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Basketball for Better Verse

Subjects

• Language Arts

Grade

• 3-5
• 6-8
• 9-12

Brief Description

Students write poems about basketball.

Objectives

Students practice writing poetry.

Keywords

poetry, basketball

Materials Needed

Gather poems about basketball, including the following:

Defending Walt Whitman
Above the Rim
My Poem About Basketball
The Ex-Basketball Player
Basketball Poetry (link not working 02/23/2009)
Basketball Poems

Lesson Plan

• Have students read, or read aloud to students, a selection of poems about basketball.
• Discuss the imagery and emotions in the poems.
• Ask students to help create a list of basketball terms.
• Brainstorm with students a list of words describing the sport of basketball or describing their feelings when watching or playing the game.
• Ask students to write poems about basketball.

Assessment

Lesson Plan Source

Submitted By

Linda Starr

National Standards

Language Arts:
  NL-ENG.K-12.4
  NL-ENG.K-12.5
  NL-ENG.K-12.6
  NL-ENG.K-12.12

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