Developing Contemporary Literacies through Sports: A Guide for the English Class

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Exlpores how teachers can turn students' extracurricular interests into legitimate options for academic study. With seven interrelated sections this collection and its companion website provide numerous resources that support teachers in developing students' contemporary literacies through sports.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

Love them or loathe them, the prominence of sports in schools and society is undeniable. The emphasis on sports culture presents teachers with countless possibilities for engaging students in the English language arts. Whether appealing to students' passion for sports to advance literacy practices or inviting students to reconsider normalized views by examining sports culture through a critical lens, teachers can make sports a pedagogical ally.This book, a collection of lessons and commentaries from established teachers, teacher educators, scholars, and authors, will support teachers in turning students' extracurricular interests into legitimate options for academic study. With seven interrelated sections - facilitating literature study, providing alternatives to traditional novels, teaching writing, engaging students in inquiry and research, fostering media and digital literacies, promoting social justice, and developing out-of-school literacies - this collection and its companion website provide numerous resources that support teachers in developing students' contemporary literacies through sports.Each section includes:(1) Four lesson plans written by practicing English teachers and teacher educators that focus on a specific topic and/or method of instruction.(2) A brief introduction from a leading scholar in the field of English education, including Wendy Glenn, Chris Crowe, Joan F. Mitchell, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Carl A. Young, Lisa Scherff, and Thomas Newkirk.(3) A closing "author connection" in which contemporary authors of sports-related young adult literature - Alan Lawrence Sitomer, Ann E. Burg, Chris Lynch, Rich Wallace and Sandra Neil Wallace, Lisa Luedeke, Bill Konigsberg, and Chris Crutcher - offer reflections on and connections to the ongoing conversations.In giving voice to so many literacy educators and authors, including forewords by English teacher educator Peter Smagorinsky and acclaimed sports journalist and fiction and nonfiction writer Robert Lipsyte, as well as an afterword by professor emeritus Joseph O. Milner, editors Alan Brown and Luke Rodesiler have made a giant first step in their call to make public the practice of promoting critical sports literacy as a way of reaching all students in the middle and high school classroom.

Author Biography

Alan Brown is an assistant professor of English education in the Department of Education at Wake Forest University.Luke Rodesiler, a former high school English teacher and coach, is an assistant professor of secondary education at Purdue University Fort Wayne.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Facilitating Literature StudyChapter 1: Developing Critical Literacy through Basketball, Barriers, and BooksChapter 2: Beneath the Surface: Ideologies of Multicultural Sports LiteratureChapter 3: Mapping the Emotional Lives of Characters in The Scorpio RacesChapter 4: The Games People Play: Gatsby and the Golden Age of SportsPart 2: Providing Alternatives to Traditional NovelsChapter 5: Baseball and Graphic Novels: An Effective Approach to Teaching LiteratureChapter 6: Ball Is Life Or Is It? Examining Thematic Perspectives of Basketball in PoetryChapter 7: In the Spotlight: Using Aesthetic Experiences to Unpack "Amigo Brothers"Chapter 8: Power, Authorship, and Identity in Texts by and about High-Profile AthletesPart 3: Teaching WritingChapter 9: Writing Sports Fiction to Build Empathy and UnderstandingChapter 10: Cards with Classmates: Writing and Presenting through Trading CardsChapter 11: Teamwork: Collaborative Engagement with Sports ArgumentationChapter 12: A Flair for Sports: Teaching Journalistic Writing Using a 3-2-1 Column ApproachPart 4: Engaging Students in Inquiry and ResearchChapter 13: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner: Thematic Comparisons across MediaChapter 14: "Reel" Stories vs"Real" Stories: Uncovering Sports History Fact and FictionChapter 15: Searching and Synthesizing: Researching Cultural Context in SportsChapter 16: Is Skateboarding a Sport? Inquiring into Nonschool SportsPart 5: Fostering Media and Digital LiteraciesChapter 17: Replicating Research as a Pathway to Digital Literacy LearningChapter 18: Telling Our Own Stories: Using Documentary Film to Profile School Sports NarrativesChapter 19: Podcasting Responses to Social Issues in Sports and Popular CultureChapter 20: Satiric Remixes: Crafting Commentaries about Sport and SocietyPart 6: Promoting Social JusticeChapter 21: Exploring Racial Stereotypes through Sports-Related FilmChapter 22: Disability and Athletics: (Re)Defining "Typical"Chapter 23: Using YAL to Interrogate the Heteronormative, Transphobic Culture of School SportsChapter 24: Rewriting for Justice: Breaking Down Bullying in Openly StraightPart 7: Developing Out-of-School LiteraciesChapter 25: Being the Expert: Recognizing and Developing Students' Insider Sports KnowledgeChapter 26: Promoting Democracy through Sports, Community, and Dialogue with The CrossoverChapter 27: eSports as We-Sports: Exploring Writing Practices through VideogamingChapter 28: Inside Athletes' Writing: The Words behind the Wins (and Losses).

Details ISBN0814110959 Author Robert Lipsyte Short Title Developing Contemporary Literacies Through Sports Pages 253 Language English Year 2016 ISBN-10 0814110959 ISBN-13 9780814110959 Format Paperback Subtitle A Guide for the English Classroom Publication Date 2016-09-30 UK Release Date 2016-09-30 Imprint National Council of Teachers of English Place of Publication Urbana, IL Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2016-09-13 NZ Release Date 2016-09-13 Edited by Luke Rodesiler Publisher National Council of Teachers of English DEWEY 428.00712 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2016-09-30 We've got this

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