The Switch - Featuring Cristiano Ronaldo 

In this advert for Nike we see Cristiano Ronaldo clashing heads with an English ball boy whilst playing for Portugal against England.  When they wake up the next day both of them feel a little different. Charlie and Ronaldo have swapped places. The story is one of hard work as the teenage boy in Ronaldo's body works hard to play as well as his hero.  A story that shows anything is possible with persistence and determination. 

Writing opportunities. 

• Create a news report for the first game, detailing the clash between Ronaldo and Charlie. 
• Write an internal monologue for the characters when they wake up in the morning.  What do they think as they look at them selves in the mirror etc. 
• Write a biography for Charlie, once he has swapped bodies with Ronaldo. 
• Watch the second match without the sound and create a football commentary.
  
• Write dialogue between two of their team mates discussing the changes in their team mates. 
  
• Rewrite the film as a narrative in the 3rd person. 
  
• Rewrite the story in the 1st person, allow students to choose the football they would like to 'switch' with. 

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The last game 

A stunning animation set in the near future, any soccer mad child would love to recreate this narrative.  Watch the clones take over the world of Sport will Ronaldo and Co be able to bring back the excitement of the game.  
Writing opportunities:

• Discussion text: Safe v taking risks, 
• Can we take all the danger out of sport?
• Narrative - retell the story. 
• Diary entries - for one of the players when their career comes to an end. 
• A commentary piece on the different styles, clones v humans. 
• A news report of the final game. 

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