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on p

lan

Star

ter A

ctiv

ity

(10

min

utes

)M

ain

Activ

ity

(40

min

utes

)Pl

enar

y (1

0 m

inut

es)

Addi

tiona

l Act

ivity

Reso

urce

s

Star

ter 1

(3 m

inut

es)

Voca

b bu

ilder

Pu

pils

to sh

are

thei

r sen

tenc

e us

ing

the

wor

d fro

m th

e pr

evio

us se

ssio

n

Wor

d: am

ateu

r

Star

ter 2

(7 m

inut

es)

Top

Trick

s

Pupi

ls to

dem

onst

rate

the

skill

they

hav

e le

arnt

from

the

prev

ious

sess

ion.

Trick

: Car

ouse

l and

Fin

ger

Spin

Activ

ity 1:

Pre

dict

ion

mat

ch

Play

Goo

d Gu

ess –

pup

ils h

ave

to p

redi

ct h

ow m

any

of a

chos

en sk

ill (e

.g.

keep

-ups

, pre

ss-u

ps) t

he te

ache

r/a ch

osen

mem

ber o

f the

clas

s can

do

in

one

min

ute.

Com

plet

e th

e ta

sk to

chec

k th

eir p

redi

ctio

ns.

Rem

ind

pupi

ls th

at th

ey n

eed

to u

se th

eir b

ackg

roun

d kn

owle

dge

to m

ake

a re

ason

able

pre

dict

ion,

reca

ppin

g w

hat a

reas

onab

le p

redi

ctio

n m

eans

from

Le

sson

7.

Pupi

ls to

com

plet

e Ac

tivity

8a.

Pupi

ls ne

ed to

use

thei

r kno

wle

dge

of

foot

ball a

nd cl

ues i

n th

e te

xt to

pre

dict

the

head

line

for a

sele

ctio

n of

ext

ract

s fro

m o

nlin

e ar

ticle

s.

Reve

al th

e co

rrect

hea

dlin

es to

the

pupi

ls fo

r pup

ils to

chec

k th

eir p

redi

ctio

ns.

Read

alo

ud C

hapt

er 12

from

sh

ared

text

.

Stop

afte

r the

firs

t par

agra

ph

– as

k pu

pils

to p

redi

ct w

here

th

e Ke

eper

is.

At th

e en

d of

the

extra

ct

pupi

ls ne

ed to

:

- Sh

are

thei

r pre

dict

ion

abou

t w

hat w

ill ha

ppen

in th

e ne

xt

chap

ter.

- Ask

them

to p

redi

ct:

Whe

re th

ey th

ink

El G

ato

may

be

goi

ng.

Whe

ther

El G

ato

will

see

Keep

er a

gain

.

Chal

leng

e Act

ivity

3:

Perf

ect p

redi

ctio

ns

Wor

d: o

ppor

tuni

ty

Rem

inde

r: Af

ter t

his

activ

ity p

upils

will

need

to

pre

pare

a se

nten

ce

usin

g th

e w

ord

from

the

Voca

b Bu

ilder

read

y to

sh

are

in th

e ne

xt se

ssio

n.

Rew

ard:

Inst

ruct

iona

l film

of B

lind

Heel

• L

apto

p/ta

blet

–

1 per

pup

il

• A

ctiv

ity 8

a

• E

xtra

ct 8

a

• R

esou

rce

8a

• S

topw

atch

• P

ens

• S

hare

d te

xt

• B

alls

Chal

leng

e Act

ivity

1: P

redi

ctio

n m

atch

Re

war

d: F

acts

and

stat

s abo

ut B

lind

Heel

Key

Ques

tions

Activ

ity 2

: Pow

erfu

l pre

dict

ions

Read

Par

t 1 o

f Ext

ract

8a

alou

d an

d st

op a

t the

cli�

-han

ger.

In p

airs

ask

pup

ils to

crea

te a

com

ic st

rip to

pre

sent

thei

r pre

dict

ions

abo

ut

wha

t will

happ

en n

ext i

n th

e st

ory.

Use

Reso

urce

8a

as a

dra

win

g/w

ritin

g fra

me.

Enco

urag

e th

em to

use

spee

ch b

ubbl

es to

dem

onst

rate

how

the

char

acte

rs a

re fe

elin

g an

d w

hat t

hey

wou

ld sa

y.

Afte

r the

pup

ils h

ave

finish

ed sh

are

thei

r pre

dict

ions

and

disc

uss w

heth

er

they

are

reas

onab

le o

r not

.

Read

Par

t 2 o

f the

ext

ract

with

the

pupi

ls to

find

out

if th

eir p

redi

ctio

ns w

ere

corre

ct. A

sk p

upils

to p

redi

ct th

e tit

le o

f the

ext

ract

.

- Des

crib

e w

hat

a re

ason

able

pr

edict

ion

is.

- Wha

t wou

ld y

ou

need

to m

ake

a re

ason

able

pr

edict

ion?

- How

do

your

pr

edict

ions

com

pare

to

the

real

end

ing

of

the

chap

ter?

Chal

leng

e Act

ivity

2: P

ower

ful p

redi

ctio

ns

Rew

ard:

Inst

ruct

ion

for B

lind

Heel

Less

on 8

: Pre

dict

ing

2

Obje

ctiv

e: To

be

able

to m

ake

reas

onab

le p

redi

ctio

ns o

f a te

xt

Voca

b bu

ilder

: de

term

ined

Fr

eest

yle t

rick:

Blin

d he

el

opp

ortu

nity

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w n

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to

pre

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e m

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like

ly h

ead

line!

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rite

th

e le

tter

of

the

hea

dlin

e th

at y

ou

th

ink

mat

ches

it a

t th

e to

p o

f th

e ar

ticl

e. F

or

exam

ple

, if

you

th

ink

Art

icle

1 s

ho

uld

hav

e th

e h

ead

line

‘Way

ne

Ro

on

ey e

qu

als

Man

ches

ter

Un

ited

go

al r

eco

rd’,

you

wo

uld

wri

te t

he

lett

er A

in t

he

spac

e ab

ove

the

arti

cle.

(Art

icle

1

Hea

dlin

e: A

)

Art

icle

1

Hea

dlin

e: .....

From

202

6 th

e nu

mbe

r of

team

s co

mpe

ting

at t

he W

orld

C up

will

ri

se fr

om 3

2 to

48

afte

r a

vote

by

FIF

A, t

he b

ody

in c

harg

e of

w

orld

foot

ball.

The

form

at o

f th

e to

urna

men

t w

ill n

ow a

lso

chan

ge a

nd in

stea

d of

goi

ng in

to g

roup

s of

four

th

e 48

team

s w

ill b

e pl

aced

in

grou

ps o

f th

ree

wit

h th

e to

p tw

o te

ams

in e

ach

grou

p qu

alif

ying

fo

r th

e ne

xt r

ound

of

knoc

k-ou

t ga

mes

.

Art

icle

2

Hea

dlin

e: .....

Chi

na h

as s

een

a hu

ge r

ise

in

the

popu

lari

ty o

f fo

otba

ll in

the

coun

try

in r

ecen

t yea

rs.

Ex-

Man

ches

ter

Cit

y pl

ayer

C

arlo

s Te

vez

has

rece

ntly

be

en s

igne

d by

Chi

nese

team

Sh

angh

ai S

henh

ua fo

r a

who

ppin

g £

71.6

mill

ion!

Art

icle

3

Hea

dlin

e: .....

He

equa

lled

the

reco

rd w

hen

he s

core

d th

e fi r

st g

oal i

n th

e FA

Cup

thir

d ro

und

tie

agai

nst

Rea

ding

.Si

r B

obby

Cha

rlto

n pl

ayed

for

Man

ches

ter

Uni

ted

758

tim

es

betw

een

1956

and

197

3.In

that

tim

e he

won

the

Leag

ue

titl

e th

ree

tim

es, t

he E

urop

ean

Cup

and

the

Wor

ld C

up w

ith

Eng

land

.R

oone

y br

oke

Sir

Bob

by’s

goa

l sc

orin

g re

cord

for

Eng

land

in

201

5 an

d on

ly n

eeds

one

m

ore

goal

to d

o th

e sa

me

for

Man

ches

ter

Uni

ted.

Art

icle

4

Hea

dlin

e: .....

Mur

taza

Ahm

ady,

who

is n

ow

six,

mad

e th

e he

adlin

es b

ack

in

Febr

uary

whe

n he

was

pic

ture

d w

eari

ng a

Lio

nel M

essi

shi

rt

whi

ch h

e’d

mad

e hi

mse

lf o

ut o

f a

bin

bag.

Mes

si h

eard

abo

ut it

and

ar

rang

ed th

roug

h U

NIC

EF

for

a si

gned

shi

rt to

be

sent

to h

im.

Mur

taza

was

invi

ted

to

wal

k on

to th

e pi

tch

wit

h hi

s he

ro, t

ook

part

in th

e te

am

phot

ogra

ph a

nd p

lace

d th

e ba

ll on

the

cent

re s

pot b

efor

e ki

ck-

off .

He

was

so

plea

sed

to m

eet

his

hero

that

he

didn

’t w

ant t

o le

ave

his

side

.

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line

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N F

AN

GO

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O M

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T H

IS H

ER

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LIO

NE

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IH

ead

line

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th

e ex

trac

ts f

rom

th

e ar

ticl

es b

elo

w (B

BC

web

site

Jan

20

17).

You

no

w n

eed

to

pre

dic

t th

e m

ost

like

ly h

ead

line!

W

rite

th

e le

tter

of

the

hea

dlin

e th

at y

ou

th

ink

mat

ches

it a

t th

e to

p o

f th

e ar

ticl

e. F

or

exam

ple

, if

you

th

ink

Art

icle

1 s

ho

uld

hav

e th

e h

ead

line

‘Way

ne

Ro

on

ey e

qu

als

Man

ches

ter

Un

ited

go

al r

eco

rd’,

you

wo

uld

wri

te t

he

lett

er A

in t

he

spac

e ab

ove

the

arti

cle.

(Art

icle

1

Hea

dlin

e: A

)

Art

icle

1

Hea

dlin

e: .....

From

202

6 th

e nu

mbe

r of

team

s co

mpe

ting

at t

he W

orld

C up

will

ri

se fr

om 3

2 to

48

afte

r a

vote

by

FIF

A, t

he b

ody

in c

harg

e of

w

orld

foot

ball.

The

form

at o

f th

e to

urna

men

t w

ill n

ow a

lso

chan

ge a

nd in

stea

d of

goi

ng in

to g

roup

s of

four

th

e 48

team

s w

ill b

e pl

aced

in

grou

ps o

f th

ree

wit

h th

e to

p tw

o te

ams

in e

ach

grou

p qu

alif

ying

fo

r th

e ne

xt r

ound

of

knoc

k-ou

t ga

mes

.

Art

icle

2

Hea

dlin

e: .....

Chi

na h

as s

een

a hu

ge r

ise

in

the

popu

lari

ty o

f fo

otba

ll in

the

coun

try

in r

ecen

t yea

rs.

Ex-

Man

ches

ter

Cit

y pl

ayer

C

arlo

s Te

vez

has

rece

ntly

be

en s

igne

d by

Chi

nese

team

Sh

angh

ai S

henh

ua fo

r a

who

ppin

g £

71.6

mill

ion!

Art

icle

3

Hea

dlin

e: .....

He

equa

lled

the

reco

rd w

hen

he s

core

d th

e fi r

st g

oal i

n th

e FA

Cup

thir

d ro

und

tie

agai

nst

Rea

ding

.Si

r B

obby

Cha

rlto

n pl

ayed

for

Man

ches

ter

Uni

ted

758

tim

es

betw

een

1956

and

197

3.In

that

tim

e he

won

the

Leag

ue

titl

e th

ree

tim

es, t

he E

urop

ean

Cup

and

the

Wor

ld C

up w

ith

Eng

land

.R

oone

y br

oke

Sir

Bob

by’s

goa

l sc

orin

g re

cord

for

Eng

land

in

201

5 an

d on

ly n

eeds

one

m

ore

goal

to d

o th

e sa

me

for

Man

ches

ter

Uni

ted.

Art

icle

4

Hea

dlin

e: .....

Mur

taza

Ahm

ady,

who

is n

ow

six,

mad

e th

e he

adlin

es b

ack

in

Febr

uary

whe

n he

was

pic

ture

d w

eari

ng a

Lio

nel M

essi

shi

rt

whi

ch h

e’d

mad

e hi

mse

lf o

ut o

f a

bin

bag.

Mes

si h

eard

abo

ut it

and

ar

rang

ed th

roug

h U

NIC

EF

for

a si

gned

shi

rt to

be

sent

to h

im.

Mur

taza

was

invi

ted

to

wal

k on

to th

e pi

tch

wit

h hi

s he

ro, t

ook

part

in th

e te

am

phot

ogra

ph a

nd p

lace

d th

e ba

ll on

the

cent

re s

pot b

efor

e ki

ck-

off .

He

was

so

plea

sed

to m

eet

his

hero

that

he

didn

’t w

ant t

o le

ave

his

side

.

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Part 1I was in a space that was about ninety metres long and maybe half as wide, and I had walked out of the forest at a point about halfway down its length. I looked at first to my left, and saw how the clearing ended in a dense shadowy wall of trees. Then I looked to my right. And froze.

Standing there, with its back to the trees, was a goal. A football goal. Two uprights and a crossbar. With a net. A net fixed up like the old-fashioned ones, pulled back and tied to two poles behind the goal. My brain stood still in my head. I could hear the thumping of my blood. I must have looked like a fool, my eyes mad and staring, my mouth hanging open. Eventually I found the nerve to take a few steps towards this goal, the quite impossible goal. The woodwork was a silvery grey, the grain of the wood was open and rough. Weathered, like the timber of old boats left for years on a beach. It shone slightly. The net had the same colour, like cobweb, and thin green plant tendrils grew up the two poles that supported it.

It seemed to take an age, my whole life, to walk into that goalmouth. When I got there I put out my hands and held the net. It was sound and strong, despite its great age. I was completely baffled, and stood there, my fingers in the mesh of the net and my back to the clearing, trying, and failing to make sense of all this.

And then my fingers began to tremble, and then my legs, because I was suddenly certain that I was not alone. I do not know how I forced myself to turn around.

STOP HERE.

Ask pupils to predict the next part of the story using Resource 8a before continuing to read onto Part 2.

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Part 2And here I found the words difficult, Paul. I could say that he stepped out of the trees, but that is not quite right. He moved into the clearing, that is true, but he did not seem to be solid until he stopped moving. You know how sometimes you get bad TV reception, and there is a kind of shadow that follows the picture, so that things seems to happen twice? It was a bit like that: I watched him move and saw him standing still at the same time.

He was a goalkeeper, but I had never seen a kit like the one he was wearing. He wore a high-necked knitted sweater. Green, like the forest. And long shorts made of heavy-looking cotton. I was immediately interested in his boots, which were high, clumsy-looking, made of brown leather and laced in a complicated way – the laces went over and under his foot, and were tired at the back of his ankles. He wore an old-fashioned cloth cap with a big peak which cast a deep shadow over the upper part of his face so that I couldn’t see his eyes. Perhaps because of this, his face had no expression whatsoever. Under his left arm he had a football – not the kind we played with in the plaza, but a brown one, made of leather with a pattern like bricks.

There we stood facing each other. All I could hear was my heart pumping. What I wanted, most of all, was not to be there. It was like having a nightmare and knowing that you are having a nightmare, and that all you have to do is wake up, but you can’t wake up. I was trembling like a leaf in the rain. I must have moved, made some sign of running back the way I had come, because he spoke then. The Keeper spoke, and that really scared me.

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the

answ

er t

hat

fit

s th

e b

est.

1. P

red

ict w

hat

is g

oing

to

hap

pen

ne

xt:

a)

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etti

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jure

d a

nd

is t

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o

ff t

he

pit

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2. I

den

tify

the

ad

verb

use

d t

o lin

k th

e tw

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Lesson 8 Challenge 2

Circle the answer that fits the best.

1. Predict the last line of the poem:

a) Sing a song b) Have a bath and go to bed c) Blow a little whistled) Show your woes a yellow card

2. What two verbs are used to describe how the teams are behaving in the poem?

a) yelling and snarling b) baying and yelling c) frowning and snarling d) laughing and crying

3. Select the sentence which uses the word determined correctly:

a) Ruby was determined to learn the football trick before next week.b) The football trick was determined.

Lesson 8 Challenge 21. When the teams are yelling And you can’t think what to do Blow a little whistle Blow a little whistle. When the crowd goes crazy And the one they hate is you Blow a little whistle Blow a little whistle.

2. Keep your spirits high Look your troubles in the eye And when times are hard Show your woes the yellow card.

3. When the teams are snarling Like a pack of carnivores Blow a little whistle Blow a little whistle. When the crowd is baying And the blood they want is yours Blow a little whistle Blow a little whistle.

4. Smile away that frown Never let it get you down Raise your glass and raise a laugh Give those griefs an early bath.

5. When you’re homeward bound and find Some blighter’s pinched your coat Blow a little whistle Blow a little whistle. When upon your windscreen There’s a traffic warden’s note Blow a little whistle Blow a little whistle .

6. There’s more to life than this Give your wife a kiss Grab the baby, feed the cat Phone your mum for a chat You’re part of all their plans Yes! Even referees have fans And…

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Lesson 8 Challenge 3

Extract from Offside by Tom Palmer

After the game Kofi sat on the side of the pitch to drink water with Ekow and John. They were all thirsty and hot. It had not started raining, but it still looked like it might.

Kofi got out a needle and some thread as they talked. His Nike boot was falling apart again. He had a Nike boot on his left foot, an Adidas on his right. He would normally sew it at home in the evening but today it needed urgent attention. He focused on his job, while listening to his friends.

‘Look,’ Ekow said, ‘Enoch is talking to a man.’Kofi looked up. A tall black man in a wide-brimmed hat was shaking Ngugi’s hand, smiling

broadly. ‘Do you think he is an agent or a scout?’ Kofi asked, looking at John.John shrugged. ‘I do not know.’All three boys went quiet. If Ngugi was talking to an agent, what would the agent be

saying? Would he be offering Ngugi a place at a football club in Europe? Was his life about to change forever?

Kofi hoped so. He liked Enoch Ngugi. And he liked to see boys from this academy make it. It gave him hope that the same would happen to him on day.

‘Excuse me?’The voice came from behind them. It was not a Ghanian voice.The three boys turned to see a man. The white man who had trapped the ball when

Kofi had scored his wonder goal. He was tall and athletic-looking for an older man. He looked about the same age as Arsène Wenger, the Arsenal manger. He had a wide smile of gleaming white teeth.

The man held out his hand to Kofi. After hesitating, Kofi held out his hand too. They shook.

‘I’m sorry for interrupting you,’ the man said. His accent was English or maybe South African.

‘I’m Jonathan Shearer. A football agent.’Kofi, Ekow and John froze, starting at the man. They said nothing. ‘I represent an English football team, City FC.’Still no words came from Kofi. His heart was beating fast. He glanced at his friends, who

were both staring at his hand. It was only then that Kofi realized his hand was still in the grip of Jonathan Shearer.

‘I would like to take you to England. To play for City FC. Now, are you sixteen?’ Shearer said, looking down at Kofi.

And Kofi nodded. ‘Yes,’ he said. ‘Yes I am.’

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Circle the answer that fits the best.

1. Do you predict that Kofi will travel to England?

a) Yes b) No

2. Why did Kofi’s boot need urgent attention?

a) He had one Adidas and one Nike boot b) The boot was falling apart

3. Select the correct spelling of the word which means the same as moment:

a) oportunnity b) opportunity c) oppertunity d) opporrttinity

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Lesson 8 Challenge 3

Extract from Offside by Tom Palmer

After the game Kofi sat on the side of the pitch to drink water with Ekow and John. They were all thirsty and hot. It had not started raining, but it still looked like it might.

Kofi got out a needle and some thread as they talked. His Nike boot was falling apart again. He had a Nike boot on his left foot, an Adidas on his right. He would normally sew it at home in the evening but today it needed urgent attention. He focused on his job, while listening to his friends.

‘Look,’ Ekow said, ‘Enoch is talking to a man.’Kofi looked up. A tall black man in a wide-brimmed hat was shaking Ngugi’s hand, smiling

broadly. ‘Do you think he is an agent or a scout?’ Kofi asked, looking at John.John shrugged. ‘I do not know.’All three boys went quiet. If Ngugi was talking to an agent, what would the agent be

saying? Would he be offering Ngugi a place at a football club in Europe? Was his life about to change forever?

Kofi hoped so. He liked Enoch Ngugi. And he liked to see boys from this academy make it. It gave him hope that the same would happen to him on day.

‘Excuse me?’The voice came from behind them. It was not a Ghanian voice.The three boys turned to see a man. The white man who had trapped the ball when

Kofi had scored his wonder goal. He was tall and athletic-looking for an older man. He looked about the same age as Arsène Wenger, the Arsenal manger. He had a wide smile of gleaming white teeth.

The man held out his hand to Kofi. After hesitating, Kofi held out his hand too. They shook.

‘I’m sorry for interrupting you,’ the man said. His accent was English or maybe South African.

‘I’m Jonathan Shearer. A football agent.’Kofi, Ekow and John froze, starting at the man. They said nothing. ‘I represent an English football team, City FC.’Still no words came from Kofi. His heart was beating fast. He glanced at his friends, who

were both staring at his hand. It was only then that Kofi realized his hand was still in the grip of Jonathan Shearer.

‘I would like to take you to England. To play for City FC. Now, are you sixteen?’ Shearer said, looking down at Kofi.

And Kofi nodded. ‘Yes,’ he said. ‘Yes I am.’

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