Урок "Healthy Food Is My Choice"

Theme: Healthy Food Is My Choice.

Objectives: practical: to develop pupils’ reading and speaking skills;                              developing: to incorporate team work; to teach pupils to express                                           their opinions; to develop a creative way of thinking and the                                                         ability to think logically;

  cultural: to teach children to be responsible for his or her health.

Materials: Text “Problem Number One for Teens”(HO1), pictures , cards for pair               work (HO2)

Procedure

I .STARTING THE LESSON

Greeting. Motivation

II. WARMING UP

 Imagine that you are allowed to have some of the gifts from the list on your birthday. Choose three things which you think аre the most important or useful and three which are the least important or useful.

 Compare your choice with other people in your group and agree on the three most important gifts. These phrases may help:

I think the most important thing in life is…

I think it’s much more useful/important to have…than…

The one thing I’d like to have is…

The one I think the most/least important is…

III. INTRODUCTION THE THEME AND EXPECTED RESULTS.

 The topic of our today’s lesson is ‘Health is better than wealth’.

We are going to discuss how health depends upon food.

IV. READING

1. Pre-reading

Mind map “Health”.

What does the word ‘health’ mean for you?

2.  While-reading

Read an article about teens' overweight. Identify which sections of the text (1-5) contain the answers to questions (A-G). There are two extra questions that have no answers in the sections.

PROBLEM NUMBER ONE FOR TEENS

1. The word obesity means being so overweight that is bad for your health. Doctors work out if a person is obese by looking at how tall they are and how much they weigh.
2. One in 25 children is now classed as being obese. With about one in ten kids already overweight, doctors are really worried about how this might affect children's health when they are older. We're putting on weight because we eat a lot more calories but now we don't do as much exercise as we used to. Also, experts say portion sizes have got bigger, fast food is available everywhere and kids are encouraged to buy high fat and high sugar products advertised by celebs.
3. Food is a fuel and everyone needs to eat to get energy. But you have to look at what's in your food. All food and drink except water contains calories. If you eat more calories than you need then those calories aren't used; the body stores it as fat. If you eat loads of extra calories, like a big chocolate bar, you should try and do some exercises to wear off that energy before it turns to fat.
4. Being obese van is very dangerous to your health and doctors say that if you're overweight as a child you're likely to be overweight as an adult. It's linked to heart disease, cancer, strokes, high blood pressure and weak bones. It can also lead to emotional problems like being bullied and feeling down.
5. Experts say you should enjoy your food but be careful about what you eat and remember to keep active. The government is trying to work out how to let you know what's in your food. They may decide that food like burgers and chips should be served up with a warning that you should balance your meal with exercise — just like cigarettes have health warnings on them. Pop stars and sport stars may be banned from advertising fast food and high fat, high sugar snacks and drinks. And some vending machines in school have already been emptied and replaced with healthier options. Cooking lessons could also be included in your day, to help you learn how to prepare food that's good for you.

A. How do you become obese?

B. What's being done about the problem?

C. Why do pop and sport stars advertise fast food?

D. What does obese mean?

E. How does overweight affect your health?

F. Why do kids prefer fast food?

G. Why is obesity a problem?
 

3) Post-reading .

Group work.

Group1. Discuss what the reasons of obesity are.

Group2. Discuss how obesity affects your health.

Group3. Discuss what should be done about the problem of obesity.

V. PAIR WORK.

(HO2)

People eat to have energy. We use the word calories when we talk about energy, a) a) Look through the table. It shows how many calories different foods have.

b) If Ron eats 45g of cornflakes and 200ml of milk, 75g of bread, 50g of cheese and a 150g orange for breakfast, how many calories is that?

c) Find out how many calories you eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner in one day. Boys of your age need 2,650 calories per day, girls need 2,150 calories. Do you have enough or too many?

VII. Summing-up. Reflection.

T: You see that food is very important for your health.

Can you comment on J K. Galbraith words

‘More die in the United States of too much food than too little’

VII. Evaluation

T: The lesson is coming to the end. Thank you very much for your work.

 Who was the most active at the lesson?

 Who worked well?

 Who needs to be more active next time?

IX. HOMETASK

Make a presentation in Power Point: ‘Foods that give us energy’.