EQs,+Themes+&+Texts

How can the expectations of others influence our actions? What does it mean to fit in? Are cliques a positive or negative force in a school community? How can it be powerful to make friends outside of your clique?
 * " Pondering on the "Have" / "Have not" paradigm --- Essential Questions **

Themes presented in Football Romeo
Loyalty and Friendship Making Hard Choices Fitting in Social Pressure and Expectations

**Other Texts to Pair with Football Romeo**

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson The Juliet Club by Suzanne Harper Falling for Romeo by Jennifer Laurens

**Films** Westside Story Shakespeare in Love <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Letters to Juliet