London Olympics Games

London 2012opening ceremonies

• The opening and closing ceremonies often depict aspects of the host country’s culture and heritage.

• Make a list below and find photos to show these things

The sports (pt: one)

Identify all the sports to be contested at the Games. You can find these at http://www.london2012.com/ (Official site)

http://london2012.olympics.com.au/ (Official Australian team site)http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/london-games (Australian Newspaper site)

In the box below choose five sports and next to that the name of two athletes from any two participating country that you think may win a medal.

Sport Golden opportunities

(person or teams name)

Country

The sports (pt: two)

Create a “guess” medal tally. Name the five top countries in your “guess” medal tally.

Keep your tally handy so you can compare later with the real results.

Country Gold Silver Bronze

The medal tally (the final results, these can be found in the newspapers or on various web sites)

Country Gold Silver Bronze

China

United states

Russian Federation

Gr Britain

Germany

Australia

Korea

Japan

Italy

France

Ukraine

Netherlands

Jamaica

Spain

Kenya

Belarus

Romania

Ethiopia

PhotographsPhotographers work with journalists to bring a story to life. A photograph communicates a great

deal to the audience: the excitement, fun, fear and achievement. Photographers need to be flexible, be able to take action shots on the run as well as portrait style shots.

Imagine you are a sports photographer for your favourite sport. List 7 shots that you would attempt to take - describe each one

My Favourite Sport is

My first shot is

My second shot is

My third shot is

My fourth shot is

My fifth shot is

My sixth shot is

My seventh shot is

PhotographsEXTENSION - find a real one online – place it below & describe it.

Words (pt.1): HeadlinesHeadlines are designed to attract the reader and tell them what’s in the story.

They should be catchy and straight to the point.

Headlines usually fall into the following categories – match the type with its meaning (you may need to use your dictionary):

Select a headline from a newspaper, write it below and describe how it captures the story (use at least one of the terms from the list above).

humorous Where it makes you feel very emotional

sentimental Where it makes it sound AMAZING!

sensational Where it makes you laugh

sober and factual Where it uses interesting language to compare something to something else

metaphorical Where it just states the facts without suggesting how you should feel

Analysing the coverage (part one)

News stories provide the basic information on what happened, who it happened to, when it happened and why it happened.

There are different types of coverage in the media.

These include:

• Results – provides the scores and placing from the event.

• Colour story – focuses on the people in the event.

• Photograph and caption.

• Preview – highlights what will happen in an event.

• Comment – provides an opinion on an event or issue.

Survey 1: Date:

Look at a newspaper and find what is the major sports story of the day? (the amount of space and headline will indicate the story’s importance).

Place your headline here

Suggest reasons why this is the major story?

Place your reasons here

What other sports receive coverage?

Sports Type of coverage

Swimming Photo and caption, colour story, results, preveiw

HockeyPhoto and caption, colour story, results

Weightlifting Photo and caption, results, colour story

FencingPhoto and caption, results

DivingPhoto and caption, results

Classifying sportsThere are many ways to classify sports. One sport can be part of many different categories.

Use this comparison matrix to show how one sport can be in several categories.

Sport Combat Team Target Court Racket Mechanical Horse Wheeled Water Jumping Ball Athletics

Words (pt.2): The reportsRead the daily reports of events then make a collection of words, phrases and sentences used by

reporters to bring colour or imagery into their reports.

List some of the emotions being described in their reports.

Words, phrases and sentences:

Emotions:

Survey 2: Date:

Look at a newspaper and find what is the major sports story of the day? (the amount of space and headline will indicate the story’s importance).

Place your headline here

Suggest reasons why this is the major story?

Place your reasons here

What other sports receive coverage?

Sports Type of coverage

Email (pt: one)

Quick and easy, sending emails is a way of keeping in touch – particularly if you have a lot of people to write to and not a lot of time:

• Imagine you are an athlete and write an email to your family from the games in London.

• Address it to someone at home and tell them about some Games news.

• Show you have researched your subject by the contents of your email.

Place your email here

Email (pt: two)

Quick and easy, sending emails is a way of keeping in touch – particularly if you have a lot of people to write to and not a lot of time:

• Imagine you are attending the Games in London as a spectator.

• Address it to someone at home, interstate or overseas telling them about your Games experience.

• Show you have researched your subject by the contents of your email.

Place your email here

London 2012closing ceremonies

• The opening and closing ceremonies often depict aspects of the host country’s culture and heritage.

• Make a list below and find photos to show these things

Future GamesChoose a city to host the 2020 Olympic Games. Justify your choice and give 5 reasons.

At each Games the host city chooses a character or animal to be the mascot or symbol. Create & justify some symbols or a character to go with your host city’s bid.

(Use Inspiration to create mind maps for your design)

The City :

The Reasons:

1. It could have more events because there is snow and lots of ice.

2. Even if it is cold it is still a beautiful place. 3. Even it is snow it is really easy to have our normal events.

4. It would be more interesting because there is snow and the

events would be more interesting.

My reasons for my design -

Place your drawing of your symbol or your image here

Try some of these Games Activities based on

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES & BLOOM’S TAXONOMY

Seven ways to be

smart

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Six Thinking Levels

Knowing understanding Applying analysing Creating Evaluating

I enjoy reading, writing & speaking

List all the cities that have hosted a

modern Olympic Games.

OR

List the 28 sports that will be played at the Athens Olympics.

Create a story map of a favourite Greek myth or legend.

Design a ticket for entry into an Olympic sport of your choice for the 2004 Games.

Write a biography for a current Australian

Olympic athlete.

Design a book of Olympic world

records. Ask your teacher for the Performa OR

Create a Y chart for the 2004 Opening

Ceremony.

Make a poster outlining five

important rules for good sportsmanship. Make sure your rules relate to a particular

sport.

I enjoy working with numbers and

science

Draw a timeline to show the modern Olympic Games from 1986 to the present.

Categorise the host cities into their corresponding continents.ORCategorise the 28 sports into various categories.

Draw a Venn diagram to compare two Olympic sports.

Graph the medal tallyfor the Australian,Greek and a team ofyour choice for theAthens Games. ORCarry out a PMI foran Olympic sport.

Class activity Using pattern blocks,create a pictogramdepicting an Olympicsport.

Rank ten favourite Olympic sports in order of preference.

I enjoy painting,

drawing and visualising

Collect Olympic photos from

newspapers and magazines.

Make an Olympic collage using photos from the newspaper.

Make a diorama to

illustrate a Greek

myth or legend. OR

Make a diorama of an

Olympic sport.

Class activityMake a jigsaw puzzle

of a favourite Olympic

photo from a

newspaper or

magazine.

Create a mobile of Olympic symbols.

Evaluate the mobiles of Olympic symbols

according to balance, colour and appeal.

I enjoy doing hands-on activities

Introduce yourself as an Olympic athlete. Tell about your sport

including your achievements.

Class activity Play celebrity heads for Olympians past and present.

Design and make, on a cardboard cutout, a

team uniform for athletes to wear to

the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic

Games.

Create a flow chart explaining how the Olympic flame is lit on Mount Olympus

and its journey to the host city.

Design and make a torch for the Beijing Olympic Games.

Evaluate the team uniforms in terms of

comfort, visual appeal and how well

it represents the team.

I enjoy making and listening to

music

Listen to the music from the 2004

Opening Ceremony.

Name and draw three instruments

used in aparticular piece of

Olympic music. Name the music

chosen.

Create suitable dance movements for one minute of Olympic music.

Advertise the Parramatta Olympic Games by writing and performing a short jingle.

Create and write a simple rhythm for a percussion instrument to accompany 1 minute of music from the Opening Ceremony.

Write a response for the 2006

Opening Ceremony.

Comment on colour, movement, music and cultural

significance. 

I enjoy working with

others

Make a FACTS chart

for an Olympic

athlete OR an

Olympic sport.

Find out at least ten

facts.

Write five open ended (clever) questions for an Olympic athlete.

Class activityWork with a partner

or group, and create

a mime depicting an

Olympic sport. Have

the class guess your

sport.

Class activity Interview a partner in a hot seat activity. Use your five open ended questions.

Class activity With your group, create an Olympic cauldron for the Parramatta Olympics. Draw a labeled diagram.

Class activityJudge the cauldrons in terms of availability and appropriateness of materials, colour, significance to PPS.

I enjoy working by

myself

Draw a picture of you playing your favourite

sport.

What is your favourite sport? Write about it

and explain the reasons why you like

it.

Explain how you felt when your favourite athlete won their event.

Investigate an after school / weekend sport that you could participate in. List sport, team, cost, uniform, venue, time, coach and any other interesting information.

Create a scrapbook of ‘Olympic highlights’.

Evaluate the performance of an

Australian athlete at the 2008 Games.