Lab Assignment #6: Sports page

Due Monday, Oct. 15: 1. Read at least 2 newspaper or magazine articles about your favorite sport. If you do not like sports, read 2 articles that criticize athletes for cheating, taking drugs, etc. (There was an Olympic track star in the news recently who must give up her medals because of taking drugs. She also lied about it.) If you read the articles on the Internet, please email me the link. You may also read about a sports event in Finlandia’s student paper or the MTU Lode if you wish. Write a summary of each article and give the source and date on your paper. Make a list of at least 6 new vocabulary words you learned from reading both articles (total of 6 or more) with the meanings. Put these on your homework paper and in your vocabulary notebook.

Due Monday, Oct. 22:

2. Use one of your articles as a model if you wish and write a sports article or editorial (opinion column) for a sports page to be published on the class blog. If you write a news article, it can be about a real game or match you watched or it can be imaginary. Type and double space the article.

3. After you have written your article, work with at least one other student to decide what your headlines should be. Email me your story with the suggested headline by Monday, Oct. 22. You may also submit a photo to go with your story and a caption to describe who is in the photo and what they are doing.

I may ask you to revise (rewrite) the article before we publish it. We may also try to print the stories later in the week and put the page together as a team. See “Sports and you,” p. 32 in your textbook.

ESL Reading Assignments: Oct. 8-12

Monday, October 8. Unit 4: Sports

Preparation: Answer the questions on page 25 in complete sentences on your paper. Find the meanings of the vocabulary words at the bottom of p. 25. Write the definitions in your own words if you are able to figure them out from the context. Do this on the homework paper. If the words are new for you, put them in your vocabulary notebook also. Also do the Before you Read, Scanning of the Reading and ex. A on p. 27. (Read the article on p. 26 in order to answer A).

In class: We will discuss the questions on p. 25 and will do B and C on p. 27.

Wednesday, Oct. 10. “Extreme Sports”

Preparation: Do the Before You Read and Scanning of the Reading (pp. 28-29). Read p. 28 and do ex. A. Try to figure out the meaning from the context in the article and write down the hints you found (words that suggested the meaning).

Extra credit: If possible, find a magazine or newspaper article (from library or Internet) on an extreme sport and write a short summary of it to report to the class. If it’s on the Internet, please send me the link on email.

In class: We will go over your answers and will do ex. B and C in class. If there is time we’ll discuss your articles.

Friday, Oct. 12. “Olympic Games”

Preparation: Do the Before You Read and Scanning of the Reading (pp. 30-31). Read the article carefully and do A and B, p. 31.

In class: We’ll go over your answers and discuss ex. C.