Skills Academy session overviews: Freestyle

Lesson Digital resources Texts Vocabulary Learning Outcome Skill

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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Lesson Digital resources Texts Vocabulary Learning Outcome Skill

Football 4:  Lesson 4 Handout A1: Teabag the Slaughtered, Pupils should be taught Sit-down Clarifying  Word map template Magnificent determined to: 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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Lesson Digital resources Texts Vocabulary Learning Outcome Skill

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 understand what they read by: C2: Roy of the Rovers: predicting what might Teamwork happen from details stated and implied

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Lesson Digital resources Texts Vocabulary Learning Outcome Skill

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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