Carly McDonald

EDU 320
Sports Text Set

Tangerine

1. Bloor, Edward. (1997). ​Tangerine. ​San Diego, California: Harcourt.

2. Age: 10-12
Grade: 5-6
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Content Area: Language Arts

3. Effective way of presenting: When using this book in the classroom, I would do a read aloud
because it is a little bit above the reading level for 5th and 6th graders. A read aloud would help
the students to better understand the material because I would be there talking through it with
them. This book is full of challenging vocabulary for this age so I would have the students do an
ongoing graphic organizer to track the words they do not know. After reading the daily chapter
aloud, students will collaborate with a partner and choose one word they did not know in the
daily reading to make a Word Box graphic organizer. After the book is finished, students will
have a collection of Word Boxes.

4. Summary: Paul Fischer is a middle school aged boy who loves to play soccer, but is kicked off
of his school team when the coach finds out he is legally blind. After an accident at his middle
school, many of the students are forced to transfer to the middle school on the other end of town.
Paul uses this transfer to his advantage by not telling the coach about his legal blindness and
making the soccer team. Paul goes through many ups and downs with his new friends but in the
end he finds a way to earn their permanent approval.

5. Follow-Up: After reading this book, the students will write a journal entry from the point of
view of any character in the story they would like. This journal entry should illustrate the
character’s overall feelings and opinions at the end of the book and should include at least five of
the vocabulary words from their Word Boxes.

US Lacrosse Magazine

1. Schneider, M (2017, September). Rising tide. ​US Lacrosse Magazine, 41, ​32-41.

2. Age: 10-12
Grade: 5-6
Genre: Informational Text
Content Area: Social Studies

3. Effective way of presenting: I would like to use this magazine in a social studies lesson about
current events. Learning about current events is very important for children so they can learn to
become an aware citizen. This often times can be done with magazines and newspapers. Children
enjoy reading magazines rather than the usual text book so I would use this one as an
introduction to the lesson. The children would all have one and be able to just explore the text as
they wish and familiarize themselves with the different parts of a magazine.

4. Summary: This article talks about Team USA and how the coaches selected the girls for the
team. They carefully hand-picked division one lacrosse players whose certain strengths would
help the team. Team USA won the World Cup and had seven of their players winning the
All-World Team honor.

5. Follow-Up: After the students read this magazine and are familiar with how it is laid out, I
would give them a more informational magazine such as TIME For Kids or Scholastic News and
we would have a class discussion on the current events.

Kid Athletes: True Tales of Childhood From Sports Legends

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1. Stabler, D. (2015). ​Kid athletes: True tales of childhood from sports legends. P
PA: Quirk Books.

2. Age: 9-12
Grade: 4-7
Genre: Biography
Content Area: Language Arts

3. Effective way of presenting: I would use this book for a writing activity for my students. After
reading the book aloud to them, I would ask them to choose one athlete and make a Venn
Diagram comparing and contrasting their own life to that of the athlete’s.

4. Summary: This book highlights various famous athletes and talks about their childhood and
life previous to becoming a superstar. One thing this book focuses on is how every athlete was
raised differently and went through their own hardships as a child. This book can give students
hope and help to see the normality in the “famous” people. Babe Ruth, Gabby Douglas and Tiger
Woods are only a few of many mentioned in the book.
5.Follow-Up: After reading this book and making their Venn Diagrams, the students will take
what they know and write it into an essay. They will write about any one of the athletes that they
want to select and discuss their childhood, followed by the student’s own life and how it
compares and contrasts.

Fantastic Football Poems

​ xford, England: Oxford University Press.

1. Foster, J. (2001). ​Fantastic football poems. O

2. Age: 8-10
Grade: 3-5
Genre: Poetry
Content Area: Language Arts

3. Effective way of presenting: I would use this book as an introduction to a poetry unit in our
classroom. Reading the poetry in this book aloud would help the students to hear the rhyme and
rhythm contained within. I think this would capture all of the students’ attention, but especially
the boys.

4. Summary: This is a poetry book with poems about all different sports, but especially soccer. It
is also illustrated on every page. The poems and illustrations together will keep the students
entertained and giggling at the silliness.

5.Follow-Up: After reading this book aloud to the class, I would teach them a short lesson about
alliteration. I would include what it is, how it is used, why it is used, and examples to back it up.
Following the brief lesson, the students would be asked to practice alliteration by writing
sentences about sports.

Hank Aaron: Brave In Every Way

1. Golenbock, P. (2001). ​Hank aaron: Brave in every way. ​Singapore: Tien Wah Press.

2. Age: 8-10
Grade: 3-4
Genre: Picture Book
Content Area: History
3.Effective way of presenting: I would present this book as a read aloud during a history lesson
about Martin Luther King Jr. This book would be a good resource to use at this time because it
will help the students to recognize that Martin Luther King Jr was not the only African American
that dealt with challenges because of his race. This happened to everyone and this book about
Hank Aaron shows the race issue from an athlete’s perspective.

4.Summary: This is biography written about Hank Aaron. Hank wanted to play professional
baseball since he was a young boy before blacks were even allowed on the teams. His parents
found a balance between determination and reality for Hank and he was able to succeed. Hank
continued to set goals and work hard and he finally broke Babe Ruth’s home run record.

5.Follow-Up: After reading this book, students will make a Story Pyramid to demonstrate their
comprehension of the story. They would focus on aspects such as setting, characters, and events
in the story. This activity will be done in groups of three or four so the students can work
together to come up with the most effective Story Pyramid.

Football Champ

​ ew York: HarperCollins Publishers.

1. Green, T. (2009). ​Football champ. N

2.Age: 10-12
Grade: 5-6
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Content Area: Literature

3. Effective way of presenting: I would use this as a book choice for literature circles. It is
important to have books that appeal to all students and this one is a good choice for boys. They
will put more into it and get more out of it if it is a book that they are interested in.

4. Summary: This is story about a 12-year-old boy who has a talent for making trick plays in
football and was secretly hired by the Atlanta Falcons to do so. When a reporter finds out and
tried to blow his cover, Troy does everything he can to keep his words from being skewed by the
reporter as well as protect his friends and family.

5. Follow-Up: After my students finish this book with their literature circles, they would do a
book critique presentation to the class. Each group will prepare a critique including a summary
of the book, their favorite parts, the reason they chose the book, if they recommend it to a friend
and why or why not.
 Scholastic Year in Sports 2017

​ ew York City: Scholastic Inc.

1. Buckley, J. (2016). ​Scholastic year in sports 2017. N

2. Age: 9-11
Grade: 3-4
Genre: Nonfiction
Content Area: Math

3. Effective way of presenting: I would use this book in a math lesson about comparing
differences and graphing. Students would work in pairs and each group would get a different
record to use. They would graph the top ten scores for a certain record and find the differences
between each of other the scores.

4.Summary: This a book that highlights all different sports in the year. It mentions records
broken, top athletes, championships, legends, and much more. This book is sure to capture the
attention of children and will make this math lesson much more exciting.

5. Follow-Up: After students graph their results, they will present the class their data. They will
explain what the record is and how it is measured. Then they will also describe the differences in
scores.