Basketball Reading Task

An Explanation

Resource: Basketball

(Read About, Think About Book 1)

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WALT read and understand how an explanation is written. (Structure and language features used in writing explanations)

Knowledge Questions: Learn

1. Where and when was the game of basketball devised?

     Answer: 1891 by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

2. What is another name for bouncing the ball along the ground?

     Answer: Dribbling

3. Can there ever be a draw in a game of basketball ?

     Answer: No. If there is a draw, then they need to play for another period of five minutes

Comprehension Questions: Learn

     4.   In total, how many players are on the court at one time?

     Answer: 5 players

     5.   Name four skills involved in basketball.

     Answer: Dribbling, Throwing, Long Passing and Jump Shot

     6.   How does the referee communicate signals?

     Answer: Hand signal and blowing the whistle

Application Questions: Create, Share

     7.   Would basketbal be a good game for someone short to play?

    Answer: Yes because they might be fast and they might pass it to a tall person to shoot into the hoop

    8. What question would you ask an international referee about the signals made during the      game?

     Answer: Why do you stop the clock for a foul?

Thinking beyond : Create,  Share

Analysis: What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of having amateur,

professional and international rules?

Answer:  Disadvantages is a way to reduce the other team get more points because they will have to give away the ball.

Synthesis: Create a new game using basketball as a starting idea.  

Answer: A starting game for Basketball is Toilet Tag but just with a mix up in it to how to play. Four students or four players volunteers to be a tagger, tagging form outside the square. The rest stands at the inside of the square and gets ready to run across the court, if they get hit from the ball threw by the taggers they’ll have to knee down on 1 knee, 1 arm up for the flush and then the other knee stays flat on the floor for the toilet seat. Once they've been a toilet, then a person from their own team comes and takes a fake loo on them and then the toilet person is set free. Try to aim for the person who is capable to not get tagged

Evaluation: Do you think introducing games from other countries is a good or a bad thing?

Answer: Good because they might want to vs your country