Spanish Olympics Topic Pack

Ages: 7 11yrs Games, Activities and Resources to Teach Spanish Priscilla Hannaford

Spanish Olympics Topic Pack Games, Activities and Resources to Teach Spanish Priscilla Hannaford

We hope you and your pupils enjoy these games and activities. Brilliant Publications publishes many other books for teaching Spanish and other modern foreign languages. To find out more details on any of the titles listed below, please log onto our website: www.brilliantpublications.co.uk. 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom 978-1-903853-98-6 More Fun Ideas for Advancing Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom 978-1-905780-72-3 Buena Idea 978-1-905780-63-1 Es Español! 978-1-903853-64-1 Juguemos Todos Juntos 978-1-903853-95-5 Lotto en Español 978-1-905780-47-1 Spanish Speaking Activities 978-1-905780-68-6 Spanish Festivals and Traditions 978-1-905780-53-2 Spanish Pen Pals Made Easy 978-1-905780-42-6 Vamos a Cantar! 978-1-905780-13-6 Free Powerpoint to go with the We have produced a free Powerpoint to accompany this book, to make it easier for you to introduce the Olympic sports to your class. To obtain your copy, go to www.brilliantpublications.co.uk/book/spanish-olympics-topicpack-384 and click on the link. Enter your name, email address and the language you require and we will email the Powerpoint to you. Published by Brilliant Publications Unit 10 Sparrow Hall Farm Edlesborough Dunstable Bedfordshire LU6 2ES, UK E-mail: customer-services@brilliantpublications.co.uk Website: www.brilliantpublications.co.uk Tel: 01525 222292 The name Brilliant Publications and the logo are registered trademarks. Written by Priscilla Hannaford Thank you to Belén de Vicente Fisher for her help with translation and proofreading. Illustrated by Pat Murray Designed by Brilliant Publications Brilliant Publications 2012 printed book: ISBN 978-0-85747-641-8 e-book: ISBN 978-0-85747-644-9 First printed and published in the UK in 2012 The right of Priscilla Hannaford to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by herself in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Pages 7 49 may be photocopied by individual teachers acting on behalf of the purchasing institution for classroom use only, without permission from the publisher and without declaration to the Publishers Licensing Society. The materials may not be reproduced in any other form or for any other purpose without the prior permission of the publisher.

Contents Introduction...4 6 Spain at the Olympics...7 Spain at the Paralympics...7 Famous Spanish athletes...8 Word list...9 Flashcards...10 14 Sentence building ideas...14 Picture flashcards...15 19 More sentence building ideas...19 Colour the picture... 20 21 Match the words...22 23 Design your own logos!...24 25 Spelling check...26 27 Listen and write...28 29 Word search... 30 Solve the code!...31 Unscramble the words... 32 Crossword puzzles...33 34 Lotto cards words and pictures...35-37 pictures only...38-40 words only... 41-43 Board game... 44 Other teaching ideas...45 46 Answers...47 49

Introduction We hope you will enjoy these simple games and activities and that they will not only get your class geared up for the Olympics, but that they ll also learn some Spanish as well. The Olympic sports We have chosen the 26 major Olympic sports as the vocabulary for this topic. Many of these sports are subdivided into several events: Athletics is the largest Olympic sport with 47 different medal events. There are five aquatic sports: swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, water polo and open water swimming. There are three equestrian disciplines: jumping, dressage and eventing. Gymnastics is actually three events: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline. There are four cycling events: BMX, mountain bike, road and track. The modern pentathlon is a two-day competition. It consists of five events: fencing, show jumping, swimming, pistol shooting and a 3 km cross-country run. The modern pentathlon was invented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. The event was first held at the 1912 Olympic Games. The triathlon is also a multi-disciplinary event. It consists of a 1500 m swim, a 43 km cycle race and a 10 km run. The events are held one after the other, with no breaks in between events. In fact, the speed of changing from one event to the next can be crucial. The triathlon has been an Olympic sport since only 2000. Activities in this book Spain at the Olympics/Spain at the Paralympics page 7 Use the information on these sheets to help pupils improve their cultural understanding of Spain. Ask questions such as: Spain hosted the Summer Olympics in 1992. Can pupils find Barcelona on a map of Spain? Only two of Spain s medals have been won at the Winter Olympics. Why do you think that is? (Great Britain has won 22 medals at the Winter Olympics.) Spanish athletes have won the most medals for sailing followed by cycling. Pupils could research which sports top the medal table for the UK (in terms of number of overall medals the top five sports are: athletics - 199, swimming - 65, cycling - 63, rowing - 54, sailing - 49). Why are some sports more popular in some countries than in others? For the London Olympics the tennis player, Rafael Nadal, is going to be carrying the Spanish flag in the opening ceremony. Who do pupils think should carry the flag for Great Britain? 4 Brilliant Publications

See also information on the Olympic flag on page 46. Famous Spanish atheletes page 8 Pupils could look at the sports the athletes represent. Are there any that they find surprising? Pupils could research to find out more about these athletes and their sports. Flashcards and Picture flashcards pages 10 19 Cut these up into flashcards and use them to play Pairs, Concentration and other games to practise the vocabulary. Many other ideas for using flashcards can be found in 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom. Sentence building activities/more sentence building activities pages 14 and 19 These sentence ideas are just a starting point, and it is hoped that you will build on them, depending on what vocabulary and sentence structures your children already know. See also Other teaching ideas on pages 45 46. Colour the picture pages 20-21 Use these sheets to introduce the vocabulary, or as useful reference sheets. Children can colour in the pictures and practise saying the words. The sheets could be cut into flashcards, showing the picture with the word underneath. Match the word pages 22 23 Reinforce vocabulary by asking pupils to match the pictures to the Spanish words. Design your own logos! pages 24 25 For each Olympic Games a new set of logos for each sport is designed. The logos for the London 2012 games and for past games are easily found by searching images on the Internet. You could display some examples on the Interactive White Board prior to the task, to give pupils some ideas. They should be diagrammatic, easily recognizable pictures rather than detailed drawings. Pupils could complete this task in groups, with each child designing just some of the logos. Spelling check pages 26 27 These sheets use a read, cover, write, check method of spelling, as children will probably be familiar with this method from their literacy work. This method encourages pupils to study each word as a whole, rather than copy it out letter by letter. Pupils could also practise writing the words in the air or on a friend s back (for the friend to guess). Listen to the words pages 28 29 Read the following lists of words to the children, saying the number in Spanish as well as the word, eg Número uno el tenis. The children write the number in the appropriate box and write the word on the line. Alternatively, if you don t feel pupils are ready to write the words, you could ask them to just write the number. Brilliant Publications 5

Page 28 Page 29 1. tenis 1. halterofilia 2. vóleibol 2. piragüismo 3. fútbol 3. triatlón 4. deportes acuáticos 4. remo 5. judo 5. gimnasia 6. esgrima 6. taekwondo 7. atletismo 7. boxeo 8. equitación 8. pentatlón moderno 9. bádminton 9. vela 10. ciclismo 10. tenis de mesa 11. balonmano 11. tiro deportivo 12. hockey 12. lucha 13. tiro con arco 14. baloncesto Word search page 30 Reinforce the spelling of the vocabulary by getting them to find the words in the word search. Words can go horizontally, vertically or diagonally. None of the words have been written backwards. Solve the code! page 31 Pupils use the chart at the top of the page to solve the code and find each of the 26 sports. Note: pupils will need to add accents to the letters as appropriate. Unscramble the words! page 32 Pupils will practise spelling the words by unscrambling the letters to find the Spanish sports. Crossword puzzles pages 33 34 Pupils will demonstrate their ability to identify and correctly spell the new vocabulary by printing the correct Spanish word for each of the corresponding images. Lotto cards pages 35 43 There are three types of card: words and pictures, pictures only and words only. For convenience, the words appear in the same place on all three sets of boards so that you can use them with mixed ability classes. When the children win, they could shout out Lotto! Board game page 44 This is a game for two players. Each pair will need a die and two small counters. Pupils take turns to roll the die. They count the number of spaces and say the word for the sport shown. If they are unable to say the word they must go back to where they were. They must have the exact number to land at the end in order to win the game. Other teaching ideas page 45-46 Link your Olympics topic to other vocabulary your pupils have already learned. Suggestions are given for using vocabulary for days of the week, times of day, numbers, transport, weather and colours. 6 Brilliant Publications

Spain at the Olympics Spain first participated in the 1900 Olympics. Since 1920 Spain has participated in most Summer Olympics and most Winter Olympics since 1936. Spain has boycotted two Olympics. They boycotted the Summer Olympics in 1936 which were held in Nazi Germany. They also boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics, in protest of the Soviet Union s invasion of Hungary. Barcelona The 1992 Summer Olympics were held in Spain in the city of Barcelona. This is the first and only time the Olympics have been held in Spain. Spain has won a total of 115 Olympic medals. Only 2 of these were won at the Winter Olympics (both for alpine skiing). All the rest were won at the Summer Olympics. Of the 113 Summer Olympic medals, 34 were gold, 49 were silver and the rest were bronze. The top five most successful sports for Spain, in terms of number of medals won are as follows: Sailing (vela) 17 Cycling (ciclismo) 14 Athletics (atletismo) 11 Tennis (tenis) 11 Canoeing (piragüismo) 9 For the London 2012 Olympics, the tennis player Rafael Nadal is going to be the Spanish flag bearer. He will march in front of the rest of the team during the Opening Ceremony, carrying the Spanish flag. Spain at the Paralympics Athletes from Spain have competed at the Paralympic Games since the 1968 Summer games. Spain hosted the 1992 Summer Paralympics. Spanish athletes have won a total of 588 medals at the Paralympics, including 191 gold medals. Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 7

Famous Spanish Athletes José Manuel Abascal won the bronze medal for the 1500 metres race at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In 1986 he set a personal record of 3:31.13 min. Abel Antón Rodrigo is a Spanish long-distance runner. He won gold medals in the marathon at the 1997 and the 1999 Athletics World Championships. In 1998 Antón became the first Spanish runner to win the London Marathon. Fermín Cacho Ruiz won the 1500 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics, when the Games were held in Barcelona, Spain. Rafael Nadal is the best Spanish tennis player at the moment. In 2005 he won the French Open and reached second place in the ATP ranking. Nadal repeated this feat in 2006 and 2007 and has never lost a single match at the French Open. Iker Casillas is the current goalkeeper of the Real Madrid football team and captain of the Spanish national team. He was a member of the Spanish team when they reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Japan and South Korea in 2002 and in Germany in 2006. He captained the Spanish team when they won in South Africa in 2010. Pau Gasol is considered one of the best European basketball players of our time. He took part in the 2006 World Championship, where Spain won the title. Miguel Indurain is one of the most successful cyclists of all time, having won five consecutive Tours de France. He won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta for the individual time trial. Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario was the first ever Spanish tennis player to be ranked number 1 in the world. She achieved this feat in 1995. Theresa Zabell Lucas is a Spanish sailor who won gold medals both in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She was born in England. Rafael Trujillo is a Spanish sailor and Olympic medallist who competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. His best Olympic result is a silver medal in the Finn class in Athens in 2004. Diego de Paz is a wheelchair basketball player. He is captain of the Spanish national team and also captain of the ONCE team. David Casinos is a Paralympian athlete. He competes in the shot put and discus events. He has won three Paralympic gold medals for shot putting in 2000, 2004 and 2008. His best result for discus was fourth place in 2000. Brilliant Publications 8 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Word list los deportes olímipicos el atletismo masc. athletics el bádminton masc. badminton el baloncesto masc. basketball el balonmano masc. handball el boxeo masc. boxing el ciclismo macs. cycling los deportes acuáticos masc. pl. water sports la equitación fem. horse riding la esgrima fem. fencing el fútbol masc. football la gimnasia fem. gymnastics la halterofilia fem. weightlifting el hockey masc. hockey el judo masc. judo la lucha fem. wrestling el pentatlón moderno masc. modern pentathlon el piragüismo masc. canoeing el remo masc. rowing el taekwondo masc. taekwondo el tenis masc. tennis el tenis de mesa masc. table tennis el tiro con arco masc. archery el tiro deportivo masc. shooting el triatlón masc. triathlon la vela fem. sailing el vóleibol masc. volleyball Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 9

Flashcards el atletismo athletics el bádminton badminton el baloncesto basketball el balonmano handball el boxeo boxing el ciclismo cycling Brilliant Publications 10 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Flashcards los deportes acuáticos water sports la equitación horse riding la esgrima fencing el fútbol football la gimnasia gymnastics la halterofilia weightlifting Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 11

Flashcards el hockey hockey el judo judo la lucha wrestling el pentatlón moderno el piragüismo modern pentathlon canoeing el remo rowing Brilliant Publications 12 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Flashcards el taekwondo taekwondo el tenis tennis el tenis de mesa el tiro con arco el tiro deportivo el triatlón table tennis archery shooting triathlon Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 13

Flashcards la vela sailing el vóleibol volleyball Sentence building ideas Which sports do you like? Do you like? Te gusta el/la? / Te gustan los/las? Yes, I like. Sí, me gusta el/la. / Sí, me gustan los/las. No, I don t like. No, no me gusta el/la. / No, no me gustan los/las. Favourite sports What is your favourite sport? What are your favourite sports? Cuál es tu deporte preferido? Cuáles son tus deportes preferidos? My favourite sport is Mi deporte preferido es el/la. My favourite sports are and. Mis deportes preferidos son el/la y el/la. Add a stronger opinion I love. I detest. Add a reason because it is fun. it is energetic. it is fast. it is slow. it is a team game. it s great. it s brilliant. it s boring. Me encanta el/la / Adoro el/la Detesto el/la porque es divertido. es energético. es rápido. es lento. es un juego en equipo. es genial. es increíble. es aburrido. Brilliant Publications 14 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Picture flashcards el atletismo el bádminton el baloncesto el balonmano el boxeo el ciclismo Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 15

Picture flashcards los deportes acuáticos la equitación la esgrima el fútbol la gimnasia la halterofilia Brilliant Publications 16 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Picture flashcards el hockey el judo la lucha el pentatlón moderno el piragüismo el remo Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 17

Picture flashcards el taekwondo el tenis el tenis de mesa el tiro con arco el tiro deportivo el triatlón Brilliant Publications 18 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Picture flashcards la vela el vóleibol More sentence building ideas Are you excited about the Olympics? Yes, I am excited about the Olympics. No, I am not excited about the Olympics. Do you like to watch sports on television? Yes, I like to watch sports on television. No, I don t like to watch sports on television. Estas emocionado/da por las Olimpiadas? Sí, estoy emocionado/da por las Olimpiadas. No, no estoy emocionado/da por las Olimpiadas. Te gusta ver los deportes por televisión? Sí, me gusta ver los deportes por televisión. No, no me gusta ver los deportes por televisión. Which sports do you like to watch? Cuáles deportes te gustan ver? I like to watch and. Me gusta ver el/la y el/la. I don t like to watch and. No me gusta ver el/la y el/la. Which sports do you like to play? Cuáles deportes te gusta practicar? I like to play and. Me gusta jugar al y al. I don t like to play and. No me gusta jugar al y al. Note You use Me gusta jugar/no me gusta jugar with: al bádminton, al baloncesto, al balonmano, al fútbol, al hockey, al tenis, al tenis de mesa and al vóleibol. You use Me gusta hacer/no me gusta hacer with: atletismo, boxeo, ciclismo, deportes acuáticos, equitación, esgrima, gimnasia, halterofilia, judo, lucha, pentatlón moderno, piragüismo, remo, taekwondo, tiro con arco, tiro deportivo, triatlón and vela. For example, you would say Me gusta jugar al fútbol, pero no me gusta hacer gimnasia. Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 19

Colour the pictures Competitors will be competing in 26 sports at the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. How many of the sports do you know? Say the Spanish words for these sports and colour the pictures to help you remember them. el atletismo el tenis el bádminton la equitación el ciclismo el tenis de mesa el fútbol el taekwondo la gimnasia el judo el hockey el baloncesto Brilliant Publications 20 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Colour the pictures Say the words and colour the pictures to help you remember them. el boxeo el triatlón el pentatlón moderno la halterofilia el vóleibol el tiro deportivo la lucha los deportes acuáticos el remo el piragüismo la vela el balonmano el tiro con arco la esgrima Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 21

Match the words Draw lines to match the Spanish words to the correct pictures. el atletismo el vóleibol el baloncesto el triatlón el ciclismo el tiro con arco la equitación el tenis el fútbol el remo la halterofilia el pentatlón moderno el judo Brilliant Publications 22 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Match the words Draw lines to match the Spanish words to the correct pictures. el bádminton la vela el balonmano el tiro deportivo el boxeo el tenis de mesa los deportes acuáticos el taekwondo la esgrima el piragüismo la gimnasia el hockey la lucha Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 23

Design your own logos! For each Olympics, the organizers need special logos for each sport. They use the logos on all the signposts and programmes and publicity. Now it s your turn! You need to design logos for each of the sports. You can only use one colour. The logos need to be immediately recognizable and easily seen from far away. el fútbol la equitación el judo el baloncesto el tenis de mesa el tiro con arco la vela la gimnasia el atletismo la halterofilia el bádminton el ciclismo Brilliant Publications 24 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Design your own logos! Remember: the logos need to be immediately recognizable and easily seen from far away. el boxeo los deportes acuáticos el taekwondo el remo el piragüismo el tenis el triatlón el hockey el vóleibol la lucha el pentatlón moderno el tiro deportivo el balonmano la esgrima Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 25

Spelling check Look Cover Write Check el fútbol el vóleibol el baloncesto el balonmano el tenis el tenis de mesa el tiro con arco el tiro deportivo el bádminton el boxeo la gimnasia el judo los deportes acuáticos Brilliant Publications 26 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Spelling check Look Cover Write Check el hockey el taekwondo el ciclismo la esgrima el pentatlón moderno el piragüismo el remo la vela la halterofilia la lucha el triatlón el atletismo la equitación Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 27

Listen and write Listen as your teacher reads the list of sports illustrated on this page. Write the correct number in the box and write the name of the sport in Spanish on the line. Brilliant Publications 28 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Listen and write Listen and write the correct number in the box and write the name of the sport in Spanish on the line. Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 29

Word search t b a t l e t i s m o x m b o p t i r e s g r i m a a j m n o e e i r o c f ú t b o l g r u l x q n r o c i p t f r l u c h a d e u t o c a c i e m q t v e l a l o i a d o s l r n l g i m n a s i a t t e n c i a i b a l o n m a n o a l p a r s g s t v ó l e i b o l c ó o r m m ü d e p i r a x m o n i n r c n o i e n t r i a t l ó n ó m t o p m s m i b á d m i n t o n o i b l t m e s t a e k w o n d o d v a i s o s b a l o n c e s t o e o i n h o a h o c k e y r e m o r o r s h a l t e r o f i l i a g n y d e p o r t e s a c u á t i c o s Find these words in the word search. Words can do down, across or diagonally. atletismo gimnasia tenis de mesa bádminton halterofilia tiro con arco baloncesto hockey tiro deportivo balonmano judo triatlón boxeo lucha vela ciclismo pentatlón moderno vóleibol deportes acuáticos piragüismo equitación remo esgrima taekwondo fútbol tenis Brilliant Publications 30 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Solve the code a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Use the code to work out these sports. 1. 14. 2. 15. 3. 16. 4. 17. 5. 18. 6. 19. 7. 20. 8. 21. 9. 22. 10. 23. 11. 24. 12. 25. 13. 26. Note: you will need to add accents, where they are missing. Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 31

Unscramble the words Unscramble these words to find the Olympic sports. 1. otalcsnebo 14. lbotúf 2. gimesar 15. ockehy 3. lmooannba 16. peoersdt octcusaái 4. nóptateln odrnome 17. etsin ed amse 5. siten 18. veal 6. titlóran 19. more 7. oletmstai 20. irgsimpaüo 8. msiclico 21. imasigna 9. htofeailalri 22. odju 10. hacul 23. eutaióqicn 11. dakwteoon 24. riot dptioervo 12. trio onc raco 25. vlibóeol 13. dinámobnt 26. xeobo Brilliant Publications 32 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Crossword puzzle, 1 1 down 2 across 4 down 1 4 2 3 5 6 down 5 down 2 down 6 7 7 across 8 10 9 3 down 8 across 11 11 across 12 10 across 12 across 9 across Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 33

Crossword puzzle, 2 1 down 4 across 1 1 across 2 3 down 5 down 3 4 5 6 7 down 7 8 9 10 8 across 2 down 9 across 11 6 down 11 across 6 across 10 down Brilliant Publications 34 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Lotto words and pictures el triatlón el remo el bádminton la esgrima la gimnasia el pentatlón moderno Board 1 el piragüismo el balonmano la vela el ciclismo los deportes acuáticos el vóleibol Board 2 Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 35

Lotto words and pictures el tenis el remo el bádminton Board 3 la esgrima el tenis de mesa el ciclismo el triatlón el atletismo la vela el boxeo el tiro con arco el hockey Board 4 Brilliant Publications 36 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Lotto words and pictures el judo el atletismo el baloncesto Board 5 la halterofilia el hockey el taekwondo la halterofilia el tiro deportivo la lucha el judo el fútbol el equitación Board 6 Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 37

Lotto pictures only Board 1 Board 2 Brilliant Publications 38 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Lotto pictures only Board 3 Board 4 Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 39

Lotto pictures only Board 5 Board 6 Brilliant Publications 40 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Lotto words only el triatlón el remo el bádminton la esgrima la gimnasia el pentatlón moderno Board 1 el piragüismo el balonmano la vela el ciclismo los deportes acuáticos el vóleibol Board 2 Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 41

Lotto words only el tenis el remo el bádminton la esgrima el tenis de mesa el ciclismo Board 3 el triatlón el atletismo la vela el boxeo el tiro con arco el hockey Board 4 Brilliant Publications 42 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Lotto words only el judo el atletismo el baloncesto la halterofilia el hockey el taekwondo Board 5 la halterofilia el tiro deportivo la lucha el judo el fútbol la equitación Board 6 Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 43

Board game Throw a die and count the number of squares. Say the name of the sport in Spanish. If you get it right you can stay there. If not, go back to where you were. The winner is the first person to reach el fin. el principio el fin Brilliant Publications 44 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

Other teaching ideas Days of the week Use an Olympic timetable to practise the days of the week: On Monday there is football and volleyball. On Tuesday there is El lunes hay fútbol y vóleibol. El martes hay Pupils could decide what they would like to watch: On Monday I would like to watch the basketball. El lunes, me gustaría ver el baloncesto. Or, you could use the present tense: On Monday I m watching the gymnastics. El lunes, veo la gimnasia. Times of the day If the timetable has the times of the day for different events, you could practise saying the time: At 9.30 there are water sports. A las 9:30 (nueve y media) hay deportes acuáticos. Or: At 15.00 I want to watch the taekwondo. A las 15:00 (tres) me gustaría ver (el) taekwondo. Numbers The Olympics provides lots of opportunities for practising numbers. How many medals in total did Spain win En total, cuántas medallas ganó España en at the 2008 Olympics? las Olimpiadas del 2008? How many bronze medals? A bronze medal A silver medal A gold medal How many countries are competing in the London Olympics? There are 5 races and there are 8 runners in each race. How many runners are there in total? Cuántas medallas de bronce? una medalla de bronce una medalla de plata una medalla de oro Cuántos países están compitiendo en las Olimpiadas de Londres? Hay 5 carreras y 8 corredores en cada carrera. Cuántos corredores hay en total? Brilliant Publications This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. 45

Travel Pupils could say how they would travel to the Olympics. I go to the Olympics by train by car by underground by taxi on foot by bike Yo voy a las Olimpiadas en tren en coche en metro en taxi a pie en bicicleta Weather Pupils could pretend to be a weather forecaster, talking about the weather for the Olympics. On Monday, for the horse riding, it will be fine and sunny. On Tuesday, for the sailing, the sky will be overcast. On Wednesday, for the shooting and the archery it will be raining. El lunes, para los deportes ecuestres, estará bien y soleado. El martes, para la vela, estará nublado. El miércoles, para el tiro y tiro con arco estará lloviendo. Colours You could look at the colours of the flags of the competing countries and say what colours are in each. The Spanish flag is red and yellow. The French flag is blue, white and red. The German flag is black, red and yellow. La bandera española es roja y amarilla. La bandera francesa es azul, blanca y roja. La bandera alemana es negra, roja y amarilla. The Olympic flag The flag for the Olympic Games has five interlocking rings. The rings are coloured blue, yellow, black, green and red on a white background. It was designed in 1912 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic games. According to de Coubertin, the five ring colours with the white background stand for all the colours used in all the national flags of the world at that time. There are five rings to represent the five continents. The flag for the Olympic Games has five rings. A ring The rings are blue, yellow, black, green and red. It has a white background. La bandera de los Juegos Olímpicos tiene cinco anillos. Un anillo Los anillos son de azul, amarillo, negro, verde y rojo. Tiene un fondo blanco. Brilliant Publications 46 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

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Page 30 Word search t b a t l e t i s m o x m b o p t i r e s g r i m a a j m n o e e i r o c f ú t b o l g r u l x q n r o c i p t f r l u c h a d e u t o c a c i e m q t v e l a l o i a d o s l r n l g i m n a s i a t t e n c i a i b a l o n m a n o a l p a r s g s t v ó l e i b o l c ó o r m m ü d e p i r a x m o n i n r c n o i e n t r i a t l ó n ó m t o p m s m i b á d m i n t o n o i b l t m e s t a e k w o n d o d v a i s o s b a l o n c e s t o e o i n h o a h o c k e y r e m o r o r s h a l t e r o f i l i a g n y d e p o r t e s a c u á t i c o s Find these words in the word search. Words can do down, across or diagonally. atletismo gimnasia tenis de mesa bádminton haltero lia tiro con arco baloncesto hockey tiro deportivo balonmano judo triatlón boxeo lucha vela ciclismo pentatlón moderno vóleibol deportes acuáticos piragüismo equitación remo esgrima taekwondo fútbol tenis Brilliant Publications 30 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. Page 31 1. boxeo 2. fútbol 3. piragüismo 4. tenis de mesa 5. vóleibol 6. balonmano 7. bádminton 8. pentatlón moderno 9. tiro con arco 10. ciclismo 11. halterofilia 12. hockey 13. tiro deportivo 14. equicación 15. lucha 16. remo 17. vela 18. tenis 19. baloncesto 20. judo 21. taekwondo 22. atletismo 23. esgrima 24. triatlón 25. deportes acuáticos 26. gimnasia Page 32 1. baloncesto 2. esgrima 3. balonmano 4. pentatlón moderno 5. tenis 6. triatlón 7. atletismo 8. ciclismo 9. halterofilia 10. lucha 11. taekwondo 12. tiro con arco 13. bádminton 14. fútbol 15. hockey 16. deportes acuáticos 17. tenis de mesa 18. vela 19. remo 20. piragüismo 21. gimnasia 22. judo 23. equitación 24. tiro deportivo 25. vóleibol 26. boxeo Brilliant Publications 48 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only.

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Priscilla Hannaford The enthusiasm and excitement surrounding the Olympics makes it an ideal topic for teaching Spanish. Not only will pupils learn the Spanish words for sports, we also give you ideas to reinforce vocabulary and sentence structures for a range of topics, from colours and weather to numbers and travel. In addition, using the information on Spain at the Olympics included in the resource will help to cover the Intercultural Strand of the Framework for Modern Languages. The contains photocopiable activities and games which include: flashcards picture flashcards word searches, crossword puzzles and other word games listening activities bingo and other games sentence building activities background information on Spain at the Olympics Other books for teaching Spanish available: Es Español! Vamos a Cantar! Spanish Festivals and Traditions Lotto en Español Juguemos Todos Juntos Buena Idea Spanish Speaking Activities Why not TRY before you BUY? Download SAMPLE PAGES from our website: www.brilliantpublications.co.uk ebook ISBN: 978-0-85747-644-9