Sports Trio

no materials
oral
15 min.

Objectives

The learner can understand vocabulary about sports.

Preparation

  • Have a group conversation about sports.
    Who does sports?
    Which one?
    How many times a week?
    What are typical moves?
    etcetera
  • Define together with what moves three learners will portray a sport.
  • You can add sports that have not been named.

Examples

  • Football: Learner A passes the ball between learners B and C.
  • Handball: Learner A throws the ball, learners B and C block the ball.
  • Basketball: Learner A throws the ball in the basket, formed by learners B and C.
  • Boxing: Learner A and B box, learner C is the referee.
  • Bowling: Learner A throws the ball, learners B and C are the pins falling over.
  • Swimming: Learner A swims, learners B and C are orbiting as sharks.
  • Volleyball: The learners mimic volleyball techniques: serving, passing, hitting, blocking.
  • Hockey: Learner A hits the puck, learners B and C jostle learner A.
  • Tennis: Learner A throws the ball over the net, formed by learners B and C.
  • Surfing: Learner A surfs the waves, formed by learners B and C.

Instructions

  • Let the learners form a circle, you stand in the middle.
  • Appoint a learner and name a sport. This learner A will mimic the sport with his/her two neighbors, learners B and C.
  • If learner A reacts too slowly or makes a mistake, s-he goes in the middle, appoints a learner and names a sport.