Sports –Lesson Plan & Label Matching Activity
Class level: Elementary – High school / Lesson Time: 55 minutes
English level: Beginner to Advanced / Expected number of students: 20 - 40
Context: Understanding and recognizing selected Sports.
Teaching aids: White/chalk board. Sports flashcards, and a soft foam ball for playing conversation hot-potato
Learner objectives:
For all students to recognize and understand the sports studied and for advanced students to also use English to describe how the sports are done, when they are done and who does them. Students should also have the opportunity to practice correct pronunciation. / Teacher aims:
Involve all students in an engaging lesson. Assess student learning.
Expose students to speaking English in a structured learning environment.
Procedure / Phase / Timing
Before class starts, the teacher will need to write the names of the sports you will use during your lesson. You should cover the words and reveal them as you introduce them during the lesson.
Ask the students what sports they know and which they like to do, or watch. Also ask them to describe the sports.
You can also ask them to demonstrate (pantomime) the sports.
Review the sport flashcards, one sport at a time with the class to draw upon student’s prior knowledge of sports for this lesson.
(1) Ask the class to say the sports displayed on the diagram page.
(2) The teacher models the correct pronunciation by reading the sport.
(3) The class re-reads the sport.
(4) The teacher asks the class as a whole or calls one student to demonstrate the sport. (For students who need a lot of attention from their classmates or adults, this is a great way to have them focused on the lesson, yet at the same time get the individual attention they crave.)
Paired or individual work-
Activity for beginner English students:
Students drawing a line form the sports to the correct label.
Closing Activity
  1. The teacher demonstrates a sport studied and asks the class “What am I doing?
  2. The teacher, gently toss the foam ball to a student to answer the question.
  3. If the student responds correctly the teacher says “Yes, you are right, I am _(names the sport demonstrated)_. If the student does not answer correctly the teacher says “No, sorry I am _(names the sport demonstrated)_.
  4. The student who answered then demonstrates a sport studied and asks the class “What sport am I doing?”
  5. The student pantomiming the sport tosses the foam ball to a different classmate who did not yet answer and.
  6. Again, if the responding student responds correctly the student pantomiming the sport says “Yes, you are right, I am _(names the sport demonstrated)_. If the responding student does not answer correctly the student pantomiming the sportsays “No, sorry I am _(names the sport demonstrated)_.
  7. The process repeats itself with the responding student then taking a turn at pantomiming the sport and asking the class to name the sport pantomimed.
Continue to toss the ball until all students have taken a turn
The point of the activity is to have students attempt speaking in English and become familiar with the sports studied. If the students do not respond correctly it is still okay as long as they are gently corrected and the class can hear the correct answer.
+If students decide they want to do sport not in the cards such as dancing, driving, snowboarding, billiards, horseback riding, etc., that is okay also. Just inform the class that the student will be doing a new sport for them and challenge the class to try to guess what new sport is being demonstrating. / Engage
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Name______Date______

Draw a line from the picture of sport to its correct name in English.

/ Archery /
Badminton
/ Baseball /
Basketball
/ Boxing /
Cycling
/ Fencing /
Golf
/ Hockey /
Rowing
/ Running /
Sailing
/ Skiing /
Surfing
/ Swimming /
Tennis
/ Volleyball /
Weightlifting

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