Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and define vocabulary words that can be used to describe different actions and movements connected to a specific sport and a template and set of cards to collect, group and list words that have been used in a poem to indicate the sequence of events that might happen during a sport race.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore and describe the meaning of special vocabulary words that have been used in a poem describing an Olympic sport.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to select and combine descriptive vocabulary words to compose and perform poems describing actions and events connected to competing in different sports. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.