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Roger Federer Becomes Greatest EverRoger Federer’s recent win at the French Open makes him the greatest male tennis player ever. He becomes only the sixth man in history to win all four grand slam titles – the Australian Open, the U.S. Open, the French Open and Wimbledon. His victory in Paris also saw him equal Pete Sampras’ record of 14 major titles. Federer knew the significance of his win the second he won. He fell to the ground and cried. His tears were a mixture of joy and relief. He had finally won the French Open in his fourth successive final in France. As he raised the trophy, it seemed as though the weight of history lifted from his shoulders. Federer may go on to further greatness. If he wins the upcoming Wimbledon tournament, he’ll be the only man to win 15 grand slams.
Federer was in dominant form throughout the final. He raced to a 6-1 lead in the first set against his opponent Robin Soderling from Sweden. Soderling put up a challenge in the second set, which Federer won on a tie-break 7-1. A break of serve in the third set gave Federer the victory he so desired. After the match, he said: "This was my greatest victory. I can now go the rest of my career without worrying that I would never win the French Open.” Soderling knew he had played against the best. He told Federer: "To me you are the greatest player in history." Federer was unsure whether or not this was true, saying: "I don't know if we'll ever know who was the greatest of all time but I'm definitely happy to be right up there."
WARM-UPS1. TENNIS: Walk around the class and talk to other students about tennis. Change partners often. Sit with your first partner(s) and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. GREATEST EVER: Who is the greatest ever? Complete this table with your partner(s). Talk about what you wrote to your partner. Change partners and share what you heard. Vote as a class on who is the greatest ever in each category.
4. TENNIS: Students A strongly believe men’s sports are more exciting than women’s; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. RIGHT UP THERE: Would you like to be right up there among the best ever? Rank these in order of which you would like to be the best ever. Change partners and share your rankings.
6. GREATEST: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘greatest’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one. combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING: Listen and fill in the gaps.Roger Federer’s recent win at the French Open ____________________ male tennis player ever. He becomes only the sixth man in history to ____________________ slam titles – the Australian Open, the U.S. Open, the French Open and Wimbledon. His victory in Paris ____________________ Pete Sampras’ record of 14 major titles. Federer knew the significance of his win the second he won. He fell to the ground and cried. His tears were a mixture ____________________. He had finally won the French Open in his fourth successive final in France. As he raised the trophy, it seemed as though the ____________________ lifted from his shoulders. Federer may go on to further greatness. If he wins the upcoming Wimbledon tournament, he’ll be ____________________ 15 grand slams. Federer was in dominant ____________________ final. He raced to a 6-1 lead in the first set against his opponent Robin Soderling from Sweden. Soderling ____________________ the second set, which Federer won on a tie-break 7-1. A break of serve in the third set gave Federer the victory he so desired. After the match, he said: "This was ____________________. I can now go the rest of my career without worrying that I would never win the French Open.” Soderling knew ____________________ the best. He told Federer: "To me you are the greatest player in history." Federer was ____________________ this was true, saying: "I don't know if we'll ever know who was the greatest of all time ____________________ to be right up there." AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘grand’ and ‘slam’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
STUDENT TENNIS SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about tennis in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
TENNIS DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGERoger Federer’s recent win at the French Open (1) ____ him the greatest male tennis player ever. He becomes only the sixth man (2) ____ history to win all four grand slam titles – the Australian Open, the U.S. Open, the French Open and Wimbledon. His victory in Paris also saw him (3) ____ Pete Sampras’ record of 14 major titles. Federer knew the significance of his win the second he won. He fell to the ground and cried. His tears were a mixture of (4) ____ and relief. He had finally won the French Open in his fourth successive final in France. As he (5) ____ the trophy, it seemed as though the weight of history lifted from his shoulders. Federer may go on to further (6) ____. If he wins the upcoming Wimbledon tournament, he’ll be the only man to win 15 grand slams. Federer was in dominant (7) ____ throughout the final. He raced to a 6-1 lead in the first set against his opponent Robin Soderling from Sweden. Soderling (8) ____ up a challenge in the second set, which Federer won on a tie-break 7-1. A break of serve in the third set gave Federer the victory he so (9) ____. After the match, he said: "This was my greatest victory. I can now go the (10) ____ of my career without worrying that I would never win the French Open.” Soderling knew he had played against the best. He told Federer: "To me you are the greatest player in history." Federer was unsure (11) ____ or not this was true, saying: "I don't know if we'll ever know who was the greatest of all time but I'm definitely happy to be (12) ____ up there." Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about tennis for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about Roger Federer. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. THE GREATEST: Make a poster about who you think the greatest people in the world are. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. RIGHT UP THERE: Write a magazine article about someone who has just become the greatest ever. Write about their career. Include an imaginary interview with that person. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. LETTER: Write a letter to Roger Federer. Ask him three questions about his recent victory. Give him three reasons why he should believe he is the greatest ever. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: Roger Federer becomes greatest everRoger Federer’s recent win at the French Open makes him the greatest male tennis player ever. He becomes only the sixth man in history to win all four grand slam titles – the Australian Open, the U.S. Open, the French Open and Wimbledon. His victory in Paris also saw him equal Pete Sampras’ record of 14 major titles. Federer knew the significance of his win the second he won. He fell to the ground and cried. His tears were a mixture of joy and relief. He had finally won the French Open in his fourth successive final in France. As he raised the trophy, it seemed as though the weight of history lifted from his shoulders. Federer may go on to further greatness. If he wins the upcoming Wimbledon tournament, he’ll be the only man to win 15 grand slams. Federer was in dominant form throughout the final. He raced to a 6-1 lead in the first set against his opponent Robin Soderling from Sweden. Soderling put up a challenge in the second set, which Federer won on a tie-break 7-1. A break of serve in the third set gave Federer the victory he so desired. After the match, he said: "This was my greatest victory. I can now go the rest of my career without worrying that I would never win the French Open.” Soderling knew he had played against the best. He told Federer: "To me you are the greatest player in history." Federer was unsure whether or not this was true, saying: "I don't know if we'll ever know who was the greatest of all time but I'm definitely happy to be right up there." LANGUAGE WORK
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