SEC 4: Topic T1W10

Lecture FITNESS & SPORTS

Series

Name Class Sec 4 Date

Instructions: Before you start on this lecture series, fill in the following:
- K, W Table
- Making Connections Mindmap

What you KNOW What do you WANT to know …

Past O-Level Essay Examination questions:

2016
1. [Essay] Describe a childhood toy, or a game you played, which still means a great deal to you. Why is it so
important?
2. [Essay] To what extent do you agree with the idea that some teenagers lead an unhealthy lifestyle? Give
reasons for your views.

2017
[Situational Writing] Email to thank brother for a gift which will improve your activity level.

Past O-Level Exam Oral Questions

General exercise/fitness activities:
1. Tell me about any exercise that you take (2006, Day 7)
2. What are the benefits of exercise? (2010, Day 9)
3. Tell me what you do to try to keep fit. (2012, Day 3)
4. What sort of problems might a lack of fitness bring to our daily lives? (2013, Day 1)
5. How important is doing exercise for you and your friends? Why? (2017, Day 2)
6. Many people find exercise boring. What do you think could be done to make it more appealing? (2014, Day 7)
7. What have you found is the best way to keep fit and healthy? Why? (2016, Day 7)
8. Tell me about something you do to keep fit and healthy. (2018, Day 2)
9. 'Children should spend less time playing computer games and more time keeping fit.' What do you think?
(2016, Day 7)
10. Some people say that going to a gym is an expensive waste of time. What do you think? (2018, Day 2)
11. People are too obsessed with physical fitness and how they look. What is your view? (2022, Day 2)
12. What do older people you know do to keep fit and healthy?
13. Our modern lifestyle makes it impossible to get regular exercise. What is your opinion? (2022, Day 5)

Participating in different types of sports

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1. Tell me about a race that you have taken part in. It need not be cycling. (2005, Day 5)
2. Do you think everyone can learn to be good at sport? (2008, Day 6)
3. How do you feel about dangerous sports and activities such as rock climbing or parachuting? (2010, Day 7)
4. How far would you agree that people who take part in extreme sports are irresponsible? (2013, Day 4)
5. 'Playing team sports is a better way to get exercise than doing individual sports like running.' Do you agree?
(2018, Day 10)
6. Would you like to join a running club and run races? Why, or why not? (2018, Day 10)
7. Some people say that team sports such as basketball are the best way to get exercise. What is your opinion?
(2019, Day 2)
8. Tell me about a team sport you have played or watched. (2019, Day 2)
9. Would you prefer to exercise on your own or with other people? Why, or why not? (2022, Day 2)

Sporting event
1. What is your view on an Olympic Games for disabled athletes? (2005, Day 5)
2. Tell me about an event that you have attended as a spectator. (2013, Day 1)
3. Tell me about a sporting event you have attended or seen. (2015, Day 8)

Nation (Active citizenry)/School actions:

1. How far do you think that it is the responsibility of every citizen to keep themselves as fit as they can? (2013,
Day 1)
2. Do you agree that more could be done to promote exercise in your country? Why, or why not? (2017, Day 2)
3. Would you agree that your parents' generation was much fitter than your own? Why, or why not? (2014, Day
7)
4. How far would you agree that encouraging sport in schools is more important than promoting competitions for
top athletes? (2015, Day 8)
5. How far would you agree that basic self-defence should be taught in all schools? (2015, Day 10)

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Fitness
List down the importance of keeping fit:

GROUPS OF IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING FIT:

SOCIETY
School-going
children

Working Adults

Elderly

What are the different ways to keep fit?

Growing efforts of Singapore society to help people keep fit during this covid -19 pandemic:

Name of effort Details of the effort (Who it is by, who it is for, what does it entail,
etc).
1. Funding to
support gyms &
fitness studios

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2. Digital health
websites
(HealthHub

& ActiveHealthSG

3. Singapore Fitness
Festival

4. Singapore
Premier League
given wearable
Tech.

5. Mass workout
Sessions

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6. NSFIT

Different types of sports (ie: individual vs team, contact vs non-contact, extreme vs non-extreme)

INDIVIDUAL

SPORTS

COMPARE & CONTRAST

TYPES OF SPORT BENEFITS DISADVANTAGES

INDIVIDUAL

TEAM

CONTACT

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NON-CONTACT

RECREATIONAL

COMPETITIVE

SPORTING EVENTS
List down the sporting events that you know/have heard of:

Why do you think participation in sporting events is important?

GROUPS OF BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING IN SPORTING EVENTS

SOCIETY

INDIVIDUALS
(SOLO, WITH
FRIENDS,
WITH
FAMILY)

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GROUPS OF BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING IN SPORTING EVENTS

SOCIETY

NATION

REFLECTION
(i) What have schools done to encourage healthy mindset & habits regarding fitness
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(ii) Why do you think schools put so much effort to educate school-going children
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(iii) What can

you do to encourage fitness and participation in sports amongst the people around
you (eg: your friends, your family, VIA projects)?

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(iv) Do you think this generation is less fit?

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To complete your KWL, what are your key takeaways based on this online lecture
series?

What you have LEARNED?

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Glossary of words you should know when you are talking about fitness & sports.

A
Abilities
Accomplishments
Activeness
Aerobic Endurance
Agility
Amateur
Archer/Archery
Arena
Assessment of physical activities
Athlete
Athletics
Award
Axel

B
Balance
Bat
Baton
Beat
Biathlon
Body Composition
Body Mass Index (BMI)

C
Canoe
Captain
Cardiovascular Fitness/Endurance
Champion
Championship
Cheer on
Coach
Compete
Competition
Contest
Cool-down
Coordination

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Court
Cramp
Cross country

D
Decathlon
Defeat
Defend/Defence
Dive
Draw

E
Endurance
Equestrian
Equipment
Exercise

F
Fencing
Field
Fielder
Final score
Fine Motor Skills
Fitness
Form
Forward
Foul
Frequency

G
Geocaching
Gluteal Muscles
Goal
Gross Motor Skills
Gymnasium

H
Half-time
Hamstring Muscle
Hardiness
Home team
Huddle
Hurdle
Hydration
Hygiene

I
Ice-hockey/-skating
Infield

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Infielder
Inning
Intensity
Interval Training

L
league
leisure
Lifetime Sports
Lose
Low Impact Aerobic Exercise

M
Major/minor league
Manager
martial arts
Mastery
morale
Morals
Motor (movement) skill
Muscular endurance/strength
MVP

O
Offense
Offside
Opponent
Outfield

P
Parasailing
Pass
Penalty
Perform
Performance
Physique
Pitch
Playoffs
Practice
Professional

Q
Quarter
Quarterback

R
Racket
Racquetball
Range of Motion
Reaction Time

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Record
Referee
Repetition
Resistance
Resting Heart Rate
Robustness
Routine
Ruggedness
Rules

S
Scoreboard
Serve
Shoot
Skill
Soundness
Spectator
Speed
Sportmanship
Spryness
Stability
Stadium
Stamina
Strategy
Strength
Stretching

T
Tackle
Tactics
Talent
Teammate
Teamwork
Technique
Tie
Tournament
Train
Trainer
Training (Physical)
Triathlon/Triathlete
Trophy

U
Ultramarathon/Ultramarathoner
Umpire
Uniform

V
Values
Variation

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Victory
Vigour/vigorousness
Visiting team
Vitality

W
Warm-up
Weight Training
Welfare
Well-being
Wellness
Whistle
Wholeness/wholesomeness
Win
Work out
World Cup
World Series

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