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Direct linkLisa Beckelhimer – English Journal, 2014
This article discusses how writing assignments focused on sports controversies provide students with opportunities to read, write, research, and debate in ways that feel authentic and meaningful. Athletes dominate the headlines about everything from dog fighting to domestic violence. Sports controversies are appropriate material for teaching…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Athletics, Writing Assignments, Rhetoric
