Monday, October 13, 2008

5,4,3,2,1 organizer pgs. 5-26

5 comments

  • Mike Lowell started playing baseball when he was eight years old.
  • Mike Lowell got married to a woman named Bertica.
  • The Red Sox's were forced to take Mike Lowell from the Florida Marlins when they wanted to get Josh Beckett.
  • In the 2003 season Mike Lowell had 28 home runs in 98 games.
  • He also has two kids a son, Anthony, and a daughter, Alexis.

4 questions

  • What is Fibrous Dysplasia?
  • Why when Josh Beckett was traded to the Red Sox were they forced to take Mike Lowell?
  • Why did he decide to call his friend and old coach, Gary Denbo when his hitting in the game got bad?
  • Why all of the sudden did his hitting get bad for a period of time?

3 vocabulary

  • exemplified: to illustrate by example
  • prototypical: original or model on which something is based on
  • implementing: a tool used in doing work

2 literary

  • "I stepped up to the plate against one of the most feared flamethrowers" (pg. 6, Lowell) metaphor
  • "jumping up and down like we would at home plate after a walk-off home run." (pg. 13, Lowell) Simile

1 overview

  • These first few sentences were about how Mike Lowell though that he had cancer, but it really turned out to be Fibrous Dysplasia, and how he and Josh Beckett were both switched from the Florida Marlins.

No comments: