The Olympics is also an opportunity to look at some of the other aspects of the Olympic Games.
Here is a link about abandoned Olympic venues from the Bored Panda site. We are going to use this as ignition for a debate about the cost of holding the Olympics leading onto some persuasive writing.
This is a link about a young boy who met his childhood hero Michael Phelps eight years ago and today beat him in the 100m butterfly, denying Phelps his 23rd Gold medal in swimming. This could be used to inspire some writing about what makes a hero or who they would really like to meet.
You have probably heard about Eddie the Eagle - but do you know about Eric the Eel? Who should be allowed to compete in the Olympics?
