Football is a team sport. There is eleven members of each team on the field at each time. There is always an offense and a defense on the field at each time as well. The main figure of the team is called the quarterback. A football field is 100 yards long and 50 yards wide. The end of the field is called the end-zone. This is where you can score a touchdown for your team. Football can be recognized as a dangerous sport because there is heavy contact when tackling or blocking other players.
Vocabulary:
offense- the chance to score points in sports.
defense- the part of sports in which the players try and stop an offense from scoring.
yards- a unit of measure. 3 feet = 1 yard.
recognized- to identify something.
dangerous- not safe.
Activity:
1. Find 5 nouns in this paragraph.
2. Find 5 verbs in this paragraph
3. Write 3 sentences about your favorite sport.
*Remember a noun is a person, place, thing or idea. A verb is an action word.
Good entry explaining football! This is an important topic for ELLs, who may have no experience with the sport at all.
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I think it is great to explain one of our nation's sport. A lot of people that hear the word football thinks of soccer, especially students that come from Spanish-speaking countries.
ReplyDeleteSince football is such a popular sport here, and shares the same name as soccer in other countries, I think this was a good topic to write a blog entry about.
ReplyDeleteFootball is widely known in the United States. This can definitely be a helpful topic for ESL students to learn about!
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