HOME LEARNING WRITING TASK High Diving Giraffes

LESSON ONE: L.O. TO MAKE PREDICTIONS

DON’T WATCH THE CLIP YET! MAKE SOME PREDICTIONS FIRST!

Explain your thoughts.

NOW YOU CAN WATCH THE FULL CLIP!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPrWo5pEvyk

Watch it twice – you will spot more the more you watch it!

Were your predictions correct? Explain.

What do you think? Write your initial reactions to the clip.

LESSON TWO L.O. TO UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE USED IN A SPORTS COMMENTARY Your task is to write a sports commentary about this magnificent event!

The High Diving Giraffes have been preparing for this moment for years and their time to shine is finally coming!

What is a sports commentary? It is the voice-over part during a sporting event you watch on TV.

Watch some of this video to gain a better understanding. You should listen carefully to what is being said and how the commentator engages the audience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iiPstyL2rM

PERSONAL OR IMPERSONAL STYLEWhat style is a commentary in? Personal or impersonal? Use the examples below to help you decide.

Personal

First, start with your toes at the end of the board with your

arms overhead. To keep your head up, focus on a target at a

45-degree angle across the pool.

Impersonal

First, toes are positioned at the end of the board by the diver

with arms positioned overhead. To keep the head up, focus

on a target at a 45-degree angle across the pool.

IMPERSONAL STYLE

Commentaries are written in an impersonal style. Did you notice?

Look through the following sentences and try to decide if they are impersonal or personal.

Impersonal

Personal

Personal

Impersonal

Personal

Impersonal

Impersonal style does not have

personal pronouns!

If you would like more practise – follow this link!

http://primaryclass.co.uk/files/WorksheetResources/English/22_3_14/e0075PersonalandImpersonalFormw-PrimaryClass.co.uk.pdf

LESSON THREE L.O. TO WRITE A SPORTS COMMENTARY

Re-Watch High Diving Giraffes

Can you write your own sports commentary linking to the video.

You can adapt the story however you wish. You can give the giraffes names and you can make up additional characters e.g. a coach or judge.

Think carefully about the moves that the giraffes are performing. Use the vocabulary on the following slides to help with technical vocabulary.

There are some further slides to help with your writing, look through these first then give it a go!

SYNCHRONIZED DIVING TERMINOLOGY WORD BANK

Approach — the forward steps taken by a diver toward the end of the board. This usually involves three or more steps.

Backward dive — a dive in which the diver begins with their back toward the water.

Degree of difficulty — a measure of each dive, telling how difficult it is to execute. It is used to determine the final score. Also known as the tariff.

Entry — the point in a dive in which the diver makes contact with the water.

Execution — the carrying out of the dive where the diver will be looking to maintain good control.

Forward dive — the diver faces forwards and rotates forwards away from the board.

Inward dive — the diver begins with back to the water and rotates toward the board after take-off.

Judge — an official who gives scores for each dive.

Hurdle – This is the point in the approach where a diver drives their knee up into the air in order to get more force with which to press the board down, in order to get good height on their dive.

Pike — the diver bends their body forward at the waist. The legs are straight and the toes are pointed.

Platform — the solid diving board from which competitors dive. Also known as firm boards.

Reverse dive — the diver faces forwards and rotates backwards towards the board.

Somersault — a move that involves a complete rotation of the body with the heels over the head.

Springboard — a flexible diving board that adds to the diver's own spring on take-off.

Straight — a position in which body is straight from head to toe, with the feet together and the toes pointed.

Synchronised diving — two divers of the same gender perform the same or complementary dives from the same level board at the same time — the aim being to execute their dive in a similar fashion to the other.

Take-off — the moment at which the diver lifts from the board or platform to begin execution of the dive.

Tariff — the numerical value given to a dive. This is the same as the degree of difficulty. The degree of difficulty ranges from 1.2 to 3.6.

Tower — the entire diving platform structure.

Tuck — a position in which the diver bends their knees, bringing or ‘tucking’ the knees and thighs closer to the chest and heels toward the buttocks.

Twisting dive — any dive that includes a twist, whether forward, backward, reverse or inward.

SUCCESS CRITERIA • Don’t forget to use the correct punctuation in your work

• Use speech marks (use previous slide to help)

SHARE AND PERFORM Share your work with a friend or family member, play the video alongside your commentary.

If you want to be more authentic you could make a headset and microphone and set up a mini studio to perform like a professional!

Don’t forget to keep your work we would love to see what you have done with it upon your return!