1. Casey at the Bat Page 98

2. Vocabulary - straggling  Straggling – wandering off His mother gets upset at him because he is always straggling when they go for a walk.

3. Vocabulary – puddin’  Puddin’ – slang term of disrespect The little boy’s temper flares when his older brother calls him “Puddin”.

4. Vocabulary - dell  Dell - valley The newly married couple dreamed of building a house in the dell and owning a huge ranch.

5. Vocabulary - bearing  Bearing – way of carrying oneself You can tell by this man’s bearing that he was very proud and used to being in charge.

6. Vocabulary - doff  Doff – take off A gentleman will doff his hat when a woman enters the room.

7. Vocabulary - haughty  Haughty – very proud This woman proved to be very haughty when she wouldn’t speak to the man because he wasn’t wearing a tie.

8. Vocabulary - visage  Visage - face The baby’s visage is showing surprise.

9. Vocabulary - tumult  Tumult – noisy uproar The crowd was creating a tumult.

10. Vocabulary - bade  Bade – asked that She bade the scared child to come closer so she could help him.

11. Vocabulary - spheroid  Spheroid – nearly round object Eggs, the earth, and most planets are spheroids.

12. Vocabulary - awed  Awed – greatly impressed The snowman was awed by the approaching weather.

13. Vocabulary – oral interpretation  Oral interpretation – reading aloud with expression She was interested in the story because of the readers’ good oral interpretation.

14. Setting  Mudville  At a Baseball Game

15. Characters  Cooney and Burrows – baseball players who were called “out”  The crowd  Casey – the baseball player the crowd was putting their faith in  Flynn and Blake – baseball players who batted before Casey

16. Plot Questions  Will Casey get to bat?  Will Casey get a hit?

17. Climax  Casey strikes out

18. Resolution  There is very little resolution  We do not know how the crowd and the town handles the loss of Casey striking out

19. Theme  Boastful, posturing, swaggering people eventually get what is coming to them.

20. Assignment  Thinking it Through page 102  If you do not finish it during class it is homework.