More than 450 million people in the world play basketball, but I can’t. First, I’m too short. I am only five feet eight inches tall, about 170 centimeters, whereas* my friends are all nearly six feet or 180 centimeters tall. When I play with them, I can never touch the ball. They just pass it over my head. That’s no fun. In addition, I can’t jump. I have short legs, and they don’t have any power to jump up. Some of my friends can jump high and dunk a basketball, but I can’t even touch the net. Most importantly, I always forget the rules. I just run without dribbling* the ball, for example, or body check people like I do in ice hockey. Once I kicked a basketball by mistake and made the basketball coach very angry. As soon as I become six feet tall and remember the rules, I may become a good basketball player; but for now I can’t play that game.
Unit 39 （カナダのGrade10レベル）
This unit is an independent study – you will need to find a problem and think of a solution. In particular, you will find a controversial topic and then write a persuasive essay plan and essay for it.
Assignment
1. Try to find a controversial topic in your home country. For ideas, you can check the news or tap (use) your own memory. Once you have found a topic, write a topic sentence for your persuasive essay. Please DO NOT write the plan yet.
2. Write a persuasive essay plan using your topic sentence. You will need two positive reasons and one counterattack reason (to "attack" the other side).
