Summary : ' Language Arts '

In Language Arts: Patterns of Practice by Gail E. Tompkins, the focus of chapter one is how students learn. Children organize information learned into schemas. A schema is an organizational system in the brain that is broken into three categories: categories of knowledge, what determines a category and what is included in the category, and how they connect to each other. When a child learns something new, it causes disequilibrium of the brain. The children work the new information into one of the schemata so that equilibrium is achieved. Children also use learning strategies to solve problems. Each child has different learning strategies that fit their needs best. Children also need social interactions in order to learn language arts.

Prewriting- Explain to the students that the first step in the process approach to writing is prewriting which includes choosing a topic, planning and rehearsing.

In high school Allen hated basketball, he didn’t want to play, at all. His mother forced him to go to practice he complained but changed his mind when he saw all his football buddies there.

Russell/Boy1 is a great basketball player that is very smart and a good kid. Many colleges want him to play for them. Both of his parents were murdered and this changes Russell. He moved in with his relatives Ms. Allen and Mr. Allen and changed his name to Russ Washington so no one knew his true identity until he was himself again.

"I think it's fun to see where we're playing the right way. It's fun for our guys to see everybody happy playing the right way."

“No way Juls that’s awesome if you, if you meet Lebron can you introduce him to me?” Marcus said with a smile from ear to ear.

"He's obviously the MVP of his conference, the OVC. So he's a really good player."

It was two weeks before the state championship game and Ella and her team had been working really hard to win. Every year Ella's team had made it to state and every year they had lost in the first round. Ella wanted to change that this year and so far it looked like Ella and her team were on the right track. They got up at 5 AM every morning to go to practice at 5:30 and then turned around to go to practice at 3 everyday after school. Their coach drilled them so hard that they could've done every play, drill, and made every shot in their sleep.

When he was in the high school, he was the first player to attend the practice and the last one leave. In his sophomore he joined the varsity team, but he was cut from the team early in the season because the coach thought that Michael would benefit more by playing jayvee ball than by sitting on the varsity bench. Michael was angry and embarrassed that he had been cut. Late in the season, the varsity team wanted to add one more player to the team. Michael was expected that they would choose him, but they didn’t. They were looking for a big man, so they call Leroy Smith who was six inches taller than Michael. It was not the last time that Michael’s talents were overlooked. Michael didn’t give up because of this attitude, he said that he promised himself from this point that will never happen again, and he started working hard more than before. Michael began cutting classes to work on his basketball skills. His parents were wired about him, so they talked to him. Michael told them that he had a goal and he had to work hard to reach my goal and he

It was a hot summer day in Harlem, the basketball courts were loud and loaded. The event every little infant, to up and coming middle school players, high school stars, and some past NBA players found pleasure in. Beasts of the East Basketball Tournament was about to start a week from now, and the two best players in the East were Jermaine and Chauncey Collins. Those two were the true must watch of the Beasts of the East Tournament, and their basketball play refused to let anyone tell them otherwise.

High school basketball superstars Danny Wilcox and Terrell Jamerson are going to a summer camp to play basketball, when they first get there no one notices Danny but then he starts to improve his playing style. Then Terrell gets mixed in with a bad reporter and gets Terrell "lit". Danny knows from the time he sees Terrell's eyes and he tries to get him eye drops before anyone sees him and that’s just when Danny's father walks in and he knew too. Danny and Terrell get benched for a game and of course they loose that game. Then when they come back they win almost every game and make it to the championship round and

“ Tyler, he played goalie in soccer sophomore year, he just needs to work on his punting skills.”

There was at a point where Ricky made a meaningful speech to his teammates. You could tell the faces of Ricky teammates that Ricky really meant his speech. Everyone was ready for tomorrow finals. Whatever happens we're just friends that are playing basketball. It was the day of final, crowds, coaches from all over the states, here to watch 2 top high school team play against each other. The matchup wasn't at a high school. It was special made for this event. All the seats were filled, as people were taking picture of every moment. The game started and people could tell both team wanted to win but there could've been only 1 winner. Crowd were roaring as the game started, Yelling Ricky and his teammates. As the game progressed Ricky team were up by 3 points in the 2nd quarter. Ricky team just looked more dominated than their opponent. Ricky team ended up winning the final. Everyone and Ricky was tearing up of

It was the year of 1993. Vernon King lived in a big town called Gainesville, Florida. Vernon was 17 years old about to begin his Junior year at Eastside High school. Vernon loved sports and he was very curious. Vernon excelled in basketball. His team, The Warhawks, were the top team in the region. The Warhawks won most of their games. This year they wanted to play someone tougher. They were ranked 25th in the state and they wanted to play the top team in the state. When practice started up again Vernon and his team worked extra hard. One day Veron and his best friend, Desmond, decided to stay after practice one day and shoot some more. Vernon’s coach had left and it was just him and Desmond. Desmond had to leave to go visit his mom who had

“Yeah, yeah I’ve heard it all before, no need to sound redundant Victor.” Teased Racer.