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GETTING TO KNOW YOU
I'm curious to get to know you a little bit more. Answer the following questions and discuss them with your teacher and classmates.
What sports do you practise?
How many times do you practise your sport(s)?
Do you play any matches?
How long have you been doing this sport?
Do you like to watch sports?
Do you like to watch them in real time? Or do you like to watch these sports on television?
Who is your favourite sportsman/woman?
VOCABULARY ON REPEAT
Quizlet
Quizlet
At the start of every project, we want to find out what vocabulary you already know about this topic.
Click on the Quizlet logo. Browse through the words in the word list about school. Practice as much as you can, try to remember what each word means and how it is written. At the end of class, your teacher will challenge you and your classmates.
Quizlet
Quizlet
Click on the Quizlet icon and study the vocabulary list in the online app.
Flashcards
Flashcards
Click on the icon and study the vocabulary list with flashcards in Bookwidgets.
Vocabulary list
Vocabulary list
This pdf contains all the vocabulary that you need to study for this topic.
SPORTS IN THE UK... IT'S COMPLICATED
Foils, Arms and Hog is an Irish stand-up comedy group. They are most famous for their short, hilarious YouTube videos. In this video they explain how complicated sports are organized in the UK. Take a piece of scrap paper an note down information about these items:
Olympics
European championship
Rugby
Give your notes to someone else in class. They need to explain one of the items based on your notes.
LISTENING
THE OLYMPICS
THE OLYMPICS
Press play and find out about the history and symbols of the Olympics. Test your listening skills by answering the questions.
THE WINTER OLYMPICS
THE WINTER OLYMPICS
Press play and find out about the past Winter Olympics of 2022. Test your listening skills by answering the questions.
THE PARALYMPICS
THE PARALYMPICS
Press play and find out about the Paralympics. Test your listening skills by answering the questions.
LISTENING & READING
AMERICAN FOOTBALL & THE SUPER BOWL
AMERICAN FOOTBALL & THE SUPER BOWL
Click on the Bookwidgets icon and find out more about American Football and the Super Bowl. Test your listening and reading skills by answering the questions.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL TEAMS
AMERICAN FOOTBALL TEAMS
There are 32 teams in the NFL. 14 of these use animals in their names:
the Miami Dolphins
the Baltimore Ravens
the Cincinnati Bengals (Bengal tiger)
the Indianapolis Colts (young horse)
the Jacksonville Jaguars
the Philadelphia Eagles
the Seattle Seahawks (type of bird)
the Chicago Bears
the Detroit Lions
the Atlanta Falcons (type of bird)
the Carolina Panthers
the Arizona Cardinals (type of bird)
the Los Angeles Rams (male sheep)
the Denver Broncos (untrained horse)
Team up with some of your classmates. Think about these team names. Look on the internet for some information about these animals. Find an answer to these questions:
Why are these teams named after these animals?
What qualities do these animals have? Use adjectives to describe them.
Which of these qualities would be good for a team?
Fill in the handout to discuss in class.
American football team name adjectives.pdfSUPER BOWL SUNDAY
SUPER BOWL SUNDAY
Americans celebrate Super Bowl Sunday like any other national holiday. Time to find out what is typical for this national celebration.
Read and watch the information on this website:
https://blogs.transparent.com/english/american-culture-super-bowl-sunday/
Open a Word document.
Make a quiz of 10 questions (and answers) about the traditions of Super Bowl Sunday in English.
Post your quiz in the uploadzone on Smartschool.
SUPER BOWL ADS... time for a little experiment
SUPER BOWL ADS... time for a little experiment
The Super Bowl is famous for its commercials. Your teacher will play one of these ads, but before you watch it, we want you to listen to it. Go and sit at the other side of your desk and take something to write. Write down everything you've heard while you are listening. WATCH OUT! You can't see the video yet. Discuss in class what you've heard.
Now you can watch the commercial. Each student is assigned one feature to focus on:
Camera shots: Where is the camera positioned? Close-up? Far away?
Camera lens: Does the lens zoom in or out?
Lighting: What time of day is depicted? What clues tell you so?
Music: What types of music/instruments do you hear? How do they make you feel?
Sounds: Other than music, what other sounds do you hear (e.g. female narrator, car cranking, sound of cars going by; dog (wolf) howl, etc.)
Setting: Where is the location? Is it artificial or real?
Super Bowl ads are supposed to be the best. Do you agree? Do you think this commercial is good or bad?
GRAMMAR
Imperative
Imperative
Click on the icon Did you know? to look at the schematic overview of the grammar rules about asking questions.
Online exercises: Imperative
Online exercises: Imperative
Click on the Bookwidgets icon and practice your grammar skills online. Once you've finished your exercise, you'll get instant feedback.
Modals
Modals
Click on the icon Did you know? to look at the schematic overview of the grammar rules about asking questions.
Online exercises: Modals
Online exercises: Modals
Click on the Bookwidgets icon and practice your grammar skills online. Once you've finished your exercise, you'll get instant feedback.
Need some more training?
Need some more training?
Click here and get some more exercises.
VOCABULARY
Vocabulary list: About sports
Vocabulary list: About sports
This pdf contains all the vocabulary that you need to study for this topic.
Online exercises: About sports
Online exercises: About sports
Click on the Bookwidgets icon and practice your vocabulary online. Once you've finished your exercise, you'll get instant feedback.
Finished?
Finished?
Are you done with the exercises? Play this game to practice your vocabulary some more!
EVALUATION
Take the online test
Take the online test
Go to Smartschool and take the test on Bookwidgets.
Show us what you got
Show us what you got
The communicative task that you need to do is SHOW & TELL: Present one of the "weird" sports.
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