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I love pep rallies. I love the noise and the cheering. I love being with the whole school, packed onto the bleachers in the gym, showing our spirit and raising the roof, stomping and screaming our heads off. (Getting out of class doesn’t hurt either.) I’m a huge football fan. It’s definitely my favorite sport. All those downs are kind of confusing, though—first down, second down, touchdown, down by contact, illegal man downfield. Hard to figure out. But when the Hiawassee Hurricanes thunder onto the field with their shoulder pads, it’s all good. Guys look amazing in shoulder pads. This season might not be as awesome as usual because Chase Ambrose isn’t on the team. Chase is our star, and out of all the players who look good in shoulder pads, he looks the best. He hurt himself falling off a roof this summer, and the word around school is that he has amnesia. He can’t remember anything—including the fact that I’ve had a crush on him since sixth grade, and he doesn’t even know I’m alive. So he isn’t one of the players in full uniform showing off on the gym floor while we stomp and cheer. Oh, he’s down there, all right—recording the goings-on with a video camera. I don’t really get that part. It’s one thing for Chase to be off the team. It’s quite another for him to join the video club. (Those kids are basically nerds.) The point of the rally is to get everyone all riled up to annihilate Jefferson on Saturday. So we’ve got dummies dressed in Jefferson jerseys, and our guys are kicking the stuffing out of them. And our mascot is beating up Jefferson’s
mascot (actually just a Hiawassee kid in a jaguar suit). Chase is filming them close-up, holding his camera right in there to capture every fake punch. I miss the shoulder pads, but he still looks good. And then the rally’s over. We file off the bleachers and start for our lockers to get our stuff to go home. The team heads out to practice, clattering down the hallway that leads to the field house. There’s a bit of a traffic jam there—players going one way and the rest of us going the other. A few elbows fly. Brendan Espinoza somehow gets bumped into the path of the players. (That’s typical Brendan, who could cross an empty parking lot and slip on the one banana peel in the middle.) The guys know Brendan, and make a game of bouncing him around like he’s a soccer ball. Pretty soon, the team is laughing, the kids are laughing, and Brendan is flying back and forth, holding on to his camera for dear life. It’s pretty funny. A chant goes up while Brendan flails. It’s like the whole football team is calling out, “Pass it! … Pass it! … Pass it!” There’s a blur of motion, and suddenly Joey Petronus is slammed up against the wall by two fistfuls of his football jersey. It’s Chase! His handsome face is normally chiller than chill. But right now, it’s boiling mad. “Let the kid go!” Chase demands. Brendan stumbles free, collapsing to the opposite wall. The other Hurricanes haul Chase off Joey, and there’s a lot of shoving going on. Shoving comes naturally to football players. (It’s even part of the game. Every play starts off with two lines of guys shoving each other.) Two Hurricanes hold Chase, struggling, by the arms. Chase looks almost small, dwarfed by all those players in pads and
cleats. Aaron and Bear muscle into the center of the action, putting themselves between Joey and Chase. “Dial it down!” Aaron orders. “We’re all teammates here.” “What did that guy ever do to you, huh?” Chase spits at Joey, yanking his arms free. “Like you’ve got anything to say about it!” Joey shoots back. “What’s that supposed to mean?” Joey indicates Brendan, who’s dusting himself off, surrounded by his fellow video clubbers. “Yeah, right. Like you never had a little fun with Espinoza.” I laugh at that one, because no one messed with the dweebs more than Chase, Aaron, and Bear. But Chase looks so mystified that it hits me: If he really has amnesia, is it possible that he doesn’t remember? Chase addresses the entire team. “We were shooting your pep rally to make you look good. You’re welcome.” The players stare at him in horror. He has no clue what he said to upset them, but I do. He said we. (We, the video club. You, the team.) Joey hefts his helmet. “We used to be tight with this kid Chase Ambrose. We were more than teammates; we were boys. But lately, I don’t even know who he is.” He leads the Hurricanes in a jog out to the field. Aaron and Bear hang back. I’m expecting them to take Chase’s side, since those three are best friends. Chase seems pretty shocked when Bear wheels off with the others.
Aaron eyes Chase with a long face. “You shouldn’t have done that, man. Joey’s your friend. He’s had your back plenty of times.” Chase is still defiant, but a little more subdued than before. “So I should just let him beat up a kid half his size for no reason?” Aaron stands his ground. “If you’d told him to stop, he would have stopped. You didn’t have to attack him.” He shakes his head. “None of us are perfect—not even you. Next time, take a second to think about who your friends are.” He disappears after the team. “Thanks, Chase,” Brendan says in a shaky voice. Shy but grateful, the video club members express their gratitude. Not too many people ever stand up to the football team. Only Chase can do it, because he’s one of them. At least he used to be. Shoshanna Weber rolls her eyes. “Please be real! Why would anybody thank him? Is there any one of us he hasn’t treated like garbage?” Brendan looks at her in surprise. “Didn’t you see what happened there?” “I saw him being a goon, like he always is. Today he was on our side. What about tomorrow? Remember what he did to my brother!” She storms off. Wow, Joel Weber. Just thinking about him puts a lump in my throat. I almost forgot he’s Shoshanna’s brother. A lot of this stuff feels kind of harmless until something like Joel Weber happens. Chase seems a little shell-shocked by the whole thing. After all, he took on the football team on behalf of the video
determine the importance and cite heres an example keep in mind do not copy this example just format it the same way as the example: Chapter 10- “Chase is filming them close-up, holding his camera right in there to capture every fake punch. I miss the shoulder pads, but he still looks good”
Determine Importance- What matters here is that Kimberly is still infatuated with Chase. She is still admiring at him from afar. Chase was obviously a very popular kid in school. Did she like him for who he was or just his status? This crush seems superficial to me. I think she likes him due to his looks, and his popularity, not who he really is because one can infer he was a horrible person before
mascot (actually just a Hiawassee kid in a jaguar suit). Chase is filming them close-up, holding his camera right in there to capture every fake punch. I miss the shoulder pads, but he still looks good. And then the rally’s over. We file off the bleachers and start for our lockers to get our stuff to go home. The team heads out to practice, clattering down the hallway that leads to the field house. There’s a bit of a traffic jam there—players going one way and the rest of us going the other. A few elbows fly. Brendan Espinoza somehow gets bumped into the path of the players. (That’s typical Brendan, who could cross an empty parking lot and slip on the one banana peel in the middle.) The guys know Brendan, and make a game of bouncing him around like he’s a soccer ball. Pretty soon, the team is laughing, the kids are laughing, and Brendan is flying back and forth, holding on to his camera for dear life. It’s pretty funny. A chant goes up while Brendan flails. It’s like the whole football team is calling out, “Pass it! … Pass it! … Pass it!” There’s a blur of motion, and suddenly Joey Petronus is slammed up against the wall by two fistfuls of his football jersey. It’s Chase! His handsome face is normally chiller than chill. But right now, it’s boiling mad. “Let the kid go!” Chase demands. Brendan stumbles free, collapsing to the opposite wall. The other Hurricanes haul Chase off Joey, and there’s a lot of shoving going on. Shoving comes naturally to football players. (It’s even part of the game. Every play starts off with two lines of guys shoving each other.) Two Hurricanes hold Chase, struggling, by the arms. Chase looks almost small, dwarfed by all those players in pads and
cleats. Aaron and Bear muscle into the center of the action, putting themselves between Joey and Chase. “Dial it down!” Aaron orders. “We’re all teammates here.” “What did that guy ever do to you, huh?” Chase spits at Joey, yanking his arms free. “Like you’ve got anything to say about it!” Joey shoots back. “What’s that supposed to mean?” Joey indicates Brendan, who’s dusting himself off, surrounded by his fellow video clubbers. “Yeah, right. Like you never had a little fun with Espinoza.” I laugh at that one, because no one messed with the dweebs more than Chase, Aaron, and Bear. But Chase looks so mystified that it hits me: If he really has amnesia, is it possible that he doesn’t remember? Chase addresses the entire team. “We were shooting your pep rally to make you look good. You’re welcome.” The players stare at him in horror. He has no clue what he said to upset them, but I do. He said we. (We, the video club. You, the team.) Joey hefts his helmet. “We used to be tight with this kid Chase Ambrose. We were more than teammates; we were boys. But lately, I don’t even know who he is.” He leads the Hurricanes in a jog out to the field. Aaron and Bear hang back. I’m expecting them to take Chase’s side, since those three are best friends. Chase seems pretty shocked when Bear wheels off with the others.
Aaron eyes Chase with a long face. “You shouldn’t have done that, man. Joey’s your friend. He’s had your back plenty of times.” Chase is still defiant, but a little more subdued than before. “So I should just let him beat up a kid half his size for no reason?” Aaron stands his ground. “If you’d told him to stop, he would have stopped. You didn’t have to attack him.” He shakes his head. “None of us are perfect—not even you. Next time, take a second to think about who your friends are.” He disappears after the team. “Thanks, Chase,” Brendan says in a shaky voice. Shy but grateful, the video club members express their gratitude. Not too many people ever stand up to the football team. Only Chase can do it, because he’s one of them. At least he used to be. Shoshanna Weber rolls her eyes. “Please be real! Why would anybody thank him? Is there any one of us he hasn’t treated like garbage?” Brendan looks at her in surprise. “Didn’t you see what happened there?” “I saw him being a goon, like he always is. Today he was on our side. What about tomorrow? Remember what he did to my brother!” She storms off. Wow, Joel Weber. Just thinking about him puts a lump in my throat. I almost forgot he’s Shoshanna’s brother. A lot of this stuff feels kind of harmless until something like Joel Weber happens. Chase seems a little shell-shocked by the whole thing. After all, he took on the football team on behalf of the video
determine the importance and cite heres an example keep in mind do not copy this example just format it the same way as the example: Chapter 10- “Chase is filming them close-up, holding his camera right in there to capture every fake punch. I miss the shoulder pads, but he still looks good”
Determine Importance- What matters here is that Kimberly is still infatuated with Chase. She is still admiring at him from afar. Chase was obviously a very popular kid in school. Did she like him for who he was or just his status? This crush seems superficial to me. I think she likes him due to his looks, and his popularity, not who he really is because one can infer he was a horrible person before
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**Chapter 10 - “Chase addresses the entire team. ‘We were shooting your pep rally to make you look good. You’re welcome.’ The players stare at him in horror.”**
**Determine Importance** - This moment underscores the significant shift in Chase's identity and how his actions are perceived by both his former teammates and the video club members. It highlights Chase's struggle with his amnesia, emphasizing the disconnect between his past self and his current reality. While he tries to assert his role as a member of the group, the horror on his teammates' faces reveals that he has lost their trust and camaraderie. This raises questions about loyalty, friendship, and the consequences of past behaviors. In the moment, it becomes clear that Chase's previous actions have changed not only how he sees himself but also how others view him, serving as a pivotal moment in his journey of self-discovery and redemption.
**Determine Importance** - This moment underscores the significant shift in Chase's identity and how his actions are perceived by both his former teammates and the video club members. It highlights Chase's struggle with his amnesia, emphasizing the disconnect between his past self and his current reality. While he tries to assert his role as a member of the group, the horror on his teammates' faces reveals that he has lost their trust and camaraderie. This raises questions about loyalty, friendship, and the consequences of past behaviors. In the moment, it becomes clear that Chase's previous actions have changed not only how he sees himself but also how others view him, serving as a pivotal moment in his journey of self-discovery and redemption.