Ready Steady Read Together
Three Lionesses: Non-Fiction Lesson 4
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
…the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Summarise the inequality faced by female professional footballers.
B) Summarise the inequality faced by girls at school.
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Fight for Your Rights
Remember we said we were a bit rubbish at history at school? Well, there are some parts of history that we do actually know about – like the fact that women were actually banned from playing football on Football League grounds for fifty years, from 1921-1971. The FA claimed that ‘the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged’. How unacceptable is that?! And women weren’t even allowed to vote before 1918. Thankfully, women’s rights (and women’s football) have come a long way since then, but there’s still a lot to be done.
Up until very recently, female England and Women’s Super League players needed to work second jobs as they weren’t being paid enough to make a living. This is still the case in other leagues, but female footballers in the WSL can now earn a respectable salary and attract sponsorship deals without having to find a second job.
There’s still a big difference in the prize money awarded by FIFA for male and female tournaments. In fact, men’s teams earn more for a loss in a World Cup qualifying game than women earn for winning the whole tournament! But the women’s World Cup prize money total has been raised in 2023, and male and female players are now paid the same to represent England, so we are moving in the right direction.
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
For us, equality in sport is about recognizing that the men’s and women’s games deserve equal opportunities, equal resources and equal respect. Seeing the women’s game growing and people’s attitudes towards it shifting makes us so proud. We’ve been doing everything we can to make sure that football is available to everyone of ALL ages. After the Euros, we discovered some shocking stats. According to the Football Association, in the UK in 2022, just 63% of girls were offered football in PE lessons (72% in primary and just 44% in secondary schools) compared to 100% of boys being offered football in PE. Also, only 46% of schools give girls the same extracurricular opportunities in after-school sports clubs that they give to boys.
We all wanted this to change. Led by our Lioness teammate Lotte Wubben-Moy and captain, Leah Williamson, we wrote a letter to the UK government about how important it is for both girls and boys to have an equal opportunity to be involved in sport at school, and to give everyone access to football.
The government now requires schools in England to offer equal access to football and sports. This is a massive step forward. 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.
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
salary
equality
qualifying
shifting
extracurricular
meaningful
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
salary
Explore
Find Read Talk
Up until very recently, female England and Women’s Super League players needed to work second jobs as they weren’t being paid enough to make a living. This is still the case in other leagues, but female footballers in the WSL can now earn a respectable salary and attract sponsorship deals without having to find a second job.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
salary
qualifying
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
equality
shifting
extracurricular
meaningful
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Fight for Your Rights
Remember we said we were a bit rubbish at history at school? Well, there are some parts of history that we do actually know about – like the fact that women were actually banned from playing football on Football League grounds for fifty years, from 1921-1971. The FA claimed that ‘the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged’. How unacceptable is that?! And women weren’t even allowed to vote before 1918. Thankfully, women’s rights (and women’s football) have come a long way since then, but there’s still a lot to be done.
Up until very recently, female England and Women’s Super League players needed to work second jobs as they weren’t being paid enough to make a living. This is still the case in other leagues, but female footballers in the WSL can now earn a respectable salary and attract sponsorship deals without having to find a second job.
There’s still a big difference in the prize money awarded by FIFA for male and female tournaments. In fact, men’s teams earn more for a loss in a World Cup qualifying game than women earn for winning the whole tournament! But the women’s World Cup prize money total has been raised in 2023, and male and female players are now paid the same to represent England, so we are moving in the right direction.
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
For us, equality in sport is about recognizing that the men’s and women’s games deserve equal opportunities, equal resources and equal respect. Seeing the women’s game growing and people’s attitudes towards it shifting makes us so proud. We’ve been doing everything we can to make sure that football is available to everyone of ALL ages. After the Euros, we discovered some shocking stats. According to the Football Association, in the UK in 2022, just 63% of girls were offered football in PE lessons (72% in primary and just 44% in secondary schools) compared to 100% of boys being offered football in PE. Also, only 46% of schools give girls the same extracurricular opportunities in after-school sports clubs that they give to boys.
We all wanted this to change. Led by our Lioness teammate Lotte Wubben-Moy and captain, Leah Williamson, we wrote a letter to the UK government about how important it is for both girls and boys to have an equal opportunity to be involved in sport at school, and to give everyone access to football.
The government now requires schools in England to offer equal access to football and sports. This is a massive step forward. 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.
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Up until very recently, female England and Women’s Super League players needed to work second jobs as they weren’t being paid enough to make a living. This is still the case in other leagues, but female footballers in the WSL can now earn a respectable salary...
What did you notice?
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Up until very recently,
female England and Women’s Super League players needed to work second jobs
as they weren’t being paid enough to make a living.
This is still the case in other leagues,
but female footballers in the WSL can now earn a respectable salary...
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Up until very recently, female England and Women’s Super League players needed to work second jobs as they weren’t being paid enough to make a living. This is still the case in other leagues, but female footballers in the WSL can now earn a respectable salary...
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Main Point
A) Summarise the inequality faced by female professional footballers.
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Up until very recently, female England and Women’s Super League players needed to work second jobs as they weren’t being paid enough to make a living. This is still the case in other leagues, but female footballers in the WSL can now earn a respectable salary and attract sponsorship deals without having to find a second job.
A) Summarise the inequality faced by female professional footballers.
Reveal Explainer
One example of inequality is that women are not paid enough to play football and despite being professional, until recently they would still have to have another job so that they earned enough money.
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) Summarise the inequality faced by female professional footballers.
B) Summarise the inequality faced by girls at school.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a big difference in the prize money awarded by FIFA for male and female tournaments
women’s prize money isn’t as much as men’s
A) Summarise the inequality faced by female professional footballers.
Text Mark Evidence men’s teams earn more for a loss in a World Cup qualifying game than women earn for winning the whole tournament!
men earn less for losing than women earn for winning
Text Mark Evidence the men’s and women’s games deserve… equal respect…people’s attitudes towards it shifting makes us so proud
men’s football gets more respect than women’s
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence just 63% of girls were offered football in PE lessons…compared to 100% of boys
less girls are offered football in PE in schools
B) Summarise the inequality faced by girls at school.
Text Mark Evidence only 46% of schools give girls the same extracurricular opportunities in after-school sports clubs that they give to boys
girls get less extracurricular opportunities than boys
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘salary’?
Find Me
Find the year that women were allowed to play football again.
Remember we said we were a bit rubbish at history at school? Well, there are some parts of history that we do actually know about – like the fact that women were actually banned from playing football on Football League grounds for fifty years, from 1921-1971. The FA claimed that ‘the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged’. How unacceptable is that?!
Discuss then check
1971
Tick Me
Seeing the women’s game growing and people’s attitudes towards it shifting makes us so proud.
Tick two words which show that the women’s football is changing.
Tick two:
A) attitudes
B) proud
Check
C) growing
Click if correct
D) shifting
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Only 63% of girls were offered football in PE.
B) The government decided to offer girls and boys equal access to football.
C) Women were banned from football.
D) Women were given the right to vote.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
staycurious.
Reveal
Explore topics you've never considered before.
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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.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Three Lionesses: Non-Fiction Lesson 4
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
…the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Summarise the inequality faced by female professional footballers.
B) Summarise the inequality faced by girls at school.
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Fight for Your Rights
Remember we said we were a bit rubbish at history at school? Well, there are some parts of history that we do actually know about – like the fact that women were actually banned from playing football on Football League grounds for fifty years, from 1921-1971. The FA claimed that ‘the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged’. How unacceptable is that?! And women weren’t even allowed to vote before 1918. Thankfully, women’s rights (and women’s football) have come a long way since then, but there’s still a lot to be done. Up until very recently, female England and Women’s Super League players needed to work second jobs as they weren’t being paid enough to make a living. This is still the case in other leagues, but female footballers in the WSL can now earn a respectable salary and attract sponsorship deals without having to find a second job. There’s still a big difference in the prize money awarded by FIFA for male and female tournaments. In fact, men’s teams earn more for a loss in a World Cup qualifying game than women earn for winning the whole tournament! But the women’s World Cup prize money total has been raised in 2023, and male and female players are now paid the same to represent England, so we are moving in the right direction.
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
For us, equality in sport is about recognizing that the men’s and women’s games deserve equal opportunities, equal resources and equal respect. Seeing the women’s game growing and people’s attitudes towards it shifting makes us so proud. We’ve been doing everything we can to make sure that football is available to everyone of ALL ages. After the Euros, we discovered some shocking stats. According to the Football Association, in the UK in 2022, just 63% of girls were offered football in PE lessons (72% in primary and just 44% in secondary schools) compared to 100% of boys being offered football in PE. Also, only 46% of schools give girls the same extracurricular opportunities in after-school sports clubs that they give to boys. We all wanted this to change. Led by our Lioness teammate Lotte Wubben-Moy and captain, Leah Williamson, we wrote a letter to the UK government about how important it is for both girls and boys to have an equal opportunity to be involved in sport at school, and to give everyone access to football. The government now requires schools in England to offer equal access to football and sports. This is a massive step forward. 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.
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
salary
equality
qualifying
shifting
extracurricular
meaningful
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
salary
Explore
Find Read Talk
Up until very recently, female England and Women’s Super League players needed to work second jobs as they weren’t being paid enough to make a living. This is still the case in other leagues, but female footballers in the WSL can now earn a respectable salary and attract sponsorship deals without having to find a second job.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
salary
qualifying
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
equality
shifting
extracurricular
meaningful
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Fight for Your Rights
Remember we said we were a bit rubbish at history at school? Well, there are some parts of history that we do actually know about – like the fact that women were actually banned from playing football on Football League grounds for fifty years, from 1921-1971. The FA claimed that ‘the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged’. How unacceptable is that?! And women weren’t even allowed to vote before 1918. Thankfully, women’s rights (and women’s football) have come a long way since then, but there’s still a lot to be done. Up until very recently, female England and Women’s Super League players needed to work second jobs as they weren’t being paid enough to make a living. This is still the case in other leagues, but female footballers in the WSL can now earn a respectable salary and attract sponsorship deals without having to find a second job. There’s still a big difference in the prize money awarded by FIFA for male and female tournaments. In fact, men’s teams earn more for a loss in a World Cup qualifying game than women earn for winning the whole tournament! But the women’s World Cup prize money total has been raised in 2023, and male and female players are now paid the same to represent England, so we are moving in the right direction.
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
For us, equality in sport is about recognizing that the men’s and women’s games deserve equal opportunities, equal resources and equal respect. Seeing the women’s game growing and people’s attitudes towards it shifting makes us so proud. We’ve been doing everything we can to make sure that football is available to everyone of ALL ages. After the Euros, we discovered some shocking stats. According to the Football Association, in the UK in 2022, just 63% of girls were offered football in PE lessons (72% in primary and just 44% in secondary schools) compared to 100% of boys being offered football in PE. Also, only 46% of schools give girls the same extracurricular opportunities in after-school sports clubs that they give to boys. We all wanted this to change. Led by our Lioness teammate Lotte Wubben-Moy and captain, Leah Williamson, we wrote a letter to the UK government about how important it is for both girls and boys to have an equal opportunity to be involved in sport at school, and to give everyone access to football. The government now requires schools in England to offer equal access to football and sports. This is a massive step forward. 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.
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Up until very recently, female England and Women’s Super League players needed to work second jobs as they weren’t being paid enough to make a living. This is still the case in other leagues, but female footballers in the WSL can now earn a respectable salary...
What did you notice?
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Up until very recently,
female England and Women’s Super League players needed to work second jobs
as they weren’t being paid enough to make a living.
This is still the case in other leagues,
but female footballers in the WSL can now earn a respectable salary...
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Up until very recently, female England and Women’s Super League players needed to work second jobs as they weren’t being paid enough to make a living. This is still the case in other leagues, but female footballers in the WSL can now earn a respectable salary...
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Main Point
A) Summarise the inequality faced by female professional footballers.
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Up until very recently, female England and Women’s Super League players needed to work second jobs as they weren’t being paid enough to make a living. This is still the case in other leagues, but female footballers in the WSL can now earn a respectable salary and attract sponsorship deals without having to find a second job.
A) Summarise the inequality faced by female professional footballers.
Reveal Explainer
One example of inequality is that women are not paid enough to play football and despite being professional, until recently they would still have to have another job so that they earned enough money.
From: Three Lionesses by Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris & Cheryl Rickman © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) Summarise the inequality faced by female professional footballers.
B) Summarise the inequality faced by girls at school.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a big difference in the prize money awarded by FIFA for male and female tournaments
women’s prize money isn’t as much as men’s
A) Summarise the inequality faced by female professional footballers.
Text Mark Evidence men’s teams earn more for a loss in a World Cup qualifying game than women earn for winning the whole tournament!
men earn less for losing than women earn for winning
Text Mark Evidence the men’s and women’s games deserve… equal respect…people’s attitudes towards it shifting makes us so proud
men’s football gets more respect than women’s
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence just 63% of girls were offered football in PE lessons…compared to 100% of boys
less girls are offered football in PE in schools
B) Summarise the inequality faced by girls at school.
Text Mark Evidence only 46% of schools give girls the same extracurricular opportunities in after-school sports clubs that they give to boys
girls get less extracurricular opportunities than boys
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘salary’?
Find Me
Find the year that women were allowed to play football again.
Remember we said we were a bit rubbish at history at school? Well, there are some parts of history that we do actually know about – like the fact that women were actually banned from playing football on Football League grounds for fifty years, from 1921-1971. The FA claimed that ‘the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged’. How unacceptable is that?!
Discuss then check
1971
Tick Me
Seeing the women’s game growing and people’s attitudes towards it shifting makes us so proud.
Tick two words which show that the women’s football is changing.
Tick two:
A) attitudes
B) proud
Check
C) growing
Click if correct
D) shifting
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Only 63% of girls were offered football in PE.
B) The government decided to offer girls and boys equal access to football.
C) Women were banned from football.
D) Women were given the right to vote.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
staycurious.
Reveal
Explore topics you've never considered before.
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.