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Lesson 1
Narrating a great event! • • •
Explores narratives of sporting events. Understands general information and details in narratives of a sporting event. Narates a short segment of a sporting event.
What sports do you like? Which one is your favorite? 1.
Discuss as a whole group. Do you know the names of the sports items?
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Work in pairs. Discuss what items are used for each sport. How do you know? Tell your partner if you play any of these sports or if you like to watch them. Share your favorite teams too.
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Read and listen to these commentaries. Which sport are they commenting? Discuss in groups. Explain how you figured out the answers. tennis
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Group
basketball
cricket
baseball
Pairs
Group
Track
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soccer
1. Narrator: Raul Portiz (Mex.) … with three minutes left in the game, Marquez is running with the ball moving it forward quickly into the path of Pardo, but Oh! Wilson kicks it right through his legs! Is that a penalty? No, just a warning from the referee. The ball is back in play, now Ochoa takes it and is steering it quickly towards Medina! Wow!... He takes it and is zigzagging through the Spanish defense! Just too exciting! Oh. No! there are too many defensive players! Ochoa needs to pass it to someone! Who? But here comes Little Pea on the right, takes the pass and shoots straight to the goal… Goooooool! Oh… oh! What genius! What a team! What a golden goal!… unbelievable!
2. Narrator: David Hinkle (USA, invited) Here we are at the Monterrey Stadium and The Sultans are taking on those Red Devils. They have their helmets and mitts It’s the seventh Inning and there’s the pitch, it’s a ground ball. Looks like he was trying to put the ball to the right side but, it’s ball one… And here’s Marco, up to bat. Swing and miss! Strike 1. That was quite a swing, Oh, strike two, and I’m guessing, yes... strike three. He’s out… Oh gosh! Here we are at the bottom of the ninth inning. There’s the swing by Adrian and that shot is going to the fans! That’s three home runs for the boys from Monterrey. And a win! What a delightful game!
Narrates a sporting event