Урок "Why do we do sport?"

Theme: Why do we do sports?

Aims: to review the names of sports, the use of play, do and go when we speak about sports, to discuss negative and positive effects of sports, to promote communication and collaborative skills, to develop speaking skills.

Procedure:

I. Warming up.

What sports and games can you name?

Solve the rebus and name the sport.

(rugby)

II. Reviewing the vocabulary.

Take a card with the name of sport or game and stick it in the proper column on the blackboard. (The blackboard is divided into three columns. The teacher writes “play” on the top of the first column, “go” on the top of the second column and “do” – the third. Pupils take cards with the names of sports and games printed on them and stick them to the blackboard in the proper column.)

(The cards: tennis, football, cricket, chess, draughts, basketball, hockey, water polo; 

swimming, fencing, running, climbing, skating, cycling, sailing, rowing, skiing; judo, wrestling, athletics, karate, gymnastics, boxing.)

Speaking.

What sports do you do?

                                            I play …

                                            I go …

                                            I do …

How often do you go in for sport?

Where do you have trainings?

Do you take part in sports competitions?

Discussing the pros and cons of sports.

Working in groups.

Do sports have only positive, useful effects on people?

Divide the statements into two groups: for and against sports.  

                    For (+)                                      Against (-)

1) Sport takes a lot of time. (-)

2) Sport teaches me to win and to lose. (+)

3) Sport teaches me to be disciplined. (+)

4) Sport can cause a lot of injuries. (-)

5) I can break my leg. (-)

6) Sport teaches me to be self-confident. (+)

7) Sport takes a lot of energy. (-)

8) I can feel unhappy when I lose. (-)

9) Sport helps me keep fit. (+)

10) Sport makes me strong and healthy. (+)

11) Sport can be dangerous. (-)

12) Sport forms character. (+)

13) Sport helps make friends. (+)

14) I can spend more time with my friends. (+)

15) I spend more time outdoors. (+)

We’ll have two teams. Those pupils who think that sport has more positive effects than negative are “Sports Enthusiasts”

Those who believe that sport can be dangerous are “Careful People”

Please, join the team according to your attitude to sport. Work in teams. Use the arguments from the statements and think about your own ideas to support your point of view. It’ll be good if you can explain your arguments, give examples.

Let’s have a discussion. Team “Sport Enthusiasts”, give your argument in favour of sport. Now, team “Careful people”, it’s your turn. Give your argument that sport can be dangerous. (And so on.)

All of you are right. Sport is very useful. It makes us healthy, strong. Though we should be careful because sometimes it can be dangerous. But I am sure you like sports. You have PE lessons at school, do sports after school, take part in different sports competitions, don’t you?

Reading. Doing the test.

This is Bella. She lives in London. This is what she and her family think about sport. Choose the proper words and read the text.

     My name is Bella. My family is not __1__. My mum is a manager in the supermarket and she is very tired in the evening. “I walk the distance of more than one kilometer in the shop every day. I __2__ jogging at my work”, she usually jokes. “That’s enough for me.” My dad works in an office. He __3__ running in the park every morning at weekends. “I’m happy to spend some time outdoors”, he says.

    I was into music and wasn’t interested __4__ sports at all. But one day my dad took me to the park and we __5__ together. And do you believe it? I liked it! Though just running in the park seemed a bit boring to me. I decided to __6__ freerunning (parkour). But my mum didn’t like it. “This sport is __7__ dangerous. Don’t you want to __8__ swimming? This sport can help you keep fit and make you healthy.” I liked the idea.

    Now, I go swimming. I go to the __9__ three times a week. Maybe, in future I will take __10__ in competitions. But now this sport helps me to relax. I’ve made new friends and spend less time with my gadgets.

1.      a) sport             b) sporty            c) sports

2.      a) play              b) go                  c) do

3.      a) goes              b) does              c) plays

4.      a) at                  b) of                   c) in

5.      a) run               b) ran                  c) runs

6.      a) do                b) play                 c) go

7.      a) too               b) enough            c) many

8.      a) go                b) play                 c) do

9.      a) stadium       b) pitch                c) swimming-pool

10.    a) place           b) part                  c) a walk

(1b, 2b, 3a, 4c, 5b, 6c, 7a, 8a, 9c, 10b)

Speaking.

Tell us what sport you do and why you do sport.