Aim: How can we write an effective Game Story, the most important part of our FLHS Athletics website?

Aim: How can we write an affective Game Story- the most important part of our FLHS Athletics website?

Do Now: Using your prior knowledge and context clues, what do you suppose a game story consists of? If you have no idea, think about a game you’ve recently watched or played in. What were the most important parts of the game? Which players made the biggest plays? (5 min.) Students will write this in their notebooks….

Please click on the link below. As I read it, jot down in your notebooks what are some obviously essential parts of a game story? (7 min.)

LA KINGS GAME STORY


-> Game stories are the most direct and straightforward pieces in sports journalism. Stories give the basic information about scores, highlights, specific plays and the players who had the most impact on the outcome of the game.

1. Begin the story with a quick summary of the outcome of the game. Include key players and impressive plays.
2. Follow with a chronological timeline of the game.
3. Include the player who scored the most points and any other important statistics. Make sure to include at least one stat.
4. If possible, include a quote from a player or coach.
5. Incorporate the atmosphere and crowd into the story. Was the crowd large small? Day or night game? Weather?
6. Always end your story with a preview of the next game and include date, location and possible opponent information.

Group activity:

Here are some fake notes from a baseball game:

1. Baseball Game – Tuesday, April 22 at Palm Harbor.

2. Eastlake High beat Palm Harbor High 6-2.

3. Peter Player from Eastlake hit a homerun, a single and 4 RBI.

4. Player’s homerun came in the bottom of the 8th when the score was tied 3-2.

5. The game was delayed 20 minutes due to rain.

6. Henry Hitter from Palm Harbor scored the only 2 runs for the Hurricanes with a 2 run homerun in the 2nd inning.

7. Eastlake’s record is now 7-2 and Palm Harbor’s is 4-5.

8. Eastlake will play Osceola High Thursday, April 24, at home.

9. Make up one quote from a coach or player.


Work with the person sitting next to you, or if you prefer, work individually:

Pairs:

Take 30 seconds to decide who will do each part. One person will write the first part of the story, incorporate the first five details into your group's game story.

The second person will utilize the last four details into your groups game story.

The story should be properly written in paragraph form, brief and full of information. Just try to make every detail of the game interesting to the reader. Feel free to 'make up' any details that will add to your story.

Individuals: Take the same steps as persons working in pairs, however, your game story must have all 9 details.

Don't waste time, open a NEW WORD DOCUMENT and begin writing...

You have 12 minutes for this activity.



We will share out a few with the remainder of the period and please e-mail me your game stories as an attachment or by copy and pasting them into the body of the e-mail, which is probably easier and less time consuming: ROliver2@schools.nyc.gov

Do this when I tell you, which will be two minutes before the bell.

If you cannot complete the assignment in the time allotted, finishing it will be your H.W.

Tomorrow we will do some additional practice with this type of writing. :)