29, 2015 characters knowing things other characters dont know. Place students in groups and use the following chart with basketball terms, everyday items, or items of interest to the students. Its the only place that feels like home and where his skills give him some street cred. Dec 05, 2012 rasheed wallaces ball dont lie catchphrase suggests that the ball is the ultimate arbiter of oncourt justice, but recently those words have mostly meant punishment for him. Pagina ufficiale del torneo di basket ball dont lie latina. It stars and1 mixtape team member grayson boucher, a. N e y en best book for young adults election s of election. Sep 27, 2005 ball dont lie is something of an oddity among books specific to the young adult genre. The book is a gritty comingofage story of a troubled throwaway named sticky his real name. Response must be less that 100,000 characters thank you for your feedback. In fact, in katie gansherts debut book, wildflowers from winter, she has 3 characters who have a strong spiritual journey. Next week, well talk about tying the lie into the plot by figuring out the thing your character wants vs. Once you know whats wrong, you then get to set about figuring out how to make it right.
Your typical young adult book is going to generally have a set of young characters, some element of romance, and your stereotypical coming of age story where the main protagonist grows and develops as a character. Lacking traditional support systems, they face situations that are out of their control. Apr 01, 2016 pro basketball player rasheed wallace often exclaimed the pragmatic truth ball dont lie. Mathis brigitte mueller michael roiff jeffrey smith. Ball dont lie sticky is a beataroundthehead foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. With romance, basketball, violence, drama, and humor, this book should find universal appeal. With rosanna arquette, grayson boucher, ludacris, nick cannon. A skinny high school junior and basketball prodigy from venice, california burdened with early life tragedy callous foster care and obsessivecompulsive disorder, sticky manages to surpass his limits whenever he has a ball in his hands.
He is an outsider, people think he doesnt belong because he is white. Full of theft and dunk, smooth jumpers and fragile egos. The book takes place mostly at the local rec center which is also a homeless shelter. Kakarots super dlc releases this monday, the 27th, so fans dont have long to wait to find out. The lie your character believes is the foundation for his character arc. Kakarot is available now for pc, ps4, and xbox one. His second novel, mexican whiteboy, was an alayalsa top ten best book for young adults, a 2009 notable book for a global. Delacort recently published gotham fiction teacher ball dont lie, the story of a teenager with a shuffledaround foster life who seeks the end of the rainbow playing basketball. He has a passion for basketball, and he is so gooood.
I think your main characters need their own spiritual journey. In fact, the 3rd character is getting her own book. Shuffled from one foster home to another after his mothers suicide, stick fits with the rough camaraderie of the other hoopsters, even if some are. Sticky is poor and has no place to call home but the streets. He attended the university of the pacific on a basketball scholarship and went on to earn a master of fine arts in creative writing at san diego state university. The book is a gritty comingofage story of a troubled throwaway named sticky his real name, travis reichard, is rarely used. The ball is, essentially, the unbiased judge who will not reward the player by going in if the apparent foul was. Stephen jackson talks losing respect for tony parker, lebron and kyries health the herd. In fact, youtube is filled with videos of wallace dropping ball dont lie during different stages of his professional career.
As a prereading activity, teach a lesson on figurative language and use synectic boxes to learn about similes. Sticky is a character that is incredibly likeable and so imperfectly awesome that i wish i knew him in real life. He started out life so far behind the pack that the finish line seems nearly unreachable. He attended the university of the pacific on a basketball scholarship and went on to earn a master of fine arts in creative writing at san diego state. His debut novel, ball dont lie, was an alayalsa best book for young adults and an alayalsa quick pick and was made into a major motion picture. The film premiered at the 2008 tribeca film festival. Dec 02, 2012 rasheed wallace gets called for a technical foul after fouling luis scola, and earns yet another and the ejection after shouting ball don t lie. Myth, genealogy, and invention in the cultures of basketball sporting. The bulletin sticky is a beataroundthehead foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. How a dark gym like lincoln rec is a different world.
Use ball dont lie to examine develop different voices in a writing unit. Sally is jakes little sister who continually refuses to be around her big brother. Hes 6 3 tall, with a handsome chiseled and tan face and a few zig zag scars, and his home is the street. Rasheed wallace keeps technicals flowing with ball dont lie. The protagonist sticky is a boy from the slums of california who spent a large portion of his life in an orphanage. This study guide consists of approximately 28 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of ball dont lie.
May 08, 2012 amy, you also asked about the secondary characters and their lie. Retired basketball player rasheed wallace was the worlds foremost proponent of ball dont lie as a way of life. Sticky is a young teenager trying to find his way and make sense of a world where he feels alone. If a foul call is disputed by the one cast as the guilty party, then the ball will have final say over whether the call.
Once you get past the basketball details if youre not a sports person, that is, you will find an amazing, interesting, and absorbing story of a boy who is working hard at the only chance hes got to beat the odds. He suffers from obsessivecompulsive disorder, which embarrasses him, so he just cant help doing certain things over and over until they feel right. But the slogan, which originated in pickup games, brings the reality of a racialized urban playground into mainstream american popular culture. Mar 01, 2017 the ball dont lie commandments, as set down by sheed, are as follows. He attended the university of the pacific on a basketball scholarship and went on to earn a master of fine arts in creative writing. Before he retired, he left behind this exemplum of the phrases use. Sticky has been to four different foster homesthe book is framed around these different place. Rasheed wallace gets called for a technical foul after fouling luis scola, and earns yet another and the ejection after shouting ball dont lie. Ball dont lie presents a story so unique both in the main character and in the form of narrative, that i found myself wishing for the book not to end. Ball don t lie is full of powerful imagery, metaphors, and similes. Ball dont lie is said when a player misses one, two or all three of his free throws after a questionable read as.
In ball dont lie, seventeenyearold sticky has been in and out of foster homes all of his life. Sticky travis reichard, the main character, is a seventeenyear old white kid from a troubled background who s. The reader knowing things that the characters dont know. Ball don t lie is a book about a seventeen year old boy named sticky.
The first major villain of the series, a vain, tyrannical ruler who steals the heroes spaceship when it crash lands on his planet. You could write a phd thesis on it, but that sounds like a lot of work. I found the dialogue and language authentic and adored the characters. The only thing that could be his ticket out is basketball. In a lie of the mind, sally is one of the more minor characters albeit still a quite important one. Ball dont lie faculty book excerpt gotham writers workshop. His second novel, mexican whiteboy, was an alayalsa top ten best book for young adults, a 2009 notable book for a global society, a junior library guild selection, and a selction for the 2008. Matt played college bball and he knows how to write, as well, with gillian engberg of booklist saying. Readers will be strongly affected by the unforgettable, distinctly male. Ball dont lie plays out over one day in the life of sticky, a skinny 17yearold high school junior and basketball prodigy from venice, california. As liars in literature go, its hard to beat baron munchausen, who seems to have been a real person known to exaggerate his own centrality to events, but whose tendency in that direction was amplified to the point of obvious and amusing absurdity by another writer, anonymous, then another, raspe, a german, whose english edition of 1785 seems the basis of what was later through the 19th.
Ball dont lie is a 2008 film directed by brin hill. Shuffled from one foster home to another after his mothers suicide, stick fits with the rough camaraderie of the other hoopsters, even if some are homeless. Though travis reichard is the protagonists given name, his moniker is sticky. The bulletinsticky is a beataroundthehead foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. Ball don t lie is said when a player misses one, two or all three of his free throws after a questionable read as. Amy, you also asked about the secondary characters and their lie. Ball don t lie plays out over one day in the life of sticky, a skinny 17yearold high school junior and basketball prodigy from venice, california.
To sticky life was basketball, and his girlfriend anhthu. A phrase commonly used by professional basketball player rasheed wallace. Ball dont lie has these to ball dont lie is something of an oddity among books specific to the young adult genre. Ball dont lie is now in the process of being turned into a feature film. Now seventeen, sticky bounces from one foster home to another as repeatedly as. The ball dont lie commandments, as set down by sheed, are as follows. The only difference is sticky never had a place to call his own, and living with different foster parents every year had no benefit. Sticky is a beataroundthehead foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. With ball dont lie, wallace keeps technicals flowing.
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