Sports biography assignment elementary school

This resource pack has been created by double Paralympic gold medallist and award-winning author, Danielle Brown MBE, to bring incredible role models to the classroom and help pupils find different ways to engage with sport.

The resource pack contains an extract from Danielle’s book, Run Like a Girl, alongside a pupil worksheet, teacher notes and other resources.

Run Like a Girl features the biographical stories of 50 incredible sportswomen, from boxing superstar Nicola Adams to record-breaking yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur.

Starter activity

Watch Danielle’s video, above, and read the extract from the book, before asking these discussion questions:

• Is this fiction or non-fiction?

  Why do you think that?

• Confidence was a very important skill for Danielle.

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