Dive into Sports Announcing and Reporting

Do you love sports? Do you enjoy listening to the colorful, excitable, and often hilarious announcers calling the games? Have you ever wondered what it takes to write a captivating summary about the year’s biggest game? Now it’s your chance to step into the world of sports announcing and reporting! In this elective you will use your imagination to create your own sports personality and choose your favorite games and moments to announce and report on. We will use researching, organization, and writing strategies to help students create their own take on various memorable sports moments. Students will end this course with a sports announcer audition tape, as well as a newsworthy game summary!

Executive Function Skills

• Organization of ideas (writing, math, reading comp)
• Planning and time management
• Task initiation
• Working memory
• Self-monitoring and follow-through