Basketball: Skills, Teamwork and the Game – Teacher Answers

Teacher answer key

1. Warm-up: answers will vary.
2. Vocabulary: accept accurate contextual meanings.
3. Reading / grammar: Comprehension: 1) Five. 2) Players need to communicate and use each other’s strengths. 3) Practise strategies, improve skills and make decisions. 4) To make sure rules are followed. 5) They play overtime. Grammar: 1 is shooting; 2 plays; 3 is blowing; 4 helps. Listening: 1) To give a new strategy. 2) A new strategy. 3) Another player takes a jump shot. 4) Yes.
4. Listening script: “During a close game, the coach calls a timeout. The players listen to a new strategy. One player then makes a quick pass, another takes a jump shot, and the team scores.”
5. Speaking, something fun and writing: answers will vary.

Puzzle/Game: answers will vary. Encourage students to use lesson vocabulary and explain their choices.

Success criteria: this is a student self-check. No single answer is required.

For open-ended tasks, accept different answers when students can explain or support them clearly.