This resource is about the life of the Argentinian football player Lionel Messi. It includes a reading, a timeline, comprehension exercises and extension activities.

The “Lionel Messi Biography” has:

- a printable version (Pdf format)

- a digital version (PowerPoint format) which can be assigned to your students via your LMS (such as Google Classroom)

This resource includes:

- a 2 page biography of Lionel Messi

(with footnotes explaining some of the vocabulary / concepts used)

- a timeline (with two different designs)

- a vocabulary exercise

- 2 comprehension exercises: completing sentences and True/False

- 2 extension activities:

• Research and presentation of one of the activities from “La Fundación Leo Messi”
• Commenting on a famous quote from Messi

- Instructions on how to assign the resource digitally

- Answer keys

This resource is completely written in Spanish.

It is appropriate for intermediate and advanced Spanish students.