Shooting My Jump Shot 6-Pack

This girl wants to play professional basketball just like her older sister, but first she has to perfect her jump shot! This 6-Pack of fiction text cards is part of Culturally Authentic and Responsive Texts, a collection curated by Dr. Sharroky Hollie. Each text in this collection builds literacy while engaging sixth grade students in meaningful cultural connections.

Shooting My Jump Shot explores traditions, events, and customs in communities. This interesting fiction text allows students to see themselves in the materials they are studying, while the accompanying lesson and activities help improve literacy skills.

• Focuses on the theme Rites of Passage
• Challenges students to consider the impact sports can have on a community
• Strengthens content-area literacy and vocabulary by defining unfamiliar words
• Includes discussion questions, a writing prompt, and a creative activity

This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a content-area focused lesson plan.