Introduction
Extreme sports is a term for certain activities which involve a high level of danger. There are several characteristics common to most extreme sports:
- Young people mostly practise them.
- Solitary people are more regularly involved in them.
- Beginning extreme athletes usually don’t have of a coach.
- There are a high number of uncontrollable variables related to extreme sports such as wheather and terrain (examples: wind, snow, water, mountains, etc.)
The biggest extreme sport event is the X Games, organised every year in the US.
We can divide extreme sports into five groups:
1. Board Sports: Snowboarding, sandboarding, windsurf, kitesurfing, riverboarding, river surfing, surfing, flowboarding, skysurfing, skateboard, mountainboarding, snowskate, wakeboarding,
2. Motor Sports: motorcross, snowcross, rallying, drifting, motorcycle rally
3. Mountaneering: ice climbing, rock climbing, bouldering, canyoning, free solo climbing
4. Free fall: paragliding, parachuting, bungee jumping, wingsuit flying, hang gliding
5. Others: mountain biking, BMX, inline skating, free diving, cliff diving.
Let's find out how much you know!
Task
You must:
- Read about different extreme sports (use the resources links.)
- Write the name of some extreme sports .
- Give a short explanation about them.
- Provide personal opinion about them .
- Write a final conclusion about extreme sports.
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Process
Work in pairs
If it is necessary use a dictionary to find the meaning of the words you do not know yet.
Your project must include:
- A cover page.
- Introduction to your work (you can copy it from the WebQuest label)
- Body of your project:
- Choose the name of three extreme sports;
- Give a brief explanation of each one (don't just copy and paste! Rewrite it to make it simplier);
- Explain why you chose them;
- Illustrate your project;
- Personal questions:
- Would you like to try any extreme sport? Which one? Why? Why not?
- Have you ever tried any extreme sport by yourself? Why?
- Click on the next link. Watch the video and express your opinion about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMi0kEzXl8o
- Conclusion. Express your final idea about extreme sports.
- Hand in the project in a plastic file.
- Maximum of 8 pages.
- Font style and size: ARIAL 12
- Line spacing: 1,5
- Some phrases to include to express your opinion and in your final conclusion:
- In my opinion... /
- I think.../ I don't think...
- I love practising.../ I'd really adore practising.../I'm very fond of...
- My favourite...
- I hate.../ I'm not into.../ I dislike.../ That's not for me.
- I do not believe that...
- To conclude/Finally, I think that.../I would say...
Follow these links to find information to build your project:
- Examples of Extreme Sports
- Information about Extreme Sports
- Mega List of Extreme Sports
- 20 Unmissable Extreme Sports
Evaluation
The evaluation will be based on the text production and presentation of the project work.
- Presentation of the project (tideness; creativity; illustrations; etc.) : 25%
- Use of the resources (exploration of the resources; use of the information): 25 %
- Text production (contents clearly expressed; verbal tenses; summarizing of contents; etc.): 25 %
- Answer assignment personal questions (ideas clearly expressed; verbal tenses; vocabulary related to extreme sports; your personal your opinion; etc.): 25 %
If you need any help, remember that the teacher is always willing to help you in class or via e-mail.
Conclusion
It is quite clear that extreme sports will have a place in the future athletics, but not for now. People respect extreme sports worldwide but the understanding of them has its limits. Maybe in the future they will gain new fans, a new reputation that will put them in the spotlight.
