Friday+Night+Lights

Table of contents 1. Essential Questions 2. Test 3. Test Questions 4. Reflections 5. Role Sheets

Friday Night Lights By: Helen, Cheyenne, Thomas, Aaron, and Andrew

__Essential Questions__

-How do sports unite groups of people that are diverse?

Sports unite groups of diverse people by getting people to remember the way of tradition. There was a lot of segregation in Friday Night Lights; but everyone came out to support and watch the football games. Football games were so significant not only because the town always went to it, but due to the fact that it's the one time harmony is in Odessa, Texas. Texas is involved with alot of racism. If something that involves the gathering of everyone to come together, nothing else will.

-When does seperation become rasicm?

How seperation becomes racism is when the majority group forces the minorities into a specific area. What racist seperation is called is sergeation. Places like Little Italy or Chinatown are considered segregation becauses the people living there chose to live there by choice. People of a certain race tend to migrate towards others like them.

In Friday Night Lights the people who lived below the track chose to live there even though there were laws before making them. In the book the setting takes place after laws have been passed to allow them to move above the track how ever the minoritys still choose to live there. However i think what happened in the book could still be considered racism because the people of the town still saw the minority groups as less then them and almost used presure from the society to keep them living where they did.

-Why is tradition so important to communities?

Tradition is important to some communities because it makes the people feel good that their kids and grandchildren are achieving the same opportunities they had. Tradition is also important because it is also the community depending on the few things they have always had. If you have a tradition of winning all the time, the people are going to depend on you to win all the time no matter what. Traditions result in respect from adults and from other communities. If you don’t pass down the tradition in your community there is nothing worth treasuring in your community.

Test: __Multiple Choice__

1.) Where is the town of Odessa located? a. Florida b. New Jersey c. Texas d. Townsend

2. The name of the team is called? a. Permian Panthers b. Pushy Pelicans c. Texas Texans d.Odessa Jaguars

3. Boobie's injury was in his... a. foot b. wrist c. elbow d.knee

4. The Watermelon Feed is... a. a eating contest b. outside market c. football game d. football picnic

5. Who speaks up about the "n-word?" a. Duncan b.Lanita c. Jaqueta d. Percy

6.How do you think the coach felt after being one of the few to not lead his team to the finals? a.upset b. dissapointed c.unworthy d.surprised

7. What could have changed the outcome of the book? a. Bobby not injuring his knee b. Ivory not deciding to become so involved in religion c. a black coach d. people not watching the games

What position does Boobie Miles play? A a. Fullback b. Wide receiver c. Tailback d. Linebacker

What position does Ivory Christian play? D a. Fullback b. Wide receiver c. Tailback d. Linebacker

Who is Trapper? B a. football player b. trainer c. coach d. teacher

__Friday Night Lights__ is about what sport? D a. soccer b. hockey c. baseball d. football

Who does Permian lose their first game to? A a. Marshall Mavericks b. Marshall Riders c. Marshall Wildcats d. Marshall Eagles

How many points did Permian lose by to Marshall? C a. 3 b. 7 c.1 d. 2

What was theteam that beat Permian? B a. Midland Lee Mavericks b. Midland Lee Rebels c. Midland Lee Wildcats d . Midland Lee Riders

Permian beats what team in the first round of the playoffs? C a. Midland Lee Rebels b. Marshall Mavericks c. Amarillo Tascosa d. Marshall Wildcats

What was the second team Permian beat in the playoffs? A a. Lamar Vikings b. Amarillo Tascosa c. Midland Lee Rebels d. Marshall Mavericks

Who does Permian lose to in the semi-finals? D a. Lamar Vikings b. Midland Lee Rebels c. Amarillo Tascosa d. Carter High second True-false > > > __Short answers__
 * 1) __Friday Night Lights__ takes place in Texas. T
 * 2) The Permian Bull dogs are the name of the football team in the story. F
 * 3) The Permian Panthers win the sate championship. F
 * 4) Boobie Miles breaks his leg. F
 * 5) Coach Gains is the head coach of the Permian Panthers. T
 * 6) Ivory Christian is white. F
 * 7) Ivory Christian wants to be a preacher. T
 * 8) Permian wins there second game of the session. F
 * 9) Odessa High is the Permian Panthers cross town rivals. T
 * 10) Permian doesn’t make the playoffs. F
 * 11) . The Permian Panthers won every game
 * 12) . The team had mostly minorities
 * 13) . Everyone did not get along
 * 14) . White people lived on the west side
 * 15) . Mojo is a nickname.

__Essay Questions__
 * 1) Evaluate Boobie’s decision in trying to play football with his torn ACL how could him following the doctor’s orders have changed the outcome of the book.
 * 2) Summarize the students of Odessa, Texas view on education.
 * 3) Compare the standards of a black student on the football team to white students.
 * 4) State which player on the team was one of the only student sin Odessa, Texas to take his education seriously?
 * 5) Justify the reasons why most of the black residents in Odessa lived below the tracks.
 * 6) Rate the ending of the book, how would you have changed it to better the story?
 * 1) Compare Boobie Miles to the best player on your schools football team. What qualities to they have in common and which do they not.
 * 2) Imagine you lived in Odessa during the time period __Friday Night Lights__ took place would you have liked to become a Permian football player. Why?
 * 3) Analyze how the low Standards of the students in Odessa, Texas would affect the students in today’s world.

__Answer Key__

1. c. 2. a. 3. d 4. c. 5. b. 6. c 7. a 6. false 7. false 8. true 9. 10. true

__Short Answer Section__ __Essay Criteria__ 1. ·  What qualities do the captains both have · What qualities are different between the captains · Is Boobie Miles a good captain, and how · Is your football teams captain good · What qualities make them a strong captain · What are their weaknesses that could hold the team back 2. · Why being a Permian football player would be important · How society would make them want to be a football player · Would their race have affected their chances
 * 1) Boobie miles decided to go against the doctor’s orders not to play football so his knee could heal and play foot ball anyway. If Boobie Miles Had decided to just sit the bench for the rest of the season then his future of playing foot ball would have still been on track. Instead he decided to play in the Midland game and permanently hurt his knee for the rest of his life which resulted in him losing any potential he had in play collage or pro football.
 * 2) The students of Odessa, Texas saw getting an education as worthless and never tried to get good grades. School to them was an option and the only part of their life that they saw valuable was Permian football games. For example Boobie Miles hardly showed up to class and one of the teachers even said that she was surprised when one of her grammar test had an average of a good grade, when back a couple years ago she would have been surprised if one of her students got a low grade on it.
 * 3) The standard for a black football player to make it on the Permian football team were significantly higher then the ones for a white student. The only way a black student could make it on the team was if they really good and had a lot of experience. The white students however could be below average and still make it on the team as second or third string. Out of the entire football team five or so player were black.
 * 4) The only player that took his education seriously was Brian Chavez. This is because was one of the only football player to graduate from collage, but not only did he graduate from collage but her furthered his education by going to law school and following his dreams.
 * 5) Most of the black residents lived below the track in Odessa because of recent segregation and most people never had the courage to move. There were laws saying people in Odessa above the tracks couldn’t see their house  to a black person. I also think some of it has to do with separation of choice. People tend to move where people like them live, such as Little Italy or China Town. Odessa wasn’t an exception to this and that it why they live there.
 * 6) I didn’t like the end of the book because I felt that with all the Permian team had to go through they should have won the last game. I also hated the part where people put foe sale signs in front of the coach’s house just because he lost two football games by one point. I think the ending to the story would have been a lot better if the foot ball team had won against Carter.

3. · What standards are needed to be successful in today’s world · What standard the students of Odessa didn’t have · Where would most of the students of Odessa ended up

a. the Carter Cowboys b. Odessa High School c. Midland Lee ** Locate who wants to be the preacher in the book ** a. Ivory Christianb. Boobie Mylesc. Mike windshield ** Locate the colors of Permian football team ? ** a. Black and White b. Yellow and Blackc. Blue and Black ** Choose how many game did Permian football team lose? ** a.  2b. 4c. 1 ** Determine what happen to boobie Myles? ** a.  Ankle injuryb. Knee injuryc. Chest injury
 * Evaluate If the coach was black would the team have as much fans? Explain why. ** **Do you think the team of the panther had racist drama? ****Determine role does football play in their lives and in the lives of the people of Odessa? ****Evaluate why do you think they fired the coach? ****What could have helped them win the game they lost in playoffs? ****How Could have Boobie Myles prevented his injury ** ** Find biggest rival the Permian Panthers face is **

Reflection Helen Guza Pd. 1 4/26  Our Lit Circle conversations were always interesting and controversial. Our group’s book __Friday Night Lights__ had some very controversial ideas dealing with racism. A lot of the discussion dealt with the issue of if what was going on in Odessa was actually considered racism or not. This book helped me learn that how something is perceived to you can be very different to another person.

Thomas was probably the most productive person in our group. He always read to the pages he was supposed to and completed his work sheets on time. He was the person who mainly split the work for the portfolio up evenly and getting the supplies for our project. I would give Thomas an A for all the effort he put into the reading and working on our final project.

Cheyenne like Thomas always read her parts and did her role sheets on time. She was also one of the first people to complete her part of the test. For her part of the test she actually thought of multiply choice questions that required thinking instead of just making up simple ones. I would give Cheyenne an A- because she worked really hard and gave her best on the final project.

Aaron read his required pages and did most of the work sheets. He also helped give a lot of input into our discussion during class. Aaron used the time we were given very well to do our essential questions and get the group’s help and opinions on the part of the test he made. I would give Aaron a B for doing his almost all his work and trying hard.

Andrew didn’t do anything he might have read, but he never helped to do anything on the final project and I just don’t think that our whole group should have to have points off because he didn’t help with the test, do his role sheets or his reflection

I myself think I did pretty well and would give myself an A- because I did all the work that I was required to do and worked really hard on completing the portfolio project. However I did fall behind on the reading and thought most of the book was really boring I still got through reading it and that shows I put a lot of effort into completing everything to your standard.

Our lit Circle process normally began by sharing what we had written down on our role sheets then began to branch off into individual opinions on what happened and how we felt about it. We all help to clear up things that were confusion to others and helped each other understand things better.

To make Lit Circles better I would recommend giving more time so we can work on our final project in class. Also I would ask you to give up feed back on the draft test we handed into you and the essential questions you never gave us back. I think this last lit circle was worse because I hated the book I had and really wanted to read the other one I had first. However I think that the timeline helped a lot to keep me on track.