Today’s Lesson! The Olympics

An event featuring summer and winter sports. The 2010 Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver, Canada Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! Olympics

WINTER SPORTS

Bobsleigh Teams slide down a narrow, twisting, banked, iced track.

What sport did Korea win the most medals? Speed Skating

Alpine Skiing Competitors ski down a slope passing through gates.

Ice Hockey Teams play on ice to direct a puck into the opposing team’s goal.

Individuals or pairs of skaters perform spins, jumps, and moves on ice. Figure Skating

Who won the gold in Figure Skating? Kim Yu-na

What other winter sports do you know? Add them to your list!

SUMMER SPORTS

Athletics Athletes compete in running, jumping and throwing competitions.

Gymnastics Gymnasts perform acts requiring flexibility, strength and balance.

Swimming A competition to find out who is the fastest swimmer.

Taekwondo A martial art where two people fight using punching and kicking.

Weightlifting Weightlifters compete to lift the heaviest weight.

What other summer sports do you know? Add them to your list.

The Funny Olympics

Event 1 – Arm Wrestling Take part in an arm wrestle. Who is the winner? Write a sentence in the box Example: “Mr Shin is stronger than Simon.” ent.swf

Event 2 – Coin Tossing Who is the luckiest? Toss the coin 3 times How many ‘heads’ in a row? Write a sentence Example: “Simon is luckier than Mr Shin.”

Event 3 – Gymnastics Bend over and try and touch your toes Write a sentence Example: “Mr Shin is more flexible than Simon.”

Event 4 – Target Spin around and point at the target whilst blindfolded Who points closest to the centre of the target? Write a sentence: Example: “Simon is more accurate than Mr Shin.”

Event 5 – Chopsticks Who is the fastest using chopsticks? Who picks up the most sweets in 30 seconds? Write a sentence: Example: “Brian is faster than...” ml

The Funny Olympics Well done! Using comparatives… “…is stronger than…” “…is faster than…” “…is luckier than…” “…is more accurate than…” “…is faster than…”

The Funny Olympics Only use ‘more’ for words with more than two syllables Example: expensive >>> more expensive Using superlatives… “…is the fastest.” “…is the luckiest.” “…is the most accurate.”

Check! strongstrongerstrongest weakweakerweakest fastfasterfastest slowslowerslowest luckyluckierluckiest

Check! accuratemore accurate most accurate flexiblemore flexible most flexible sensiblemore sensible most sensible intelligentmore intelligent most intelligent expensivemore expensive most expensive

What are the names of the 3 medals at the Olympics? 1 st Gold 2 nd Silver 3 rd Bronze

Wordsearch Find the words!

Awards Ceremony Congratulations!

TRUE OR FALSE?

Bobsleigh

Skiing

Figure Skating

Ice Hockey

Figure Skating

Gymnastics

Athletics

Swimming A competition to find out who is the fastest swimmer.

Taekwondo A martial art where two people fight using punching and kicking.

Weightlifting Weightlifters compete to lift the heaviest weight.