Sport+Writing+Unit

(Back to Blog) toc __Objectives __
 * Analyze sports articles for content and format.
 * Write sports articles that are accurate, demonstrate powerful language, and demonstrate deep understanding of a sport.
 * Use online and collaborative presentation software to teach others about a sport.

__Assignments __

 * Assignment || Due Date || Turn in Method ||
 * Sports Prezi Presentation || Tuesday, March 6, 2012 || Live Presentations March 7-9 ||
 * Sports Article Analysis || Tuesday, March 13, 2012 || Schoolloop DropBox ||
 * Sports Article (Game Description) || Monday, March 19, 2012 || Google Doc Collection (Sports Article) ||

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__Assessment Methods __
>> Your presentation will be graded with this rubric. This will be a process grade. >> Your analysis will be graded on accuracy and demonstrated level of understanding. This will be a process grade. >> Your article will be graded on accuracy, format, and use of domain-specific words and phrases. This will be a product grade.

__Content Standards Addressed __

 * Section || Number || Standard ||
 * Reading Standards for Informational Texts || 3 || Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of a text. ||
 * Reading Standards for Informational Texts || 4 || Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meaning; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text. ||
 * Reading Standards for Informational Texts || 5 || Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging. ||
 * Reading Standards for Informational Texts || 7 || Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g. visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem. ||
 * Writing || 2 || Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
 * Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information so that each new element builds on that which precedes it to create a unified whole; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Develop the topic thoroughly by selecting the most significant and relevant facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Use appropriate and varied transitions and syntax to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Use precise language, domain-specific vocabulary, and techniques such as metaphor, simile, and analogy to manage the complexity of the topic.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic). ||
 * Writing || 4 || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. ||
 * Writing || 5 || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. ||
 * Writing || 6 || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information. ||
 * Writing || 7 || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source ||
 * Writing || 8 || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. ||
 * Speaking and Listening || 2 || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) in order to make informed decisions and solve problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies among the data. ||
 * Speaking and Listening || 5 || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. ||
 * Language || 3 || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening. ||
 * Language || 6 || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. ||

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