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//The Blind Side//

- Lewis, M. (2006). //The blind side//. (1st ed., p. 304). New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN: 039306123X

- __The Blind Side__ was written by Michael Lewis and received the 2007 Alex Award for young adults. The book has two basic themes, which are about football in general and about a young African American boy named Michael Oher. Micheal Oher is a 15 year old boy from Memphis and he has a very rough life. He struggles with abuse and neglect in general from his loved ones. He is taken in by a very nice family that is willing to help him succeed in life. After being taken in by the family his whole life changes for the good and this opportunity gives his life meaning for once in his life. He becomes educated and a professional football player.

- I really enjoyed reading this book because I have watched the movie and really loved it, so I knew the book was going to be great. I think this book would be great to read with young adults because the students can relate to the topics in the book. The athletes can relate on how hard it is to be a football star, others can relate to the rough life Michael lived, and everyone can become motivated and realize that anything is possible no matter where you come from and who you are; only you can make your dreams come true.

- Curriculum Connection: 9th and 10th grade CCR: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. The students will see how Micheal Oher developes as a person over time in reading __The Blind Side__. - Genre: Non-Fiction

- Strategy 18- Connect to it: Making Personal, Text, and World Connections to Text could be used during the reading of __The Blind Side__. It is important for students to make connections to the text they read to their own lives because it will allow them to understand the text better.

Before reading: Show the cover of the book and allow the students to predict what the book will be about. Open a discussion about how sports play an important role in our society. Ask students to recall what activities make them want to become a better person.

During reading: Supply students with a graphic organizer that has columns with text to self, text to text, and text to world. As the students read the book they will write down their feelings and thoughts under these three categories.

After reading: Students will have a group discussion about what they put on their graphic organizers. This will allow the students to reflect out loud and it will help them better understand the text by relating to it.