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April 2011 Moms
shaindelr
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Mac and cheese lover!
(NBR) I love my job...
shaindelr
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Yes, it's 8 p.m., and I'm still at the office prepping for tomorrow, but I just took my evening writing class to the college women's volleyball game, gave them a handout on sports writing, and they'll turn in their write-ups of the game to the online course dropbox by midnight. (Because if they were "real life" sports writers, this would have to run in tomorrow's newspaper.)
If any of you teach writing and think this assignment would work for you, I'll give you my handout. It was a lot of fun :-)
(And we got to support one of the members of the class who is on the team!)
Night-night.
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Re: (NBR) I love my job...
Thanks! I even got an email from the college VP congratulating me on my "creativity" and "support for students" all at once. YAY!
I'm glad I thought of it because I have graduating students on the volleyball team who kept begging me to come to games, but they're all during my night class. I'm glad I thought of bringing the night class to them :-)
Mac and cheese lover!
Love the assignment and love that you love your job. I hated mine so I quit! NOW I finally love my job
I love the saying "if you find a job you love, you will never WORK a day in your life" ...so true!
Ooh, Shaindel, I would love to see your assignment. Maybe I can adapt it to middle school.... And deadlines are good.
This reminds me of when I taught alternative school, and we would go watch the school games as a part of our social skills curriculum.
BFP#1 "Watermelon" born 3/2011
BFP#2 "Pumpkin" 7/14/12 ~ EDD 3/23/13 ~ Natural M/C 8/3/12 @ 7 weeks
BFP#3 "Pineapple" born 4/2013
BFP#4 "Grapefruit" EDD 3/29/16
Fun! I'm glad you had a good experience as an alternative school teacher! Those kids need positive experiences!
The first page is text from:
https://www.sportspectator.com/fancentral/volleyball/guide02.html
(and you can just look up whatever sport so students who aren't familiar with the sport will know what's going on)
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Volleyball: The Essentials Game length A volleyball match typically lasts between 60 and 90 minutes (about 20 minutes per game). The clock is not a factor; play continues until one team has won three games. Start of the game The match begins with a serve by the player in the back of the court. Offense & Defense Members of the team receiving the serve have three hits to send the ball back over the net, usually in a sequence of bump, set, spike, without the ball hitting the ground on their side or the same player hitting the ball twice in a row. Upon receiving the serve, the first player to touch the ball uses a controlled hit, called a bump, to hit the ball in the air to a setter. The setter receives the bumped pass and uses a lofting pass, called a set, to pass the ball to an attacker. When the attacker receives the set, he will use a hard hit, called a spike, to slam the ball to the opponent?s side of the court. The opponent attempts to block the spike. If the block is missed, the opponent attempts to gain control by performing a bump. If the player gains control of the ball in his initial bump, the cycle of bump, set, spike repeats on each side until one team scores a point. The team that serves continues to serve until it loses a point, in which case, the serve alternates to the opponent. Types of hits In general, hits can be classified in any one of three categories: pass, block, or attack. A pass is any hit to a teammate and includes the bump (forearm pass), overhead pass, set, and dig. A block is an attempt at the net to stop the opponent from hitting the ball over the net. An attack is any hit into the opponent?s court and includes a spike, tip, dump, bump, and overhead pass. Scoring A point is scored when ball hits the ground inside the opponent?s court, or when the opposing team cannot return the ball over the net in three hits, hits the ball out of bounds, or commits a fault. In 1999, the official scoring rules of volleyball changed from sideout scoring to rally scoring. In rally scoring, either team can score a point off a serve. Each game is played to 25 points and a team must win by 2 points. The first team to win three games wins the match. If each team has won 2 games, a fifth and final game is played to 15 points, and a team must lead by two points to win. --- The back of the page is from https://www.ehow.com/how_2075195_write-sports-article.html How to Write a Sports Article 1. Watch the game in its entirety. If you can't attend a game in person, watch it on TV. Take notes throughout the game. Having all the facts and getting them right are major components of writing a sports article. 2. Open with a strong lead. You can start by writing about a spectacular play, a star player or even a quote. A strong lead hooks the reader immediately. 3. Know the sport you're writing about. Give key details about the game you witnessed, but also give history into the sport, the team and even individual players. Know more than the casual fan--and reader. 4. Include play-by-play. Of course, you can't write too many details because of space limitations, but do write about game-breaking plays, mistakes and turning points in the game. This is the body of the sports article and should answer the who, what, where, when and why of the sporting event. 5. Check and recheck your facts. Know which player or players made the big plays and those who made the major mistakes. Be accurate when giving statistics and when you're writing about any history of the team or sport. Use quotes. 6. Write clearly and concisely. Refrain from digressing or including too much outside the game you're writing about unless you're writing for a publication that calls for such a story. Sports articles are basic and to the point. This part isn?t from ehow.com but from real life. Sports writers have to write fast, so this assignment is due tonight at midnight in the Extra Credit Dropbox. After all, if you were a real sports writer, your article would be running in the morning paper.---- There you go! I hope you have fun with it! :-)
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