Narrator thomas penny vividly captures both the internal and external challenges slam faces while chasing his dream from the streets, to the classrooms, to the hardwood floors. Gregs temper and attitude ends up causing problems as he almost hits. Quotes showing 12 of 2 cutting people out of your life is easy, keeping them in is hard. Teaching unit, underrepresented author classroom prestwick house offers a variety of lessons and activities. Walter dean myers august 12, 1937 to july 1, 2014 is the winner of the first 2010 coretta scott king virginia hamilton award for lifetime achievement. Walter dean myers, author winning children book author. Walter dean myers answers questions about his writing process, his books, and his childhood. A seventeenyearold basketball star must learn to work with others both on and off the court. A versatile and prolific writer, walter dean myers also walter m. Seventeenyearold greg slam harris can do it all on the baske. What are some good quotes in slam by walter dean myers answers. Slam by walter dean myers research essay example graduateway. Walter dean myers is amazing he really inspired me big time i want to be an author because of him rest in peace walter dean myers rest in peace. I am a product of harlem and of the values, color, toughness, and caring that i found there as a child.
Sixteenyearold slam harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance. The scene is in a tally down portion of town in a large metropolis that was unginven. Entry 3 summary ch 1421 greg receives his psat score and scores a good grade on it. He believes that he might be able to receive a basketball scholarship if he continues to work hard and do good on the actually sat. The novel slam by walter dean myers is a story about an african american teenage athlete by the name of greg. Slam is a corretta scott king author award winner and was voted the alas best book for young adults. An exciting, eyecatching repackage of acclaimed author walter dean myers bestselling paperbacks, to coincide with the publication of. Walter dean myers isbn 0590486683 by looking at the cover picture from slam.
A harlem teenager learns how to apply the will he has to win at hoops to other parts of his life in. Slam by walter dean myers timeline created by pakorin. Walter dean myers answers questions about his writing. Few other black kids attend latimer high, but greg slam harris knows he can prove himself on the basketball court at his new school. Greg slam harris is a seventeenyearold who thinks he is all that on the court and hes not that far off. School library journal myers reinforces his standing as a preeminent young adult author. These programs enrich lesson plans and include complete. The only difference between on the court and off it is that everybody is in the game off the court. Newbery honor author walter dean myers calls on his own harlem background in this raw and gritty story of a young basketball player coming of age and trying to make it on the unforgiving courts of the city.
Slam s going oneonone with his future, and its a showdown he cant afford to lose. Mtisha tells slam that ice has gotten a lot of money lately. Slam worked hard in every game throughout the season, and all his hard work finally payed off for him, because coach finally trusted him in a really tough game. You feel as if you were on the court with slam during games and that you can feel the pain that he goes through off the. What is the theme of the book slam by walter dean myers.
He was the critically acclaimed new york times bestselling author of an awardwinning body of work which includes somewhere in the darkness, slam. Another theme in the novel, slam, by walter dean myers, is keeping your priorities straight is the key to happiness. A harlem teenager learns how to apply the will he has to win at hoops to other parts of his life in this vivid, fluent story from myers toussaint louverture, p. With an urban, teenage voice, walter dean myers earnestly reflects the hopes and desires shared by many budding hoop dreamers. Seventeenyearold greg slam harris can do it all on the basketball court. He can play point guard and slam dunk the ball, making him a tough combination for a defender to handle. Printz award, he is considered one of the preeminent writers for children. Slam walter dean myers slam walter dean myers thank you totally much for downloading slam walter dean myers. What are some good quotes in slam by walter dean myers. Greg is the narrator and he is name slam on the basketball court. Sep 20, 20 with an urban, teenage voice, walter dean myers earnestly reflects the hopes and desires shared by many budding hoop dreamers. Slam also struggles with this throughout the book because he often.
Greg is a highschool student and a star basketball player at his highschool. Plot summary few other black kids attend latimer high, but greg slam harris knows he can prove himself on the basketball court at his new school. Walter dean myers brings you into the world of harlem and the struggles of life with his coretta scott king awardwinning book, slam. A tough childhood led him to writing and his school teachers would encourage him in this habit as a way to. Slam meets up with ice and mtisha for the first time since he had moved to latimer. The coretta scott king award winning book tells the story of sixteenyearold slam harris, who is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life. It takes place in innercity harlem in new york, and its all about the life of greg slam harris on and off the court.
Most likely you have knowledge that, people have see numerous period for their favorite books considering this slam walter dean myers, but end going on in harmful downloads. Author walter dean myers is the 2019 childrens literature legacy award winner. My most recent books are slam, which is about basketball, and harlem, which is about harlem, where i spent most of the first seventeen years of my. Mar 12, 2020 walter dean myers is the 2012 20 national ambassador for young peoples literature. Jun 07, 2012 walter dean myers does a good job of bringing up all the challenges that greg has to face. The narrative line is that slam the chief character is traveling to a new school that is a white school where he one time went to a predominately was black and so is he. The late walter dean myers was the 201220 national ambassador for young peoples literature.
He lives in jersey city, new jersey, with his family. Slam, by walter dean myers is an amazing book that talks about a kid from the streets who can do it all on the basketball court. This past semester i read the book slam by walter dean myers. Gregory slam harris is a talented basketball player with. Sixteenyearold greg slam harris can do it all on the basketball court.
The story is about the life, challenges, and growth of greg harris. The story revolves around the efforts of seventeen yearold greg slam harris to play basketball, while maintaining his academics and his personal life. The novel slam by walter dean myers has several themes. He is the critically acclaimed new york times bestselling author an.
Slam, an australian feature directed by partho sengupta. Myers has received two newbery honor medals, five coretta scott king author book awards, and. For example, he has to stay strong alot of the time because of all of the influences with drugs around every day. Slam by walter dean myers timeline timetoast timelines. It all ties in smoothly with gregs basketball life and his dream of making it into the nba. The style of writing that walter dean myers uses is probably. The conflict in the story isnt as interesting as other books ive read but it is definitely different. The story revolves around the efforts of seventeen yearold greg slam harris to play basketball, while.
Hes quick enough to handle the point guard slot and, as his tag implies, he can slam dunk at will. Slam lives in harlem and attends the prestigious magnet school latimer in the south bronx. And when his teachers jam his troubles in his face, he blows up. Greg slam harris is justly proud of his game, but he realizes that nba daydreams dont cut it in the classrooms of his new south bronx magnet school and that the tough talk that serves him so well on the street only. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Dec 27, 2015 walter dean myers is the 2012 20 national ambassador for young peoples literature. However, the story and the main character were different than i thought and it caught my attention from the very first chapter. Slam, a 1998 film starring saul williams and beau sia. Worksheets and literature unit by walter dean myers grades 59 daily reading journal go beyond a simple book report. He was born in martinsburg, west virginia, but was raised in harlem, new york city. The late late show with james corden recommended for you. By walter dean myers quotes a pros summary my critique you still dont get it do you.
Chapters 15, chapters 610, chapters 1115, chapters 1621 here are links to our lists for other works by. And when his teachers jam his troubles in his face, slam. Slams going oneonone with his future, and its a showdown he cant afford to lose. In the book, slam, by walter dean myers, greg faces a large amout of ordeals in his life because of the area that he lives in. What is the resolution in slam by walter dean myers answers. I saw these vials of drugs all of the time in the park, gutters, and in the bathrooms at school256. Slam visits his sick grandmother in the hospital with his mom. Myers has published short fiction, essays, and poetry in such disparate periodicals as the liberator, negro digest, mccalls, essence, espionage, and alfred hitchcocks mystery magazine. August 12, 1937 july 1, 2014 was a writer of childrens books best known for young adult literature. An exciting, eyecatching repackage of acclaimed author walter dean myers bestselling paperbacks, to coincide with the publication of sunrise over. See the progress your students make while they are reading. The trouble is, the principal and teachers are getting on his case about his grades, and. Point signature scholastic book by walter dean myers.