Sugar in food and drink - CLIL exercise

1. LESSON PLAN N°16
Learning objectives
-To identify the amount of sugar in some common foods and drinks as well as food that is high in
nutrients and moderate to low in sugar.
-To create awareness ofthe risks oftoo much sugar in our bodies.
- To learn the ideal amount ofsugar for each person according to their age.
Warm up – 10 minutes
- The teacher will give students their badges with their names.
-The teacher will begin the class checking the attendance and writing the date on the board.
- The teacher will present the topic “Sugar in food and drink” by showing a poster with the illnesses
that sugar can cause in our body. Moreover, she will show them different food and how much sugar
they contain by measuring it in teaspoons.
Development
Activity 1: The teacher will give students a copy with different pictures of food and drink
with their corresponding sugar teaspoons and they will have to write the name of the
food item and draw a happy face near the healthy ones and a sad face near the unhealthy
ones.
Type of interaction: teacher-student
Macro skill: Reading & Writing
Timing: 7 minutes
Material: copies
Activity 2: The teacher will give the students a copy with all the food that children eat for
breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. Moreover, they will receive another copy with a chart
containing the recommended maximum intake of added sugar suggested by the World
Health Organization. They will have to work in pairs and calculate the total amount of
teaspoons of sugar that the boy or girl eats and how many teaspoons of sugar other than
recommended for his/her age has consumed. Half of the class will receive a copy of a High
Sugar day for Susan, and the other half a copy of a High sugar day for Tom.

2. Type of interaction: teacher-student
Macro skill: Reading & Writing
Timing: 10 minutes
Material: copies
Theteacherwill showstudentsachartwith GO,YIELDand STOPdrinksexplaining them why we have
to choose them most often, sometimes or least often.
Activity3: The teacherwill introduce agame.She will place the GO,YIELD and STOPsignson the
wallsinthree differentcornersof the room.The studentswill receiveadrinkpicture andtheywill
have to stickthembelowthe correctsign.
*Studentsthatgot a GO drinkwill have toclapon theirway
* Studentsthatgota YIELD drinkwill have tojumpon theirway
* Studentsthatgota STOPdrinkwill have towalkon theirway
Type of interaction: teacher-student (Total Physical Response)
Macro skill: Listening
Timing: 15 minutes
Material: copies
Closing the class – 3 minutes
- The teacher will say GOODBYE and THANK YOU to the whole group.

3. Activity1: Draw a happyface  nearthe healthyfoodand a sad face  nearthe unhealthyfood.
Write the name of eachfooditem.
Activity1: Draw a happyface  nearthe healthyfoodand a sad face  nearthe unhealthyfood.
Write the name of eachfooditem.
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19
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1 2
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4. Activity2: Lookat the chart and complete.
* Total Numberof sugar teaspoonsthatSusaneats:
*Estimatedsugarintake fora childof herage:
*Numberof extrasugar spoons:
Susan is 9 years old and in grade 4.
Age Daily amount in teaspoons
4-8 8
9-13 10.5
14-18 13

5. Tom is 14 years old and in 8 grade.
* Total Numberof sugar teaspoonsthatSusaneats:
*Estimatedsugarintake fora childof herage:
*Numberof extrasugar spoons:
Age Daily amount in teaspoons
4-8 8
9-13 10.5
14-18 13
Activity 3