KNOWLEDGE/COMPREHENSION (5)
WORD INTELLIGENCE
1. Make a fact chart of your favorite Commonwealth Games sport.
2. Write an acrostic poem using the word Commonwealth.
3. Word pyramid: Find Commonwealth Games words that have 3, 4,5,6,7,8,9 & 10 letters in them.
Write them from smallest to largest in the form of a pyramid.
LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL INTELLIGENCE
I. Brainstorm with a partner the Commonwealth Games sports, which involve water.
2. Make a timeline of the Commonwealth Games.
3. Explain the difference between Commonwealth Games record times and World record times.
SPACE/VISION INTELLIGENCE
I. Make a mobile showing Commonwealth Games sports.
2. On a world map locate the countries that have hosted the last five Commonwealth Games.
3. Make a cartoon strip, showing the sequence of events involved in a Commonwealth Games Medal
presentation ceremony.
BODY INTELLIGENCE
I. Play a game of charades using Commonwealth Games sports.
2. Make gold, silver and bronze medals to use at your “medal presentation’ (see number 3).
3. Act out a medal presentation ceremony using the medals you have made.
MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE
I. Listen to music, which would be suitable to accompany a gymnastics routine. Play it for your
class.
2. Write a chant to encourage Australian Commonwealth Games athletes. Demonstrate it to the
class.
3. List the different sounds you would hear at the Commonwealth Games. Eg: cheering,
announcements. You could make an audiotape.
PEOPLE INTELLIGENCE
I. With a partner, discuss and list ten famous Australian Commonwealth Games athletes, together with
the sports they play.
2. In small groups according to your favorite Commonwealth Games sport, make decorations for your
classroom.
3. Form co-operative learning groups (allocate roles) to write and perform a play, on the theme 'Be a
good sport'.
SELF INTELLIGENCE
I. If you were a Commonwealth Games athlete write about the sport you would choose and give reasons
for your choice.
2. You have just been selected to represent Australia in your favorite sport. Record in your journal how
you feel about being given this special honor.
3. Working with a partner, use body language to express the emotions you may feel following a
Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games event, eg excited, disappointed.
APPLICATION/ANALYSIS (10)
WORD INTELLIGENCE
I. Investigate the Commonwealth Games flag. Share your findings with your class.
2. Construct a crossword puzzle on the Commonwealth Games. Write the clues, and ask your class to give
the answer.
3. Design a questionnaire to use with children and teachers, to gather information about the issue of
athletes using drugs to enhance their performance.
LOGICAL/MATHEMATICAL INTELLIGENCE
1. Conduct a class survey to discover the ten most popular Commonwealth Games sports. Conduct the
same survey with your family.
Make a column graph of the results to compare the information and display it in your class.
2. The Olympics are held in leap years. Investigate how a leap year occurs every four years, and explain
your findings to your class.
3. Make a ' Commonwealth Games sports family tree', showing the different categories of sports and the
relationships between them.
SPACE/VISION INTELLIGENCE
I. Make a diorama to illustrate a Commonwealth Games sport.
2. Make a jigsaw puzzle of an Opening Ceremony at the Commonwealth Games.
3. Create a weekly menu for an athlete, using information provided by your teacher.
BODY INTELLIGENCE
I. Ask your class to help you spell out the word Commonwealth, using your bodies for the letters.
2. Think of three new relays, which could be run at the Commonwealth Games. Run these relays with
your class.
MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE
I. Write a commercial to advertise the Commonwealth Games. Put your commercial to music.
2. Listen to the national anthems of three Commonwealth Games countries. Identify the words and
phrases, which speak of national pride.
3. Make an athlete 'sound picture' using color and texture to illustrate the qualities of the sounds and the
feelings they produce.
PEOPLE INTELLIGENCE
1. Make a card game (eg like Snap). Use cards with sports ' names and cards with athletes’ names. Play the
game with the children in your class.
2. In a group use a Commonwealth Games theme to construct a board game for four players.
3. Working in pairs, prepare interview questions to use with a famous Commonwealth Games athlete of
your choice.
SELF INTELLIGENCE
I. Write a biography of a famous Australian Commonwealth Games athlete (past or present). Share your
biography with your class.
2. Make your family tree and identify the members of your family who have played sport.
3. Write a letter to an Australian Commonwealth Games athlete (past or present) who has made a
significant contribution to Australian sport. Congratulate them and thank them for what they have done.
SYNTHESIS/EVALUATION (20)
WORD INTELLIGENCE
I. Conduct a debate ' Commonwealth Games team sports are best'.
2. Prepare a list of criteria to judge the originality of a Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony.
3. Write a letter to the editor of your local paper making recommendations and changes needed for
future Commonwealth Games.
LOGICAL/MATHEMATICAL INTELLIGENCE
1.The main Commonwealth Games stadium seats 100,000 people. 10% of the seats go to
Commonwealth Games officials and 5% of the seats go to special guests. How many seats are left for the
general public? What is the answer to this question if there are 50,000 seats in the stadium? Or
150,000 seats in the stadium?
2. Discuss with a partner the advantages and disadvantages of Commonwealth Games team sports and
Commonwealth Games individual sports.
3. Prioritize the advantages and disadvantages discovered in the previous activity.
SPACE/VISION INTELLIGENCE
I. Design a new uniform for the Australian Commonwealth Games Team.
2. Create a mascot for the Commonwealth Games. Introduce your mascot to your class and explain the
reasons for your choice.
3. Design a poster to encourage good sportsmanship.
4. Create a poster about a Commonwealth Games athlete, that compares their health statistics to the
healthy ranges provided and includes answers to these questions: Why is this athlete healthy? Is this
picture of health realistic for the general community?
BODY INTELLIGENCE
1. Choreograph an aerobic routine/health hustle to a popular song, to be performed at the opening
ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.
2. Using a Commonwealth Games theme write a script for a puppet show, make the puppets and perform
it for your class.
3. Using the gold, silver and bronze medals you (or a class a mate) have made, plan a treasure hunt for
your class. Evaluate the treasure hunt and make recommendations or changes for the future.
MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE
I. Compose a Commonwealth Games song, or put new words to a known melody.
2. Choreograph a dance routine to use with the song you have composed in the previous
activity.
3. Compose a percussion score for Australia's national anthem ' Advance Australia Fair'. Make
instruments to use with the score and prepare a list of criteria to judge their effectiveness.
PEOPLE INTELLIGENCE
1. Sporting events often become the focus for political discussion.
Discuss with a partner the reasons why some countries have felt it necessary to boycott particular Olympic
Games.
2. Form a panel to discuss the qualities required of an athlete, if they are to participate in a
Commonwealth Games team sport.
SELF INTELLIGENCE
I. Choose a city to host the next Commonwealth Games (after Melbourne). Justify your choice by giving
five reasons for it.
2. List in order of importance the qualities you believe are needed, if a person is to become a
Commonwealth Games athlete. Suggest how these qualities can be developed.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES CONTRACT
Term 3, 2002
Your goal is to achieve 100 points!
The questions have again been divided into 3 groups, with a value of 5, 10 or 20 points.
The tasks are divided into 7 intelligences, which gives you the opportunity to choose activities from your
preferred intelligence and to develop your skills in the other intelligences.
It is essential that you work solidly and perform at your highest standard.
Please select your tasks carefully, remembering to consult with others for ideas and help.
Homework tasks with due date inside the arrow.
Compulsory activities
INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PLAN for _______________________________________
MAX.
POINT
VALUE
ACTIVITY
TYPE
AND
NUMBER
/5
Homework
Music 3
/10
Homework
Logic/Maths 1
/10
Homework
Self 1
/10
Compulsory
Space/Vision 3
/20
Compulsory
Space/Vision 4
DATE
TEACHER COMMENTS
AND EVEALUATION