WRITING CHALLENGE 2: Motivating messages FA Writing …

WRITING CHALLENGE 2: Motivating messages

FA Writing challenges

Objective To write an inspirational poem to motivate players in the FA Cup

Success criteria: I can write a motivational poem for a team competing in the FA Cup or similar, using:■ appropriate tone■ rousing and encouraging vocabulary■ poetic devices, e.g. alliteration, simile, metaphor

Resources ■ Whiteboard■ Resource 1: inspirational quotes (to be displayed around the room before the students enter)■ Resource 2: ideas board■ Resource 3: motivational phrases■ Challenge 2: ‘Motivating messages’ video


Competition Guidance Notes‘Motivating messages’The challenge is for any students from Years 7 and 8. Each school is allowed to submit ONE ENTRY PER FORM for this challenge. You will therefore need to shortlist the best entries within your class prior to submission. The deadline for the ‘Motivating messages challenge’ is 26 April 2017.Please submit all entries either as a Word document or PDF file, using a maximum of 250 words. When you click on the ‘Competition Submission’ button you will be automatically signposted to a central email address. Please add the name of the challenge into the title of your email and ensure that the competition entry attachments DO NOT exceed 5MB per email. PLEASE NOTE that you will need to gain permission from the parents/guardians of the pupils whose work you decide to submit on behalf of your school. You should also ensure that, if your entry wins, you and your class would need to be able to travel to the SSE Women’s FA Cup Final on Saturday 13 May 2017 at Wembley Stadium. You will be responsible for all travel arrangements. If you have any queries regarding the submission of your competition entries please email: [email protected] To view the competition terms and conditions please click here.

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WRITING CHALLENGE 2: Motivating messagesLe

sson

pla

n

Obje

ctiv

e: To

writ

e an

insp

iratio

nal p

oem

to m

otiv

ate

the

play

ers i

n th

e SE

E W

omen

’s F

A Cu

p or

sim

ilar

Star

ter (

10 m

inut

es)

Mai

n ac

tivity

(40

min

utes

)Pl

enar

y (1

0 m

inut

es)

Befo

re s

tude

nts

ente

r the

room

dis

play

Res

ourc

e 1 (

exam

ples

of m

otiv

atio

nal q

uote

s) a

roun

d th

e ro

om.

Show

stu

dent

s Ch

alle

nge

2: ‘M

otiv

atin

g m

essa

ges’

vide

o. E

xpla

in th

at th

ey n

eed

to

writ

e an

insp

iratio

nal p

oem

for a

pla

yer t

o pu

t up

in th

e dr

essi

ng ro

om d

urin

g a

maj

or

cham

pion

ship

..

Draw

stu

dent

s’ at

tent

ion

to th

e in

spira

tiona

l qu

otes

dis

play

ed a

roun

d th

e ro

om (R

esou

rce

1).

Ask

them

to th

ink

of o

ne w

ord

to d

escr

ibe

wha

t lin

ks th

em a

ll to

geth

er –

do

not r

evea

l unt

il th

e en

d of

the

star

ter.

Hav

e a

who

le c

lass

‘roc

k, pa

per,

scis

sors

’ to

urna

men

t: St

uden

ts b

egin

by

play

ing

the

gam

e in

pai

rs. W

hoev

er w

ins

will

pla

y an

othe

r w

inni

ng s

tude

nt, a

nd th

e pe

rson

who

lost

to

them

will

bec

ome

thei

r big

gest

fan,

che

erin

g th

em o

n. W

hoev

er w

ins

the

seco

nd ro

und

will

then

hav

e th

ree

fans

as

they

find

ano

ther

op

pone

nt. C

ontin

ue in

this

way

unt

il yo

u ha

ve a

‘fi

nal’ m

atch

and

an

over

all c

lass

win

ner.

Inte

rvie

w th

e w

inne

r (si

mila

r to

a pr

ess

conf

eren

ce),

aski

ng q

uest

ions

suc

h as

:

How

did

you

ach

ieve

you

r suc

cess

?

Wha

t got

you

thro

ugh

the

diffi

cult

times

?

Do y

ou h

ave

anyt

hing

to s

ay to

you

r fan

s?

Writ

e th

e fo

llow

ing

quot

e on

the

boar

d:

“For

spor

tsm

en o

r wom

en w

ho w

ant t

o be

ch

ampi

ons,

the

min

d ca

n be

as i

mpo

rtan

t, if

not m

ore

impo

rtan

t, th

an a

ny o

ther

par

t of t

he

body

.” (G

ary

Nev

ille)

Wha

t doe

s N

evill

e m

ean

by th

is?

Retu

rn th

e cl

ass’

atte

ntio

n to

the

quot

es

arou

nd th

e ro

om a

nd a

sk s

tude

nts

whi

ch w

ord

they

thin

k lin

ks th

em. If

they

do

not s

ugge

st

‘mot

ivat

ion’

thro

ugh

disc

ussi

on, p

lay

hang

man

to

intr

oduc

e it.

Activ

ity 1:

Mot

ivat

iona

l mes

sage

sEx

plai

n th

at th

ey h

ave

been

ask

ed to

pro

vide

a m

otiv

atio

nal p

oem

to b

e di

spla

yed

on th

e dr

essi

ng ro

om

wal

l for

a c

lub

com

petin

g in

the

SSE

Wom

en’s

FA C

up F

inal

or s

imila

r. U

sing

the

mot

ivat

iona

l quo

tes

(Res

ourc

e 1)

as

a st

artin

g po

int,

brie

fly b

rain

stor

m id

eas

abou

t wha

t the

y co

uld

say/

how

they

wou

ld s

ay

it. Usi

ng R

esou

rce

1 –

pupi

ls n

eed

to c

opy

dow

n th

eir f

avou

rite

quot

e an

d un

derli

ne w

hat t

hey

thin

k is

the

mos

t pow

erfu

l wor

d or

phr

ase.

e.g

. “It

soun

ds li

ke a

clic

hé b

ut th

ere

are

no s

hort

-cut

s. Yo

u ha

ve to

be

very

de

dica

ted

and

chal

leng

e yo

urse

lf ev

ery

day

to b

e be

tter

.” - C

asey

Sto

ney.

Activ

ity 2

: To

clic

hé o

r not

to cl

iché

?U

sing

Res

ourc

e 2

give

stu

dent

s fiv

e m

inut

es to

use

the

wor

d or

phr

ase

as a

sen

tenc

e st

arte

r and

writ

e do

wn

as m

any

mot

ivat

iona

l sen

tenc

es a

s th

ey c

an b

ased

on

this

(min

imum

10 s

ente

nces

eac

h).

Clar

ify w

hat t

he w

ord

‘clic

hé’ m

eans

and

why

it is

bes

t to

avoi

d it

in p

oetr

y. M

odel

a fe

w e

xam

ples

e.g

. ch

alle

nge

your

self

ever

y da

y, to

be

the

best

you

can

be,

to ru

n fa

ster

than

you

did

yes

terd

ay.

Activ

ity 3

: Mot

ivat

iona

l poe

try

Ask

them

to s

hare

thei

r lin

es w

ith a

par

tner

and

toge

ther

, cho

ose

the

eigh

t bes

t sen

tenc

es fr

om a

cros

s bo

th li

sts

(idea

lly fo

ur fr

om e

ach

stud

ent).

Stu

dent

s sh

ould

then

writ

e th

ese

lines

ont

o Re

sour

ce 3

and

w

ork

toge

ther

for a

furt

her 2

0 m

inut

es to

try

to im

prov

e th

em a

nd m

ake

them

as

mot

ivat

iona

l as

poss

ible

.

Stud

ents

to th

en w

ork

indi

vidu

ally

to c

reat

e a

poem

usi

ng th

e m

otiv

atio

nal p

hras

es a

nd s

ente

nces

they

ha

ve c

reat

ed.

Chal

leng

e st

uden

ts to

incl

ude

up to

five

poe

tic d

evic

es (e

.g. a

llite

ratio

n, s

imile

, hyp

erbo

le, o

nom

atop

oeia

an

d ju

xtap

ositi

on) o

r to

tran

sfor

m th

e lin

es in

to a

n ex

tend

ed m

etap

hor.

Rem

ind

stud

ents

that

thei

r poe

ms

do n

ot n

eed

to rh

yme.

If s

tude

nts

wan

t to

atte

mpt

a rh

ymin

g po

em,

they

nee

d to

be

very

aw

are

of u

sing

wor

ds b

ecau

se th

ey a

re fi

t for

pur

pose

, not

just

bec

ause

they

rhym

e e.

g.:

“Bel

ieve

you

are

the

best

And

don’

t for

get y

our v

est”

Crea

tes

a co

mic

al to

ne ra

ther

than

insp

iring

!

Enco

urag

e hi

gher

abi

lity

stud

ents

to h

ave

a go

at u

sing

rhym

e, e

nsur

ing

that

the

stud

ent i

s st

ill fo

cuse

d on

cre

atin

g m

otiv

atio

nal m

essa

ges.

Activ

ity 4

: Per

form

ance

poe

try

Allo

w fi

ve m

inut

es to

pra

ctis

e a

perf

orm

ance

of t

heir

draf

t poe

ms.

Enco

urag

e st

uden

ts to

read

thro

ugh

them

ver

y qu

ickl

y to

iden

tify

whi

ch w

ords

or p

hras

es th

ey m

ay s

tum

ble

over

(esp

ecia

lly if

they

are

ne

rvou

s), a

nd th

en to

try

read

ing

it al

oud

very

slo

wly

and

del

iber

atel

y, as

thou

gh th

ey a

re c

hew

ing

each

w

ord.

Con

fiden

t stu

dent

s ca

n be

enc

oura

ged

to a

dd a

ctio

ns o

r sou

nd e

ffect

s to

thei

r per

form

ance

.

Rem

ind

the

clas

s to

be

resp

ectf

ul o

f eac

h ot

her’s

w

ork

and

ask

stud

ents

to

shar

e th

eir p

oem

s.

Afte

r app

laus

e, in

vite

fe

edba

ck:

Whi

ch p

hras

es a

re

mot

ivat

iona

l?

Whi

ch p

hras

es c

ould

be

impr

oved

?

Set a

s hom

ewor

kSe

t the

cha

lleng

e ta

sk fo

r st

uden

ts to

com

plet

e ou

t of

clas

s. En

cour

age

them

to w

rite

thei

r ow

n m

otiv

atio

nal p

oem

, us

ing

thei

r dra

fts

and

idea

s fro

m th

is le

sson

, for

a te

am’s

dres

sing

room

wal

l. Dis

cuss

th

e su

cces

s cr

iteria

and

how

th

is s

houl

d be

incl

uded

in th

eir

poem

.

Ask

stud

ents

to s

ubm

it th

eir

entr

ies

to y

ou fo

r ini

tial

judg

ing.

Hig

hlig

ht th

e w

ord

coun

t and

pro

vide

a d

eadl

ine

that

giv

es y

ou e

noug

h tim

e to

re

view

them

and

sub

mit

one

into

the

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Resource 1“S

ucce

ss is

no

accid

ent.

It is

hard

wor

k,

pers

ever

ance

, lear

ning

, st

udyi

ng, s

acrif

ice an

d m

ost o

f all,

love

of w

hat

you

are d

oing

or l

earn

ing

to d

o.” (P

elé)


“I’v

e nev

er p

laye

d fo

r a

draw

in m

y lif

e.”

(Ale

x Fer

guso

n)

Resource 1


“If y

ou d

o no

t bel

ieve

you

can

do it

then

you

have

no

chan

ce at

all.”

(A

rsèn

e Wen

ger)

Resource 1


“You

mus

t bel

ieve

you

are

the b

est a

nd th

en m

ake

sure

that

you

are.”

(B

ill S

hank

ly)

Resource 1


“A w

inne

r is t

hat

pers

on w

ho g

ets u

p on

e m

ore t

ime t

han

she

is kn

ocke

d do

wn.”

(M

ia H

amm

)

Resource 1


“It s

ound

s lik

e a cl

iché

but t

here

are n

o sh

ort-

cuts

. You

hav

e to

be ve

ry

dedi

cate

d an

d ch

alle

nge

your

self

ever

y da

y to

be

bett

er.”

(Cas

ey S

tone

y)

Resource 1


1. Write down your chosen motivational quote and underline the word or phrase that is the most powerful:

2. Using the word or phrase as a sentence starter – write at least 10 more sentences to motivate others.

Chosen motivational word or phrase:

Resource 2


Resource 3

Choose 8 of your motivational phrases and make them even better using positive vocabulary and punctuation:

Chosen phrases… …with added motivation

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WRITING CHALLENGE 2: Motivating messages FA Writing …