1. THE BALANCED PLATE

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• To learn about different groups of food.
• To know what is a balanced diet.
• To play a game on line related to the topic.
• To know what food is good or bad for our
health.
• To work and take decisions in a group work.
• To be able to talk about health and food using
a foreign language, English.

3. COMPETENCIES INVOLVED
• Linguistic and audiovisual communicative
competence.
• Information treatment and audiovisual
competence.
• Learning to learn competence.
• Personal autonomy and initiative
competence.
• Knowledge and interaction with the physic
world competence.

4. BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
Evaluating
Analising
Applying
Understanding
Remembering

5. ASSESSMENT
• Learning assessment:
– Direct observation while the students are doing
the activity on line.
– Self-assessment doing the activity on their own
using small image cards and a classification chart.

6. LESSON
DEVELOPMENT:
1. Introduction
Timing:60’
Teacher shows the
children the balanced
plate picture and
explains it. Teacher
reviews the vocabulary
about food and talk
about the reasons the
different types of food
are classified.

7. LESSON
DEVELOPMENT:
2.Classifying food in
groups.
Pupils use a food
picture bank and they
have to classify into
different food groups
in order to consolidate
scientific vocabulary
and develop their
understanding of
healthy diets.
They do this activity in
groups.

8. LESSON
DEVELOPMENT:
3.Working an ICT
resource.
First,teacher
demonstrates how
the ICT resource
works.
Finally, teacher asks
children to work
through the sorting
activity once they
have reviewed the
information panels.
They do this activity
individually.

11. REFLECTIONS
• It was easily understood for students.
• Students enjoyed it.
• Working first in groups and finally individual
gives students more security.
• Students learn about health and food using a
foreign language.