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Activity 1.1.Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch? feature=endscreen&v=CLvWJpKqGNM&NR=1 What are the animals talking about?....................................................

What sports have they mentioned?.....................................................

Activity 1.2.Watch the Video and answer the questions below: http://www.google.gr/search? q=pictures+of+sports&hl=el&tbo=u&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=coiv UO4khuS1BoisgZgF&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=709 What are we going to talk about?

Which one do you recognize?

Activity 2.1. Ask your partner these questions . Then report your findings : Do you have any free time? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Do you play any sport during it? Which one? How often? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Do you belong to a sports team? If yes, what position do you play in? How often do you exercise? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Do you watch matches on the TV or the net? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Do you watch matches in their fields? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Which is your favourite team? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Do you belong to the fan club of your favourite team? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Would you like to be a professional player in a team? Why? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Activity 3.1.Listen to the following poem and answer the questions below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-CKBcUAqw8 What is the subject matter of the poem?

What is the implication behind?

Activity 3.2. Read the text and answer the questions that follow: http://greece.greekreporter.com/2011/01/08/ancient-greek-teamsports-are-forerunners-of-modern-sports/ Ancient Greek Team Sports are Forerunners of Modern SportsSoccer,basketball, volleyball, polo, handball and other team sports are extremely popular all over the world for many decades. Team sports are not a modern invention. In ancient Greece these sports were very popular as well. Ancient Greeks practiced sports not only for their diversity, but also for physical training, which was considered very important for their mental health. Men, children and women participated in these games. Ancient Greeks preferred sports played with balls (spheres), made by strings or leather. The more popular ball games, which have many similarities with modern games with balls, were “phaininda”, which resembles the handball, “episkyros”, the

ancient rugby, which was the

“keritizein”, the ancient Greek field hockey and “aporraxis”, forerunner of modern basketball.

Questions: 1.

Which sports?

country is the motherland of many team

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What was one prerequisite according to the ancient Greeks for a healthy mind ?

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Who could take part in these games?

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What kind of team sport was most favourite among them ?

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Name three modern team sports and their forerunners.

3.3. Watch the videos(or read the texts) that follow and fill in the table: GAME NUMBER OF PLAYERS

OBJECT WHERE IT WHAT THE USED

TIME

IS PLAYED AIM IS

Time for fun: Play the game:http://digitalschool.minedu.gov.gr/LearnEnglish/#node29