Objectifs de communication :
- Parler de ce que j’aime faire
- Parler des règles d’un sport ou d’une activité
Objectifs linguistiques :
- Les verbes de goût
- Can/can’t (permission)
- Must/mustn’t
- Le sport et ses règles
- Le prononciation de can/can’t et must/mustn’t
Resources :
PDF: The Basic Rules of Rugby
PDF: A Sporting Nation Worksheet q1&2
PDF: A Sporting Nation Worksheet q3
PDF: Ironkids
PDF: Must/mustn’t, can/can’t 1
Contents
What is this sport?
Read the clues, what sport are they describing? (quelle sport décrivent-ils ?)
Have you ever seen a match?
Do you like this sport?
Have you ever played this sport?
Rugby
Rugby is a game played on a field called a ‘pitch‘. Two teams with 15 players each try to earn points by getting the ball across the opponent’s goal line (GIF 1) or kicking it over the crossbar between the goal posts (GIF 2). A player may carry, pass, or kick the ball.
pitch = terrain
team = équipe
goal line = ligne de but
crossbar = barre transversale
goal posts = poteaux de but
carry = porter
The Basic Rules of Rugby
Take your copy of The Basic Rules of Rugby. Read the text and highlight:
- the name of the sport in yellow
- where the sport is played in green
- information about who plays rugby in pink
- the objective of the game in blue
Are you interested in this sport?
Example answers:
« Yes, I am. It looks very exciting! »
« No, I’m not. I don’t like sports. »
« Yes, I am. I love sports. »
« No, I’m not. It looks too difficult. »
Our favourite sports
Listen to Dafydd, Siân, Gareth and Caitlin talking about their favourite sports in a radio programme.
Listen and take notes about each teenager:
Dafydd: ………………………….
Siân: ………………………….
Gareth: ………………………….
Caitlin: ………………………….
Copy the table below, and use your notes to complete the information.
Le présent simple (verbes de goût)
Complete the first worksheet alone, or with your neighbour: A Sporting Nation Worksheet q1&2
Complete the second worksheet alone, or with your neighbour: A Sporting Nation Worksheet q3
Do you like V+ing?
Write down this vocabulary.
Now, prepare a short conversation about sports between you and your neighbour. Write it down, and prepare to show the class.
Example:
A: Do you like cycling?
B: No, I don’t. Do you like doing martial arts?
A: Yes, I do. I love doing martial arts.
Ironkids
Look at this document. What is its nature?
magazine article / blog page / newspaper / website / poem
Look at this picture and guess what IRONKIDS is (what? who? where? rules? clothes?)
Ironkids is… (what?)
(who?) … can participate.
It takes place… (where?)
You have to … (rules?)
You must wear … (clothes?)
Take a copy of Ironkids. Read the text and circle all the words referring to people. Then, classify them into three categories.
Leave four lines between the Ironkids text and your table.
volunteer = bénévole
Highlight the transparent words in yellow and the words you know in pink.
Then, guess the meaning of these words (write in pencil for now).
Now, underline:
- what is obligatory in blue.
- what is not authorised in red.
Under the Ironkids text, write:
Blue = obligatory
Red = not authorised
Must/mustn't, can/can't
Complete questions 1&2 of the worksheet.
Lors d’une sortie scolaire, le professeur explique aux élèves les règles à respecter dans l’autocar. Copier et complète le texte avec must, mustn’t, can, can’t.
Your task
Imagine the rules of a strange sport.
- Imagine the name of a strange sport.
- Imagine and describe its rules. Prepare ten sentences saying…
- what you must wear
- what equipment you must use
- what you can, can’t, must and mustn’t do
- Present your sport in front of the class.
- Vote for your favourite « Strange Sport »
My strange sport is Chicken-cheese Ball
- You have to kick a ball made of cheese.
- You must have a chicken and some cheese on your head all the time.
- You must touch your ear with your finger all the time, or you are disqualified.
- You mustn’t let the chicken eat the cheese.
- You can give the chicken a name.
- You must wear your favourite colour.
- If you don’t have a favourite colour, you can’t play.
- You can’t touch your chicken.
- You must sing ‘Chicken-cheese, chicken-cheese cheese cheese…’ if you have the ball.
- You can play next to a KFC.
