Quick-Fire Write: Esports
Think Before You Start - Discuss
Have you ever seen online gaming competitions? What happens?
What are the positives and negatives of playing video games?
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Quick-Fire Questions
- How do you personally define what a sport is?
- Are esports sports, or not, and why?
- What esports, if any, would you be interested in competing in, and why?
- What are the health risks of long-term video gaming?
Key Words -
Can you use them in a sentence?
Esports: multiplayer video games played competitively in front of spectators, usually by professional gamers.
Competition: an event or contest in which people take part to win something.
Be The Teacher -
Fix this broken sentence!
Esports are certanly as competitive as other sports. cheating does happen, and if a gamer gets court, they could be find (or even banned.
Stretch Yourself...
Write a fictional news report about an esports competition that runs into a problem when they have a power cut.
Go Create...
Create an esports profile for yourself: draw your picture or logo, label your strengths and favourite games or hobbies, and note down your motto or mantra.
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