Olympic Games (lesson 2)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 2

Olympic Games

What do you remember about the Olympics?

...don't say: sports

Now we move on
about sports

assignment:

(talk in your group)

In which sports do you

use these signs?

...and what are you using them for?

In which sports are these signs being used?
And what are you using them for? 

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In which sports are these signs being used?
And what are you using them for? 

time out          cheering             start             watch out

In what kind of situations do you use signs instead of talking?

In what kind of situations do you use signs instead of talking?

when you can't hear each other!

People who can't hear have a disabillity. They are disabled.

What is the name for the Olympic Games for disabled people?

The word 'paralympics' comes from 'paralysed' (=verlamd) + 'olympics.

...Olympic Games for 

people who can't walk...

Paralympic Games

Since 1948:   'International Wheelchair Games'

Since 1960:   officially connected to 
                        Olympic Games

..originally for victims from WOII

First 'Olympic Games' in Rome

  Have you 

  already met 

  this guy?

...

What is the nick name of 

this athlete (Oscar Pistorius)?

1. The Bullit man
2. Speedy Conzalez
3. The Blade Runner
4. Oscar the Tornado

what do you think of the prestige of 'the Blade Runner'?

...is it a larger prestige than the one from a 'normal' athlete'?

assigment

(read and talk in pairs)

James' story

assigment

(read and talk in pairs)

...what do you think might 

have happened?

discuss it with your neighbour

assigment

(read and talk in pairs)

James' story

read the full story and try to 

answer the questions:

you'll need the worksheet