It is that time of year again... Super Bowl weekend! It is time to break out the Nacho dip, chips, wings, and bandwagon fan gear. Even if you do not like the actual game, or you hate both of the teams playing, you have to enjoy some aspects of this weekend... the commercials... the puppy bowl... the half-time show! If you are an avid fan, you are busy reading up on the hot topics of the day. You have no doubt checked your twitter 100 times to find out if there are any new injuries to report or if Richard Sherman has been running his mouth... again!
Today - you are going to become Super Bowl experts. What are your predictions for this weekends game? Who will win? Who will play well? Who will simply fizzle out and have a lackluster performance? Things of that nature...
Be bold! Make your predictions and stand by them! Do some research to back up your opinion! Read some other blogs/ sports writers' opinions... let the world know what you think, and then post it! After you have posted, read a few posts from your classmates. Choose 3 people to comment on their predictions. Do you agree with them? Do you disagree? Have they made some crazy ridiculous predictions that are in no way coming true? Give them some insight on your opinions whether or not your opinions match up!
Homework: This is a tough one... you are going to... watch the SUPERBOWL... at least part of it since it is on very late! You will be writing a follow up post on Monday about the final result. Take some notes if you need to... don't want to forget that amazing Pepsi commercial? Write it down! Anything and everything goes! If Peyton Manning is only in 1 commercial during the game and you are totally floored by this, write it down and tell us about it! You don't have to take notes.. obviously... but you may have some things that you are just DYING to talk about!
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Stupid is as Stupid doesn't
As a former college athlete, I have seen first hand examples of this athletic bias. I watched as football players failed to show up to classes; basketball players failed tests and projects and ended up passing classes regardless. As a freshman in college, I was enrolled in a Psychology class that met every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning at 8:00 am. I had to miss one class as a required travel day for Volleyball and was berated endlessly, in front of the entire class, for my absence. I could not recall a single Friday class where the Football players and Basketball players were ever present. But, they did all attend his dinner parties on Thursday nights. As a former athlete, I am still upset by the special treatment that athletes receive. College athletes should be held to the same standard as the rest of the student body. The same goes for student athletes in high school. These students should not be offered a free ride while the rest of the population pays for their education without special treatment.
Monday, January 27, 2014
Welcome to Sports Reading and Writing
Welcome to Sports Reading and Writing at NHS. This is a journalism-style class in the English department that explores all aspects of sports and life. We cover our own high school sports, the Tri-Valley League, local sports, pro sports, feature articles, and biography pieces.
Each week you will be responsible for writing articles that pertain to current events in the sports world. You will create your own blog where you will be posting your work. You will also be responsible for following and commenting on the work of others in class as well.
Why reading and writing? One of the biggest problems facing students in this generation is their struggles with both of these skills. Many college athletes have risen to success without the ability to even read about their accolades. For this reason, we will not only be looking at writing articles, but reading and keeping ourselves up to date on current topics in the world of sports.
Your first tasks, on this first day of class
1) Go to blogger.com and create your own blog. Make the blog some variation of your first name/ last initial. Do not include your entire first and last name.
2) Read through the following article from CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/07/us/ncaa-athletes-reading-scores/
3) Create your first blog post on your own blog. What struck you as significant in this article? What are your overall impressions of the article? Etc. Give your first post a catchy title. Make sure it is at least 5 sentences long.
Each week you will be responsible for writing articles that pertain to current events in the sports world. You will create your own blog where you will be posting your work. You will also be responsible for following and commenting on the work of others in class as well.
Why reading and writing? One of the biggest problems facing students in this generation is their struggles with both of these skills. Many college athletes have risen to success without the ability to even read about their accolades. For this reason, we will not only be looking at writing articles, but reading and keeping ourselves up to date on current topics in the world of sports.
Your first tasks, on this first day of class
1) Go to blogger.com and create your own blog. Make the blog some variation of your first name/ last initial. Do not include your entire first and last name.
2) Read through the following article from CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/07/us/ncaa-athletes-reading-scores/
3) Create your first blog post on your own blog. What struck you as significant in this article? What are your overall impressions of the article? Etc. Give your first post a catchy title. Make sure it is at least 5 sentences long.
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