1. THE OLYMPIC
GAMES –LONDON
2012
Welcome
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 Aguado
POLICARPA 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

2. 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

3. Before reading
Answer the following questions:
Brainstorm What I might learn
Preview What I already know about the topic?
about the topic?

4. Vocabulary check
This is a medal ( ) This is a torch ( ) This is a flame ( )
This is a game of soccer ( ) This is a game of basketball ( )

5. During the reading
1. Read the following text
2. 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.

8. Step 1: QUESTIONS Step 2: Review
Think of questions about the Write the most
text and write them below
important ideas from
Use (who-what-where-why-
the passage
how)
Step 3: ORAL ACTIVITIY Step 4. REFLECTIONS
Prepare an exposition with Listen to the video from
the topic: The Olympic “History of the Olympic
Games in London 2012” Games” and tell the rest
of the class your opinions
about it.

9. VIDEOS If you want to practice
If you want to learn more about new vocabulary and
The Olympic games , you can try
more reading
the following websites;
comprehension related to
• Olympic games through the Olympic Games:
history
http://youtu.be/ABvGkUcluUU ESLflow. com
http://www.eslflow.com
• History of the Olympic Games
http://youtu.be/ccDFpoF5tZw

10. Evaluations
Go to the webpage ESLflow.com and do the following
activities
Quiz
http://scotland.boys-
brigade.org.uk/olympicscomsenquiz.pdf
http://www.triviachamp.com/pdf/Olympics.pdf
izz
Olympic Trivia quiz
http://www.eslflow.com/Sports_vocabulary_sorting.pdf
Spot Vocabulary Sorting

11. Fairly Bad
Very well Good good
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 _____________________________

12. References
• Current Favorite English as a Second Language
Teaching Lesson Links
http://www.eslflow.com/olympicslessonplans.ht
ml
• Resources for the module. Watch at virtual
Sabana, SAM resources week 4.
• Google images
http://www.google.com.co/search?num=10&h
• Youtube