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Learning Aide |
You have decided to play a sport. You have argued
with your parents for days
about which sports team to join. Your physical
education teacher is also
encouraging you to play in a sport that you do not
want too. You realize you need
some help unconvincing your parents and physical
educator to allow you to play
the sport that you decide. You need to reach
a decision soon.
You will research the problem, and decide which team
sport you should play. You
will present your findings to your physical education
teacher and parents in a
handout.
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You will choose at least five team sports, using at
least four criteria. For visual
aids, make a table to use for comparisons.
You will use a word processor to write a composition
justifying the rationale for
your decision.
You will explain the reasons for your choice of a team
sport. Your handout will
be designed about the sport you wished to play on.
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1. You
will form a team consisting of you, your parents and the physical
education teacher.
2. Choose
information that you feel is relevant to assist you in determining
a sport for you. You will establish at least four criteria. The criteria
that
you might include are:
3. You will develop
and complete a comparison table or relevant information
for at
least five team sports. A team is defined as a group of people playing
together
as one side in a sport; the members join in a co-operative activity.
4. As you review the
information pertinent to the decision making process,
you will
view the information from the perspective of your role on the team.
5. You will discuss with the physical
education teacher and parents the
information
on the comparison table, and decide as a team which team
sport you
will pursue.
6. You will use a word
processor to write a composition explaining your
sport choice.
Your composition will:
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Review
the Persuasive Composition Rubric in the Evaluation
Section.
Internet Resources:
What to Consider Before Introducing Your Child to Youth Sports
Potential for College Participation
High School
Participation by Gender
Click
here for the Comparison Table
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Print Resources:
The telephone book could be used to contact resources
to determine the following
information:
YMCA
Girls' Club
Boys' Club
Parks and Recreation Department
Play It Again Sports Store
Sporting Goods Stores
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Persuasive Composition
Rubric
Content - (4 Points)
Points Earned ______
I am really excited about playing
on the team of my choice. With the
support of my parents and Physcial education teacher,
we were able to figure
out how to solve which team sport was best for me.
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This webquest is designed for 6-12 LD Students.
It was developed to use
as a learning tool when students are unable to participate
in gym class due
to sickness or injury for 1-3 days with a parental
written note.
Use a computer to compose documents with appropriate formatting by
using word-processing skills and principles of design, including
margins, tabs, spacing, columns, and page orientation.
Write persuasive compositions that:
state a clear position on a proposition support the position with organized and relevant evidence anticipate and address reader concerns and counter-arguments.
Use
simple sentences, compound sentences, and complex sentences; use
effective coordination and subordination of ideas, including both
main ideas and supporting ideas in single sentences, to express
complete thoughts.
Simple sentences:
sentences with one subject and verb, such as Basketball
is native to America.
Compound sentences:
sentences with two equal clauses, such as Some
ice skaters have long arms and long legs, but they are very graceful
on the ice.
Complex sentences:
sentences that include one main clause and at least
one subordinate clause, such as I just standing near the track, not
knowing what to do next, although others around me were running
the track.
Some of the websites
listed in the Resources Section have pop-up
advertisements, so you may want to visit the sites to determine if
the advertisements are appropriate for your students.
Click
here for Teaching Standards
This web page was created from various Internet Sources with links listed above by Joyce A. Wright, Summit School, Elgin, IL
Please click on my name, Joyce Wright, to e-mail me with comments or suggestions.
Last updated on August 1, 2001. Based on a template designed by Dr.
Bernie Dodge, San Diego State University, from The
WebQuest Page as taught in "Engaged Learning with WebQuests"
by Rich Levine for Aurora
University and The Kane Country
Regional Office of Education 730/01-8/01/01.
