1. Evaluating Reasoning 



Name____7th________________Title:: Hero on the Ball Field_ ______ Author: Daybook: Robert Peterson

 


Evaluating Reasoning  
Step 1
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Step 3
Step 4

Evaluate the character’s decisions:
What is the action the character takes?

(Text based)
What were the consequences?

(Text based and/or inferred information)
Why did the character

act in this way?

(Text based and/or inferred information)
What flaws were there in the character’s thinking?

Support your answer.
What logical reasons support the choices made?

Support your answer.
Do you agree or disagree with the characters reasoning?

Support your answer.
Does the character’s treatment of the other characters seem fair?

Why or why not?
 
 

Jackie R.

 

Played professional baseball on an all white team in an all white baseball league

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

Ø   Taunted by whites

Ø   Received “hate mail”

Ø   “Spiked” at first base

Ø   Others (whites) refused to play with him
 

 

He was a fierce competitor and he loved baseball
 

 

He could get hurt – personally and his family as well. He was lonely and angry that people were cruel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

He did not care that blacks were not welcome: he did it because he loved baseball
Opinion:

I agree/disagree…

 

I agree

 

Evidence:

 

He was courageous, successful and displayed perseverance

 

Text examples?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Judgment:

Yes, it’s fair/ No, it’s not fair…

 

Yes, fair

 

Evidence:

 

He took lhis manager’s advise and controlled his temper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Step 4 Evaluate the character’s decisions:
What is the action the character takes?

(Text based)
What were the consequences?

(Text based and/or inferred information)
Why did the character

act in this way?

(Text based and/or inferred information)
What flaws were there in the character’s thinking?

Support your answer.
What logical reasons support the choices made?

Support your answer.
Do you agree or disagree with the characters reasoning?

Support your answer.
Does the character’s treatment of the other characters seem fair?

Why or why not?
 
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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Step 5: What is the most important conclusion that can be drawn from the selection?
Standing up for what is right is sometimes difficult, but rewarding in the end.
 


 

Step 6: What would you do in a similar situation? Why?
 
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