Summer Project The London Olympic Games 2012

Summer Project The London Olympic Games 2012 Are you EXCITED?

In week 8 We will have a final performance for your parents and other students.

Olympic Quiz A = Hands on your head B = Hands across your mouth C = Standing Up 7http:// 7

The Olympic Games 2012, London olympic_games/world_olympic _dreams/ stm

The London Olympics We are going to watch the clip again. Can you guess what these numbers are about? 80,000 1,000,000 17, EXAMPLE I think 1,000,000 is the amount of pounds the Olympics cost. No, that’s well too cheap. I think it’s the number of athletes in the Olympics. A million athletes, are you crazy?

Watch the clip and decide what the video is about An introduction to the athletes An introduction to the games An introduction to London as a city An introduction to football at the Olympics

Match the numbers to what they are about a) 80,000 1) The number of different people who will watch the Olympics in the Olympic stadium b) 1,000,000 2) The number of athletes c) 17,000 3) The number of Paralympics events d) 205 4) The number of people who can fit in the Olympic stadium e) 26 5) The number of cities being used in the Olympics in the UK f) 20 6) The number of Olympic events g) 500 7) The number of countries participating h) 8 8) The number of gold medals

Answers A. 4 B.1 C.2 D.7 E.6 F.3 G. 8 H.5

Listen and grab as you hear the ideas (competition)

Answers 1.The Olympic park is in a place called Stratford. 2.Usain Bolt smashed the 100 M record. 3.Tom Daley was the youngest 4.Kelly Holmes won two gold medals in Athens. 5.Football, Archery, Water Polo are Olympic Sports. 6.Table tennis, Taekwondo, Judo are Olympic Sports. 7.Women’s Boxing will be an Olympic sport for the first time 8.Olympic football games will be held around the country 9.The Olympics brings everyone together 10.The two presenters are supporting Team Great Britain and Team Jamaica

Can you match these sentences by guessing to get a glimpse ofThe Olympic park to be in the heart ofa record To smashA team/ a country/ a sports start To spread acrossthe biggest sports stars To breakan area To be twinned witha record To cheer ona place/ country/ city

ANSWERS to get a glimpse ofthe biggest sports stars to be in the heart ofthe Olympic park To smasha record To spread acrossan area To breaka record To be twinned witha place/ country/ city To cheer ona team/ a country/ a sports star Which of these is stronger – to break or to smash a record?

Write the collocation from before on your white board as the meaning is shown The central or most important part. To be in the heart of somewhere For two cities to have a special relationship with each other. To be twinned with a place To do something better than the best known speed, time, number, etc. previously achieved. To break a record To defeat someone or to destroy something completely. To smash a record To see something or someone for a very short time or only partly. To get a glimpse of (someone/ something) the biggest sports stars to (cause to) cover, reach or have an effect on a wider or increasing area To spread to an area to shout loudly in order to encourage someone in a competition. To cheer on someone/ to cheer someone on

Write the collocation from before on your white board as the meaning is shown To see something or someone for a very short time or only partly. To have a special relationship with another place. To do something better than the best known speed, time, number, etc. previously achieved. To defeat someone or to destroy something completely. The central or most important part. to shout loudly in order to encourage someone in a competition. to (cause to) cover, reach or have an effect on a wider or increasing area

Collocation Bang

Can you complete these questions? 1.Which sporting star would you like ___A______? Why? 2.Which country(ies) at the Olympics are you going to ______B_______ and why? 3.How many Olympic records has the Vietnamese Olympic swim team ____C_______? Why? Why not? 4.Which city would you like HCMC to be ___D_____ and why? 5.What buildings should be ____E__________ the Olympic village? Why? 6.How will Olympic fever ____F____ Saigon?

Can you complete these questions? Which sporting star would you like to get a glimpse of? Why? Which country(ies) at the Olympics are you going to cheer on and why? How many Olympic records has the Vietnamese Olympic swim team broken/ smashed? Why? Why not? Which city would you like HCMC to be twinned with and why? What buildings should be in the heart of an Olympic Village? Why? How will Olympic fever spread to Saigon?

London 2012 (the website) are inviting students from around the world to design posters for the London Olympic Games to attract tourists to go there for the Games. They want the posters to show some information about the Olympics. You will present your poster to another group (4 minutes)

Creating a poster and presentation!!!! Before you start – what information about the London Olympics will you write about? London Olympic Poster

When you listen to the other group’s presentation: Make notes on: Information about the Olympics, events, figures (numbers), and why the London Olympics will be good for London and the world.

What have we done today? A q_i_ about the London Olympics L_st_n_ng on the Olympics New V_c_b_l_ar_ from the Listening De_si_ning a _os_er

What have we done today? A Quiz about the London Olympics Listening on the Olympics New Vocabulary from the Listening Designing a Poster

Homework Fill in the grid Website?The best part of the website? What did you do on the website? Why you liked it? com/ /2012/world- olympic-dreams london/teens/oly mpics/easy- guide/index.jsp