Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Letter to a NZ Paralympic Athlete
Letter to a Paralympic athlete
Today you are going to select one of the Paralympic athletes from New Zealand competing in the 2020 Paralympics. Check out this link to select from the athletes. You are writing a letter of support to the athlete who is about to complete. Think about all of the things you already know about them and the sport that they participate in.
Your letter needs to have a few things:
A greeting to the person you are writing the letter to! (Dear…, Hi!..., Hello...etc.)
A farewell, or goodbye!
Planning:
Describe who your athlete is. | What sport does your athlete compete in? | Think about their sporting career. What have they achieved? | Thank and congratulate them for taking part in the Paralympics. |
She has two sibling and and she has Disability it her brain brain | She does shot out like her sister | She has achieved 4 medals for nz | Thank you for for going to paralympics because now it other people want to go there |
Start writing here:
Your Name
School Address 130 pt england
Their name 7014
Address
Date 25 august 2021
Dear lisa adams
Yours sincerely, thank you for going to paralympics and not be like the clothes there to shy and other things and the best part is that you have a disability and that's great there's many people that do that and some are is like people in the olympics but didn’t go because they were shy an you have a disability and you are in a sport
(Name) Naomi Koperu
Response to Text - NZ Paralympic Athletes
NZ Paralympic Athletes
Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.
1. Sophie Pascoe competes in
a) Wheelchair Rugby b) Para Swimming
c) Parachuting d) Para Athletics
2. Sophie Pascoe won 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal in the
a) 2012 London Paralympics b) 2016 Rio Paralympics
c) 2008 Beijing Paralympics d) 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
3. Tupou Neiufi went to her first Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016 when she was only
a) 20 years old b) 18 years old
c) 12 years old d) 15 years old
4. List 2 facts about Tupou Neiufi
She place 7th in the woman 100m
She currently ranked 2nd in the world
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5. True or False: Cody Everson became a tetraplegic when he broke his leg.
a) True b) False
6. Lisa Adams began competing in Para Athletics in these two events
a) Shot Put and Discus b) Discus and Javelin
c) Shot Put and Long Jump d) Shot Put and High Jump
7. Explain why our New Zealand Paralympians are amazing people.
→because they show that not only people with everything but people disability and gives people more power to do what they want to do in life

