The Beautiful Game

This 96-page photocopiable resource with DVD offers fully developed units on football for GCSE English, and activities and assignment ideas for GCSE Media Studies. * A case study of an international match between England and Chile held in February 1998, including: the language of commentary; newspaper reporting and media work on the television presentation of football. * A personal writing unit which develops critical reading of non-fiction genres and gives support for original writing. * An argument unit. * Media Studies assignments, based on practical production assignments. * Wider reading suggestions. DVD * Writers and others talking about football. * An extract from The Fast Show. * Extracts from the England v Chile game. * Interviews with Nick Hornby, Julie Welch and Roddy Doyle. * A 6-minute extract from the film, Fever Pitch.
 
This 96-page photocopiable resource with DVD offers fully developed units on football for GCSE English, and activities and assignment ideas for GCSE Media Studies. * A case study of an international match between England and Chile held in February 1998, including: the language of commentary; newspaper reporting and media work on the television presentation of football. * A personal writing unit which develops critical reading of non-fiction genres and gives support for original writing. * An argument unit. * Media Studies assignments, based on practical production assignments. * Wider reading suggestions. DVD * Writers and others talking about football. * An extract from The Fast Show. * Extracts from the England v Chile game. * Interviews with Nick Hornby, Julie Welch and Roddy Doyle. * A 6-minute extract from the film, Fever Pitch.