Sports Teachers Script

Lesson 2: Soccer/Tennis
Content:
In this lesson we will look at two popular European sports. In this lesson you will learn
some things about the origin story of these sports. After this you will learn how to make a
schedule applying a certain grammar. This will also be final exercise, creating a
schedule.
Goals:
- Can understand enough to be able to meet needs of a concrete type, provided speech
is clearly and slowly articulated.
- Based on the information given in the lesson the student can make a schedule
regarding sports.

Before Class
In this exercise the students have to give their own answers. This is to prepare them for the
subject that will be introduced during the lesson.
Answer the following questions
1) Which sport do you like more, soccer or tennis?
2) What do you think tennis and soccer have in common?
3) Do you play any sports?

During class
Exercise 1
This exercise will give the students the content they need for this lesson.
Watch the two YouTube clips on the side and say whether the following statements are true or
false:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)

Soccer started in England

The rules of soccer changed a lot since it began.
Soccer is popular all over the world
George Best is from England
Maradonnas hand of god goal is something he still doesnt admit
Tennis was originally called Jeu de Paume
In the year 1500 rackets were made of stone
The first game of tennis in England was held in 1740
The first Wimbledon tournament was held in 1780
The first hard court tournament was held in France

Answers:
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. False
6. True
7. False
8. True
9. False
10. False

Exercise 2
This exercise is meant to introduce the students to the present simple. Specifically habits and
routines.
A sporty person named Jim made the following schedule. Look at it and answer the question
What habits or routines do you see in the schedule? Make a sentence in which you say when
and what is done during this routine.
Answers:
The 4 regularities are soccer practice, tennis practice, paper delivery and soccer match.
A sentence stating when this routine is done using the present simple is correct.
Example: Jim practices tennis every Tuesday.

End exercise
In this exercise the students will apply the form they have just learned in the previous exercise
to come to a product.
As a final exercise you will make your own schedule. Write down all things you do every week.
If you don't have anything you do weekly, then make something up. Use the proper
grammatical structure for this. This means you shouldn't draw a schedule but write one.
After you've done this, explain your schedule to your neighbor. He or she then has to draw
your schedule in the same way as it was done in the exercise previously.
Finally, check each other's drawings to see whether your neighbor got your schedule correct.