English 12: Literature and Sports
TIME
CONTENT/THEME
Culture and Values - Unit #1
1 Marking Period
Heroes and Icons – Unit #2
CORE GOALS/SKILLS
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Literary Genres: Non-Fiction –
essays, articles. Fiction – Short
Stories, Poetry
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Interpret, compare, describe,
analyze and evaluate literary
devices
o Identify and assess
effectiveness of point of
view
o Fact vs. opinion
o Bias/propaganda
techniques
o Connections between
fiction and non-fiction
texts
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ASSESSMENT
• Open-Ended Written
Assessments:
• Summaries of independent
reading
• Analysis of in class reading
• Content and application
• Extension Activities
• Online Discussions
• Research projects
• Collins quizzes/activities
Literary Genres: Non-Fiction:
Memoirs, Biography,
Autobiography, Essays, Narrative
Poetry
Literary Devices: Structure flashbacks, frame story,
foreshadowing
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How Soccer Explains the World
Good Sports: fair play and foul
Friday Night Lights
Counting Coup
Excerpts from A Sporting Muse: A
Critical Study of Poetry about Athletes
and Athletics by Don Johnson
“The Hobbyist” by Chris Lynch
Various Selections from Sports Stories
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“Mike at Wrykyn”
Games, Sports and Culture
“At the Ball Game” by William Carlos
Williams
Multimedia- Dahani Tackles the Globe
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Excerpts from memoirs /
biographies of iconic athletes
Recognize and analyze influence
of culture and values on sport and
vice-versa
Literary Elements:
Characterization, Point of View,
Tone, Theme, Plot
LITERATURE
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• Open-Ended Written
Assessments:
• Summaries of independent
reading
• Analysis of in class reading
• Content and application
• Extension Activities
• Online Discussions
• Research projects
• Collins Writing
quizzes/activities
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How to Be Like Mike: life
lessons about basketball’s best
by Pat Williams
Arthur Ashe Remembered By
John McPhee
My Losing Season by Pat
Conroy
The Ride of My Life by Matt
Hofman
Wheelchair Warrior: gangs,
disability, and basketball by
Melvin Juette
Wide Open: a life in
Supercross by Jeremy
McGrath
The Greatest by Walter Dean
Myers
English 12: Literature and Sports
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Recognize, analyze and critique
characteristics of sport heroes and
icons
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“Narrative: Ali: A Poem in 12
Rounds” by Elizabeth
Alexander
Various articles from The Best
American Sports Writing of the Century
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“The Last American Hero” by
Tom Wolfe
“The Champ and the Chump”
“Muhammad Ali Then and
Now”
Excerpts from Latino Athletes by
Ian C. Friedman
• Various articles from Sports
Illustrated
Independent Reading
Assignment
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“The Greatest Dad in the
World”
Multimedia: 30 on 30- on different
sports figures
Writing (Summer Reading)
Vocabulary
Book #1 for Literary Criticism
Assignment
• Culminating
Project/Presentation
• Double-Entry notebook of
quotations and analysis
• Annotated Bibliography
• Five-Paragraph Writing
Assignment
• Writing Process
• Text Citation
• Word Acquisition and Usage
• Multiple Meaning/Roots
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• Unit Test
• Extension Activities
Sadlier-Oxford books G and H
English 12: Literature and Sports
TIME
CONTENT/THEME
1 Marking Period
Issues and Controversies –
Unit #3
CORE GOALS/SKILLS
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Literary Elements: Theme,
conflict, tone, symbolism,
figurative language
Literary Genres: Non-Fiction Articles, Essays, editorials.
Fiction – Novel, short stories,
poetry
Recognize, analyze and critique
common issues that drive
fictionalized sports stories
Compare and contrast fictionalized
issues and controversies in sports
with real life issues and
controversies
ASSESSMENT
• Open-Ended Written
Assessments:
• Summaries of independent
reading
• Analysis of in class reading
• Content and application
• Extension Activities
• Online Discussions
• Research projects
• Collins Writing
quizzes/activities
LITERATURE
• Various novels dealing with
controversies in sports:
Gym Candy
7 days at the hot corner
Whale Talk
Game
Night Hoopes
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes
Hoops
The Outside Shot
Articles from Issues and
Controversies
• Various Poems:
• “Say Good-Bye to Big Daddy” by
Randall Jarrell
• “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Thayer
• Various selections from Ultimate
Sports
• “Cutthroat” by Norma Fox Mazer
• “Falling off the Empire State
Building” by Harry Mazer
• “The Pin” by Chris Crutcher
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• Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse
Discrimination – Unit #4
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Literary Elements: Theme,
conflict, tone, symbolism, point of
view
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Literary Genres: Non-Fiction Articles, Essays, Biographies
• Open-Ended Written
Assessments:
• Summaries of independent
reading
• Analysis of in class reading
• Content and application
Owens and Hitler’s Olympics“
• Breakthrough to the Big League;
the story of Jackie Robinson by Jackie
Robinson and Alfred Duckett
• The Black Athlete: His story in
American History by Jack Orr
• Let me play: the story of Title IX, the
law that changed the future of girls in
America by Karen Blumenthal
English 12: Literature and Sports
Fiction – Novel, short stories
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Recognize and analyze historical
trends and shifts in discrimination
and sports
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Compare and contrast
discrimination for different groups
of people in sports
• Extension Activities
• Online Discussions
• Research projects
• Collins Writing
quizzes/activities
• A Whole New Ball Game: the story
of the All-American Girls Professional
Baseball League by Sue Macy
• Absolutely True Diary of a PartTime Indian
• Game by Walter Dean Myers
• Various selections from Sports
Stories
• “National Velvet”
• “Stealing for Girls”
• “The Blue Darter”
• “Basketball Game”
• Multimedia- A League of Their Own
• All you’ve got by Karol Ann
Moments of Glory – Unit #5
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Literary Elements: Theme, tone,
symbolism, plot, characterization,
imagery, style
Literary Devices: Figurative
language, allusion, irony, sound
techniques
Literary Genres: Non-Fiction Articles, Essays, Biographies.
editorials Fiction – Novel, short
stories, poetry
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Analyze and critique various
moments of glory and the
events/hardships along the way to
victory
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Compare and contrast stories
about winning and stories about
losing in order to critique and
• Open-Ended Written
Assessments:
• Summaries of independent
reading
• Analysis of in class reading
• Content and application
• Extension Activities
• Online Discussions
• Research projects
• Collins Writing
quizzes/activities
Hoeffner
• Blind Side by Micheal Lewis
• In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle by
Madeleine Blais
• “The Loneliness of the LongDistance Runner”
• Various selections from Ultimate
Sports
• “If You Can’t be Lucky…” by Carl
Deuker
Various selections from Lay-ups
and long shots: an anthology of
short stories
• Various articles from The Best
American Sports Writing
• “The Way it Should Be”
Various Poems:
• “Slam, Dunk, & Hook” by Yusef
Komunyakaa
• “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A.E.
Housman
• “Fast Break” by Ed Hirsch
• “Sunday Skaters” by Mary Jo Salter
• “Hoops” by Major Jackson
• “Interview with a Winner” by
Donald Finker
• Multimedia- Miracle
English 12: Literature and Sports
assess the value of victory
Independent Reading
Assignment
Literary Analysis Writing
Vocabulary
Secondary resources for Literary
Criticism Assignment
• Research Process
• Text Citation
• Synthesize information from multiple
resources including a longer literary work
and several shorter analytical/factual
works to create a cohesive literary
analysis/argument
• Annotated Bibliographies
• Sadlier-Oxford Books G and H
• Multi-Paragraph Literary
Analysis Senior Writing
Assignment
• Word Acquisition and Usage
• Multiple Meaning/Roots
• Unit Test
• Extension Activities
COMPREHENSION
AND READING
SKILLS
TAUGHT/REINFORCE
D UNITS #1-5
Comprehension and Reading
Skills for Fiction and Nonfiction
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Vocabulary
o Acquisition and use
Word recognition
o Root words and content
words
Inferences/conclusions/generalizat
ions
o Make inferences
o Cite supporting evidence
Main idea/details
o Identified stated or implied
main idea
Collins Writing Activities
Unit Tests
Writing Assessments
Extension Activities
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Teacher modeling
Scaffolding of techniques
PSSA style questions
Classroom Texts
English 12: Literature and Sports
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Interpretation and Analysis of
Fiction and Non-fiction
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o Cite supporting evidence
Summarization
o Summarize key details
Genre
o Identify/analyze purpose
o Cite supporting evidence
Interpret, compare, describe,
analyze and evaluate components
o Character, setting, plot,
theme, tone, style, mood,
symbolism
o Connections between texts
Interpret, compare, describe,
analyze and evaluate literary
devices
o Examples/purpose/effectiv
eness of personification,
simile, metaphor,
hyperbole, satire, imagery,
foreshadowing, flashbacks
and irony
o Identify and assess
effectiveness of point of
view
o Fact vs. opinion
o Bias/propaganda
techniques
Collins Writing Activities
Unit Tests
Writing Assessments
Extension Activities