Take a Stand_The Power of Sports

Take a Stand

THE POWER OF SPORTS

TAKE A STAND : the power of sports

AXE: SPORTS ET SOCIETE

“The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” – Pele

essential vocabulary

Anticipating the role of robots and AI Can robots be our friends? What about emotions? Cybernetic Organisms Can robots replace humans tomorrow?

tu ˈpræktəs ə spɔrtə spɔrts(woʊ)mənən æˈθlɛtɪk ˈpɜrsənði oʊˈlɪmpɪk geɪmzə koʊʧtu wɜrk aʊttim ˈspɪrətfɛr pleɪtu faɪt fɔr ə kɑztu dɪˈnaʊnstu ˈfoʊkəs ɑn ðə geɪmə pəˈlɪtəkəl ˈkɑnʃənstu bi kəˈmɪtədən əˈʧivmənttu bi rɪˈwɔrdɪd

to practice a sport a sports(wo)man an athletic person the olympic gamesa coachto work out team spirit fair play to fight for a cause to denounceto focus on the gamea political conscience to be committed an achievement to be rewarded

- Expressing emotions - political commitment vocabulary - TO vs. FOR

Choose an athlete who is politcally committed. Introduce him / her and explain the cause he fights for

Presentation in Class

CHALLENGING - ENJOYABLE - EXCITING - HEALTHY - RELAXING COOPERATIVE - THRILLING - EXHAUSTING- INVIGORATING - DEMANDING

............................... causing great interest or passion.

............................... difficult in an interesting way that tests your ability

............................... giving pleasure and that makes you feel great

............................... making you feel the need to sleep or rest

............................... Stimulating and makes your heart beat faster

............................... promoting a sane body, good for your shape

............................... It makes you feel energetic and powerful

............................... helping you to rest and become less anxious

............................... It requires a lot of time and discipline

............................... It requires to work in a team and be selfless

Choose 3 adjectives to talk about YOUR sport and explain your choices.

(born 2 January 1967) is a retired South African rugby union player. He played flanker for South Africa (the Springboks) from 1993 until 1996,

Nelson Mandela

The Presidency of Nelson of Mandela. He went to prison for 27 years in order to fight the racial inequalities in his country. When he was freed, he became president.

François pienaar

(1918-2013), a very courageous man who fought racism and inequalities in his country. He became the first black president of South Africa.

apartheid

was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 until the early 1990s

1994 to 1998

Nelson Mandela shakes hands with François Pienaar South Africa won the 1995 Rugby World cup

The Power of Sport

1) listen to nelson mandela 2) write down important words 3) what is his vision of sports?

Write down words or ideas

synthetize your ideas

1st Assignment

Highlight all the verbs in the past tense

the infield: champs intérieurthrust: poussé en l'air bowed: inclinée Star-Spangled Banner: hymne des USA a crowd: une foule a spokesman: un porte parole earned: mérité an achievement: une réussite a statement: une déclaration an anthem: un hymne a struggle: une lutte

5 min

the infield: champs intérieurthrust: poussé en l'air bowed: inclinée Star-Spangled Banner: hymne des USA a crowd: une foule a spokesman: un porte parole earned: mérité an achievement: une réussite a statement: une déclaration an anthem: un hymne a struggle: une lutte

• Use facts from the text
• Use the new vocabulary
• Use the past tense
• Explain the reasons
• Use HE (3rd person)

Imagine a newspaper article

Your title:

Your article:

to dare dared to win won to earn earned to live lived to say said to play played to work worked to represent represented

to think thoughtto stand stoodto thrust thrustto bow bowedto pray prayedto feel feltto know knewto want wantedto do did

To pave the road toward... paved the road toward... to be designed to... was designed to...

What is your personal opinion? Agree or disagree? Make a list of GAINS and RISKS.

What is a national anthem? What are you supposed to do when your hear it? What did Kaepernick do? Why? Explain the consequences of his action. Do you see a similarity with Tommie Smith? Explain

Imagine one positive Tweet and one negative tweet about Kaepernick's action.

Try to use positve and negative adjectives

Compréhension Orale

SmartAss Corner

He took a knee to protest against police violence He took a knee ............ protest against police violence He took a knee ............ protest against police violence

f. Kaepernick took a knee....defend his opinion g. Sports are a platform.....political messages. h.C. Ronaldo has donated money....help poor people. i. Lebron James has given his opinion....show his values. j. Venus Williams fights....equality between men and women

Practice

''Athletes should give their political opinion"

Debate Vocabulary

I agree because...

I disagree because...

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

FINAL PROJECT

Prepare and Record a debate "Athletes should give their political opinion"

minimum 3 minutes

Record your work

Pairwork 2 people

send the audio to: axeltamburrini@yahoo.fr

USe arguments in favor and against

Use the vocabulary we learned in class. You have everything the classeur pédagogique

Use what we talked about in class

Defend your point of view

Barème

Qualité de l'anglais: /5 grammaire, syntaxe Utilisation du cours: /5 vocabulaire, idées, exemples Qualité de l'expression: /5 pas lu, prononciation Originalité, créativité /5