Writing Wednesday: Basketball

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"You can't win unless you learn how to lose."  -Kareem Abdul Jabbar

"Basketball is my passion, I love it.  But my family and friends mean everything to me.  That's what's important."  -LeBron James

"What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player."  -John Wooden

"Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals." -James Naismith


Writing topics
In addition to yesterday's writing assignment, here are a few more writing assignment ideas:

- Choose a basketball player, past or present, that you admire or want to know more about.  Research them and write a report about them.

- Learn more about the "Dream Team" and write a report about who they were and what they did.

- Write a narrative about a basketball game you have watched.  Now, write the same story from the point of view of the referee or one of the players.

- Write a narrative about a basketball game you have played in.  Now, write the same story from the point of view of the referee or one of the spectators.

- Write an information piece about your favorite basketball team.


Writing Prompts

- Imagine you were tasked with keeping a group of rowdy teenage boys busy during the winter.  Your supplies are limited to what can be found in the YMCA gym.  What game might you develop?

- You just started a job selling items in the stands during basketball games.  Write about your new job, being sure to write about what you are selling and the people who make purchases from you.

- You look up and see your face on the big screen above center court.  Why are they showing you and how will you react?

- Walking by the basketball court, a basketball comes rolling up to you and stops at your feet.  You pick it up and go to toss it back to the player.  Tell about who was playing and what happens next.

- You were just hired to work for your favorite basketball team.  What is your job?  How does your first day go?

Think It Over Thursday: New Years

Writing

- Make a time line of major events that occurred this year.

- Write a summary of the past year in your journal. These should be personal events. Include a paragraph of two of how these events made you feel.

- Write out 10 resolutions for the new year. Try to include at least one resolution for each of these areas: behavior, goals, spiritual, health, and family. Plan out how you will keep these resolutions.

- Write a letter to yourself to open on New Year's Eve next year. Tell about what is happening in your life and in the news. Next year, you can see how much you, and the world has changed.

- Fill out your calendar for the next year. Include birthdays, anniversaries, and any events that you are aware of (graduations, reunions, etc).

Think About It Thursday: Christopher Columbus

-Write a story telling about the day Columbus first arrived in the New World. Write from the perspective of the crew, Columbus himself, or one of the Natives living on the island.

-Write a letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella from Columbus sharing the news of what you have found.

-Imagine you are an explorer. Write a story telling about a new land, inhabitated or uninhabitated, you have found.

-Begin an adventurer's log (similar to a captain's log) and journal your daily adventure's in it.