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Quarterback Season (Fred Bowen Sports Stories) (2011)

by Fred Bowen(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1561455946 (ISBN13: 9781561455942)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fiction

publisher

Peachtree Publishers

review 1: I was actually surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. The mix between the sports story and the journal writing (with the teacher's responses) worked for me. I am not a sports fan, so my surprise at my enjoyment of the story might be increasing my rating a bit. I think that this book will be an easy sell to my sports loving fifth graders this fall. I loved how he journal entries start out really awful (the teacher even makes Matt rewrite his second set of entries) and gradually get better throughout the semester. I also liked how Matt decided to continue the journal until the end of the football season even though the English assignment had ended. These are great messages to my students.
review 2: Matt is given a journal writing assignment in his language ar... morets class, so makes half-hearted attempts to describe his role on his middle school football team. At the end of every chapter, his teacher makes comments on how he could improve his writing. We find out about how Matt is doing as a quarterback, his problems with another player whom he feels is a threat, his attempts to help a teammate with his math (which involves asking the team statistician-- a girl-- to tutor him), as well as other small details of his life. The historical reference here is Jerry Kramer's 1968 bestseller, Instant Replay.Strengths: I want to process this immediately and give it to one of my readers who will ONLY read short sports books. I think it would be an excellent way for him to improve his own writing. I love how the writing changes and is modeled for students. Weaknesses: A tiny bit contrived, but I still love it! less

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