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Ready, steady, go
Unit
Invent a new sport.
When you’re tired of playing the same old sports, why not create your own sport?
Be creative
Study the model
Rules
Study the model
• Is it played in water or on a field?
• Is it about accuracy or about speed?
• Is it a single-player sport or a team sport?
Neither. It is played in the yard of one’s house with a slanted roof.
Answer
It is mainly about accuracy and a bit of good luck.
It is a single-player sport.
1. Decide what kind of sport you want.
2. Pick a name for your sport.
Group work
3. Make a design of the field it will be played in. Plan and gather the equipment. You can use anything around you, or use just your body and your environment.
4. Work out the basic rules.
5. Time to play! Explain the new sport to your classmates and your teacher. You can ask them to have a try.
Group work
Sample
Name: Family Relay Challenge
Equipment:
1. timer or stopwatch
2. several lightweight items (such as a small ball, frisbee, balloon, etc.)
3. obstacles (could be furniture, chairs, pillows, and other common household items)
4. marking lines or zones (can be marked with rope, tape, or stickers on the floor)
Sample
Rules:
1. divide participants into two teams, with each team having at least two members.
2. set up a starting point and a finish line in an indoor or outdoor space, with obstacles placed between them.
Sample
Rules:
3. each team member takes turns in the relay; after completing their part, they must pass the item to the next teammate.
4. each participant must complete a specific task, such as running around an obstacle, walking a certain distance balancing a ball on a spoon, hopping on one foot, etc.
Sample
Rules:
5. each handover must be done within a designated zone; otherwise, it's considered a foul, and that team member must restart their task.
6. the first team to complete all relays and reach the finish line wins.
Sample
Game Variations:
1. adjust the difficulty of obstacles according to the age and physical ability of family members.
2. add some fun rules like walking on hands, making animal noises, etc.
3. set different themes like superhero relay, fairy tale relay, etc., allowing family members to play different roles.
Inviting someone to play a sport.
Tips
Ask them nicely to play with you.
Tell them how much fun it will be!
Give them time to decide.
Useful expressions
Do you want to go/play ...?
Would you like to play ... with me?
How’d you like to play ... with me?
Are you free tomorrow? Let’s play ...
together.
Teen skills
6. Ask the players’ opinions to improve your sport.
Does it work? Is it fun? Maybe you will be the inventor of a world-wide popular sport.
Group work
Taekwondo is a traditional Korean martial art. In Korean, “Tae” means “foot” or “leg”, “Kwon” means “fist” or “fight”, and “do” means the “way”.
Culture Knowledge
Please choose one of the traditional Chinese sports, and introduce it briefly to your classmates.
e.g. Taiji, Qigong, Martial Arts, Cuju, etc.
Further thinking
Taijiquan
Make your group sports better with more specific rules and play it after class once.
Search for some more information about traditional Chinese sports and try to do/ practise it with action.
Homework
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