Name

Knowledge Survey

Ichiro Suzuki • Level J • 1

YES = I agree with the statement.
NO = I do not agree with the statement.

Before After
Ichiro Suzuki
Reading Reading

Ichiro Suzuki was born in Seattle,

Washington.

The Blue Wave baseball team is

in Japan.

Baseball is a popular sport

in Japan.

People visit a museum holding

things from Ichiro’s life.

Ichiro is larger than most American

baseball players.

Skill: Connect to Prior Knowledge

Ichiro moved from the Mariners
to the Yankees.

He has won many awards playing

baseball.

Ichiro broke the record for most

hits in one season.

Instructions: Before reading the book, have students answer Yes or No to each question. After reading
the book, have students answer the questions again. Have them compare their before and after answers.
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Cause Effect

Ichiro Suzuki • Level J • 2

Cause Effect

Cause Effect
Skill: Cause and Effect

Instructions: As students read, have them list causes in the left boxes and their effects in the right boxes.
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Ichiro Suzuki • Level J • 3

1 All his hard work paid off.

2 They won many games with his help.

3 The museum has many things from Ichiro’s life.

4 He was thinner and smaller than most

American players.

5 He stole 56 bases and scored 127 runs.

6 Ichiro won two important awards in his

first year.

Skill: Adjectives

Instructions: Have students circle all of the adjectives in the sentences above, then underline all of the nouns
or pronouns they describe.
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Examples:
25 twenty-five

Ichiro Suzuki • Level J • 4

350 three hundred fifty

2001

5’11”

170 lbs

2012

October 22, 1973

1800s

127

56

258
Skill: Number Words

242

84

October 1, 2004

Instructions: Have students write the words to show how they would read these numbers aloud.
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