Healthy habits communicative skills

1. 1
Why not CLIL?
TASK 1
IDENTIFYING THE COMUNICATIVE SKILLS
By completing the following chart you will identy the different communicative skills you want
to developinyourstudentthroughthe unitplan.
You will write down the CALP, Content Language: which structures or vocabulary words are
yougoingto teach throughthe unitplan?
Also you have to think on BICS, Basic Interpersonal Language: which classroom language will
youneedduringthe unit?
And finally the Language through, which sentences will help you and your students to develop
the unit,workin groups,think,expresstheiropinion,etc...
CALP
Content Language
BICS
Basic Interpersonal
Language
Language through
Scaffolded Language.
Physical Activity
Warm up
Health
Heart rate
Stretching
Strength
Ability
Speed
Physical stamina
Calmdown
Breathing
Breathe in/out
Relaxation
Concentration
Body
Mind
Muscles
Rest
Sleep disorder
Bedtime
Nutrition
Diet
Balance diet
Eating habits
Food
Weight control
Adjectives: interesting, hard,
easy…
Nouns: healthy habits, illness,
week, well-being, family,
parts, heart beat…
Verbs: feel, eat, run, walk,
breathe, relax, move, listen,
smoke, sleep...
Expressions while practicing
exercices: Let’s go for…,
come on…,
Expressions for forming
groups: “I’ll take….”, “I’ll
choose...”
Connectors: First / then /
later / finally
Suggesting: “We can do it
this way”, “Let’s try …” “Why
not….?”
Identification of items and
movement actions: “This is a
…….” “ He/She is eating...”
Expressing their opinions
about the exercises: I like, I
love, I don’t like, I hate
Do you like practicing
sports or physical activity?
Which kind of sport or
physical activity do you
practice?
How often do you practice
any kind of physical
activity?
Let’s plan a complete
warm up.
Don’t forget to take 5
minutes to do the calm
down exercises.
Which are the parts of a
complete warm up?
How could you improve
your health?
Which habits do you need
to put in practice?
Your heart rate increases
when you exercise.
Today we will work on
speed and strength
abilities.
The student's stamina
must improve during the
course thanks to the
training sessions.
We must learn to breathe

2. 2
Why not CLIL?
Questioning and answering:
what do you…? Why, What,
Where…?
Expressing their own opinion
about the different habits: I
think that, from my point of
view...
Expressing possibilities: May
be… Every two weeks
Suggesting improvements,
making recommendations,
giving solutions, explaining /
arguing facts….
in a relaxed way. Take
your time to breathe in
and out.
Breathing exercises help
us to get relaxed and to
improve our
concentration.
We need to know our
body. The main muscles,
bones and joints are easy
to learn.
Sleep disorder can
generate illnesses.
We must follow a balance
diet to be healthy.
Weight control is essential
to remain healthy.