The book called slam by walter dean myers full episode

Slam, by walter dean myers, was a very good book that i would rate 5 stars. The story, fleshed out into a fulllength novel, became fast sam, cool clyde, and stuff 1975. This has led some to call for the removal of several of myerss texts, particularly. The novel slam by walter dean myers is a story about an african american teenage athlete by the name of greg. What is the theme of the book slam by walter dean myers.

Meettheauthor recording with walter dean myers about slam. Get an answer for what is the theme of the book slam by walter dean myers. Walter dean myers books, author biography, and reading level. Chapters 15, chapters 610, chapters 1115, chapters 1621 here are links to our lists for other works by. I am walter dean myers, author of over 100 books, including bestselling fallen angels. Slam doesnt want to see that ice may be dealing drugs because he knows it could be the end of their friendship. The reason he switched school was to have things more challenging and most of the people in this school were white. Walter dean myers is the 2012 20 national ambassador for young peoples literature. The story revolves around the efforts of seventeen yearold greg slam harris to play basketball, while maintaining his academics and his personal life. In the opening of monster by walter dean myers, sixteenyearold steve harmon is on trial for his alleged participation in a murder committed during the commission of a robbery. He loves to skateboard and rides the rails every chance he gets. Greg lives in the ghettos of new york with his younger brother and mother.

Walter dean myers brings you into the world of harlem and the struggles of life with his coretta scott king awardwinning book, slam. Gregory slam harris is a talented basketball player with. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or. The prosecution accuses steve of acting as the look out to the crime which left a local business owner dead. For this video, i decided to read some parts of my first novel, slam. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read slam.

Dec 24, 2010 it can also show a child that there are awards if you make the right decisions in life. In the book, slam, by walter dean myers, the character mtisha plays slam s girlfriend. Published on march 22, 2014 in bibliography full resolution 160. 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. Greg is a highschool student and a star basketball player at his highschool. Walter dean myers audiobooks download instantly today. Sam just asks, and then thinks about what tony would do. Fans of walter dean myers will like this book as well. It kept it interesting throughout the whole book and was on a subject i like which made it easier to read.

That is all i am going to tell you about the book, i dont want to give the whole thing. Seventeenyearold greg slam harris can do it all on the basketball court. Created by national book festival listen to the audio share. He won numerous awards for his works, including five coretta scott king awards for african american authors. An exciting, eyecatching repackage of acclaimed author walter dean myers b. Slam by walter dean myers timeline timetoast timelines. I never called an incorrect letter, never had an unlucky spin on. Slam by walter dean myers is about a seventeen year old boy named greg. She likes slam but values being treated right, so throughout the book she makes sure slam is always proper and nice to her. In the book, slam, by walter dean myers, the character mtisha plays slams girlfriend. Seventeenyearold slam harris is counting on his basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and to succeed in. Author walter dean myers is the 2019 childrens literature legacy award winner. Greg slam harris is a seventeenyearold who thinks he is all that on the court and hes not that far off.

Mtisha is a dark skinned, dark haired, pretty woman. By walter dean myers quotes a pros summary my critique you still dont get it do you. Ill call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me. Often setting his books in his boyhood home of harlem, myers is acknowledged. I am walter dean myers, author of over 100 books, including. 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 court. Greg harris or as he is called,slam is a teen struggling in brooklyn, new york. In fact, he even has a poster of tony in his bedroom and talks to it sometimes.

He can play point guard and slam dunk the ball, making him a tough combination for a defender to handle. Mtisha tells slam that ice has gotten a lot of money lately. This book was about an african american kid from the ghetto of new york. I need to know 20 important events in order from the book. He is the critically acclaimed new york times bestselling author an awardwinning body of work which includes, somewhere in the darkness, slam. Slam the basketball book by walter dean myers duration. On the basketball court 17 year old greg slam harris is in control. At the same time all of this is going on, slam is fighting to get a place on the school basketball team. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.

Then discuss the different roads and places that slam went to in the book, see if you can find them on the map. That if you put your heart and soul into anything they can become successful. Walter dean myers also writes poetry, which is apparent with his descriptive ways in the book. Point signature scholastic book by walter dean myers. Nov 06, 2009 slam doesnt want to see that ice may be dealing drugs because he knows it could be the end of their friendship. Seventeenyearold greg slam harris can do it all on the baske. Based on the diaries of mel leavitt and a true story, the prelude and chapter one. Dec 27, 2015 walter dean myers is the 2012 20 national ambassador for young peoples literature. A seventeenyearold basketball star must learn to work with others both on and off the court. The novel slam by walter dean meyers, takes place in a poor african american neighborhood in harlem, new york. Twentyfive years to life in prisonthats the sentence facing our main man, steve harmon.

What are examples of similes and metaphores in the book. His notable works include fallen angels, monster, crystal, and scorpions. Slam meets up with ice and mtisha for the first time since he had moved to latimer. Summary and rating plot diagram this story starts out at a faster pace than the rest of the rest of the book by giving the reader a bunch of names and telling them a basic overview of drews life. If slam wants to hold everything together, hell have to apply his passion for basketball to everything else in his life. Will he ever feel like he has some control over his life. Scholastic, 1998 coretta scott king author award grade level. His disciplined body does what he tells it, the ball is an extension of his arms and his powerful legs allow him to elevate above the. Myers the glory field uses contemporary urban black locutions to relay his narrators vie. Stephen king on end of watch at the 2016 national book festival.

Walter dean myers is the critically acclaimed new york times bestselling author of more than eighty books for children and young adults, including sunrise over fallujah, fallen angels, monster, somewhere in the darkness, slam. Chapters 15, chapters 610, chapters 1115, chapters 1621 here are. May 08, 2011 slam the basketball book by walter dean myers duration. Slam by walter dean myers study guide, test and answer key. When myers writes about slam playing basketball he is very descriptive and the reader can feel what slam is. Steve is pretty freaked out, in need of a way to deal with both the trial and the nastiness surrounding him in prison. Slam lives in harlem and attends the prestigious magnet school latimer in the south bronx. When myers writes about slam playing basketball he is very descriptive and the reader can feel what slam is feeling.

Myers brings the reader up close and personal to life in harlem and the monumental task of escaping from that life. Slam by walter dean myers timeline created by pakorin. New york times bestselling author walter dean myers s last novel, delivers a gripping story based on the life of a real dancer known as master juba, who lived in the nineteenth century, and influenced todays tap, jazz, and step dancing. Greg is so good in basketball he earned the nickname slam. The plot builds up in the rising action as some strong feelings are made between. New york times bestselling author walter dean myerss last novel, delivers a gripping story based on the life of a real dancer known as master juba, who lived in the nineteenth century, and influenced todays tap, jazz, and step dancing. Born in martinsburg, west virginia, myers was originally named walter milton myers. What are examples of similes and metaphores in the book slam. The author grew up in harlem and you can tell this by the attention to detail and the intensity of the struggles these youngsters face everyday. Greg loves to play basketball and is called slam because of his ability to slam dunk. Some parts of his trial are riveting and read like an episode of law and order and his diary entries from jail are. Harlem illustrations by christopher myers poetry 1997.

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. Chapters 15, chapters 610, chapters 1115, chapters. It takes place in innercity harlem in new york, and its all about the life of greg slam harris on and off the court. Walter dean myers booklist walter dean myers message board. The main character, greg slam harris, has to deal with daily gang violence, drugs, and murders. Get an answer for i need to know 20 important events in order from the book slam.

He can play point guard and slam dunk the ball, making. Walter dean myers 19372014 was the acclaimed author of over fifty books, primarily for young adults. My socalled life party line required reading slambook. Hes quick enough to handle the point guard slot and, as his tag implies, he can slam dunk at will. Bad boy by walter dean myers digital book trailer duration. Slams grandmother, throughout the whole book, was in bad health and could have. However, the story and the main character were different than i thought and it caught my attention from the very first chapter. The book was about a 17 year old named greg harris who was from the streets of ny and he had just transfered schools. Jul 22, 2016 what are examples of similes and metaphores in the book slam.