Sports Warm-ups

8/28 Warm-up

Warm up:  Pick a motivational poster topic.  Like "Discipline," "Motivation," "Courage."  You could ask questions or make statements like: "What Makes Greatness?" or "You Build Your Life, One Decision at a Time."

Once you have a topic, you need to write a short piece--essay or is it more of a poem?  However it turns out, Make it something that takes about a minute to read aloud.

Our Brainstormed list:

• • Assume the Best in others

  • Go fast

  • Do fewer things better

  • What is power?

  • Prove what you can achieve

  • Find your adventure

  • For the fun of it

  • How much is adrenaline worth?

  • Do envelopes need pushing?

  • Have Fun/Do your Best/Learn from your mistakes/be a good teammate and a good sport

Column Warm-up:

After we generate our list of topics: pick one that interests you and write about it.

Our List:

• Should college athletes be paid?

• Should steroid users be in the Hall of Fame?

• Should PED be legal?

• Should athletes be considered role models?

• Your opinion about concussions and football (other sports too?)

• National Anthem opinions and predictions.

• What happened to Tiger Woods?

• Should the Winter Olympics continue in South Korea?

• Are athletes allowed to voice political opinions? What are the pros and cons?

• What is the biggest rivalry in sports?

• Jordan or LeBron?

• Should 29' tire be allowed in Mtn Biking?

• Should Olympic gymnasts be allowed to compete in college?

• NBA/NFL players must go to college--thoughts?

8/21 Kaepernick Warm-up:  thought on Kaepernick, Long and Race in the NFL.

• First day Warm-up:  

  • What is Sport? 

  • Why do all cultures have sports?  

  • What do you think about sports in 2017? In the US or Worldwide? Their importance?

  • To what extent to you enjoy them?  What bothers you about them?

5/8 Warm-up

Take any of the first pages from the "Short Story Starters" packet and continue the action.  Feel free to change it in little ways to make it more interesting.

4/5 Warm-up  Choose one or try both

Should Augusta National admit women members?  Who should decide?

Should Athletes get involved in social/political issues?  How should they use their fame?

3/19 Warm-up

Should college athletes be paid?  Is a scholarship enough?

What's your opinion on Peyton Manning coming to the Broncos?

3/18 warmup:

• • Should college athletes be paid?  Is a scholarship enough?

3/16 warmup:

• •  What do you think of Boulder as a sports town?

• How connected do you feel to CU?