This lesson plan discusses connecting the daily lives and routines of students to the lives and accomplishments of famous athletes Darcey Bussell and Steve Redgrave. The teacher acknowledges it is a hot day and they were preparing the lesson with various materials while thinking about how to keep students engaged by relating the sports figures' experiences to little things in life and overcoming challenges through dedication. Key details about Darcey Bussell and Steve Redgrave will be shared to inspire students.

1. A special lesson for a really
hot day…
Tuesday, 14 April 2015

2. I was preparing this lesson
• With our great English book
• My laptop
• Internet
• After…

3. , of course,

4. having had an ice coffee

5. By the way…

6. Paula… did you have a coffee after lunch?

7. Well, anyway, page …

8. And I was there in front of my laptops…

9. Thinking on the air fans…..

10. And also about …

11. how happy Miriam is about having recovered her
English book

12. How happy Paula is to be sitting on the front
row…

13. • About what some of you might be thinking
just now:
– “What on earth is all this about????”

14. • And I am also thinking our unit is about
sport….

15. And I guess Sport has a lot in common with
this critical moment in the course….

16. In fact sports people teach us a lot about
daily little things….

17. So, … let’s see the connection between
Sport and life even clearer…

18. We are going to talk about…
Darcey Bussell

20. And we will also talk about
Steve Redgrave

22. A bit about Darcey…
• Here

23. A bit about Steve
• Here