Ultimate Frisbee

My ultimate team Sticky Fingers finally won a game last night. I think the score was 15-8 and it is the first time the team has won a game while I've been playing. We did not do so well in the winter season, but hopefully we'll do a bit better this summer.

Last week, I asked my students to write a reasons & examples paragraph about a sport that they like. I decided to write them a paragraph on ultimate frisbee. While writing, I tried to make their most common errors, and asked them to be the teacher and tell me what corrections I should make. The interesting part of the exercise for me was the challenge to explain grammatically some of the sentences that I wrote using structures they hadn't learned yet.

Ultimate Frisbee is a sport that I like for three reasons. First of all, the games is friendly. The players like to have fun, and cheer loudly on the field. Everyone has great team spirit, they always tried to help others out. Since there are no referees in this sport then both teams tell each other when there is a foul or mistake. The play stops, so the people can move to the correct position. The second reason I like Ultimate is, because of the challenging catches. Sometimes it is very difficult to catch the disc however you need to run very fast. The crazy people dive like Superman to catch the disc. Don’t forget a disc is very light, the wind will occasionally surprise you also an important rule is to always use both hands to catch a disc in case the wind moves it unexpectantly. Finally, Ultimate Frisbee is a dynamic activity. Since the disc can move very quickly the players need to be able to move quicker. For example, a good thrower with no wind, can made the disc go to the end of the field, so you must run fast. Otherwise the game often changes directions. After every point or interception by the opposite team you need, to go towards a different end zone. Therefore, there is a lot of action during every game. Because of the friendly games, challenging throws, and the dynamic activity I enjoy playing Ultimate Frisbee.