Aim: Why do certain teams always play on Thanksgiving?

Please answer these questions and e-mail them to Noelle-


Hello ESPN RISE's VOICE VIP's!

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Your Name_________________________________
Grad Year/Class Of__________________________
School Name_______________________________
School's City/State_________________________


Big Question:
What are your pre-game rituals/superstitions?

Day-n-Nite:
Which is the better party.... New Year's or Super Bowl? Why?

Favorites:
What is your favorite Winter Olympic sport? Why?


Please email with any questions and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Sincerely -

Noelle

Noelle Crozier
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Today we are going to further practice the writing of an informative feature by researching why these two teams always play on Thanksgiving. We will also include the fact that since 2006, there is another game played at night. Why was this tradition added?
We will quickly do some reliable research

We will assemble our research, analyze it, and write a very brief informative feature.
This would be a small blurb in the paper, or a side bar for a website.

Q: Who can discuss what are the components of an informative feature?

You can work by independently, or with the partner that you wrote your last informative feature with, if you prefer
(5 min.)
Let’s start by doing our research, everyone open up Safari and then Google.
Start with the basic question: Why do The Detroit Lions and The Dallas Cowboys always play on Thanksgiving?

Write down the important information in your notebooks, as if you were a reporter. You can also copy and paste the internet address, so you can access it later.

(12 min. research)

Okay, now let’s utilize what we’ve discovered with a strong lead.

Let’s write the lead together: Everyone write down the class lead as a class. Let’s all participate in creating the lead. Brainstorm for two minutes ideas that come to mind from Thanksgiving and the research that you just did.

Elicit students to write the lead as a class (10 min.)