Today students checked out books for the new unit, Football: A Case Study. Students may choose to read The Blind Side by Michael Lewis, Friday Night Lights by Buzz Bissinger, or Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain. Reading calendars are linked for A Day and B Day. Dialogue journal guidelines were passed out; dialogue journals are due on 15/16 November.
Students then completed a peer editing activity with the third drafts of college essays. Final, polished essays are due for grading on 24/25 October. Students should be prepared to turn in second and third drafts, along with peer and teacher comments, with the final essay.
We then spent time listening to Radiolab's episode "American Football" to build background knowledge about the game, its history, and the issues that surround it for 21st century audiences, players and families.
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