https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s AP Lang P2 Free Choice Assignment en-us 2017-12-23 05:17:14 UTC 2018-01-06 05:15:17 UTC hello@padlet.com 19poonb https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218867425 Week 1: Pages 1-72
Week 2: Pages 73-153
Weeks 3 + 4: Pages 154-Rest of the book 337]]> 2018-01-04 23:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218867425 19poonb https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218868486 Reading this part of the books makes me feel blessed that I live in Massachusetts rather than Texas. While it would be a great high school experience and a lot of fun to watch these games, their education system seems very flawed. The average SAT in Permian at the time of the football team is only a couple hundred points away from what I would expect to get on only one of my sections of the test!]]> 2018-01-04 23:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218868486 19poonb https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218868540 When reading this chapter, I think the author's style and voice when he talks about the players is much like a coach. That being said, the purpose of this tone is to create sympathy for the players. They way he talks about Boobie's situation makes the reader feel bad for him, as there is nothing he can do about what happened. He makes it seem like the team is planning on taking advantage of him, as they say it's a bonus if he plays well and if he gets hurt, they don't really care. This is a cruel thing to say to anyone, let alone a high school kid who is going through the toughest year of his life.]]> 2018-01-04 23:26:33 UTC https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218868540 19poonb https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218868547 This section of the book is meant to build suspense for the reader to the big event. The experience the reader feels during this part of the book is nervousness for the team, as they go through everyone who will be affected by the coin flip and the repercussions of it. Some people include the 3 teams, Coach Gaines, and the coach's wife and daughter. The rules of the coin toss were each coach flips a coin and whichever coin is the odd one out, they wouldn't advance. When it happened, Midland Lee and Permian both flipped heads, and Midland flipped tails. Personally, I had seen the movie, so I knew they made the playoffs, but still, reading the repercussions of what would happen if Permian didn't make it made me a bit tense. ]]> 2018-01-04 23:26:39 UTC https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218868547 19poonb https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218868549 I think this part of the text is placed to make the reader think that Permian's opponent, Dallas Carter, is cheating. This excerpt was taken from a section of the book in which the principal of Dallas Carter fudged the grades of his football players so they could play. Since the author is a Permian graduate, he wants to shine a negative light on the opposing school to make the reader think they cheated.]]> 2018-01-04 23:26:42 UTC https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218868549 19poonb https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218868558 I feel that this part of the text wraps of the book well. I believe that the purpose of ending it like this is to reinforce to the reader that the senior class's careers are over. In the movie, the final scene is the magnet pieces hitting the floor and I feel that symbolizes how cruel Texas HS football really is. They are human chess pieces to the coaches and once their four years are up, they have no use for them.]]> 2018-01-04 23:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218868558 19poonb https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218873384 The final part of the book ranges from all sorts of issues, including the player's student lives, games during the year, analysis of Permian opponents, and a nail biting portion in which the Panthers are in a three way tie and their playoff spot (and Coach Gaines's job) are on the line]]> 2018-01-05 01:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218873384 19poonb https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218873391 "The season was still alive,  the hope renewed of donning jackets with patches saying 'state champions'" (260). 
Verb- to put on 

The team decided to don their newly acquired pins after the tournament. ]]> 2018-01-05 01:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218873391 19poonb https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218873404 "Earl Miller had done it to him again,  sent him home like a scalded dog" (240). 
Verb- injure with very hot liquid or steam 

The hot coffee from Dunkin Donuts scalded the roof of Timmy's mouth. ]]> 2018-01-05 01:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218873404 19poonb https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218873409 "Kevin O'Hanlon was one of more than a dozen lawyers who eventually became caught in the quagmire" (301). 
Noun- an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation 

Joe having to decide between his best friend's wedding and going to the super bowl was quite the quagmire. ]]> 2018-01-05 01:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218873409 19poonb https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218873412 "His face became filled with a look of sad, aching brooding" (205). 
Adjective- showing deep unhappiness of thought

The woman's brooding body language demonstrated her disgust with the date. ]]> 2018-01-05 01:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218873412 19poonb https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218873420 "Chavez didn't say much in return, just pinned him to his back again with another crushing block and lined up to hear the comforting lilt of another curse" (176). 
Noun-  a pleasant gentle accent

The man's soft British lilt made me feel comfortable to be in England.

]]> 2018-01-05 01:02:08 UTC https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218873420 19poonb https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218873437 "The east side increasingly became the repository for the town's white-collar class" (159). 
Noun-a place, building, or receptacle where things are or may be stored 

Dick's Sporting Goods is considered a repository for all the best equipment and apparel.]]> 2018-01-05 01:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/218873437 19poonb https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/219052597 After easily beating in town rival Odessa High and previously undefeated Midland High, the Panthers lost to Midland Lee High by a single point. The Panthers preceded to steamroll the rest of their competition and it left them in a 3 way tie with Midland and Midland Lee. ]]> 2018-01-05 23:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/219052597 19poonb https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/219052676 After qualifying for the playoffs via a coin toss (Quote Response!), Permian won its first 3 games to advance to the Texas AAAAA Final 4. There, they place Dallas Carter, a team with multiple Division 1 prospects. They lost the game 14-9, ending their season and the book. ]]> 2018-01-05 23:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/219052676 19poonb https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/219052733 1. In the movie, Boobie Miles was still considered the star after coming back from his injury. In the book, he is an expendable piece, as the back who filled in for him, Chris Comer, is considered better than Boobie by the coaches. 
2. In the movie, the team made it to the State Championship game, while in the book, they lost in the Final Four. This is a big deal because the way Texas HS teams are remembered are whether they made the state title game or not. 
3. The details and way the Permian vs Dallas Carter game was played was completely different. The score in the movie was high, while in the book it was low. In the film, it was a tale of two halves, with Carter dominating the first and Permian coming back in the second. In the book, it was heavily contested the whole game. Finally, the locations were different, as in the movie it was the Astrodome, while in the book it was the stadium at the University of Texas. ]]> 2018-01-06 00:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/219052733 19poonb https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/219058924 2018-01-06 04:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/19poonb/ifce1zkp0c2s/wish/219058924