Ready Steady Read Together
Three Lionesses: Non-Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Link Me
Link the person or people with their action:
A) award women and men different prize money
1 the FA
B) wrote to the government
2 FIFA
Check
Click if correct
C) now offer equal access to sport
3 Lotte Wubben-Moy and Leah Williamson
D) said that football was unsuitable for women
4 schools in England
Find Me
Which word shows that it was more important for the Lionesses to make a difference than simply to win?
We gave a big Lioness roar, as loud as we could, to create change that will live on for years to come. And this made our win more meaningful than any of us could have thought possible.
Discuss then check
meaningful
Which One's Right?
What action did the government take after the Lionesses’ letter?
B) gave all schools funding for football kits
A) made football only for professional players
D) made schools offergirls-only clubs and teams
C) made schools offer equal access to football and sports for boys and girls
True or False?
The Lionesses feel that everyone has equal access to football currently in the UK.
True
False
Speaking Spotlight
TV Journalist
Explore
Reporter
How is women’s football changing today?
Can you tell us about your journey into football?
What does being a Lioness mean to you?
Why is equality in sport important?
What challenges have you faced in women’s football?
What message would you give to young girls who love football?
Decide roles.Documentary interview about women’s football.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
empowering
limiting
function
optimistic
military
seizing
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
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Hope and Belief – Seeing is Believing
Ella
When I dreamed of playing at Old Trafford, there wasn’t even a women’s team at Manchester United so my dream might have seemed unachievable then. But I was dreaming big. All I knew was that I loved football and wanted to get as far as I could.
Our thoughts can be very powerful. Thinking you can do something is empowering, while thinking you can’t do something is limiting. If you went into a test at school thinking you’re going to do badly, you’d be more likely to get a low mark than if you went into it thinking, ‘All I can do is my best, and that is enough.’ Or if you turned up at a school concert thinking you’re going to mess up your part, you’d be more likely to stumble that if you went into it reminding yourself of all the practice you’ve done and believing you can do it. Just like if I went into a game of football thinking I’ve got no chance of winning, we’d be more likely to lose than if I went in believing that we could win.
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Researchers have found that our brains function better when we’re hopeful and optimistic. This is why being more positive about your chances of achieving your goals meals you are more likely to achieve them. There’s this one study, for example, that looked into the effects of being hopeful. Researchers compared groups of hopeful people with groups of less hopeful people, in schools, sport, politics and the military. The groups in the study all had the same level of ability, but the research found that the hopeful people tended to perform better and achieve more than the less hopeful people. That’s mad, isn’t it?
Hope drives us to succeed – it makes our brains more open to taking risks, solving problems and seizing opportunities. So, when you believe in the possibility of something, you are more likely to TRY, to accept challenges, deal with difficulties and learn from mistakes.
If I didn’t have hope and belief when I play football, I’d think it was hopeless to try. I probably wouldn’t bother attempting some of the riskier moves I make, and I definitely wouldn’t be the footballer I am today.
Dream, believe, achieve!
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Why did Ella’s dream seem unachievable?
Acceptable Answers:
- there wasn’t a women’s team at Manchester United
Reveal Answer
2) Find and copy one word which means that if you believe you can do something it can make you feel confident and strong.
Our thoughts can be very powerful. Thinking you can do something is empowering, while thinking you can’t do something is limiting. If you went into a test at school thinking you’re going to do badly, you’d be more likely to get a low mark than if you went into it thinking, ‘All I can do is my best, and that is enough.’
Reveal Answer
Reveal Extract
3) Why do you think Ella compares football to a school test or concert?
Acceptable Answers:
- to show that thinking positively helps in other situations too
- because they are similar experiences, because you might be nervous and want to achieve
- to help the reader to relate to experiences in their life
Reveal Answer
4) Name two ways that hope can help people to succeed.
Acceptable Answers Hope can help people to: (any two)
- take risks
- solve problems
- seize opportunities
- try
- accept challenges
- deal with difficulties
- learn from mistakes
Reveal Answer
5) What does Ella mean when she says, If I went into a game thinking I’ve got no chance of winning, we’d be more likely to lose?
Text Mark Evidence being more positive about your chances of achieving your goals meals you are more likely to achieve them
your attitude affects your performance and you are more likely to lose if you are being negative
Text Mark Evidence - our thoughts can be very powerful - thinking you can do something is empowering, while thinking you can’t do something is limiting
what you think impacts your performance
Text Mark Evidence hopeful people tended to perform better and achieve more than the less hopeful people
Text Mark Evidence if I didn’t have hope and belief when I play football…I definitely wouldn’t be the footballer I am today
you perform better when you are hopeful
Ella says how important hope is to success and winning
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
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ask questions.
Reveal
Think of questions as you read and look for answers in the text.
If you like this book, you might like...
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Ready Steady Read Together
Three Lionesses: Non-Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Link Me
Link the person or people with their action:
A) award women and men different prize money
1 the FA
B) wrote to the government
2 FIFA
Check
Click if correct
C) now offer equal access to sport
3 Lotte Wubben-Moy and Leah Williamson
D) said that football was unsuitable for women
4 schools in England
Find Me
Which word shows that it was more important for the Lionesses to make a difference than simply to win?
We gave a big Lioness roar, as loud as we could, to create change that will live on for years to come. And this made our win more meaningful than any of us could have thought possible.
Discuss then check
meaningful
Which One's Right?
What action did the government take after the Lionesses’ letter?
B) gave all schools funding for football kits
A) made football only for professional players
D) made schools offergirls-only clubs and teams
C) made schools offer equal access to football and sports for boys and girls
True or False?
The Lionesses feel that everyone has equal access to football currently in the UK.
True
False
Speaking Spotlight
TV Journalist
Explore
Reporter
How is women’s football changing today?
Can you tell us about your journey into football?
What does being a Lioness mean to you?
Why is equality in sport important?
What challenges have you faced in women’s football?
What message would you give to young girls who love football?
Decide roles.Documentary interview about women’s football.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
empowering
limiting
function
optimistic
military
seizing
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
Hope and Belief – Seeing is Believing
Ella
When I dreamed of playing at Old Trafford, there wasn’t even a women’s team at Manchester United so my dream might have seemed unachievable then. But I was dreaming big. All I knew was that I loved football and wanted to get as far as I could. Our thoughts can be very powerful. Thinking you can do something is empowering, while thinking you can’t do something is limiting. If you went into a test at school thinking you’re going to do badly, you’d be more likely to get a low mark than if you went into it thinking, ‘All I can do is my best, and that is enough.’ Or if you turned up at a school concert thinking you’re going to mess up your part, you’d be more likely to stumble that if you went into it reminding yourself of all the practice you’ve done and believing you can do it. Just like if I went into a game of football thinking I’ve got no chance of winning, we’d be more likely to lose than if I went in believing that we could win.
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Researchers have found that our brains function better when we’re hopeful and optimistic. This is why being more positive about your chances of achieving your goals meals you are more likely to achieve them. There’s this one study, for example, that looked into the effects of being hopeful. Researchers compared groups of hopeful people with groups of less hopeful people, in schools, sport, politics and the military. The groups in the study all had the same level of ability, but the research found that the hopeful people tended to perform better and achieve more than the less hopeful people. That’s mad, isn’t it? Hope drives us to succeed – it makes our brains more open to taking risks, solving problems and seizing opportunities. So, when you believe in the possibility of something, you are more likely to TRY, to accept challenges, deal with difficulties and learn from mistakes. If I didn’t have hope and belief when I play football, I’d think it was hopeless to try. I probably wouldn’t bother attempting some of the riskier moves I make, and I definitely wouldn’t be the footballer I am today. Dream, believe, achieve!
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Why did Ella’s dream seem unachievable?
Acceptable Answers:
Reveal Answer
2) Find and copy one word which means that if you believe you can do something it can make you feel confident and strong.
Our thoughts can be very powerful. Thinking you can do something is empowering, while thinking you can’t do something is limiting. If you went into a test at school thinking you’re going to do badly, you’d be more likely to get a low mark than if you went into it thinking, ‘All I can do is my best, and that is enough.’
Reveal Answer
Reveal Extract
3) Why do you think Ella compares football to a school test or concert?
Acceptable Answers:
Reveal Answer
4) Name two ways that hope can help people to succeed.
Acceptable Answers Hope can help people to: (any two)
Reveal Answer
5) What does Ella mean when she says, If I went into a game thinking I’ve got no chance of winning, we’d be more likely to lose?
Text Mark Evidence being more positive about your chances of achieving your goals meals you are more likely to achieve them
your attitude affects your performance and you are more likely to lose if you are being negative
Text Mark Evidence - our thoughts can be very powerful - thinking you can do something is empowering, while thinking you can’t do something is limiting
what you think impacts your performance
Text Mark Evidence hopeful people tended to perform better and achieve more than the less hopeful people
Text Mark Evidence if I didn’t have hope and belief when I play football…I definitely wouldn’t be the footballer I am today
you perform better when you are hopeful
Ella says how important hope is to success and winning
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
ask questions.
Reveal
Think of questions as you read and look for answers in the text.
If you like this book, you might like...
Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced and adapted for accessibility from: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.