Olympics

In-groups students complete what do you know about Olympics and present it to the class. If video available watch video and record information.

Or

• Translate and illustrate Olympia book that is available in bookstores about the history of the Olympics
• 2 or 3 pages each group and present it to the class.
• In-groups students brainstorm all the language associated with the Olympics.
• Classify it into groups
• Role Play – Spectator Vs officials
• Send a Fax message Week 3
• Read or record brief History of the Olympics
• Complete close
• Role play
• Olympic torch – traveling, people that carried it
• Profile a Croatian person that was involved in torch relay like Frank Simovic from Geelong
• Play Olympic Dominos
• Play Olympic Trivia
• Radio hosts – write and record radio commentary for one of the events
• Olympic words Glossary
• Find pictures of different sport & sportsman - label
• History of sports in pairs or groups & present
• Present a speech - gold medallist
• Invent New Olympic sport
• Advertise new Olympics
• Debate / Should athletes take drugs
• Find a newspaper clippings about Olympic event
• Read and write your thoughts about it
• Use Internet, newspaper
• Role play /Interview sportsman and sportswoman
• Present an oral report about one part of the opening ceremony