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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
WRITING CHALLENGE 2: Motivating messages
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.
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
com
petit
ion
via
the
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ebsi
te http://w
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re A
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h th
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ck!
WRITING CHALLENGE 2: Motivating messages
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)
WRITING CHALLENGE 2: Motivating messages
“I’v
e nev
er p
laye
d fo
r a
draw
in m
y lif
e.”
(Ale
x Fer
guso
n)
Resource 1
WRITING CHALLENGE 2: Motivating messages
“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
WRITING CHALLENGE 2: Motivating messages
“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
WRITING CHALLENGE 2: Motivating messages
“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
WRITING CHALLENGE 2: Motivating messages
“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
WRITING CHALLENGE 2: Motivating messages
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
WRITING CHALLENGE 2: Motivating messages
Resource 3
Choose 8 of your motivational phrases and make them even better using positive vocabulary and punctuation:
Chosen phrases… …with added motivation