Introduction
We all know how important sports are, but can you say why? Try it with this activity!
So now you are a researcher and journalist trying to highlight in the newspaper the importance that sports have in our society. You are actually pretty shocked about the rate of child obesity and you want to make everyone aware of this problem. You will have to do your best to have your article pusblished. Good luck!
Task
You will have to write an article of about 300 words (approx.) about the importance of sports in our society. If you lack of creativity, find below a few tips or suggestions for your writing:
- Rates of child obesity.
- The great amount of fast food restaurants.
- PE in school (more hours?)
- Physical inactivity.
- Long working-shifts.
Now, let's write!
Process
Collect information and summarize your ideas in an article exposing the importance of sports in our society and our current lifestyle.
Write individually a Word document of about 300 words. During the last session, you will to read it out loud and the Lead Editor from the newspaper will decide which ones will be published. Therefore, you should also practice your reading skills.
SESSION 1
Before starting your article, why don't you try to answer some of this questions? This might help you think about the issue.
- Do you practice any sports? If yes, how often?
- How often do you think we should practice sports?
- Do you follow a healthy lifestyle?
- Do you care about what you eat?
- How often do you eat junk food?
Try to summarize and reflect on the ideas that came up from the previous questions. Do you need any more help?
SESSION 2
Watch the following clips on the importance of sports and note your thoughts about them.
''Sports Skills Are Life Skills''
If you still need more help to develop your article, visit the following resources:
https://www.livestrong.com/article/515163-the-importance-of-sports-in-our-lives/
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/sites/teens/files/sport_at_school_-_text_1.pdf
SESSION 3 AND 4
Time to write! You will have two complete sessions to write and finish your article. Remember to use Word. It might be helpful the spellchecker from Word.
Find below linguistic resources to help you out with your English:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/
https://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles
http://babel-linguistics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Glossary-Sports…
http://www.un.org/en/events/sportday/
SESSION 5
See the Conclusion section.
Evaluation
This is how your work will be evaluated:
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Exemplary (4) |
Qualified (3) |
Developing (2) |
Beginning (1) |
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The student has understood the task and has worked índependently with the help of the resources. He/she has been able to surf the resources to gather all the information (25%) |
Perfect understanding of the tast and great handling of the resources from the Internet. |
Good understanding of the task. Appropiate handling of the resources. |
Partial understanding of the task. Few problems understanding the information from the resources. |
No understanding of the task (did not ask for help) and zero use of the resources. |
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Use of the vocabulary from this field and correct grammar sentences. Use of dictionaries and glossaries in required (25%). |
Perfect use of the vocabulary and great cohesion between the sentences. He/she has used dictionaries when needed. |
Good use of the vocabulary and good cohesion between the parts of the text. |
Partial use of the vocabulary of the field. Few grammar mistakes. Lack of cohesion in some parts of the text. |
No use of dictionaries. Big grammar mistakes. |
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Originality and creativity (25%). |
The student has developed his/her own ideas in a very meaningful way. |
The student has mostly developed his/her own ideas. |
The student has partially developed his/her own ideas. |
The student has not developed at all his/her own ideas. |
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Presentation in public (25%) |
Great presentation in front of the classroom: pronunciation and pace. |
Good presentation in front of the classroom. Good pronunciation. |
Good presentation in front of the class. Few mistakes with pronunciation. Problems with the speaking pace. |
Bad presentation in front of the classroom. No attention to the pronunciation. Wrong pace. |
| Total score: | ______ points |
Conclusion
Time to present your articles!
You will have to read your assignment out loud (remember to practice on your own!). The Lead Editor from the newspaper (the teacher) along with his/her team, will decide which articles will be published. There are no limits regarding the number of articles that will be published. The more, the better ;-)
You might find helpful this video on how to speak in public (this can be used in other activities):