This document outlines a didactic unit on nutrition for a beginner level English class of 22 students aged 10-11. The unit objectives are to teach students to express likes and dislikes about food, learn about meals, the food pyramid and food groups, and have a healthy diet. Grammar focuses on the present simple tense while vocabulary covers food items, meals, and food categories. Lessons will include class activities, group work, and a final project to encourage collaboration. Assessment will be both formative and summative.

1. Víctor Camargo – Jésica Perez
Practice II
DidacticUnit
DIDACTIC UNIT: Unit 4 Nutrition
Expected level of English: Beginner
Number of students: 22
Objectives:
To learn about a healthy diet.
Toexpress likes and dislikes about food with the structure “I like / I don’t like.”
Toanswer questions about likes and dislikes with the structure “Yes, I do / No, I
don’t.”
To contrast likes and dislikes about food with the structure “I like BUT I don’t
like.”
Tointerview students about which food they like.
To learn about the meals of the day.
To learn about the food pyramid.
To learn about food categories.
To classify food in terms of healthy – unhealthy, using the structure “Yes, it is /
No, it isn’t.”
To create posters about food recipes (project).
To encourage collaborative work.
To consolidate topics already studied.

2. Víctor Camargo – Jésica Perez
Characteristics of the class
Practice II
DidacticUnit
Notions / Functions
Grammar / Lexis
Number of students: 22.
To express likes and dislikes.
Present Simple.
Age: 10-11.
To ask questions about likes and
dislikes.
Verb
like:
affirmative,
negative,
interrogative; first and second person.
To describe their daily diet and
what they eat for each meal.
Types of food: apple, milk, chicken, etc.
Expected Level: Beginner
Objectives
- To encourage students to
work collaboratively.
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc.
Food groups: fats, fruits, grains, etc.
- To consolidate topics
already studied.
Balance of Macroskills
Writing:
- Questions and answers about likes and
dislikes related to food.
TOPIC
Students’ Objectives
- To learn to use the present
simple to expresslikes and
dislikes and to ask questions
about them.
- To learn about the meals of
the day.
-To learn about the food
pyramid.
-To learn about food groups
and the amount one should
eat from each category.
-To learn about a healthy
diet.
- Short text about daily diet.
Nutrition
Speaking:
- Express likes and dislikes.
- Oral exchanges during classes.
Evaluation
Listening
Summative,Written.
- Listen to types of food, match them
with their pictures, or order them.
Date: 22/10/13.
Reading:
Resources
- Dialogue about a picnic.
Flashcards with pictures of food.
Formative
Blackboard.
- Short text about a student’s diet.
Food Pyramid Poster.
Photocopies provided
student teacher.
by
the
Methodology
PPP
CLT
Project-based work