Right now in the story Dannys's team finnally got their first win. They played close the entire game and pulled it out at the end. Everyone on the team was very happy that they won. The where going to go to a pizza place to celebrate, but after an hour of being there Danny's dad was nowhere to be seen. It turned out that he got in a car accedent on the way there. Now they didnt have a coach and they had to find someone who could coach there team. After going though all the options Danny was chosen to be the coach since according to his dad it was danny's team.
I think Danny's dad getting in a car accedent shows that he is very unlucky. Just like his first accedent, it happened when things where going really well for him and they got ruined. I think this will really show how strong of people everyone on the team is to see if they can go though have their coach gone and still try to win.
I think Danny being chosen to be coach is a way of showing how much Danny really means to the team. He is not only a player, he is the reason the team even happened and is the leader for the team. I feel like the other players look up to him and will do anything he tells them because they trust him.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Alot of us on Christmas get good presents, since we live in spoiled Mason, and in the Travel Team Danny gets that. Despite the fact that his Mom makes little pay and his Dad blew off al his NBA money his mom still found a way to buy him a brand new, and expinsive, laptop. Also along with that he got a new pair of Lebrons. Then the great thing happened and his dad showed up for Christmas, which is very rare for him, but he got him a new ball. It it was not any regular ball, the ball was signed by Jason Kidd and John Stockton, Dannys all-time favorite players.
His parents buying these thoughtfull and expensive gifts really show how much they really care for Danny. His dad getting the ball signed but not just any players, but his two favorite players show that he really cares what they think. It proves that even though in the story it seems like his Dad doesnt care he really does on the inside.
His parents buying these thoughtfull and expensive gifts really show how much they really care for Danny. His dad getting the ball signed but not just any players, but his two favorite players show that he really cares what they think. It proves that even though in the story it seems like his Dad doesnt care he really does on the inside.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Book Update
At the point i am in the story Danny's team played the Vikings which is the team he was cut from. There team destoryed his team and he was basicly bullied by Teddy Moran who is his least liked person. He throws random elbows at Danny because Danny almost beat him up. Then during the game Danny boxes out Teddy hard and he knocked over Teddy into Ty, Danny's former teammate, which caused him to break Ty's wrist.
Everyone is blaming Danny for Ty's wrist being broken. This causes everyone to feel like Danny is trying to ruin the Vikings season since he was cut from the team. This makes Danny feel really bad about hurting Ty. He is very sad and he wants to make it better with Ty.
I think Danny will have to work through being the villian and hurting Ty and be more friendly with them and not the enemy. This will also make it harder for him to focus on playing basketball since he has to deal with doing this and constantly being reminded that he did it.
Everyone is blaming Danny for Ty's wrist being broken. This causes everyone to feel like Danny is trying to ruin the Vikings season since he was cut from the team. This makes Danny feel really bad about hurting Ty. He is very sad and he wants to make it better with Ty.
I think Danny will have to work through being the villian and hurting Ty and be more friendly with them and not the enemy. This will also make it harder for him to focus on playing basketball since he has to deal with doing this and constantly being reminded that he did it.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Column
This column was about Jesse Cheatham, the coached of the high school student who was arrested for robbing DeSales Market at gunpoint, is still trying to help him grow as a person. Despite getting arrested Cheatham still wants to help him because he cares and he is more than a coach.
The beast line was, "Jesse Cheatham is the guy who pulled you aside when he saw that there were two versions of you – the smart Aiken sophomore who recently passed the Walnut Hills High School entrance test, and the street kid who pulled his pants down around his knees, grew dreadlocks and ran with his friends." This showed how he stuck with him not matter what it was. He would cheer him on if it was good or help him up if it was bad.
Ramsey's style is a lot of quick but meaningful sentences that really help understanding her point. One example is, "The result?" in the first column and, "Which is why one person couldn't make it in the door." was the other one.
Some questions I have for here is how she got in to Journalism, How did she develop her writing style and who was the biggest influence on her writing style.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/03/29/krista-ramsey-desales-market-robbery/7071067/
The beast line was, "Jesse Cheatham is the guy who pulled you aside when he saw that there were two versions of you – the smart Aiken sophomore who recently passed the Walnut Hills High School entrance test, and the street kid who pulled his pants down around his knees, grew dreadlocks and ran with his friends." This showed how he stuck with him not matter what it was. He would cheer him on if it was good or help him up if it was bad.
Ramsey's style is a lot of quick but meaningful sentences that really help understanding her point. One example is, "The result?" in the first column and, "Which is why one person couldn't make it in the door." was the other one.
Some questions I have for here is how she got in to Journalism, How did she develop her writing style and who was the biggest influence on her writing style.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/03/29/krista-ramsey-desales-market-robbery/7071067/
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
The Travel Team
Currently in the story right now Danny's dad desided that he wanted to coach Danny by making their own travel team with the player who are left who didn't make the original travel tea. The team is made up of people who are all very short and Matt who is tall but is very bad. Danny's dads comitment to not only coach Danny, but coach him on a bad team despite him not liking coaching shows that he cares for Danny.
The first practice for the team turned out very bad. When they played 4 on 4 there where "6,000 turnovers". This really puts Danny down about having a travel team. He though if they had a travel team they would have some good players but it turned out that the team is worse that he thought. It will be interesting to see how Danny ajusts from being a supporting player on the old tr5avel teams to the best player who has to score on his team.
The first practice for the team turned out very bad. When they played 4 on 4 there where "6,000 turnovers". This really puts Danny down about having a travel team. He though if they had a travel team they would have some good players but it turned out that the team is worse that he thought. It will be interesting to see how Danny ajusts from being a supporting player on the old tr5avel teams to the best player who has to score on his team.
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Start Of the Book
At the start of the book it tells you about how Danny, the main character, always plays basketball despite his size. He uses it as something to take him away from his tough life of being short and having devoriced parents. He alway trys to be the best passer so everyone will want him to be on their team.
At the beggining it seemed like he was having a good day but it turned ou he got cut from his travel team. Not only did he grt cut but he was cut for his height. I can tell that this will be one thing that will push him to get better and prove the coachs wrong on cutting him. I think if he gets on a team he wil want to play the team he got cut from.
At the beggining it seemed like he was having a good day but it turned ou he got cut from his travel team. Not only did he grt cut but he was cut for his height. I can tell that this will be one thing that will push him to get better and prove the coachs wrong on cutting him. I think if he gets on a team he wil want to play the team he got cut from.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Book Predictions
The next book I am going to read is The Travel Team. I heard it was a good book. It is about a kid who is short and is trying to play basketball. His dad lived in the exact same town just like him. Unlike him however he was the best basketball player in the town. But he got in a bad car accedent and was unable to play anymore.
I think it will be about him overcoming the struggles of being short and him growing in his releasionship with his dad. Also think the book will be about the main character trying to get his dad to help him play basketball since he was so good.
I think the main conflict will be The main character trying to get good at basketball despite his size. The cover shows him lokking up at the rim almost confused. This telles me that he will have to try to figure out how to become good.
I think it will be about him overcoming the struggles of being short and him growing in his releasionship with his dad. Also think the book will be about the main character trying to get his dad to help him play basketball since he was so good.
I think the main conflict will be The main character trying to get good at basketball despite his size. The cover shows him lokking up at the rim almost confused. This telles me that he will have to try to figure out how to become good.
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