Today’s Sports Article is a new unit in my Sports Literature course that morphed out of Article of the Week. These posts will be simple shares of what was assigned for students to read/watch and reflect on.
Today’s Sports Article was about Chess Boxing!
Students Watched
“Chess boxing: a sport where brain meets brawn” by 60 Minutes
Students Read
“Checkmate or knockout: The sport of chess boxing combines brains and brawn” by Bill Whitaker and Heather Abbott
Students Reflected
1. What do you think about chess boxing? Why?
2. What was the most important line of the interview? Why?
3. Is this a sport you would want to participate in? Why or why not?
4. Should this be an Olympic sport? Why or why not?