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Classroom resources | Playing a ‘cascarita’ with words
Inspired by poetry and stories about soccer, students of all ages might enjoy a cascarita—an informal, improvised game—with words instead of a football. (Jan 6)
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Some drove the jolly bowl about; / With dice and draughts some chased the day; / And some, with many a merry shout, / In riot, revelry, and rout; / Pursued the foot-ball play. (Sir Walter Scott, "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," V.vi.19-23)
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