Sports Literature, One Half Unit
Credit: 0.5 units
Lessons: 10 lessons, 9 submitted
Exams: 2 exams
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Prerequisites: None
Description: Students will read and analyze fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that focuses on sports. They will investigate themes such as sports as metaphor for the human character and what sports reveal about our culture's values and prejudices. Reading selections include writings from both amateur and professional athletes, journalists, poets, and novelists. Students should understand the elements of fiction and nonfiction such as plot, figurative language, tone, characterization, theme, and conflict. They will examine poetry about sports and study poetic devices such as figurative language, symbolism, rhyme scheme, and imagery. Finally, students will apply the techniques studied to their own writing (a personal essay and a poem).
Special Instructions: Students will be required to upload documents in Word 97–2003 (.doc) or Rich Text (.rtf) format. These documents can be created in Microsoft Word or another office suite that saves in the .doc or .rtf format, such as the open-source OpenOffice or Google Docs online.
Lesson 2 is the previewable lesson (see below).
Preview This Course — A preview includes general information about the course and, if available, one lesson and one progress evaluation.
| | Author | Description | Edition | ISBN | New Price | | |
| 1. | Emra | Sports in Literature | 2nd '00 | 0-8442-8096-8 | 41.60 | |
| 2. | Kinsella | Shoeless Joe | '99 | 0-395-95773-7 | 9.75 | |
| 3. | McPhee | Levels of the Game | '69 | 0-374-51526-3 | 8.75 | |
Required materials total: $60.10
High School fee: $160.00
Administrative fee: $25.00
Subtotal, fees only: $185.00
Required materials: $60.10
Total cost, including materials: $245.10