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English Senior Elective: Sports in Literature (SCP) 169
Overview

TIME FRAME: 1 quarter (9 weeks)
GRADE: 12
CONTACT:

         MAP LEVEL: 4

23.1 LANGUAGE ARTS - READING AND RESPONDING --- 23.1.1.9.2 --- 23.1.1.9.5 --- 23.1.1.9.6 --- 23.1.2.9.1 --- 23.1.2.9.2 --- 23.1.2.9.4
23.1 LANGUAGE ARTS - READING AND RESPONDING --- 23.1.2.9.6 --- 23.1.3.9.2 --- 23.1.3.9.3 --- 23.1.4.9.1 --- 23.1.4.9.2
23.2 LANGUAGE ARTS - EXPLORE AND RESPOND TO LITER --- 23.2.1.9.1 --- 23.2.1.9.4 --- 23.2.2.9.1 --- 23.2.2.9.2 --- 23.2.3.9.1 --- 23.2.3.9.2
23.3 LANGUAGE ARTS - COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS --- 23.3.1.9.2 --- 23.3.1.9.3 --- 23.3.1.9.4 --- 23.3.2.9.1 --- 23.3.2.9.3 --- 23.3.2.9.6
23.4 LANGUAGE ARTS - ENGLISH LANG CONVENTIONS --- 23.4.2.9.1 --- 23.4.2.9.2 --- 23.4.3.9.1 --- 23.4.3.9.2 --- 23.4.3.9.3




What charcteristics define the genre of sports writing?

How does sports literature help readers to better understand contemporary society?

How does society define athletic success? How do athletes define success? How should athletic success be defined?






This course will focus on poems, short stories, and full length works that deal with sports. This material will be drawn from twentieth century authors and will include authors such as Lance Armstrong, John Grisham, and Jon Krakauer. In addition to frequent journal writing, students will be expected to complete writing assignments in a wide variety of modes including specialized sports writing such as sports articles and sports columns.




The learner will:
-- develop and demonstrate active reading skills (connections, predictions, evaluation, questioning, and analyzing),
-- Read for comprehension and appreciation,
-- Demonstrate an understanding of the material under study through the planning and writing of a number of formal essays or other appropriate writing assignments,
-- Exercise and improve effective writing techniques through the editing and revision of writing assignments,
-- Attack problems of grammar, usage, spelling and punctuation as they occur in his/her writing,
-- Confer with his/her teacher on a regular basis on the processes of writing and revision,
-- Improve writing in narrative, expository, journalistic, and technical modes,
-- Compare and contrast stories with similar themes,
-- Research, debate, and explore great sports controversies,
-- Gain knowledge of the strategies and challenges of non-traditional sports such as fencing, biking, and climbing,
-- Develop ability to work closely with others through student-led discussions and group projects,
-- Develop public speaking skills through speeches, oral presentations, and debates,
-- Reflect on and delineate the process used when synthesizing information and when screening for irrelevant information,
-- Utilize suitable technology and resources in solving problems, where appropriate,
-- Use a variety of forms of expression (such as: computer, oral, written, art, music an performance) to successfully communicate to varying audiences,
-- Address a small or large group appropriately,
-- Decognize, identify and employ appropriate non-verbal communication,
-- Demonstrate the organizational skills necessary to express themselves.






All students will:
-- Be instructed in active, critical reading strategies and skills,
-- Be instructed in the literary terms, devices, and structures necessary for reading comprehension of various materials,
-- Be given the opportunity to respond to literature both orally and in written formats,
-- Be taught the numerous skills required for successful research and research writing,
-- Write a researched paper in MLA format,
-- Write a minimum of 3 papers following the complete writing process from the following modes: description, narration, exposition, persuasion, literary analysis, creative,
-- Complete 10 pages of written material (excluding tests and journals) by the end of the semester,
-- Deliver a speech/debate/dramatic reading/presentation in front of the class,
-- Be instructed in effective techniques and skills for public speaking,
-- Be guided in effective discussion strategies for circle/double circle discussions and Socratic seminars,
-- Be instructed on the skills and strategies necessary for interpreting, analyzing, and evaluating a visual communication,
-- Be instructed on audience decorum and appropriate responses.




Assessment of student performance will include such activities as journal responses, essay tests, essay assignments focusing on persuasive and critical/thematic topics, circle discussions, Socratic seminars, independent literary projects, and researched papers/projects and presentations. Students will also design a new sport, and teach it to their classmates.




As time allows, the instructor may arrange for a field trip to a rock climbing wall, or arrange to use the WA high ropes course.




It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakower
Jump Ball: A Basketball Season in Poems by Mel Glenn
Bleachers by John Grisham
The Natural by Bernard Malmud
Assorted sports articles, essays, short stories, poems and films




This class is offered at the SCP level.

This class does satisfy the literature quarter-course requirement for seniors.