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Answer the following two questions after engaging in a discussion with your classmates.

1. How is this format of writing - a novel in verse - different from the other types of texts we have read this year?

The format of the writing is different from our other novels because...

An example of how the writing is different is...

2. Opinion: Do you think you will enjoy the writing style of a novel in verse, or do you think you'll prefer a traditional narrative (Esperanza Rising, Milkweed, etc.) more?

Remember, this is NOT about the content, but the format of the writing.

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Choose one of the quotes below. Then, respond below using the sentence starters:

"The words [in a poem] allow us to feel more connected with each other."

"I believe in the power of poetry. I love how you can talk about such heavy things in so few words."

"Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Swish. You've got to keep taking those shots."

Questions (choose two questions below to answer):

1. What does this quote mean in your own words?

2. What is the message behind this quote?

3. How does the quote apply to your own life? In other words, what lesson did/can you learn from this quote?

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Let's watch this video to get to know a little bit about our author, Kwame Alexander. The video is called "Kwame Alexander: On Finding Success After Rejection." As you listen to the video, take notes of some of the advice that he gives about being a writer and a poet. After watching the video, you will choose a quote from his video and respond to the quote to analyze the deeper meaning behind the author's words.

We will watch the first 2:40 of the video in which he talks about The Crossover. If you'd like to listen to him talk about his other books, you may always go back to this video.

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Kwame Alexander: On Finding Success After Rejection

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Let's look at a few pages from the graphic novel version of our book, The Crossover. While we will be reading the version with the poems written in words, it will follow the same poetic way of writing. We will read these two parts together, and then discuss the difference between this type of writing and the other novels we have read this year.

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Read the quote below and respond with what you think they mean and what you think will happen in our book.

I think this quote means...

Based on this quote, I think our book will be about...

"In this game of life, your family is the court and the ball is your heart. No matter how good you are, no matter how down you get, always leave your heart on the court. Life doesn't come with a playbook." - Kwame Alexander

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We are going to start by watching a book trailer for our next novel called The Crossover. We will be introduced to two of our main characters, 13-year-old twin brothers Josh and Jordan Bell.

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Watch the trailer for THE CROSSOVER: GRAPHIC NOVEL now!

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Let's look at a few pages from the graphic novel version of our book, The Crossover. While we will be reading the version with the poems written in words, it will follow the same poetic way of writing. We will read these two parts together, and then discuss the difference between this type of writing and the other novels we have read this year.

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I think this quote means that we should never give up on something we really want in life.

Based on this quote, I think our book will be about a boy who loves to play basketball and wants to be in the NBA.

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I think this quote means a lot of thing but it mostly talks about basketball.

Based on this quote, I think our book will be about basketball and how a game isn't always a game.

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I think this quote means that anything that you are dealing with you should put your heart on the court if you want to do good so you can get into something good or not. Based on this quote, I think our book will be about how some people will get into bad situations or sad situations that they may not be able to focus on what they need to do.

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I think this quote means to always keep trying no matter what. Based on this quote, I think our book will be about boys who play basketball and don't give up.

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I think this quote means not to give up and live your life like you want it. Based on this quote, I think our book will be about boys who will play basketball no matter what he is told.

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I think this quote means to never giveup on something you are doing.

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I think this quote means that to always have a space for your faimly in your heart because they are your number 1 supporters

Based on this quote, I think our book will be about how the kid leaves his heart for his family because there are always there for him.

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I think this quote means to never give up.

Based on this quote, I think our book will be about he never give up and his family is helping him.

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I think this quote means...that don't give up no matter what.

Based on this quote, I think our book will be about...boys and sports.

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I think this quote means that whatever you do with you take your heart away from your family it will affect them.
Based on this quote, I think our book will be about

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I think this quote means to never leave ur family or give up in life no matter how tuff things get. Based on this quote, I think out book will be about a basket ball players not giving up.

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I think this quote means that you should always keep on trying and not give up
Based on this quote, I think our book will be about a boy who wants to be good at basketball and faces things in order to become good.

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I think this quote means to give your family your heart

Based on this quote, I think our book will be about basketball and family

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I think this quote means that you leave your heart with your family

Based on this quote, I think our book will be about how basketball is like family

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I think this quote means to pay attention to your dreams and to never give up on something you want .

Based on this quote, I think our book will be about about a kid that wants to play basket ball and has to face things before his dreams.

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I think this quote means that put your trust in your family.

Based on this quote, I think this book will be about something that happens to him and he has to trust his family.

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I think this quote means that no matter how bad life gets, never leave your family.
Based on this quote, I think our book will be about family.

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I think this quote means for us to not give up and keep trying,

Based on this quote, I think our book will be about basketball being like family

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I think this quote means that your heart will always be with your family

Based on this quote, I think our book will be about a boy and his family playing basketball

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I think this quote means that we should nerver give up on our dream

Based on this quote, I think our book will be about Basketball.

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I think this quote means to not give up in life and to never quit

Based on this quote, I think our book will be about... to encourage you to not give up

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I think this quote means always love your family

Based on this quote, I think our book will be about basketball.

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The quote means to also never give and to keep on trying and trying until you get to your goal.

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I think this quote means that you should never give up.
Based on this quote, I think our book will be about playing basketball.

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1. What does this quote mean in your own words? Those words aren't always just words they have meanings like saying ''i love you'' that person that you say would smile because they mean something to you.

2. What is the message behind this quote? Words aren't always words.

3. How does the quote apply to your own life? when u say something hurtful or nice people will always take it to the heart it doesn't matter if you say something nice or mean. In other words, what lesson did/can you learn from this quote? think before you say.

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"Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Swish. You've got to keep taking those shots."

In my own words, this quote means that you have to keep trying and trying and trying and trying and trying until you get it

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A quote I choose is "The words [in a poem] allow us to feel more connected with each other.'' In my own words this quote means that people can feel what poems because maybe they know the feeling of what the poem says. The message behind this quote is that if you read a poem that is the same as the others people can feel emotions from the poem and you can feel an emotion too for when you are reading the poem like how others are feeling.

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"Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Swish. You've got to keep taking those shots."

What does this quote mean in your own words?
in my own words i think this quote means to never give up

What is the message behind this quote?

even after failing keep on going

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"Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Swish. You've got to keep taking those shots."

1. This quote means to keep doing something until it is successful.

2. The message behind this quote is to never give up

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"Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Swish. You've got to keep taking those shots."

In my own words, this quote means that you have to keep trying and try not to give up. The message behind this quote is to never stop trying.

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"Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss.
Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss.
Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Swish.
You've got to keep taking
those shots."

In my own word this quote means that you have to keep trying no matter what. The message behind this quote is even if you keep failing just keep trying and you'll get it.

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"Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Swish. You've got to keep taking those shots."

The quote I mean in my own words is that he misses but he will try again.

The quote behind the message is to never give up.

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It means that practice and you will reach your goal.

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Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Swish. You've got to keep taking those shots."

1. What does this quote mean in your own words? in my word to me this quote means don't give up until you make it.

2. What is the message behind this quote? to not give up.

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"Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Swish. You've got to keep taking those shots."

what does this quote mean in your own words

in my own words i think this qoute means to never give up.

what is the message behind this quote?

Even after not being succesful try again and keep on going.

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"Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Swish. You've got to keep taking those shots."

1. What does this quote mean in your own words?

This quote in my own words means to never stop shooting for you're shot unitl you make it

1. What is the message behind this quote?

The message behind this quote is to not give and still have hope.

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I think this quote means in my own words is that even if u keep failing and missing to do something there will be a day when u actually did it. The message behind this quote is to not give up.

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"Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Swish. You've got to keep taking those shots."

What does this quote mean in your own words?

In my own words I think that this       quote means to keep going and never give up

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"Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Swish. You've got to keep taking those shots." What does this quote mean in your own words?it means to keep going after you fail is to always keep going and not to give upWhat is the message behind this quote?always keep goin youll achieve with practise

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"Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Swish. You've got to keep taking those shots."

Questions (choose two questions below to answer):

1. What does this quote mean in your own words? In my own words i think this quote means to never give upon hope and to follow your dreams

2. What is the message behind this quote? keep trying and and to reach your goal.

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1. What does this quote mean in your own words? To keep on trying

2. What is the message behind this quote? To never give up.

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Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Swish. You've got to keep taking those shots."

1. What does this quote mean in your own words?  i think this mean even if you fail try again

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"Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Swish. You've got to keep taking those shots."

This quote means to never give up

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A quote I picked is "Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Swish.
What does this quote mean in your own words? This quote means to never give up and keep trying.
What is the message behind this quote?
The message behind this quote is even if you did it wrong keep trying and never give up.

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The format of the writing is different from our other novels because this novel is told through poems and our other novels were told through traditional narratives. An example of how the writing is different is that our past novels were not in poems but rather in paragraphs. I think I will enjoy the writing style of a novel in verse because poems tell stories in a much more interesting way.

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The format of the writing is different from our other novels because it is in a poems.

An example of how the writing is different is the other novels were in paragraphs but this one is in poems.

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The format of the writing is different from our other novels because some of the words are bolded or in a bigger size also in the book there is a lot more white space.

An example of how the writing is different is the writing rhymes and it kind sounds like musical .

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The format of the writing is different from other novels because it said that this novel the Crossover is like a poetry book and the other novels did not have poetry. An example of how the writing is different is that in the other novels there were no poems like just paragraphs and the novel there are poems. I think i will enjoy the writing in this novel because it will be different from the other novels and also we can see the poems that some people feel for.

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The format of the writing is different from our other novels because this novel is saying the story with poetry

An example of how the writing is different is the rhymes and the poetry

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The format of the writing is different from our other novels because this story has poems in it.

An example of how the writing is different is that this book has rhymes in it and the other stories we have read don't.

I think I will like this story because it sound like the person who is playing basketball is really god he does not want to give up.

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"Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Miss. Dribble. Fake. Shoot. Swish. You've got to keep taking those shots."

This quote means to me is never give up and keep trying. The message behind this quote is never give up.

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The format of the writing is different from our other novels because its bold and some words are big.

An example of how the writing is different is it rhymes.

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The format of the writing is different from our other novels because some of the words are put to be bolded and it may be  a different font size.

An example of how the writing is different is how it rythmes well and seems more like music.

I think I like this because peoms seem to be easier to understand.

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The format of the writing is different from our other novels because it has poems and the other ones don't.

An example of how the writing is different is about a boy's life and it has rhymes for the poems.

I think I will like the story because the character doesn't give up no matter how hard life or things are

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The format of the writing is different from our other novels because this book has poems and bigger size text and more space

An example of how the writing is different has different rhymes .

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The format of the writing is different from our other novels because this is a poem while the others are a story.

An example of how the writing is different is that most of the writing is tilted while the other books we read are mostly still.