In this story, Michael Jordan is a very active child. His family helps him to channel his energy into positive activities and eventually becomes a very successful basketball player. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys, 2011)

This lesson was created as part of the Basal Alignment Project, during which teachers created CCSS-aligned lessons for existing literary and information texts in basal readers. All page numbers and unit/week designations found in this lesson relate to the edition of the basal reader named above. If you are using a trade book or different edition of this title, the page/unit/week references in this lesson will not match. Consult the content referenced in the body of the lesson to determine appropriate page numbers for your text.