Introduction
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate.
In this project, you will learn a lot of interesting information about the history of the Olympic Games, games included into it and great sporstsmen. You are supposed to be active, creative and curious in doing this project. Surf the Net and gather as much information as possible about the Olympic Games.
Task
You can work in groups or individually.
Your task is
- - to make an Internet research and answer all the questions;
- - to learn information about the history of the Olympic Games;
- - to make a map of the Olympic Game Host Cities ;
- - to listen to and learn more about the Olympic Anthem;
- - to illustrate the results of your search by examples and create a Power Point presentation;
- - to write an opinion essay about hosting 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi;
Process
STEP 1.
Surf the Net and answer the following questions:
1. When and where did the Olympic games begin?
2. Who renewed the Olympic movement?
3. When and where did the first modern Games take place?
4. Are Summer and Winter Games held separately?
The History of the Olympic Games
STEP 2.
Find the Olympic symbols.
STEP 3.
The event list for the Olympic Games
Find five oldest and five modern sports included into the Olympics. (Summer and Winter)
STEP 4.
Comment on the following statement.
In 2007 the honour to host 2014 Winter Olympic Games was awarded to Sochi, Russia. Even though thousands of people were happy and proud of it there is still a dispute over the advantages what hosting the Olympiad gives to Russia.
Do you think that hosting 2014 Winter Olympic Games brings benefit to our country?
Write 150 – 180 words.
Hand in your essay to the teacher. Make a Powerpoint.
Evaluation
This table will help you to evaluate your work.
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Poor "2" |
Fair "3" |
Good "4" |
Excellent “5” |
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| Content | Shows no significant understanding of material. |
Has mostly shallow grasp of the material; rarely takes a stand on issues; offers inadequate levels of support. |
Shows evidence of understanding most of the major concepts; is skilled in basic level of support for opinions; offers an occasional divergent viewpoint. |
Demonstrates excellence in grasping key concepts; provides sample evidence of support for opinions; readily offers new interpretations of discussion material. |
| Use of English |
Writing is largely unintelligible.
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Poor use of the language; only an occasional idea surfaces clearly; there is overuse of the simple sentence and repetition of words; paragraphs are often unrelated to each other. |
Sentences are generally grammatically correct; ideas are readily understood but show signs of disorganization; some transitions between concepts are missing; there are occasional misspellings. |
Student uses complex, grammatically correct sentences on a regular basis; expresses ideas clearly, concisely, cogently, in logical fashion; uses words that demonstrate a high level of vocabulary; has rare misspellings. |
| Organization |
There was no clear or logical organizational structure,just lots of facts |
Content is logically organized for the most part | Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed | Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material |
| PowerPoint presentation | Often mumbles or cannot be understood OR mispronounces more than one word. | Speaks clearly and distinctly most ( 94-85%) of the time. Mispronounces no more than one word. | Speaks clearly and distinctly all (100-95%) the time, but mispronounces one word. | Speaks clearly and distinctly all (100-95%) the time, and mispronounces no words. |
| Cooperation | Rarely takes part in group discussions, shares very few ideas and does not respect others' opinions | Occasionally takes part in group discussions, shares some ideas and respects others' opinions to a limited degree | Takes an active part in group discussions, shares ideas most of the time, and respects others' opinions | Takes the initiative in group discussions, shares ideas and encourages others to do the same, respects others' opinion |
Conclusion
The scenario of this web-quest may seem a very informative! Due to its progress we know more interesting information about the famous olympic athletes and the brightest events! So that's why it is very important to know the history all of our world !
Credits
Teacher Page
Goals.
This web-quest is based on the State Educational Standard of Secondary Education, the Common European Framework of Reference and designed for 8 grade students. This web-quest aims to develop all four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) through a variety of stimulating tasks, searching for information in the Internet. It also encourages students to become independent, active and creative learners.
Students' results.
They can:
- expand their understanding of the language;
- develop their autonomy and co-operation skills;
- learn how to organize their work, keep records, access the information;
- learn to analyze, choose the necessary information, write an opinion essay;