lesson intended for students of english as a second language

1. SPORTS

2. Do you practice
any sport?

3. How many sports can you name in English?

4. Photocopy: SPORT
Homework: 45.2,45.4,45.5

5. FREE TIME Photocopy
-Sports vocabulary
-GAMES/SPORTS/KEEP FIT
-DO/PLAY/GO: Which verb do we use with
the different sports?
F. Example: do you DO tennis, PLAY tennis or
GO tennis?

6. PLAY
Play is used with ball sports or competitive games where we play against another person:
'How often do you play tennis?' - tennis is a ball sport.
'I play poker with my friends on Friday night.' - poker is a competitive game. We play to win.
'I don't like playing computer games.' - again, computer games are competitive so we use play.
DO
Do is used for a recreational activity or a non-team sport that does not use a ball:
'I heard that you do karate.' - karate is a non-team activity.
'I do crossword puzzles in my free time.' - crossword puzzles are not competitive.
GO
Go is used with activities that end -ing. We go somewhere to do something:
'I'm going fishing on Sunday.'
'Are you going skiing this winter?'
'She said she was going swimming.’
PRACTICE: PHOTOCOPY EXERCISE 3

7. Photocopy-Free time
Listenings- 4 and 5
Ex. 6

8. Red book: SPORT pag.30
SPORTS EQUIPMENT: Ex. 1 and 2
WORDS and PHRASES to GIVE YOUR
OPINION:
-Listening 1
--Words and Phrases to express opinion, examples
and reasons- Ex 2
- PAG 31- Ex 3 and 4

9. Photocopy- The state of the play
Introduction:
+ Do you know what sports have its origins in
the English- speaking world?
Photocopy:
Read+check
After-reading:
-Are these sports popular in our country?
--Where are they played?

10. THE COMMONWEALTH
GAMES
-Do you know what is the
COMMONWEALTH?and its games?
PHOTOCOPY
-Read about what the commonwealth and its games
are
-Pre- reading: VOCABULARY
--Reading the whole article
--Ex. 3- Answer these questions about the article

11. RED BOOK- Pag 32
-What sports are these people in the pictures
practicing? What is the equipment needed?
SPEAKING:
PAIR WORK- Ex 1:
Discuss in pairs the ADVANTAGES and
DISADVANTANGES of each sport for
MAKING NEW FRIENDS
Pag 33- WORDS IN CONTEXT

12. FREE TIME PHOTOCOPY:
Talking about hobbies
LISTENING:
-Predicting information about the most popular sports
and exercise activities for 16-24 year-olds in Britain
VERB PHRASES used to talk about SPORTS/HOBBIES
-Ex 3
LISTENING
-Complete the speaker´s column about SPORTS
SPEAKING- Pair work practice-Ask/answer questions

13. HOMEWORK: YOUTUBE video
“The Women of Superbike Racing”
Watch the video and answer the following questions
(deadline- Wednesday 10th before 12p.m):
-How did the two women start to compete in Superbikes?
-How do they do to be with other racers and not hitting each other?
-What do they like the most about their passion?
-Why does the blonde racer think she has a litte more advantage for
this sport?
--Are there different categories in Superbike?and are there different
championships?
--What category is the blonde girl in? How can you identify this
category?
--Where does the woman with the short hair race in?

14. ORAL PRESENTATIONS for FRIDAY 12th of February:
+Choose between this two options:
a)Choose an interesting SPORT (popular ones as FOOTBAL or
BASKETBALL are forbidden) and talk about it .Piece of advice: try to be
original. Don´t prepare a list of equipment and rules and just read it….
( No two students can talk about the same sport so before you start preparing
your presentation make sure there is no one else who has decided to do the same)
b)Choose a sportsman/woman and talk about him/her,emphasizing
on his/her sports career.Piece of advice: be original, don´t start
reading boring facts PLEASEEEEE