Reading

Referring to the title of the text what do you think the article is about? A football game that is named red and they train and practice every Saturdays.

Why do Saturday’s start early for Alice? Because she has a football with her team.

What does Alice enjoy being a part of, for what reason do you believe she enjoys this? She enjoys being part of the backline. I think she likes being part of the back line because she gets to have a rest and she also gets to do nothing.

What does the goal weigh? A ton.

What do you think Ashleigh is doing when she says this. Think about if the goal were to literally weigh this, would it be even possible for Ashleigh to lift it? It depends if she is able to do it. I thinks when she says it she will be confident and try her hardest to do it.

How do you think the girls are feeling prior to their game? Puffing but they are still trying their hardest.   

Put yourself in their shoes, how would you feeling/ how do you feel before playing a netball or rugby game? I will feel nervous before getting ready but at the same time I will feel exsited.

“Jessica jumps high and deflects the ball” what does this mean? Change direction after hitting something.

What are the girls doing prior to their game starting?  They line up and jog around the field and the ball come in different direction during the football game, so they practice dodging the ball forwards, backwards and sideways.

Refer to the images at the top of page 6. For what reason are they doing this? Because maybe that is just how they play it and those are the rules.

Frank urges the girls to not give up, what does it mean when you urge someone to do something? Force the team to play and don’t give up.

In most sports games there is always a referee, what is the role of the referee? Why is a referee so important? It is so the other team won’t blame this team for doing this and so the other team won’t do the same thing so thats why the referee is there so none of the teams will be able to cheat.

What are three very important characters a person needs to have to be part of a sports team. So everything will be easy and so each person knows what they are to post to do instead of doing anything.

Who is Cara Telea, state five facts about her. She is the team captain, She is a friend of alice, she plays football, Her team is red, she never gives up.

From reading the text, do you think soccer is a difficult game to play? Why/why not. No because all you have to do is kick the ball to each other.

Why do you think soccer is more popular in some countries instead of some others? Because some countries don’t play soccer.

Who is a famous soccer player, state five facts about them. cristiano ronaldo. He is famous, He has black, He is small but sort of tall.

From reading the text we know that different soccer players have different positions, what do you think would be the most difficult position to play and why? Goalie Because it is hard to kick the ball back