Prime Time 7/8, Writing, Arbeitsheft

25 5.5 Guided writing Finding the right headlines Find suitable headlines for the text passages below. Keep them short and precise. 1. A girls’ football team won a boys’ league it joined, despite parents calling the move “crazy” and one referee describing the players as “princesses” for an entire match. The girls of AEM Lleida, in Spain, so dominated the girls’ leagues in their area that team bosses signed them up for competition against boys. 2. Performance-enhancing drugs are not unique to modern athletic competition. Mushrooms, plants and mixtures of wine and herbs were used by ancient Greek Olympic athletes and Roman gladiators competing in Circus Maximus as far back as 776 B.C. Various plants were used for their stimulant effects in speed and endurance events as well as to mask pain, allowing injured athletes to continue competing. 5.6 Writing prompt Essay: Competitive sports The national sports council wants to review its policies with a special focus on youth programmes to foster new talents. For this purpose, they have asked for essays by young people on the topic. You decide to send in an essay about this issue. 5  6  In your essay you should: • discuss the benefits of competitive sports programmes • highlight negative developments in this field • suggest measures to motivate young people to do sports on a competitive level Give your essay a title . Write around 400 words . Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv