THE OLYMPIC GAMES –LONDON 2012Welcome

This is the opportunity to explore the Olympic Games. You can find important information about its history, logos, sports and event

By Patricia María Pérez AguadoPOLICARPA SALAVARRIETA SCHOOL

GRADE: 5°Classroom project designed for the Self-access Materials of the Online Master's Program in English

Language Teaching for Self-directed Learning (Online Program) . Department of Languages and Cultures. Universidad de La Sabana

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

When you finish doing this activities you will:• Recognize vocabulary related to The

Olympic Games• Identify the most important ideas

from the text• Utilize the given information to

facilitate the use of the four skills in different situations

Before reading Answer the following questions:

Preview BrainstormWhat I already know about the

topic?

What I might learn about the topic?

Vocabulary check Yu look at five little pictures of objects and read a sentence about each one. Each sentence begins ‘This is a … ’. If the sentence is true you put a tick () in the box and if it is not true you put a cross (x) in the box.

This is a medal ( )

This is a torch ( )

This is a flame ( )

This is a game of soccer ( )

This is a game of basketball ( )

During the reading 1. Read the following text2. Make a list with unknown words.3. What is the most important information? Write the gist in 20 or less words

THE OLYMPIC GAMES

The 2012 Summer Olympics are in London, England, Great Britain. The opening ceremonies was on July 27, 2012. The closing ceremony will be on August 12, 2012.The original Olympic Games took place at Olympia in Ancient Greece in 776 BC. They included arts competitions as well as athletics, boxing, wrestling and chariot racing.

The first modern games took place in Athens in 1896, and continue to take place every four years in different countries of the world. The Olympic flag, with its five rings, represents the five continents of the world.The Olympics are the traditional "world championships" of athletics, but there are many other sports competitions- swimming, rowing, gymnastics and others. At each Olympics, the Olympic committee includes new sports, making each Olympics more exciting than the last.

The winter Olympics are for sports such as skating and skiing.They take place two years after each Olympic Games. Competitors in the events win medals: a gold medal for first place, silver for second, and bronze for third. The very best athletes from all over the world compete in the Olympics. The Paralympics are for people who have got physical disabilities. Some of the competitors are blind or deaf and many of them compete in wheelchairs. The Paralympics take place after the Olympic Games.

After readingGo to the different steps and solve them:

Step 1: QUESTIONSThink of questions about the text and write them belowUse (who-what-where-why-how)

Step 2: ReviewWrite the most important ideas from the passage

Step 3: ORAL ACTIVITIY Prepare an exposition with the topic: The Olympic Games in London 2012”

Step 4. REFLECTIONSListen to the video from “History of the Olympic Games” and tell the rest of the class your opinions about it.

Learn more

VIDEOSIf you want to learn more about The Olympic games , you can try the following websites;

• Olympic games through history

http://youtu.be/ABvGkUcluUU

• History of the Olympic Games

http://youtu.be/ccDFpoF5tZw

If you want to practice new vocabulary and more reading comprehension related to the Olympic Games:

ESLflow. comhttp://www.eslflow.com

EvaluationsGo to the webpage ESLflow.com and do the

following activities

Quizhttp://scotland.boys-brigade.org.uk/

olympicscomsenquiz.pdf

izzhttp://www.triviachamp.com/pdf/Olympics.pdf

Olympic Trivia quiz

http://www.eslflow.com/Sports_vocabulary_sorting.pdfSpot Vocabulary Sorting

Self-assessment   Very

well

GoodFairly good

Bad

I followed all the steps.        

I liked the task.        

I understood the main idea of the text.        

I understood most of the details of the text.        

I read without stopping too much.        

I could write questions about the text without any problems.

       

I could write the most important ideas of the text without any problems.

       My strengths appear to be: ____________________________Areas where I can Improve _____________________________

References

• Current Favorite English as a Second Language Teaching Lesson Links

http://www.eslflow.com/olympicslessonplans.html• Resources for the module. Watch at virtual 

Sabana, SAM  resources week 4.

• Google  images http://www.google.com.co/search?num=10&h• Youtube