Commonwealth Games Term 3 2014 Week 2 - 3

From each section do a minimum of one of my activities, and design an activity of your own to fit the Thinking -Skills Focus, or do two from each section.
Here is a link for Study Ladder for extra Commonwealth Games Activities 
www.studyladder.co.nz/guides/commonwealth-games


REMEMBERING AND UNDERSTANDING;

1. Use an A -Z key to list as many sports as you can think of.
2. Brainstorm a list of words to do with the Commonwealth Games. Use them in an Acrostic or line poem.
3. Make a wall display about the Commonwealth Games and add your own captions to pictures and articles.
4. Design a word search or crossword using as many words as you can around the topic of the Commonwealth Games.
5. On a map of the world, mark the countries represented at the Commonwealth Games, Glasgow.
6. The answer is "Commonwealth Games". What are five questions?

APPLYING

1. Organise some events that you could run as a class mini-games for one of our year 7 & 8 rooms. Ensure they are events that can compare the students efforts with the best athletes in the world.
2. Select a sport that is being competed at the Commonwealth Games. Write a competitor's diary that covers the week leading up to and including the day the final is held.
3. Make up some fun "specifically Kiwi" events that we could add to a Commonwealth Games hosted by NZ.
4. If animals could also be in a team, what events would you add?

ANALYSING

1. Collect and classify pictures from the Commonwealth Games in as many ways as you can.
2. Use a program of events to graph the number of events held on each day of the games.
3. Describe the similarities and differences between three events of your choosing. Use a Venn diagram to display your ideas.
4. Survey the class on the events they like and those they feel should be omitted from future Olympic Games.
5. Can you walk as fast as a swimmer can swim over 1500 metres.
6. Name 5 things you will never see at the Commonwealth Games, offer reasons why.

EVALUATING

1. Which event, in your opinion, most captures the "spirit" of the Commonwealth Games? Why?
2. Pretend you won a medal in your favourite sport. Write a letter home describing how you felt as you received your award.
3. Discuss the problem of drug taking in sport. Why do you think some competitors are prepared to risk taking drugs?
4. Do a PMI on the Commonwealth Games as you look for ways that things may be improved for the next Olympic Games.
5. What is your opinion on the statement "The opening and closing ceremony is just a waste of time and money"

CREATING

1. Compose a song for a favourite event or competitor.
2. Draw a cartoon showing a new Commonwealth Games event and add a caption.
3. Create a Board Game about the Commonwealth Games.
4. Make a wacky recipe for a food or drink that will make an athlete perform better.
5. Use the BAR technique to design a better running shoe, swimsuit or piece of equipment.