Football Fever 6-pack Author: Michael Sampson ISBN: 9780478120400 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 2 Reading Level: H Strategy/Skill: Using texts as models for own writing, Vocabulary and word study Genre: Poetry Theme/Topic: Neighborhood, Sports Classification: Fiction Fluency: Early-Fluent

Book Summary

In this action-packed poem, a blimp lumbers over a football stadium as the halfback lights up the field, scoring the winning touchdown.

Features of the Book

• The alliterative “f ” in the title.
• The use of technical terms – “snap,” “end zone,” and “touchdown.”
• Names of player’s positions – “quarterback” and “halfback.”
• The range of interesting verbs – “toss,” “zig and zag,” “weave,” and “spring.”
• The end rhymes of the couplets.
• The compound words – “touchdown,” “daylight,” “football,” “quarterback,” and “halfback.”
• The pennant, pompoms, and cheerleaders.

Purpose

Football Fever can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce and reinforce the following skills and strategies:

• recognizing and reading one- and two-syllable words
• discussing new vocabulary and extending understanding
• writing using a variety of sentence lengths to create mood
• developing the skill of writing using a range of word choices

For more information please see our Lesson Plan