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Spanish Olympics Topic Pack
Games, Activities and Resources to Teach Spanish
Priscilla Hannaford



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Written by Priscilla Hannaford
Thank you to Belén de Vicente Fisher for her help with translation and proofreading.
Illustrated by Pat Murray
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© Brilliant Publications 2012
First printed and published in the UK in 2012
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Introduction
We hope you will enjoy these simple games and activities and that they will not only get your class geared up for the Olympics, but that they’ll also learn some Spanish as well.
The Olympic sports
We have chosen the 26 major Olympic sports as the vocabulary for this topic.
Many of these sports are subdivided into several events: Athletics is the largest Olympic sport with 47 different medal events. There are five aquatic sports: swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, water polo and open water swimming. There are three equestrian disciplines: jumping, dressage and eventing. Gymnastics is actually three events: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline. There are four cycling events: BMX, mountain bike, road and track.
The modern pentathlon is a two-day competition. It consists of five events: fencing, show jumping, swimming, pistol shooting and a 3 km cross-country run. The modern pentathlon was invented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. The event was first held at the 1912 Olympic Games.
The triathlon is also a multi-disciplinary event. It consists of a 1500 m swim, a 43 km cycle race and a 10 km run. The events are held one after the other, with no breaks in between events. In fact, the speed of changing from one event to the next can be crucial. The triathlon has been an Olympic sport since only 2000.
Activities in this book
Spain at the Olympics/Spain at the Paralympics
Use the information on these sheets to help pupils improve their cultural understanding of Spain. Ask questions such as: Spain hosted the Summer Olympics in 1992. Can pupils find Barcelona on a map of Spain? Only two of Spain’s medals have been won at the Winter Olympics. Why do you think that is? (Great Britain has won 22 medals at the Winter Olympics.) Spanish athletes have won the most medals for sailing followed by cycling. Pupils could research which sports top the medal table for the UK (in terms of number of overall medals the top five sports are: athletics - 199, swimming - 65, cycling - 63, rowing - 54, sailing - 49). Why are some sports more popular in some countries than in others? For the London Olympics the tennis player, Rafael Nadal, is going to be carrying the Spanish flag in the opening ceremony. Who do pupils think should carry the flag for Great Britain?
See also information on the Olympic flag in ‘Other teaching ideas’.
Famous Spanish athletes
Pupils could look at the sports the athletes represent. Are there any that they find surprising? Pupils could research to find out more about these athletes and their sports.
Flashcards and Picture flashcards
Cut these up into flashcards and use them to play Pairs, Concentration and other games to practise the vocabulary. Many other ideas for using flashcards can be found in 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom .
Sentence building activities/More sentence building activities
These sentence ideas are just a starting point, and it is hoped that you will build on them, depending on what vocabulary and sentence structures your children already know. See also ‘Other teaching ideas’.
Colour the picture
Use these sheets to introduce the vocabulary, or as useful reference sheets. Children can colour in the pictures and practise saying the words. The sheets could be cut into flashcards, showing the picture with the word underneath.
Match the word
Reinforce vocabulary by asking pupils to match the pictures to the Spanish words.
Design your own logos!
For each Olympic Games a new set of logos for each sport is designed. The logos for the London 2012 games and for past games are easily found by searching images on the Internet. You could display some examples on the Interactive White Board prior to the task, to give pupils some ideas. They should be diagrammatic, easily recognizable pictures rather than detailed drawings. Pupils could complete this task in groups, with each child designing just some of the logos.
Spelling check
These sheets use a read, cover, write, check method of spelling, as children will probably be familiar with this method from their literacy work. This method encourages pupils to study each word as a whole, rather than copy it out letter by letter. Pupils could also practise writing the words in the air or on a friend’s back (for the friend to guess).
Listen to the words
Read the following lists of words to the children, saying the number in Spanish as well as the word, eg ‘Número uno - el tenis’. The children write the number in the appropriate box and write the word on the line. Alternatively, if you don’t feel pupils are ready to write the words, you could ask them to just write the number.
List 1
1. tenis
2. vóleibol
3. fútbol
4. deportes acuáticos
5. judo
6. esgrima
7. atletismo
8. equitación
9. bádminton
10. ciclismo
11. balonmano
12. hockey
List 2
1. halterofilia
2. piragüismo
3. triatlón
4. remo
5. gimnasia
6. taekwondo
7. boxeo
8. pentatlón moderno
9. vela
10. tenis de mesa
11. tiro deportivo
12. lucha
13. tiro con arco
14. baloncesto
Word search
Reinforce the spelling of the vocabulary by getting them to find the words in the word search. Words can go horizontally, vertically or diagonally. None of the words have been written backwards.
Solve the code!
Pupils use the chart at the top of the page to solve the code and find each of the 26 sports. Note: pupils will need to add accents to the letters as appropriate.
Unscramble the words!
Pupils will practise spelling the words by unscrambling the letters to find the Spanish sports.
Crossword puzzles
Pupils will demonstrate their ability to identify and correctly spell the new vocabulary by printing the correct Spanish word for each of the corresponding images.