RI 6.1 Futbol v Football Finding Text Evidence

Match the following

• Find the sentence that gives another name for American football.

• Fútbol, known to Americans (and Canadians) as soccer, is the most popular sport in the world.

• Find the sentence that tells how the two sports are similar.

• Football, also known as American football or gridiron, has been around since 1869.

• Find the sentence that tells what the most popular sport in the world is.

• Both sports allow 11 players on the field at any time.

• Find the sentence that tells which country made the current rules for soccer.

• Though it originated more than 2,000 years ago in China, it was Britain that refined the rules about 200 years ago.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Find one piece of evidence that shows you that the British prefer to keep their identities unique and separate from those of Americans.

• Once it became too American, the British stopped using it.

• Because of this, injuries can be more common, more serious, and more controversial than in contact sports like soccer.

• Football is considered a collision sport, meaning that players purposely hit or collide with each other during typical gameplay.

• Scoring in football is infinitely more complicated than in soccer.

• Soccer players will continuously play with few breaks, but the football clock stops frequently between plays.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

Find two pieces of text evidence that explain why football is more dangerous to play than soccer.

• Once it became too American, the British stopped using it.

• Because of this, injuries can be more common, more serious, and more controversial than in contact sports like soccer.

• Football is considered a collision sport, meaning that players purposely hit or collide with each other during typical gameplay.

• Scoring in football is infinitely more complicated than in soccer.

• Soccer players will continuously play with few breaks, but the football clock stops frequently between plays.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

Find one piece of text evidence that tells you that football can be harder to understand than soccer.

• Once it became too American, the British stopped using it.

• Because of this, injuries can be more common, more serious, and more controversial than in contact sports like soccer.

• Football is considered a collision sport, meaning that players purposely hit or collide with each other during typical gameplay.

• Scoring in football is infinitely more complicated than in soccer.

• Soccer players will continuously play with few breaks, but the football clock stops frequently between plays.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

Find one piece of text evidence that shows why playing soccer requires more cardiovascular endurance than playing football.

• Once it became too American, the British stopped using it.

• Because of this, injuries can be more common, more serious, and more controversial than in contact sports like soccer.

• Football is considered a collision sport, meaning that players purposely hit or collide with each other during typical gameplay.

• Scoring in football is infinitely more complicated than in soccer.

• Soccer players will continuously play with few breaks, but the football clock stops frequently between plays.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1