Paris Summer Olympics 2024 Teaching Exercises
23rd July 2024
1 Paris 2024 Brainstorm
This brainstorm and matching exercise explores aspects the 2024 Olympic Games. The goal is to become familiar with key points about the event and possibly engage in discussions or answer questions related to this major international sporting competition and cultural event.
2 Paris 2024 Olympics: Which Word is Different?
This worksheet consists of 2 critical thinking vocabulary exercises.
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3 Paris 2024 Agree/Disagree Opinions
Agree-disagree activities are designed to stimulate discussion and critical thinking about various aspects of a topic. This exercise about the Paris Olympics consists of 9 statements touching on economic impact, cultural highlights, and new sports. Students have to agree or disagree and provide reasons for their choices. The answers page includes factual/humorous sample answers, which could serve as a model for engaging responses or a starting point for further debate.
4 Paris 2024 Olympics: Types of Athletes
The exercise below is useful for English teachers working with students who are interested in sports and the Olympics. It also relates to the sociolology of sport. It gets students thinking critically about the types of athletes who compete, their backgrounds, ages, and experience levels. The exercise uses a mix of interaction types (checking, ranking, sorting) to keep things engaging. Students have to read, comprehend, analyze and explain their reasoning.
5 Paris 2024 Summer Olympics: General
These short critical thinking exercises offer opportunities for learners to practice speaking in English by expressing their thoughts and opinions on the various aspects of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
6 Paris 2024 Summer Olympics: Sports
This exercise provides an overview of various sports included in the upcoming Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
7 Olympics Related Vocabulary Exercises
Two vocabulary exercises related to the Olympics: the first exercise is a chart where students need to identify parts of speech for various Olympic-related terms, while the second is a gap-fill exercise using words from a provided word bank to complete sentences about the Olympic Games. The document also includes an answer key for both exercises.