Term 3 Week 4 homework focuses on the Olympics. Students must write a short story from the perspective of an Olympic athlete describing their event or the opening ceremony using descriptive language. They also must design a new symbol for an Olympic sport, picking a sport and creating an original symbol using color in the background. The homework is due on Friday, August 10th, 2012 and centers around the London 2012 Olympic Games.

1. Term 3 Week 4
Due in: Friday 10th August 2012
Focus: The Olympics
•Task One: Short Story – Descriptive Passage
Pretend that you are an Olympic Athlete at the London 2012 Olympic
Games. Write a descriptive story of one of your events or the opening
ceremony.
Remember to use lots of adjectives, language features (metaphor,
personification etc) to describe how you feel in that situation. The
story needs be engaging and interesting to the reader.
Task Two: Design a new Symbol
Each sport at the London Olympics has it owns symbol. For example:
This the symbol for archery.
Pick an Olympic sport and come up with a new symbol
for your chosen sport.
Be creative with your use of colour in the background.