Skills Academy session overviews: Freestyle football
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Football 1: Video montage of skills and A1: Keeper Opportunity, Pupils should be taught Ball in the air Questioning tricks (teaser video) community to: C1: Keeper Lesson 1 Handout understand what they C2: Man beats drone Skills Academy student read by: username and passwords Word map template asking questions to improve their understanding
Football 2: Lesson 2 Handout – print A1: Top Arsenal players Majesty, Pupils should be taught Neck stall Questioning one out for each student environment to: C1: Top Arsenal players Word map template retrieve, record and C2: Over the line present information from non-fiction
Football 3: A1: Freestyle paragraphs Fluency, excel Pupils should be taught Round the Clarifying to: world C1: Freestyle paragraphs understand what they C2: Freestyle competition read by:
checking that the book makes sense to them, discussing their understanding and exploring the meaning of words in context
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Football 4: Lesson 4 Handout A1: Teabag the Slaughtered, Pupils should be taught Sit-down Clarifying Word map template Magnificent determined to: juggling C1: Teabag the understand what they Magnificent read by:
C2: Keeper checking that the book makes sense to them, discussing their understanding and exploring the meaning of words in context
Football 5: Word map template A1: Walter Tull Professional, rhythm Pupils should be taught Head stalls Summarising to: C1: Walter Tull understand what they C2: Fifa’s best player read by:
summarising the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph, identifying key details that support the main ideas
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Football 6: Lesson 6 Handout A1: Footballers’ battalion Legendary, muscle Pupils should be taught Arm roll Summarising Word map template to: C1: Footballers’ battalion understand what they C2: Keeper read by:
summarising the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph, identifying key details that support the main ideas
Football 7: Lesson 7 Handout A1: Reasonable outcomes Exhilarating, Pupils should be taught Carousel and Predicting Word map template paragraphs individual to: finger spin
A2: Arsenal annual understand what they read by: C1: Arsenal annual predicting what might C2: Boys United happen from details stated and implied
Football 8: Lesson 8 Handout A1: An offer you can’t Purposefully, Pupils should be taught Blind heel Predicting Word map template refuse signature to:
C1: Skills from Brazil understand what they read by: C2: Roy of the Rovers: predicting what might Teamwork happen from details stated and implied
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Football 9: Lesson 9 Handout A1: Which position Urgent, commitment Pupils should be taught Rainbow flick Inference Word map template to: A2: Offside understand what they C1: Offside read by: C2: Match: Incredible drawing inferences such Stats and Facts as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions
Football 10: Lesson 10 Handout A1: Silent Striker Confidence, variety Pupils should be taught Freestyle Inference Word map template to: C1: Silent Striker understand what they C2: Keeper read by: drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions
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