Show:
Key Ideas and Details
Text Structure
Academic Vocabulary
Words and
Phrases in Contex
Author's Craft
100
Who won the football game? Find key details in paragraph 3 that indicates which team won. (There are 2 possible answers) 100 Point Bonus: Find Both *Be ready to explain WHY the detail supports who won.
The Jets won! "Jets fans had nothing to worry about." "puts the Jets ahead by nine."
100
Why does the author start paragraph 4 with "But if?" What issue does he begin to write about? Sentence starters: "The author begins this paragraph with "but if" to show that __________" "Here, he begins to describe the ways that _____"
"But if" discusses something that DID NOT HAPPEN. The author is explaining how the touchdown COULD have lead to the other team's victory.
100
Who intercepted Favre's pass? Where did you find this information?
Dwight Lowrey (paragraph 1)
100
What is the "financial" argument made in paragraph 7? What is the commentator implying?
The commenter is saying that they bet on the Jets to win (odds were 4:1).
100
How does Sanneh begin his essay? (What type of intro does he use?)
Responses will vary, but: With a story (anecdote) about the Jets intercepting a pass and making a touchdown late in the game against the Vikings.
200
What is paragraph 1 about? Find evidence in paragraph 1 that identifies its subject.
The paragraph is about an exciting play in a football game. "end zone" "twenty-one yard line" "touchdown" Fun fact: in that paragraph, the word football is NEVER USED.
200
What do the parentheses in paragraph 7 indicate?
Parentheses indicate the author's response to the comments from the website.
200
What does it mean if a player has "forsworn the end zone?"
They have rejected getting a touchdown.
200
Why does Sanneh use the metaphor "bomb" to describe a long pass to Randy Moss? Bonus question: how did Lowrey's touchdown open up the possibility to such a play?
A bomb can be thrown and requires tremendous power (as would that pass). After a team scores, they must kick the ball to the other team!
200
What argument does the author introduce in the second paragraph? How does this argument relate to the first paragraph?
The author claims that there are a few situations in football where making an easy touchdown is the wrong move. It relates to Lowrey's easy touchdown in paragraph 1.
300
How many points is a touchdown worth? Why is this important in the scenario described in paragraph 4?
A touchdown is worth 6 points: the Jets were ahead by 9 after the extra point. If Folk had missed, a Viking touchdown plus two points would have TIED THE GAME and given the Vikings a chance to win.
300
Why does the author begin paragraph two with rhetorical questions?
The author begins paragraph two with rhetorical questions to emphasize his claim that sometimes an easy touchdown is not a good idea.
300
In paragraph 7, what are the commenters on Jetsinsider.com contesting?
Lowrey's call to make a touchdown.
300
What does "smattering" mean in paragraph 3?
A few, just a couple scattered incomplete passes.
300
What was the author's purpose in writing this text? Cite text evidence in your response.
The author wants to persuade his audience that a touchdown can be the wrong move in football. Evidence: Claim in paragraph 2 Detailed scenarios in paragraphs 4 and 5
400
According to paragraph 1, who was in the lead at the beginning of the game? Find evidence to support your answer. *Be ready to explain WHY the detail supports who is in the lead.
THE JETS. The Vikings were "down by two."
400
What do the quotation marks through paragraph 7 indicate?
The quotation marks show that the fans on jetsinsider.com are talking.
400
What made the Viking's kickoff return "modest?" What might a less modest kickoff return have accomplished?
A modest kickoff return is one in which the player carrying the ball does not get very far down the field. A not so modest kickoff return might have brought the Vikings closer to a touchdown.
400
In paragraph 7 Sannah replies to someone "But what about a botched snap? What does "botched" mean? What evidence is there to support you definition?
Botched means clumsily done, messed up, bungled Prior to "But what about a botched snap" they talk about how "Folk had never, in 143 attempts, missed an extra point." use of the word BUT implies that something could go wrong.
400
Who was the author's intended audience in writing this piece? Cite text evidence in your response.
The author's use of football jargon demonstrates that the intended audience was a group of football fans.
500
According to paragraph 6, why do some fans think that Lowrey should have forsworn the endzone?
The Jets were already ahead by TWO POINTS. When they made the touchdown, they gave the Vikings the chance to win!
500
What type of text is this piece?
an essay OR a sports article.
500
What was the sentimental claim being made in paragraph 7?
Lowrey's touchdown was a "touching" moment; he should have gotten the chance to have it.
500
What do you think "It's probably impossible to contest the first part without confirming the second" means?
It means you can't argue he shouldn't have gone for the touchdown that because the Jet's didn't lose (as he suggested they could have).
500
How does the author support his claim (paragraph 2) about touchdowns in paragraphs 4 through 6?
In paragraphs 4 and 5, he describes three scenarios in which the touchdown drive could have allowed the Vikings to win. In paragraph 6, he explains what Lowrey could have done to protect the Jets' lead INSTEAD of taking the touchdown.