Shakespeare Makes The Playoffs (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
The story Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs was ok. Not my favorite, but very interesting. Not sure if my struggling readers would enjoy it. It might have helped if I read the first book first.The story is about a boy name Kevin who enjoys writing poetry, but also plays baseball. He is trying to figure out his love life of Mira his girlfriend and Amy his poetry friend. He realizes that things do change and he just has to figure out what is good for him. Koertge, R. (2010). Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs. Massachusetts: Candle Wick Press.Gr. 7-12. Kevin is nicknamed Shakespeare because he likes to write poetry, but this doesn’t stop him from playing baseball. And Kevin has a problem: he has a girlfriend, but he doesn’t have much in common with her, and he likes a girl who loves poetry as much as he does. He wants to break up with his girlfriend, but can’t find the words, even though words are something he is good at. Curriculum: This would be a great book to use in a writing class to talk about the different types of poetry. There are several forms used throughout the story, so this would be a good mentor text. It is nice that there is a story told through the different forms of poetry, so it could be a good mentor text for narrative poetry as well. It is also told from a male’s perspective, so it would appeal to male readers.Awards: YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults (2011)
What do You think about Shakespeare Makes The Playoffs (2010)?
even better than the first! kinda abrupt ending though....
—Kirteal
Not the best book in the world ,but I would read it again.
—diamand368
