 ATHLETIC SHORTS -- a rationale Megan Ridley Adult Published Read an Excerpt Megan Riley's rationale for using ATHLETIC SHORTS in the classroom. Excerpt Teaching Rationale For Athletic Shorts School: Gwinnett County School Systems Teacher: Megan Ridley Work: Chris Crutcher. Athletic Shorts. Grade or Course: Ninth Grade English Approximate date(s) the work will be used: This book will be (check all that applies): {*} Studied by the whole class { } Studied by small groups { } Placed on a reading list {*} Placed in a classroom library {*} Recommended to individual students {*} Part of a larger study of (explain) Will be used as an introduction to . { } Other (explain): Ways in which the book is especially appropriate for the students in this class: This book is made up of several short stories that are very humorous. Athletic Shorts also provides students with different stories about kids trying to fit into their school and the mistakes made along the way. This book is especially appropriate for this age group to help them feel that they are not alone. Ways in which the book is especially pertinent to the objectives of the course or unit: This book coincides with Weetzie Bat, Sisters, and Is That Really Me in the Mirror? Besides students practicing better reading skills, this book helps teens to see the humor in the desperate attempts the characters in Athletic Shorts, and as high school students themselves, make to fit in. Problems that might arise in relation to the book, and some of the planned activities, which handle this problem: Problems that might arise are some of the stories deal with serious subjects. Although I do not see the particular issues being a problem, I would have the students right responses to the problems the teens face in the book. As a class we would have an open-discussion as well. Some other appropriate books an individual might read in place of this book: Sisters, Weetzie Bat, Is That Really Me In The Mirror Brief Summary of the Book: Athletic Shorts is a book made up of six short stories. All stories pertain to different problems that arise in teen's lives. The major humiliations that a teenager can be labeled for are discussed including obesity, death, bulimia, and drugs are only a few. |
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