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Kelly, Alison; Safford, Kimberly – Literacy, 2009
This paper draws upon data from a research project, undertaken in 2 Year 6 classrooms during the 2006 World Cup, to analyse how children used complex sentence structures in their writing on a football web-log. We explore how the confluence of a temporary, popular, global event and an online forum for communication created a moment of linguistic…
Descriptors: Sentences, Writing Instruction, Sentence Structure, Grade 6
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Jacobs, Lucky – Language Arts, 1976
Writing poems about sports is a way to incorporate writing skills in a language experience approach to poetry. (JH)
Descriptors: Athletics, Poetry, Student Writing Models, Writing Exercises