These worksheets are so unusual, and really fun for kids - who all seem to be happy to commentate on a match, often quite loudly and with opinion! See if they encourage a reluctant writer to get involved...
Here's a great idea for getting reluctant writers to put pen to paper. We ask kids to pretend that they are commenting on a football match – either to a friend or like a football radio commentator. This is the first of three similar worksheets.
Here is the second of our football commentary worksheets. We ask kids to describe what the players are doing in a way that makes it interesting and exciting for the listener.
Kids can use our suggested vocabulary or their own when writing a football commentary about a match, either for a friend or as if they were a radio commentator. This is a great project for those tricky boys who don't like to write much!