Blood and Basketball Cause/Effect Piece

Authors Note-  A young man is offered a chance to play college basketball but gets stopped up by his troublesome brother.
The book that I read recently was called Blood and basketball. It's about this troublesome kid who was invited to play with a college basketball team. As soon as he started playing college ball his brother was getting out of jail. While his brother is out of jail Him and his brother starts to get into a lot of mischief until he has to make a decision to leave his brother or stay with his future. And he does choose to leave his brother and stay with his career.


The main character, Dale, had a hard life growing up. Now he gets a chance to play with a college basketball team because they think that he is a great player, and could have a really bright future ahead of him. The problem is, with his brother getting released from jail he is becoming late for basketball practices and missing his curfews. Although it's a difficult problem, there is still a solution. Dale needs to do the right thing and tell his brother that he cant keep hanging out if he is going to keep getting him in trouble, continue messing with his future, and stop putting him in an awkward and difficult position to choose between fun and the right thing. Dale finally chooses the right thing and sets the record straight. I think that this falls into the category of Person vs Self because he is fight with himself to choose between fun with his brother or work for his future.

Air Jordans

The thing you get for the first of your life and you don’t know why you, you don’t know what it’s for you just know that it is yours now and that it’s new well new to you. 

The first pair of Air Jordan’s I got was for my eighth birthday.  My mom told me that she doesn’t want me to mess these up right away because they were so expensive. I wanted to wear my new shoes to school the next day but my mom said no because she thinks that I was going to get them dirty but I disagreed. I brought them to school the next day despite what my mother said so I was being very careful to not mess them up. Until recess came and I was running around and playing in them but when recess was over I saw that my new pair of shoes had dirt and mud all over it and I knew it was over for me.

So I try to clean it off during class but it just wasn’t coming off. The rest of the day I was just wondering how I was going to explain my messy shoes to my mom, But when I came home and I told her she said she already knew I brought  it to school

I was waiting for a punishment but she didn’t say anything she just kept watching T.V it was very awkward.

The next I find out that she bought me two pairs of Jordan’s she told me she got one pair of Jordan’s free but the other pair she got half off because she knew I was going to mess them up. I thought to myself like am I that predictable. But I guess nobody knows you like your mom. 

I like Red

Author note-



I love the color red because it reminds me of fire and fire is somewhat interesting because of it's colorful flame.
Every time I listen to music I just think of the color red. My mom said that When I was younger I said just in case of an emergency she wanted me to say the code word which was red because that is my favorite color. I used red for mostly everything and I don't think that me and red  are ever going to be apart.

What do I want to be when I grow up

Author's Note- What I want to be when I grow up and why I want to do that with my life and why would it be good for me.


 When I grow up I want to be somebody. I want to be the person that a kid can look up to and that they want to do the same things that I did. But hope that they don't do the same as I did I want them to do even better than I did. I want to be an encourager to people, I want to be a hero.

When I grow up I want to be a Pro football player. I want to be a football player because it's something that I've been growing up doing. I am really good at it and being a Pro football player has a lot of great benefits. Well one good benefit is that that you get payed doing something that you love. The second thing is you get to travel see different things. And third thing is you get payed for going something you love how can it get any better than that. Being a Pro football player is what I want to do with my life and I don't think anything is going to change my mind.

My favorite sports Team

Author's Note- My favorite sports team why the Celtics is my favorite team.



My favorite sports team is the Boston Celtics. I like the Boston Celtics because they have the best squad in the league. Not only they have the best team now they have always had a good team with great players.

The majority of the people on the Celtics team is big. They excellent shooters, passer also defensive players. My favorite player on the Celtics is Kevin Garnett. He's my favorite player on the team because he can move good and still cross and dunk on people for his age. Kevin Garnett is just a big guy on a mission.

 

IfI had abillion dollars

Author's Note: Don't spend one billion dollars in one day because you won't have a chance to spend on the stuff you really want.


 I was bored and sad but I still have my dad,
As I fixed my collar I look down I magically see about a billion dollars,
 It looked nice and green I was just a teen,
I walk around the mall and said
 It was too bad I spent it in one day.

Basketball Takes Courage

The book Blood and Basketball, by Janice Greene, helps readers understand who is a real friend and who is not. The author informs readers to not allow family to come between you and your dream. It’s really sad when family members try to come in between you and your future. The book Blood and Basketball is about a guy named Dale, who recently graduated from high school, was the M.V.P of the year and was chosen to play with the Jackson Eagles basketball team. The coaches of the Jackson Eagles believe another player on the team named Will, can be a brother figure to Dale and keep him out of trouble. Unfortunately, Dale’s older brother Bode is going to soon be released from prison and Dale eagerly awaits his return. When Bode was finally released and returned home he walked into a room and immediately focused his attention on Will. Later Bode suggested that he and Dale go to a party, but Will warned that they shouldn’t stay too late because they both have practice in the morning. Bode felt threatened so he pulled out a pocket knife on Will, threatening Will back; soon after Bode and Dale left. I know Dale only left with Bode because Bode would always bring up the, “family first” and “you can only trust blood” speech. Because of Bode, the next morning Dale was late to practice and was suspended for being late. However, Dale did not realize Bode was partly to blame for causing him to be late. Two weeks passed and Dale finally realized that Bode was going to get him kicked off the team, so Dale approached Bode and told him exactly that. Dale was heartbroken that he had to let his brother go. Dale is better off without Bode because at the end of the season Dale and his teammates went all the way to the finals and won. Also Dale was voted rookie of the year. Two weeks after that Bode was sent back to prison for selling drugs. Dale wrote to Bode many times but Bode never wrote back. It breaks my heart to see, hear or even read about someone that is ruining your future, especially your own family. Bode was just a bad influence on Dale and he almost cost him his future. It was good that Dale stood up to Bode and told him he was a bad influence because if he hadn’t he’d probably be in jail with Bode. So what Dale did took a lot of courage, something a lot of people are scared to do.