ANG-2101-4

LEARNING AND EVALUATION SITUATION

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 top of

Possible places vehicles.

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

J.K Rowling invented the sport of Quiddich for her Harry Potter
Origin of the game books.
 All around the world.
Countries where
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
 Bikram yoga.
Original name of
the activity

Bikram yoga was founded by Bikram Choudhury, who was

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

This style of yoga is practiced in a room with the temperature

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

Enhanced flexibility, successful recovery from injury (due to

deep stretching), and the endless flushing of toxins due to
Benefits increased perspiration.

Water! Drink plenty of water before practice, during practice,

and yup, you guessed it: tons of water after practice.
Things to bring 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

Seems fun and challenging. Too Dangerous for the result.

Extreme A bit stupid to do.
Ironing

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.

Hot Yoga.
Activity I
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