Have students discuss whether or not they have moved to a new school and what that experience was like. Discuss what it is like to be on a school team and the pressures that go along with it. If students are not on a school team, ask what other activities they do such as band or clubs. Writing Have students write in their journals about their best friend and why that person is so important to him or her. Make sure to relate the entry to the friendship of Slam and Ice.
Art Have students design their school basketball team s logo and uniforms.
Write a page detailing why they chose to design them that way. Students can relate to this book by visiting websites about high school drug use, as well as breaking down the grade levels and various drugs students are experimenting with. Once you have the statistics put together, you can relate the rest of the project to your English class by writing a report about one of the drugs you have gotten information on and include those statistics, charts, pies, and graphs as an additional part of your project.