ALP

Michael Phelps

Where is ...

• In groups of three prepare a role play.
• One student is a foreign visitor in their city who needs to find three places.
• The others give him or her information.
• Each group should choose a location where they are standing in their city, and then prepare their role plays.

Michael Phelps is a competitive person, he won eight gold medals in the Olympics in 2008, he always tries to be the best. He is an impulsive person, he is always trying new things. He has a laid back attitude when he is at home with his friends and family, he likes to play video games and watch TV. You can say he is organized when he is swimming, he knows exactly how many strokes he has to make in each lap.

Asking for and giving directions

ALP

Sports Projects

Option 2

You are a Team of Public Relations Representative that is promoting tourism in a particular country. Using visual aides, convince the audience that your country is worth going to. Talk about the different types of weather and the activities for tourists.

• Choose a sport, look for information about it, where is practiced, when is practiced and how is practiced.
• Choose a famous athlete for each sport, depending on the members of the group, one sport per member, one athlete per sport.
• Create a conversation between the athletes where they discuss which sport is the best or most popular, talking about the information of each sport.
• Apart from the conversation, each member has to write about the athlete's personality using the vocabulary learned.

Option 1

Give a presentation

describing the most popular

sports in your country, when they are practiced, how and where.

Sofia: Well, it's true, but who doesn't love the beach. Surfing is a sport of adrenaline and freedom. The feeling of riding the waves and being on top of the ocean is incredible. Peru has beautiful beaches everywhere, so you can practice it anytime you want. You just need to be impulsive and try it.

Paolo: Girls, I'm sorry, but you are wrong.

Kina: Oh Paolo, hi! You were listening to us.

Sofia: Do you have anything to say?

Paolo: Well, I think better than surfing and boxing is soccer. Come on, soccer is the most popular sport in Peru and the world.

Kina: Hey Sofia, how're you doing?

Sofia: Hey Kina, I'm fine. And you?

Kina: I'm good. I'm on my way to practice boxing. Do you want to come?

Sofia: Mmm... Nah, boxing is too violent and boring.

Kina: What???!!! You are crazy, boxing is awesome, better that surfing. It's a really competitive sport, people get excited when they watch us fighting in the ring. They are waiting for someone to be knocked out. You have to be careful not to be punched by the other fighter and be really organized with your movements. It is also a good way to exercise, you can even have a sandbag in your house, with surfing, you have to go to the beach.

Kina: Ok, Paolo, why do you say that?

Paolo: Soccer, you play it anywhere, even in your neighborhood's main street, you just need a ball and be creative to make the field and the goal posts. Children everywhere love to play and watch soccer, and you can play it with your friends.

Sofia: Ok, ok, why don't we go and practice each of them and decide which one is the best?

Paolo: Great, let's do that.

Kina: Good idea! Let's go.