Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Barbed Wire Baseball by Marissa Moss


Title: Barbed Wire Baseball
Author: Marissa Moss
Lexile: 800L

Summary/Learning Activity:

In this inspiring book, author Marissa Moss follows major league baseball player Kenichi Zeni Zenimura after he is sent to an internment camp for Japanese Americans.  

For this learning activity, I want to use the book’s focus on the human aspect of baseball as a way for students to think critically. Students will use the book as inspiration for a free-writing journal prompt where they’ll describe a time when an activity or sport meant more than simply the score or purpose of the game. Was there an emotional connection to a certain team, were they playing for a family member, etc.

Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.

Goal: Students will be able to relate their knowledge of sports to their own point of view and experience.  

Objectives: Students will be able to write one to two paragraphs about how a sport or activity impacted their life, providing specific details and coherent writing.

Outcome: Students will understand how to identify the positive benefits of an activity that extend beyond the immediate game. 

Sell tool: https://blackboard.albany.edu/courses/1/2179-IIST-571-7890/db/_3897601_1/embedded/Barbed%20Wile%20Baseball.pdf

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