The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter

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Theme:

Creative Writing

Grades:

6 - 8

Subject:

Reading and Language Arts

Duration:

Two class sessions

Standards
& Goals:

Florida State Standards

  • The student will determine the main idea or essential message in grade-level text through inferring, paraphrasing, summarizing and identifying relevant details.
  • The student will draft writing by organizing information into a logical sequence and combining or deleting sentences to enhance clarity.
  • The student will write in a variety of informational/expository forms.

Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards.

Objectives:

Students will:

  • Read or listen to The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter.
  • Understand the structure of news articles.
  • Write a newspaper article based on the conclusion of the book.
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