Football Diary Reading Comprehension KS2

Football Diary Entry Activity. LKS2 Writing & Comprehension

A high-impact reading resource that brings football excitement straight into the classroom!

Transform your pupils into young sports readers with this Football Diary Entry Activity. Designed especially for Key Stage 2, this resource captures the energy, drama and emotion of a real football match, while developing key reading skills.

Following the diary entry, pupils answer a series of carefully structured retrieval and inference comprehension questions that support reading fluency, understanding and deeper thinking. Questions are designed to stretch learners while remaining accessible to the full ability range.

This lesson is perfect for:
✔ English comprehension sessions
✔ Creative writing lessons
✔ Topic-linked sports units
✔ Boys’ engagement
✔ Guided reading groups
✔ Homework tasks