Chapter+8

=Chapter 8 – (p. 40-46) “Scrubbed at the Courts”=

Slang – scrubbed at the courts (p. 44)

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__**Summary**__ – Lincoln left to meet Monica at Cornell Elementary to play basketball. He was nervous and was thinking about what he was going to say. They decided to play around the world and horse.Lincoln was impressed by her playing. While playing Monica jumped up and hit Linc under the chin accidentally which knocked him down. His palms were scraped red from the asphalt and he had hurt his knee. It had started to rain hard so they ended the game. Before leaving Linc asked Monica if she had a boyfriend. She didn’t answer. By the time Linc reached home his knee was stiff and swollen. His mother and Roy were in the living room. They questioned his injury and he said that he had slipped because of the rain. Lincoln was surprised when Roy told him that he had played for Franklin in junior high back in l970.

__**Activities**__: Tone Exercises