LEARNING AND EVALUATION SITUATION

ANG-2101-4
English, Second Language, Secondary Cycle 1

READING, WRITING, SPEAKING and LISTENING

Strange Sport Activities

STUDENT BOOKLET

Formation Générale des Adultes

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Caroline Levasseur
adapted by Terri Charchuk, December 2016
 WELCOME TO YOUR
LEARNING AND EVALUATION SITUTATION

Please read the guidelines attentively:

• This Learning and Evaluation Situation has 4 tasks for you to complete.

• THIS LEARNING AND EVALUATION SITUATION SHOULD TAKE

APPROXIMATELY 3-4 HOURS

MATERIAL ALLOWED:
• You can use a bilingual dictionary for Tasks 1, 3 and 4.
• You can use a bilingual dictionary, grammar book, student book and course notes
for Task 2.

SITUATION DESCRIPTION:

Your community centre has decided to organize a Strange Sports

Activity Festival to encourage residents to do more physical activity.
You find this idea interesting, and decide to learn more about the
activities that will be offered. You also decide to invite a friend to
participate with you.

Are you ready? Yes! Let’s start!

TASK 1: LEARNING ABOUT STRANGE SPORT ACTIVITIES

You visit the webpage for your community centre to learn more about
the Strange Sport Activities Festival. On the site, you find information
about three unusual acitivities: Quidditch, Extreme Ironing and Hot
Yoga. You decide to read and listen to the information on these
activities.

EXTREME IRONING
(Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njHE4S-HD3I

Watch the video and answer the following questions (circle one answer):

• This sport is exclusively American.

• True
• False

• To practice this sport you need a car.

• True
• False

• The objective of the sport is to take risks.

• True
• False

• You cannot practice this sport without electricity.

• True
• False

• You can iron all kinds of clothing.

• True
• False

EXTREME IRONING
(Text)

Now read the following text about EXTREME IRONING and complete the chart
with the correct information at the bottom of this page.
Extreme Ironing is an extreme sport and a performance art. People who play this
unusual sport go to a remote location and iron clothes! They call themselves ‘ironists’
and get a thrill from taking their ironing board, iron and some of their wrinkly clothes to
extreme places and photograph themselves while ironing. Some of the places they have
gone to include extreme altitudes, underwater, off the edge of cliffs, and on top of
vehicles. According to the official website, extreme ironing is “the latest danger sport
that combines the thrill of doing an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a
well-pressed shirt.”
Fill in the chart with information from the text.
Complete sentences are not necessary.

EXTREME IRONING

Name given to Ironists.

the players

Their ironing board, iron and some of their wrinkly clothes.

Equipment

Extreme altitudes, underwater, off the edge of cliffs, and on

Possible places
top of vehicles.

Advantage of Combines the thrill of doing an extreme outdoor activity with

this activity the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt.

QUIDDITCH
(Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRfkG6Zxkc0

Watch the video and answer the following questions (circle one answer):
• The hoops are:

• About six feet wide

• About 6 feet off the ground

• About six feet long

• The chasers:

• Fly on the brooms

• Can play without brooms

• Run with the brooms

• A ball sent through a hula hoop is worth:

• Ten points

• Fifteen points

• Twelve points

• The beaters :

• Try to get the coloured balls

• Try to stop the chasers

• Try to get the golden snitch

• If a seeker snatches the golden snitch :

• It will end the game

• It will give 10 points to the team

• It will be a fault

QUIDDITCH
(Text)
Now read the following text about QUIDDITCH and complete the chart with the
correct information on the next page.
When J.K Rowling invented the sport of Quiddich for her Harry Potter books, she would
not have imagined that a few years later it would be played in leagues all around the
world. In our world, muggles (normal people) can join in this game involving a quaffle,
broomsticks, hoops, bludgers and the coveted golden snitch.

Without the help of magic, there were a few modifications required to the rules, but fans
of Harry Potter would be happy with the adaptation. There's no actual flying involved –
but players do hold brooms between their legs and run around the field in an attempt to throw
balls through round hoops.

Rules

In the real world, Quidditch is played by both males and females and seven people are
on each team. There are three circular goals (often circular tubes on top of PVC pipes)
placed at each end of the pitch. All players are required to carry a broom between their
legs at all times. Volleyballs are used as the quaffle and dodgeballs are used as the
bludgers. The Snitch is simply a tennis ball contained in a sock tucked in the waistband
of the snitch runner. The team with the most points after the “snitch” is captured wins
the match.

As an indication of how much the sport has grown, there is an International Quidditch
Association, and a Quidditch World Cup. This is a popular game on college campuses
in England.

Fill in the chart with information from the text.

Complete sentences are not necessary.

QUIDDITCH
 Origin of the game J.K Rowling invented the sport of Quiddich for her Harry
Potter books.

Countries where All around the world.

you can play

Seven people are on each team.

Number of players
(plus the golden snitch so 15 players in total)

Three circular goals.

Brooms.
Volleyballs.
Equipment
Dodgeballs.
Tennis ball contained in a sock.

HOT YOGA
(Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAyi3_yaABA

Watch the video and answer the following questions (circle one answer):

• Participants must:
• Drink a lot of water before the exercise
• Drink a lot of water after the exercise
 • Drink a lot of water during and after the exercise
• Participants will do :
• 26 postures twice
• 26 postures
• Between 10 and 20 postures
• A course lasts :
• Half an hour
• One hour
• An hour and a half
• This activity is for :
• Only strong and flexible people
• Everybody
• People with back problems
• The main benefit of this activity is:
• Intoxication
• Hydration
• Detoxification

HOT YOGA
(Text)

Now read the following text about HOT YOGA and complete the chart with the
correct information on the next page.

Make no mistake: Bikram yoga is toasty! This style of yoga is practiced in a room with
the temperature well above body temperature (approx. 40.6 degrees Celsius or 105
degrees Fahrenheit). Bikram consists of a set of 26 poses and two breathing exercises.

Origins

Bikram yoga was founded by Bikram Choudhury, who was born in Calcutta, India in
1946. He started practicing yoga at the age of four under the guidance of Bishnu
Ghosh. At 17, Choudhury suffered a knee injury that led European doctors to believe
that he would never walk again. Then, yoga healed his knee and inspired him to found
Bikram Yoga and take it to communities around the world.

Benefits
Some of the benefits students of Bikram yoga enjoy include enhanced flexibility,
successful recovery from injury (due to deep stretching), and the endless flushing of
toxins due to increased perspiration.

What to bring

Water! Drink plenty of water before practice, during practice, and yup, you guessed it:
tons of water after practice. Hydration is very important in Bikram yoga to avoid
dizziness and to give you a break from the heat. Remember to take a floor mat and a
towel.

Fill in the chart with information from the text.

Complete sentences are not necessary.

HOT YOGA

Original name of Bikram yoga.

the activity

Bikram yoga was founded by Bikram Choudhury, who

Place and country was born in Calcutta, India in 1946. He started practicing
of origin yoga at the age of four under the guidance of Bishnu
Ghosh.

This style of yoga is practiced in a room with the

Place to practice temperature well above body temperature (approx. 40.6
degrees Celsius or 105 degrees Fahrenheit).

Enhanced flexibility, successful recovery from injury (due

to deep stretching), and the endless flushing of toxins
Benefits
due to increased perspiration.
 Water! Drink plenty of water before practice, during
practice, and yup, you guessed it: tons of water after
Things to bring
practice.
Floor mat and a towel.

TASK 2: GETTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ACTIVITIES

After reading and listening to information about the activities, you are
interested in participating. When you click on the MORE
INFORMATION button on the website, the following message appears:

Im not sure if i understand the question.

But no. None of the sports listed here gave me a particular intrest.

You decide to call the community centre to find out more information
about the Strange Sports Activity Festival (dates, times, location, etc.)

Prepare notes on the next page to help you make your phone call. DO NOT WRITE
COMPLETE SENTENCES! When you are ready, go see your teacher to get more
information about the Strange Sports Activity Festival and take notes about the
activities in the following table:

Activity Pertinent Information

Ironing in an extreme way.
Dangerous.

Extreme
Ironing
 Made by J.K Rowling for her Harry Potter books.
Needs 15 players.

Quidditch

Yoga under high temperature.

Needs alot of water.

Hot Yoga

NOTES FOR INTERACTION:

TASK 3: COMPARING STRANGE SPORT ACTIVITIES

You only have time to participate in one activity. You must decide
which one is the best for you. Compare the benefits and
inconveniences of each activity for you using information from Tasks
1 and 2 and your personal information.

Write your information in the table below. Complete sentences are not necessary.
At the bottom of the table, write the activity you choose and give two reasons for
your choice.

Activity Benefits for Me Inconveniences for Me

Extreme Seems fun and challenging. Too Dangerous for the result.
Ironing A bit stupid to do.

A sport fun to play with friends. Holding a broom between my legs.

Quidditch

Relaxing, good for the body. I don't really see any.

Hot Yoga Temperature.

Activity I Hot Yoga.

Choose +
Two It's realxing and good for me.
Reasons for I can also resist very high temperatures and kind of like it.
Choice
TASK 4: INVITING YOUR FRIEND TO THE ACTIVITY

You decide to write an email to your friend to invite him/her to this

activity with you.

In the email, you must include:

• the subject of your email (write on the subject line)

• an introduction
• the reason you are writing (invitation)
• information about the activity you chose
• reasons why this is a good choice
• a closing

Write eight to ten complete sentences.

Use appropriate grammar and vocabulary.

Use the following space to write ideas and practice writing your email.
(No points are given for this part.)
I skipped this part.
Write the final version of your email in the space below.

To: myfriend@mail.com
Subject: Practice ''Hot Yoga'' together?

Hi dear [friend name].

I was wondering if you would like to join me to do something called ''Hot Yoga''.
It's a bit like regular Yoga but we do it under high temperatures.
It helps with body training, physical health and more!
It's also very relaxing..
The best thing is that it isn't hard to do, anybody could do it.
I really hope you'll join me and we'll have a great time together.
I'll wait for your answer!
-Guillaume

• the subject of your email (write on the subject line)

• an introduction
• the reason you are writing (invitation)
• information about the activity you chose
• reasons why this is a good choice
• a closing