Lesson 3: The Olympic Games

Lesson 3:

The Olympic Games

Crosscurricular Project

Project 1: Work in groups. Make small posters with pictures of ten Olympic sports. You can use photos from magazines or draw your own pictures. Write the name of the sport under its picture. Try to find names of athletes who are famous for doing these sports. You can find information in books or on the website of the Olympic Games, www.olympic.org , and you can download booklets with photos and information from the site of the Olympic Studies project of the Ministry of Education (Πρόγραμμα Oλυμπιακής Παιδείας, YΠΕΠΘ) at http://olympiakipaideia.instore.gr/index_gr.htm.

Look at these examples:

What do you know about these sports? Find information about them and write it in your poster. You can write about the number of the players, the country where this sport is popular, what you need to play it.

Project 2: Work in groups. Look in your History book and see if there are Olympic sports in Ancient Greece that are Olympic sports of today. Find information on how Ancient Greeks did these sports and talk about the differences between then and now. You can visit the site about the Olympic Games of the Ministry of Culture at http://odysseus.culture.gr/a/1/11/ga110.html, or that of the Foundation of the Hellenic World (Ίδρυμα Μείζονος Ελληνισμού) at http://olympics.ime.gr/.

You can ask your Physical Education teacher to organize 'School Olympic Games'. Maybe you can be a gold, silver or bronze medallist!

Μπορείς να πας στο glossary και να συμπληρώσεις τις σημασίες των καινούργιων λέξεων στα Ελληνικά και στο grammar corner για να δεις τη γραμματική αυτού του κεφαλαίου.

Self-Assessment test

Match the pictures to the words:

1.		2.		3.		4.
	a) basketball		b) volleyball		c) windsurfing		d) baseball
	e) horse riding		f) cycling		g) cricket
5.		6.		7.

Points: / 7

1) ………… 2) ………… 3) ………… 4) ………… 5) ………… 6) ………… 7) …………

Match and draw lines:

collecting				photos
watching				comics
going				computer games
reading				stamps
playing				TV
collecting				to the cinema
taking				tree leaves

Points: / 7

Can you write sentences?

1.		3.
	.......................................................		.......................................................
2.		4.
	.......................................................		.......................................................

Points: / 8

Self-Assessment test

This is a letter that Elias is sending to his friend, Thanasis, in Lamia. Read it and fill in the missing words to talk about what the children like/don't like:

Αγαπημένε μου φίλε Θανάση,

χτες είχαμε πλάκα στην τάξη. Κάναμε μια

έρευνα για το τι χόμπι έχουμε. Μερικά παιδιά

έδωσαν τις πιο τρελές απαντήσεις που μπορείς

να φανταστείς! O Κυριάκος είπε ότι του

αρέσει να μαζεύει φύλλα δέντρων αλλά δεν

του αρέσει να μαζεύει κάρτες ποδοσφαίρου, γιατί

δεν αγαπά το ποδόσφαιρο! Η Αναστασία έχει

για χόμπι να ακούει κλασσική μουσική και δεν της

αρέσει η ποπ! Και το πιο τρελό: Της Καίτης της

αρέσει να παίζει επιτραπέζια (τι βαρετό!) αλλά

δεν της αρέσει να παίζει παιχνίδια στον

υπολογιστή, γιατί κάνει, λέει, κακό στα

μάτια! Εγώ τουλάχιστον έχω πιο φυσιολογικά

χόμπι: μου αρέσει να βλέπω τηλεόραση και

να διαβάζω κόμικς ................................

O φίλος σου Ηλίας

Εικόνα

Kate ……………………………………………playing computer games.
Elias …………………………………watching TV and reading comics.
Kyriakos…………………………………collecting tree leaves but he
…………………………… collecting football cards.
Anastasia ……………………………………listening to classical music.

Points: / 10

Answer these questions about yourself:

Do you like playing football?
........................................................
Do you like collecting tree leaves?
........................................................

Do you like swimming?
........................................................
Do you like climbing?
........................................................

Points: / 40

Points: / 8

CIRCLE THE CORRECT FACE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO

	I can use words for sports and hobbies
	I can talk about the sports or hobbies I like or don't like
	I can talk about which sports or hobbies my friends like