Activities TO PRINT :

• My World Cup Country - a worksheet - Click on TOPIC/THEME / Football (soccer) resources
  (primaryresources.co.uk)

  

• The History of Sports : Football, Baseball, Basketball & Soccer
  56 pages - with activities
  (maser.ca)
  
  

• Victory Headlines
  (sabironlangues.typepad.fr)

• Memorable Meltdowns - 10 examples (sportsillustrated.cnn.com)

  

• A worksheet - to go with PART 5 - Lesson 2 : HAVE A GO! (New Wings 4ème)
  Match the words and the pictures.

  

• Twiggy - "The Water-Skiing Squirrel" (skiingsquirrel.com)

  

• Sports Match - activity to print (storyplace.org)

  
  

  
  

• Sports Equipment - "Label the baseball, tennis, and golf equipment" (Enchanted Learning)

• A Question of Sport (kentschoolofenglish)
  - exercises with certain modal verbs and the vocabulary of sport
  to play / to go / to do

• Sports Mad - (handoutsonline)
  "This theme lesson is great for intermediate-level students who are into sports.
  There's vocabulary building, conversation and discussion practice."
  
  

• A quiz to print about TENNIS (British Council)
  

• Korea-Japan World Cup 2002 - Find all the teams and answer the hidden question.
  (bogglesworldesl.com)

• Tudor Sports - a PowerPoint presentation (primaryresources.co.uk)
  - with worksheets

  

• FOOTBALL :
  
  

  WORLD CUP THEME - Resources (Teacher Planet) SOCCER THEME - Resources (Teacher Planet) World Cup Soccer Language Arts (vocabulary) Activity - Matching activity (abcteach.com) Football verbs - a quiz to print (BBC) SOCCER - Page de ressources (Laurence Bernard - Ac. Martinique) : Lesson plans, worksheets and online activities World Cup 2006 - more web activities Resource sites   Matching Exercise conçu à partir des définitions de Football Vocabulary - with a Word Search (Ac. Nancy-Metz) World Cup 2006  Flags (sunderlandschools.org)   The 2004 European Championship in Portugal , des activités proposées par Bruno Charbonnier : Les activités sont en vrac et chacun doit faire le tri . Faire reconnaître les mots manquants en lisant des phrases où figurent les dits mots. The 2004 European Championship in Portugal : Summer Festival of European Football and Culture - des activités proposées par Stéphane Juvancic de Lille

• OLYMPIC SPORTS : : Activities
  
  

Lesson plans :

• Japan Wins Women’s Soccer World Cup (18th July, 2011) - a lesson plan (newsenglishlessons.com)

• India Rushing to Save Commonwealth Games (23rd September, 2010) - a lesson plan (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  2010 Commonwealth Games "in New Delhi, India between 3 October and 14 October 2010." (Wikipedia)

• Calls for Technology in Soccer After Referee Errors (28th June, 2010) - a lesson plan
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

• China Aiming to ‘Breed’ Wimbledon Champ  - a lesson plan
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  

• 13-year-old climbs Everest - a lesson plan
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)
  
  Jordan Romero, 13, 'becomes youngest to scale Everest'
  "A 13-year-old American boy has become the youngest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, his family says."
  (BBC)

• English Soccer Boss in World Cup Scandal (17th May, 2010) - a lesson plan
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  For England, a familiar affair as soccer boss resigns in scandal
  (thestar.com)

• The football World Cup
  (Elisabeth Prévost-Kaboré - crdp.ac-dijon.fr)

  Soccer Lingua worksheets Mini-books  Flags Numbers 0-20 on red football shirts  Activités proposées sur le site Primlangues  World cup schedule  Songs Zakumi - The mascot Games Activités en ligne Activités interdisciplinaires

  
  

• Tiger Woods takes break to repair his life - a lesson plan
  WARM-UPS :
  TIGER WOODS / SPONSORSHIP / SCANDAL / SOMEONE'S IMAGE / DAMAGE
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  
  "Go on. Be a Tiger."
  
  Woods's only option was to step away
  (BBC)
  
  Major sponsor Gillette to 'limit' Tiger Woods's role
  "Gillette has become the first major sponsor of Tiger Woods to distance itself from the golf star after the storm over his private life."
  (BBC)

• 24 September is World Maritime Day.
  Practise your English while you learn about water sports.
  "Have a look at the articles, story, word game, cartoons, trivia and links."
  (British Council)

  

• Justin Timberlake Opens Own Golf Course - a lesson plan
  It "has a cutting-edge drainage system... There are also many restored areas of natural beauty, including waterfalls, lakes and streams."
  WARM-UPS : Golf / Celebrity business / Eco-friendly
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  Mirimichi: Justin Timberlake Opens His Own Golf Course
  (wreg.com)

  

• Roger Federer becomes greatest ever - a lesson plan
  "Roger Federer’s recent win at the French Open makes him the greatest male tennis player ever..."
  WARM-UPS : Tennis / Sports
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  

• Phrasals4Fun. - Unit One: Sport
  "In each unit you can learn 6 common phrasal verbs on different topics.
  Each unit has three different sections: Listening , Vocabulary and Reading.
  (British Council)

• Historic jumps made above Mt Everest - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)

• Baseball was invented in England - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)
  
  
  Baseball was not invented in America but in genteel Surrey, according to evidence that has just come to light.
  (telegraph.co.uk)

   

• Water sports.
  "Have a look at the articles, story, word game, cartoons, trivia and links."
  (British Council)
  
  

• Winter sports.
  "Have a look at the article, story, word game, cartoon, trivia and links."
  (British Council)

  

• Records (British Council)
  "Have a look at the article, story, cartoon, poll, word games, trivia and links."
  
  

• Researchers say jogging alone is unhealthy - a lesson plan (Breaking News English)
  with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast, communication activities, pair work,
  discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."
  
  

• FOOTBALL :
  
  

  "The Euro 2008 football tournament begins on 07 June and runs until 29 June. Practise your English while you learn about football. See the articles, games, stories and poems, song, cartoons, trivia, links and listening activities." (British Council)   Super Bowl Blitz: Football-Related Activities for Fans of All Ages (Education World)   SOCCER - Page de ressources (Laurence Bernard - Ac. Martinique) : Lesson plans, worksheets and online activities World Cup 2006 - more web activities Resource sites   Soccer - the world's most exciting sport - a lesson plan with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast, communication activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises." (Breaking News English)   Maradona breaks airport door in anger (Breaking News English) - a lesson plan with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast, communication activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises." Fans spend £300m on seats at new Wembley (Guardian) (antice.apinc.org)

• RUGBY :
  
  

  Rugby - World cup 2007 - Une page spéciale de liens "La page comprend des informations sur les règles du jeu, les différents pays, des activités en classe et le Haka en video sous-titrée anglais." (Ac. Paris)   Le rugby Fiche d'activités pédagogiques : Documents supports - Mise en oeuvre - Fiches élève et corrigés - Prolongements (CNDP) Comic strip 1 (pdf - 827 kb) - a lesson plan - UPDATED "DESCRIPTION: Students are introduced to the purpose and form of a comic strip. They read a short comic strip and deconstruct the form. An ideal follow-up to this lesson is Comic strip 2." (rugby.com.au)   Comic strip 2 (pdf - 1292 kb) - a lesson plan - UPDATED "DESCRIPTION: Students are introduced to the purpose and form of a comic strip. They deconstruct the form and create their own. An ideal preparation for this lesson is Comic strip 1." (rugby.com.au) RUGBY - Lesson plans (rugby.com.au) - UPDATED   Rugby - Resources (nacell.org.uk)

• EXTREME SPORTS :
  
  

  Extreme sports. "Have a look at the articles, word games, story, cartoon, trivia and links." (British Council)

• Tennis.
  "Have a look at the article, word game, cartoon, quotes, trivia and links."
  (British Council)

• Yoga is best for back pain sufferers
  - a lesson plan with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast, communication activities,
  pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."
  (Breaking News English)

  
  
  
  

• Tougher steroid fines for U.S. sport - a lesson plan (Breaking News English)
  with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), communication activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."
  
  

• Eiffel Tower parachutist dies - a lesson plan (breakingnewsenglish.com)
  THE ARTICLE
  WARM-UPS
  BEFORE READING / LISTENING
  WHILE READING / LISTENING
  AFTER READING
  LANGUAGE
  DISCUSSION
  SPEAKING (Publicity stunts)
  LISTENING
  HOMEWORK
  
  

• Sports - a lesson proposed by Randall S. Davis (esl-lab) with :
  - a list of commonly-used vocabulary with a recording of the words in RealMedia format.
  - a short quiz to test students' comprehension of some of the words,
  - a Follow-Up exercise for expanding students' use of the vocabulary in a conversation with a partner or group.

• Exercise - a lesson proposed by Randall S. Davis (esl-lab) with :
  - a list of commonly-used vocabulary with a recording of the words in RealMedia format.
  - a short quiz to test students' comprehension of some of the words,
  - a Follow-Up exercise for expanding students' use of the vocabulary in a conversation with a partner or group.

• IDITAROD :

  FIVE LESSONS FOR TEACHING WITH THE IDITAROD (Education World)   Iditarod 2008 - Compréhension écrite sent by Estelle Piron (27) Mushing Around the World (everythinghusky.com)