Blind Side

For the first few weeks of my second placement I was finishing up the Blind Side with the students. Yes it is actually a book! I went out and bought the actual book and when I began reading it I was blow away by how in depth and interesting it was. Yes it was all about football and I really had no clue what was going on but it was amazing to see it written. Anyway the students really liked the movie and really wanted to watch it. I said maybe they could if we get through all the materials. I finished the book with them, well an edited book that was posted in the newspaper, and they needed an assignment to do besides answering questions and doing vocabulary. I decided that for three days the students would be in a computer lab working on recommendation letters. I know this sounds really weird but the students enjoyed the project. The needed to pretend to be Michael Oher's coach or teacher and give a detailed report of why Mike could go to college. Many of the students did great on this assignment and were happy they were writing. However some students only focused on the bad things that Mike did rather than the good. It was a challenging assignment but they handled it well. Also before I stared a new book the students I reviewed with them about the entire book.
I really enjoyed teaching a book about football, and it has encouraged me to try and teach any book to students. (They never did get to watch the movie)