Food Pyramid lesson plan

Renata Zdanowska

Szkola Podstawowa Nr 7

Siedlce, Poland

Lesson plan

SUBJECT: Food Pyramid

TIME: 45 minutes

LEVEL: elementary

OBJECTIVES: students:

• improve listening comprehension,

• can understand the listening for information,
• can elicit the six groups in Food Pyramid,
• can recognize products and the right colour of the groups,
• can play the “Silent” and “Slowly, slowly” games.

LANGUAGE CONTENT: food pyramid, 'Orange for grains', 'Green for vegetables', 'Red for fruits', 'Blue for milk products', 'Purple for meats and beans', 'Yellow for oils or fats',

FORMS OF WORK: whole-class, six groups, individual

MATERIALS:

• link (YouTube): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajMU5sBDqgo&feature=related

• script:

“Now, all the food groups go from the top of the pyramid to the base. The different sizes of the stripes show the proportions of food we should eat from each food group.

• Oranges for grains, remember to make half of them whole grains,
• Green is for vegetables, don't forget to eat dark green and orange ones,
• Red is for fruits, fresh, canned, frozen or dried,
• Blue is for milk products, go for low fat or fat free,
• Purple for meats and beans, choose lean meat or poultry and more beans, nuts and seeds,
• Yellow is for oils or fats, choose these products carefully.

Now, physical activity or exercise, no matter what you call it, the steps remind us to be active every day.”

• flashcards from the previous lesson: cereal, milk, bread, yogurt, roll, sandwich, salad, meat, fish, soup, potatoes, pasta, rice, vegetables, sweets, fruit, nuts, eggs, apples, pears, cucumber, onion, fat, beans, ham,

• Worksheets 1, 2 and 3,

• crayons, six pieces of colourful papers: orange, green, red, blue, purple and yellow, picture of Egyptian Pyramids

ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS:

• Ss may have a problem with the extraction of the information from the listening material (understanding names of the groups)

T. - teacher, ss – students

S T A G E	PROCEDURE	FORM OF WORK	MATERIALS
O P E N I N G	1. T. greets ss.	whole-class
W A R M - U P	2. The game 'Slowly, slowly'. T. covers a flashcard with a picture of i.e. fish, with white one of the same size and then uncovers it 'slowly'. If someone guesses – shouts and T. asks the rest of the children whether it is the right or the wrong answer. If it is correct, T. shows the flashcard and the whole class repeat the name again. If not – uncovers the picture a little bit more. Ss replace T. in the game. All the words are known from a previous lesson.	whole-class	flashcards: cereal, milk, bread, yogurt, roll, sandwich, salad, meat, fish, soup, potatoes, pasta, rice, vegetables, sweets, fruit, nuts, eggs, apples, pears, cucumber, onion, fat, beans, ham,
P R E S E N T A T I O N	3. Pre – listening T. asks ss to use magnets and place the flashcards which are similar - close to each other on the whiteboard. Ss may have different ideas how to do it. T. should take time to allow re-arrange the groups a couple of times (i.g. milk, yoghurt, bread - “white” category) 4. While – listening T. asks ss to listen to the presentation and answer the question: what colours have you noticed? (listening for gist): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajMU5sBDqgo&feature=related Ss say the following colours: orange, green, red, blue, purple and yellow. T. asks to listen for the second time, check the answers (listening for checking). T. asks to listen once more to find out what the names of the six groups are. Ss answer: grains vegetable fruits milk products meat and beans oils or fats T. makes sure that children understand the meaning of the names of these groups.	whole-class
P R A C T I C E	5. Post – listening activities T. divides the whole class into six groups and gives each one different coloured piece of A4 paper - orange, green, red, blue, purple and yellow. Ss's task is to discuss what products belong to the specific colour and arrange again flashcards on the whiteboard again. T. shows a picture of the Food Pyramid and ss check their guesses. If they were wrong they correct it. T. asks students to guess why the picture is called “Food Pyramid”? (It is in the shape of a pyramid, to help people remember what food to eat. ) T. explains that the steps remind us to stay physically active. It means we should exercise, run, swim or walk etc. 6. Guessing game “Silent”. T. removes all the flashcards from the whiteboard and leaves only six pieces of colourful papers. T. shows any of flashcards and place below any colour (for example: bread below orange). If this is correct and bread belongs to Orange group, the kids repeat 'bread - orange' and clap. In case of incorrect answer – for example meat below Red group – ss remain “silent”. Ss replace the T. in the game. They use all the flashcards so finally there are six groups arranged on the whiteboard again.	6 groups	Six pieces of colourful papers: orange, green, red, blue, purple and yellow flashcards from the game “Slowly, slowly” a picture of Food Pyramid (worksheet 1) a picture of Egyptian pyramids
P R O D U C T I O N	7. T. hands out copies of Worksheet 2 and asks to draw the missing products in the Food Pyramid.	individual	Worksheet 2, crayons,
C L O S I N G	8. Homework T. asks ss “To write their choices from yesterday” on Worksheet 3. They should not fill any other parts of the Worksheet. During the next lesson there will be time to make corrections (if any) in children's menu based on their homework.	whole-class	Worksheet 3