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Usain Bolt - The Boy Who could fly
from Gatorade

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For comprehension questions based on this film click here 
In this film we see a young Usain running to school.  He is quick and is soon noticed by the school coach and as they say 'the rest is history!'  

Teaching Ideas
  • Watch the first 65 seconds.  Up to the title screen - What do we know about Usain from this section?
  • Watch the first 2 minutes - write the dialogue between Usain and the coach. 
  • Recreate the news report as seen at 3m 15s
  • Watch up to 3m 39s - How is Usain feeling now?  How do we know this?  Write a paragraph in the 1st person describing these feelings. 
  • Watch the discussion between Usain and his mother then recreate this conversation punctuating it correctly. 
  • Write a persuasive speech for another athlete in a similar position.  What advice would we give them?
  • Describe the feeling of 'keeping it light' use a range of similes to describe running like it was through the clouds. 
  • At the end of the film allow children to pick out key points to create a short biography, use follow up research to complete this. 
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