Ms. Azar's First Baseball Game

           I have always been a big fan of the New York Yankees. One day my friend surprised me with tickets. I was very excited to see my first game in the new stadium. What I did not remember is that I had recently been prescribed glasses. Even though we had very good seats the field and players were still a bit blurry.Things became really exciting when a ball came straight towards us. The ball bounced off of my friend's arm and went back on the field. My friend convinced the player to throw the ball back into the stands.  Unfortunately,  the another fan caught the ball. We did end up on ESPN. 
Vocabulary list:
fan- (noun) or fanatic, is a supporter of sports
convinced- (verb) to move by argument to belief or action (adjective)- strongly believes something
stands- (noun) the seating in a stadium
stadium- (noun) a sports arena with tiered seating
unfortunately- (adverb)- resulting from bad luck
surprised- (verb) to complete an action unexpectedly
prescribed- (verb) when a doctor order's the use of something
ESPN- (noun) sports-themed television network


Vocabulary exercise:
Fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary word. 

The ______hoped that he had gotten to the game early enough to find his seat. The new ________was much larger and he thought it might be hard to find his section. The _______ held nearly twice as many seats. _________, he had gotten the time wrong on his ticket. The game had begun an hour earlier. He was ________ that he had been correct about the time. As he was walking he was ________ by a fly ball. He even ended up on a sports recap on _______ that night. He went to see his doctor and was ____________ glasses, he had misread the time on the ticket because he could not see it. 

Grammar concept: The blog entry above contains the regular past tense. The verbs throughout the post end in -ed, showing that the action has ended. 

Grammar Practice: 
Fill-in the blank by using the regular past tense of the verb provided:
1) He ______(climb) the rope in gym.
2) She _________(jump) over the hurdle.
3) He ______(comb) his hair.

Read More:
http://howbaseballworks.com/

Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxl28KQOHy4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j32SurxnE4s

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