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SL.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: An essay of a current news event is provided for discussion to encourage participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the article. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event within the news, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support. FOR THE WEEK OF MAR. 14, 2022 Batter up: Major League Baseball labor fight ends just in time for new season![]() ![]() Look for a quote from anyone reacting to this news and tell why you agree or don't.
![]() Now find a spring training photo and tell how it makes you feel.
![]() List two interesting facts from coverage of another sports topic.
It's almost time to play ball, though it nearly wasn't. Baseball team owners and players reached a new contract agreement last Thursday after three months of on-and-off talks that left many wondering when the 2022 season would start – or whether it would take place at all. Spring training camps opened in Florida and Arizona a day after the deal. Exhibition games start this Friday, March 18, and end sooner than usual. Opening Day is April 7, a week later than planned. A full 162-game season will be played, thanks to clever scheduling and a few extra doubleheaders. Under a new agreement with the players' union:
The breakthrough follows three tense months. Players hoped for sweeping changes to a system they felt let owners increase revenue without a proportional increase in spending. After declaring a lockout (workplace closures) right after the collective bargaining agreement expired in early December, the league didn't contact the players union to talk until mid-January, 43 days later. "Who outflanked who? In my view, there's only one win, and that's an agreement," said Rob Manfred, commissioner of Major League Baseball.
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