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Big Eva - Laila Ali
By Robin Unverhau
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Having an attitude is the way you:
learn from others
feel about a situation
help with others
If a person is a bully, it means the person
is hard to please/make happy
is busy all the time
repeatedly is mean to other people
To challenge someone means to
get them to compete with you/see who is the winner
cheat someone at a game
chase someone out of a situation
To confront a problem means to:
face it/work on a difficult situation
imagine it/and visualize the problem
explain it/discuss with others
If you are sympathetic you are:
surprised and shocked
helpful and hard working
caring and understand feelings
Reform means to:
take a chance
change for the better/good
insist on the very best
To intimidate someone, means you:
appreciate them
follow them
bully them
A revelation is:
surprising, new idea/information
surprising, but old gossip/ideas
In Showdown with Big Eva - who is Big Eva?
Muhammad Ali's daughter
the bully
the friend of Laila
The title: Showdown with Big Eva, explains that Laila
wants to make new friends
has a new challenge to see who is stronger/tougher
has started at a new school
What is Laila's main/big problem in this story?
how to explain the fight to the principal
how to make new friends
how to deal with/handle a bully
What character(s) changes the MOST?
Laila
Big Eva
Alice and Hanna
Where did the girls start to fight?
bathroom at Taco Bell
girl's bathroom at school
What emotion/feeling did Laila show in the principal's office?
jealousy
caring/sympathetic
anger
Big Eva explains she is a bully:
because she has no friends and wants friends
because she wants to be tough so she can meet Laila's famous father
because she has a lot of pain and unhappiness inside
Laila explains:
she doesn't want to fight but will not be bullied
she doesn't want to fight, but will if necessary because she is going to be a professional boxer
her father taught her to always stand up for herself
What type/kind of story is Big Eva?
memoir
fiction
news article
Was Laila intimidated by Big Eva? (was she scared/afraid?)
yes
no
Ms. U explained there was MORE bullying 20 years ago because...
not as many laws/rules/consequences
not social media or technology
people were meaner at that time
One positive thing that happened as a result of the "Showdown" is:
Muhammad Ali was proud of his daughter
Big Eva shared her real emotions
Laila was now the stronger/toughest girl