Unit 12. Water sports

Welcome to our lesson!
1. rowing
2. skating
3. windsurfing
4. swimming
5. water polo
6. fishing
7. canoeing
8. synchronized swimming
9. scuba-diving
What water sports have you seen?
Rules:
- Play in 2 teams: Team A and Team B
- Watch a video clip with 6 water sports and a list of the names of 9 sports.
- When the video clip stops, in 30 seconds, run to the board and write the names of the sports that you have seen.
- Just write the numbers for the words:
Example: 3. swimming -> 3
- The team with more correct answers will be the winner.
1. Is this water sport played in a swimming pool or in the sea?
2. Is it played with or without equipment?
3. Is it played individually or in a team?
Look at the picture and answer the questions:
synchronized swimming
Annette Kellerman
Kathherine Curtis
Chicago Teacher’s College
Wright Junior College
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)
Listen and repeat:
Task 1. Listen to a woman talking about synchronized swimming and circle the most appropriate option (A, B or C) to complete each of the following sentences.
1. Synchronized swimming was first performed............
A. in a swimming pool
C. in a lake
2. Curtis’s water ballet club attracted.................
A. national publicity
B. international publicity
both national and international publicity.
3. Rules for synchronized swimming competition are based mainly on scoring methods used in.........
gymnastics and diving
B. diving and skating
C. gymnastics and skating
4. The first recorded competition was held in ............
A. 1907
1939
C. 1940
5. The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) staged the first multi-team competition on........
March 1, 1940
B. May 1, 1940
C. March 10, 1940
.
in a glass tank
B.
C.
A.
B.
A.
TASK 2: Listen again and answer the questions
Who invented synchronized swimming ?
2. When did Katherine Curtis found a water ballet club?
3. Who developed the competition rules of synchronized swimming ?
4. When were the first formal national championships conducted?
5. When did synchronized swimming become an Olympic event?
Annette Kellerman did.
In 1923.
Katherine Curtis did.
In 1946.
In 1984.
Group discussion:
Practise talking about the events in the history of synchronized swimming.
1907
1923
1946
1984
Annette Kellerman, the great Australian swimmer, first performed water ballet in a glass tank.
1939
Homework:
Synchronized swimming is one of the most interesting water sports. It was invented...
Write a paragraph in about 70 words about the history of synchronized swimming. Begin your paragraph with:

Prepare: Writing Lesson
Thank you for your attention!
Good bye!