----- Original Message ----- From: <a-talmor@xxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Lesson plan on the Olympics Hi, I have just finished preparing a Trivia Quiz which is intended for 9th graders studying with "Spotlight" (Hakbatza Bet). Here it is - http://www.etni.org/teachers/ruthie/Spotlight_trivia.rtf Ruthie Talmor Barry wrote: > I am putting together a lesson, adaptable to various levels about the > Olympic Games. > Please add any questions, activities etc that you have prepared, > especially > for weak Jr high pupils. > A Lesson about the Olympics > Beijing Olympic Games 2008 > The following site has school-oriented clips and articles. > http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=351 > From this site, I chose one item about Phelps > http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3750079 > > Intro/ brainstorm: Who watched the Olympic games this summer? > Where were they held? > Name one Olympic sport: > Name one Medal winner: > > Groups scan articles from this site and and report to the class; so > far, > I see articles written as the games were beginning. Does anyone have more > updated material? > > 1 Olympic Greats: Who were the stars of the games? What countries did > they represent? What did they win? > > 2 Who were the Israeli athletes, how well did they perform? > 3 and other groups : each group is given one of the student – written > articles; finds specific info and reports to the class. Eg: > Who is Jim Phelps? > How many medals did he win? How many records did he bread? > What does he eat everyd day? How much money has he made ?? > > and so on. ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------