Professional athletes are overpaid for their job. not including product endorsements and television revenues, many athletes are paid far too much for what they do. 2. professional basketball player lebron james is the highest paid player in the nba. his salary alone is over $73 million. 3. matt ryan of the atlanta falcons makes a whopping $43 million just for playing football. 4. these men possess exceptional talent and deserve recognition; however, it is extreme to pay athletes this excessively for "working" a few months of the year. 5. the high salaries of professional athletes have driven the cost of tickets for these games even higher. it is out of reach for some families to attend a basketball or football game. 6. what does this say about our society when athletes are paid much more for entertaining and playing a sport than people who really make a difference in our world, such as teachers?

You are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on one of the 4 prompts and what you have read and learned in this module. these are your options: 1. how do the events of "the white umbrella" teach the narrator a lesson about shame and acceptance? 2. what role does creativity play in "the bat-poet"? 3. how does the character of squeaky change over the course of "raymond's run"? 4. discuss the influences of older family members on the protagonists and speakers in the stories and poems of this unit. you are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on what you have read and learned in this module. your final submission should meet the following requirements. • submit completed pre-writing and outline documents. • write an essay that contains an introduction with hook and thesis statement, supporting paragraphs with evidence and at least one quotation, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and reviews main points. • use transitions appropriate to the pattern of organization. • use vocabulary to create tone and voice. • cite primary source (quotation). • submit completed revision checklist. • vary sentence structure. • create sentences with parallel structures. • use technology in the writing process.