Lesson Four – Sport Research

This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate how to collect and record facts and information about a particular Olympic sport in preparation for writing a matching set of instructions.

The class can explain how to format and structure a set of instructions using clear sentences and easy to follow vocabulary words to indicate how to become successful at a sport.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate how to collect and record facts and information about a particular Olympic sport in preparation for writing a matching set of instructions

Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and describe how to format and structure a set of instructions about how to train for a particular sport and a template to collect and record information about an Olympic sport in preparation for writing a set of instructions.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to collect and record information about an Olympic sport in preparation for writing a set of instructions.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to read and write sets of instructions choosing vocabulary words and sentence structures for clarity about how to become successful at an Olympic sport. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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