Journalism Today

Chapter 12: Writing Sports Stories

Activity Lesson Plans

Introduction
In Chapter 12 students have learned about sports coverage and writing sports stories. In this lesson students will review concepts and terms related to sportswriting.

Lesson Description
Students will choose between two terms to correctly complete each of the eight sentences.

Instructional Objectives

  1. Students will be able to discern between good, vivid language and "slanguage."

  2. Students will be able to distinguish between pregame, game, and postgame stories.

  3. Students will be able to recall and use terms related to the chapter.

Student Web Activity Answers

  1. slanguage

  2. vivid language

  3. everything

  4. all

  5. pregame

  6. pregame

  7. postgame

  8. game


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