If you now know what Cruzes deepest fear is from the book, do think he had faced it or do you think that he is still living it?
When his cousin Renny was shot, why do you think Cruz went to Carters house, instead of going to get help?
Monday, November 24, 2008
Summary
The thing that happened in the book was that the boys won the basketball tournament and the boys went out to a party after they got back to the hotel. Coach Carter was going to celebrate with the boys but when he got to their rooms they where all gone. He found they at a praty and made them go home that night. Carter but locks on the gym and told the boys if thier grades didn't get better that the gym was going to stay locked up. The Student concil had a meeting and vote to have to gym be reopened. The boys had brought desks into the gym and said that they couldn't ake them play. The boys got up their grades and they only missed two games.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Thinking Question
If you have read this book why do you think that cruz came back to the team and do you think it is good or bad.
Summary
For Timo Curz, if you remember in the beginning he quit the basketball team becuase he was not going to follow the contract rules, than just before a big game he desides that he was going to come back and join the Oilers. He had to work his butt off to get back on the team however. He had to do more suicides and push ups to make up for the ones he lost, when he was about to finish he could not do it, so the team decided that they were going to help him get back on and finish everything for him. Timo got his jersey and a chance to play in the game.
Coach Ken Carter is doing a wonderful job and coaching that basketball team. He does not have any favorites, not even his son is his favorite on the team. He treats everyone the same.
Coach Ken Carter is doing a wonderful job and coaching that basketball team. He does not have any favorites, not even his son is his favorite on the team. He treats everyone the same.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Thinking Question
Why do you think, if you have ever read this book, that Timo Cruz came back to join the team? Remember he quit because he did not like what the contract stated.
Here are some quotes from the book
"This is not about basketball, it's about your life. It's about your life after basketball."
"Your a team. If one Player struggles, the whole team struggles. If one player triumph, we all triumph."
"Part of growing up is making your own choices and dealing with the results."
"The losing stops now! Starting today you will learn to play like winners, act like winners, and most of all be winners."
"Look at you Kenny, your the best to come out of Richmond basketball."
"Your a team. If one Player struggles, the whole team struggles. If one player triumph, we all triumph."
"Part of growing up is making your own choices and dealing with the results."
"The losing stops now! Starting today you will learn to play like winners, act like winners, and most of all be winners."
"Look at you Kenny, your the best to come out of Richmond basketball."
Summary
Last weeks summaries were:
Coach Ken Carter finally tells his son, Damien that he can go to school at Richmond.
Damien still dresses like he was at St. Francis compard to that of Richmond were every dresses in their gang outfits and baggy clothes.
Coach Carter asked Mrs. Fenton to have all of his players teachers to have them give him a progress report so he can see how their doing in class.
Even though Damien is Coach Carters son he will be doing the things all the other players do. He will not be made a favorite.
Coach Carter starts talking about their devensive team and using his sisters as their drill.
Diane ~ growing up she would never back down. She was on Ken Carter about every last little thing, "turn the radio down," "dont eat the last piece of cake" She would just get me in Ken's face. Diane will be a play of straight man to man pressure defense.
Delilah ~ she was Ken's childhood sweetheart, but she was a tricky little girl. Delilah would trick him into stealing a brownie from the Christ the King Baptist Church bake sale. and when I got caught, she smiled her way out of it and he mopped the church for a month. Delilah would trick you into anything. She is the trap defense.
Timo Curz also desided that he was going to come back and join all of his buddies on the team. He had to do twenty-five hundred push-ups and one thousand suicides, to get onto the team. He did it during practice and before. Than when it was the day before the game Lyle, and a whole bunch of other players helped Curz finish his pushups and suicides. They did it because they finally understood what it ment to be a team and what a team will do for one another. So Curz got his jersey and he got to play the first game which they won.
Coach Ken Carter finally tells his son, Damien that he can go to school at Richmond.
Damien still dresses like he was at St. Francis compard to that of Richmond were every dresses in their gang outfits and baggy clothes.
Coach Carter asked Mrs. Fenton to have all of his players teachers to have them give him a progress report so he can see how their doing in class.
Even though Damien is Coach Carters son he will be doing the things all the other players do. He will not be made a favorite.
Coach Carter starts talking about their devensive team and using his sisters as their drill.
Diane ~ growing up she would never back down. She was on Ken Carter about every last little thing, "turn the radio down," "dont eat the last piece of cake" She would just get me in Ken's face. Diane will be a play of straight man to man pressure defense.
Delilah ~ she was Ken's childhood sweetheart, but she was a tricky little girl. Delilah would trick him into stealing a brownie from the Christ the King Baptist Church bake sale. and when I got caught, she smiled her way out of it and he mopped the church for a month. Delilah would trick you into anything. She is the trap defense.
Timo Curz also desided that he was going to come back and join all of his buddies on the team. He had to do twenty-five hundred push-ups and one thousand suicides, to get onto the team. He did it during practice and before. Than when it was the day before the game Lyle, and a whole bunch of other players helped Curz finish his pushups and suicides. They did it because they finally understood what it ment to be a team and what a team will do for one another. So Curz got his jersey and he got to play the first game which they won.
Monday, November 10, 2008
thinking question
Have you everbeen on a team that went from losing every game, that went to winning ever game? please tell us
Coach Carter
This book takes places Richmond California. It is about a group of boys who are on a basketball team. They got a new basketball coach. His name is carter he use to play there and he was a all American for three years. Carter has they all sign a contract that says they have to be at practice on time, sit in the front of all there classes, and have a 2.3 grade point average. Carter makes the boys run the whole practice because the boys are not in shape and they all now how to shoot the ball. The boys all hate him and want to quite because after the first practice they could barley walk because they were so sore. Some of the boys quite because they thing that it is dumb that they have to have sign that contract and have to do all that running. Carter didn't know at first if he wanted to at first because he knew is was going to be alot of work.
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