writing A sport biography - CONNECT PRIMARY 5 Term 1 - خامس ابتدائي

UNIT 2 LESSON 4 WRITING - A SPORTS BIOGRAPHY Work with a partner. Who do you think the woman in the photo is? What sport does she play? 2 Read and check your answers to Exercise 1 1 Hedaya Malak is a famous Egyptian taekwondo player. She is one of the two people who carried the Egyptian flag at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021. This is amazing! 2 Hedaya was born on April 21, 1993. She began practicing taekwondo at the age of seven and won many prizes at the age of 14. She won the bronze medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016. She also won the bronze medal in Tokyo in 2021. 3 Hedaya is a very kind person. In 2016 she helped a Moroccan athlete with special needs, Raja Garmash. Raja had no one to compete against, so Hedaya became her competitor and lost. Raja could therefore win the gold medal and it was a very special moment for her. 4 What does Hedaya do now? She is practicing hard. She really wants to win a gold medal! 3 Read again and answer the questions 1 What is her sport? 2 Why is she important? 3 Who did she help in 2016? 4 What does she want for the future? Read again, and match the paragraphs (1-4) to the headings (a-d) a What Hedaya will do next b Who the famous sportsperson is c Something else she is famous for d Further information about her sport and her prizes 32

Tip! Writing a sports biography 1 Introduce the person, giving their name. 2 Say why they are famous and give details about their sport. 3 Give more details about their success and why they are interesting or important. 4 Say what you think could happen next for their career. 5 Write notes for a sports biography. Use phrases 1-6 to help you. Try to use the words in the box 1 He/ She was born on ... 2 He/She began ... 3 He/ She was the first ... 4 He/ She was/is successful because ... 5 He/ She won ... 6 He/ She is also ... / Moreover / As well as this, he / she is... athlete compete future medals sports training Write your sports biography in your notebook. Find an interesting Egyptian person to write about from the internet. Look at the sports biography in Exercise 2, the Writing tip, and the useful phrases in EGYPT Exercise 5 to help you. Write 30-40 words ral Sherif Osman, Paralympic champion UNIT 2 33