Final report

Norton High softball girls preparing
for the big game

     Norton High School softball played against Fairhaven on Thursday, June 4th. The end result was a win by Norton with a score of 1-0, making the record now 19-2-0. The crowd full of students, parents and teachers cheered as the game came to an end. The softball girls will advance to the next game on Sunday, June 7th at 3:00pm against Bishop Stang.
     The Opposing team, Fairhaven fought back with just as much intensity. They appeared confident but couldn't seem to get a good enough hit off of the ball. By the 5th inning, Fairhaven seemed to be getting tired but kept the swings coming. "They held us very well" said Cibotti. Norton and Fairhaven were neck and neck, until the lucky hit that gave Norton their one point lead. "In the end we ended up with the run we needed to pull through with a win", Taylor Cibotti. 
    "It was an exciting, yet nerve wrecking game." said Taylor Cibotti, sophomore at Norton High. The season for the Norton High softball team has been a long one but they continue to fight for the win. The girls have worked together all season long to stay in the competition. "No one expected us to come into this season and do such a good job, but we showed them." said senior, captain, Kylie Barrows. As a captain, Kylie helped lead her team to victory.

Norton High softball team after the victory 

     Junior captain, Carli Arcaro, stepped up to bat and hit the ball on the first pitch, making it to first base before the ball did. Taylor Cibotti, Leah Buttner, Kylie Barrows and a few other team mates got hits off of the ball though not all of them made it to the first base before the ball did. Carli was pleased with the way they played. "We played great and worked awesome as a team to collectively get the win with helpful catches in the outfield and smart plays in the infield, not to mention the huge RBI by Leah Buttner to give us the winning run." said Carli. It was a tough fight to hold the lead. Carli was also awarded player of the game by her coach, Wade Lizotte. "Great job behind the plate. 4 for 4 with 3 singles and a three run HR" he said.

     The outfield remained on their toes ready for any ball throughout the whole game. And the infield was prepared for anything as well. They had a very strong defense but when it came to offense, it was their week point. "We just need to work on our offense and hitting the ball more" said Arcaro. Leah Buttner, Norton High sophomore, gave some incite to her thoughts on the game as well, "We played an awesome defense and did what we needed to in order to win and will continue to work hard". 
     Kelly Nixon, freshman pitcher, pitched through every inning. Giving away very few hits, she was very consistent with the throwing of no-hitters. Fairhaven continued with swings and misses with the occasional hit, but Norton's in/outfield was there for the backup every time. 

     As the game reached an end the fans began to cheer. The girls in the dugout rushed the field to congratulate each other. The excitement could be seen on every players face, and their coach was thrilled. "Hard work pays off, especially when you work together as a team." said coach Lizotte. The girls know their weaknesses and strengths, and believe in themselves. That allows them to help each other push past their limits to better their playing as individuals and as a whole. Taylor stated, "Next game is going to be tough, hopefully we pull through with a win. It's just going to be who wants it more". 

final rough draft

Norton High softball girls preparing
for the big game

     Norton High School softball played against Fairhaven on Thursday, June 4th. The end result was a win by Norton with a score of 1-0, making the record now 19-2-0. The crowd full of students, parents and teachers cheered as the game came to an end. The softball girls will advance to the next game on Sunday, June 7th at 3:00pm against Bishop Stang.
     The Opposing team, Fairhaven fought back with just as much intesnsity. They appeared confident but couldn't seem to get a good enough hit off of the ball. By the 5th inning, Fairhaven seemed to be getting tired but kept the swings comming. "They held us very well" said Cobotti. Norton and Fairhaven were neck and neck, until the lucky hit that gave Norton their one point lead. "In the end we ended up with the run we needed to pull through with a win", Taylor Cibotti. 
    "It was an exciting, yet nerve wrecking game." said Taylor Cibotti, sophomore at Norton High. The season for the Norton High softball team has been a long one but they continue to fight for the win. The girls have worked together all season long to stay in the competition. "No one expected us to come into this season and do such a good job, but we showed them." said senior, captain, Kylie Barrows. As a captain, Kylie helped lead her team to victory.

Norton High softball team after the victory 

     Junior captain, Carli Arcaro, stepped up to bat and hit the ball on the first pitch, making it to first base before the ball did. Taylor Cibotti, Leah buttner, Kylie Barrows and a few other team mates got hits off of the ball though not all of them made it to the first base before the ball did. Carli was pleased with the way they played. "We played great and worked awesome as a team to collectively get the win with helpful catches in the outfield and smart plays in the infield, not to mention the huge rbi by Leah Buttner to give us the winning run." said Carli. It was a tough fight to hold the lead. Carli was also awarded player of the game by her coach, Wade Lizotte. "Great job behind the plate. 4 for 4 with 3 singles and a three run HR" he said.

     The outfield remained on their toes ready for any ball throughout the whole game. And the infield was prepared for anything as well. They had a very strong defense but when it came to offense, it was their week point. "We just need to work on our offense and hitting the ball more" said Arcaro. Leah Buttner, Norton High sophmore, gave some incite to her thoughts on the game as well, "We played an awesome defense and did what we needed to in order to win and will continue to work hard". The girls know their weaknesses and strengths, and believe in themselves. That allows them to help each other push past their limits to better their playing as individuals and as a whole. 

     

Geopolitics BP

     S-Greg Toppo and Eric Nelson O-Using fantasy football as a learning game A-Teachers and students P-To tell of how most kids learn better through video games such as fantasy football S-(Logos) Kids are more interested in games than school. (Ethos)Videos games interact with the brain and allow the kids to restart in order to allow themselves to make different mistakes and learn. (Pathos)His discovery/experiment worked and helped him to feel good about his role as a teacher. Tone-Inspirational, informative, and serious.
     The author, Greg Toppo wrote about Eric Nelson using fantasy football as a learning tool for teaching geopolitics. He says "It became a different kind of experience", which is telling about how the game he created based off of fantasy football helped his students to learn in an entirely new way. He created this game to experiment a hypothesis of his own not knowing if it would fail or not, and he succeeded tremendously. In conclusion, Nelson's belief in being able to successfully teach students through a video game worked. His students seemed more engaged in learning than ever before and in his view, seemed to learn a lot more than just sitting in class and listening.
     In my view, Eric Nelson's teaching through a game is genius. He created a way for kids to be able to learn the best way they can, through experience. By allowing them to engage in the activity rather than to just hear about it opens up new ways for their brains to retain the information that they must learn. Most importantly, I believe that the game was good for him as a teacher as well. It allowed him to see how kids learn in many different ways, which helps him to advance as a teacher. Therefore, I conclude that his strategy of teaching geopolitics through a video game was a genius idea, and I believe that many other teachers should begin to experiment with different ways of teaching.
     Greg Toppo in the article, "Teaching Geopolitics: Fantasy Football as a Learning Game", tells of how Eric Nelson created a video game for teaching his students. This allowed them to learn through a hands on experience. Toppo shows support towards Nelson's experiment by giving facts and quotes that prove how successful and fun his strategy was. The authors purpose was to inform readers and teachers of Eric Nelson's new ways of teaching to inspire them to expand their ways of teaching as well. Toppo wrote this article in a serious, and inspirational tone for students, parents, and teachers.

#10

  

   In the article, "It was Lightening and Thunder", Grimsley draws in the readers by asking questions and at causes any reader to think. It pushes the  audience to form their own opinions. Grimsley focused on the fight, and what went on during the fight for both sides, keeping it close to unbiased. As he went into detail about the fight, he expressed the opinion of both parties and gave logic explanations. He highlights the purpose for writing the article by presenting the multiple opinions of the fighters, referees, and fans. This well written article helps e readers to understand what happened during the fight, and what is being argued against it now.

 Joe Kelly was taken off the mound after giving up seven runs to the Minnesota Twins. That is the topic that the author of the article, "Short but not sweet", is Mark Remme. He focused on the details of the game as well as the stats of the games before. He allows the reader to gain interest by starting off with thoughts pf what was to be expected of the game and then presented the shocking statistics of the game. Remme used the strategy of facts and quotes. He gave the thoughts of the game and focused on why Kelly was taken off of the mound remaining unbiased on the point of whether or not he feels Kelly should have been taken out or not. By focusing on the statistics of the game, Mark reached the goal of informing the readers of what went on during the game and why Kelly was taken off of the mound.