The lesson plan aims to encourage collaborative work and engage students in communicative exchanges about nutrition. The objectives are to review food group categories, learn about healthy and unhealthy foods, and carry out a survey using expressions of quantity. A variety of speaking, writing, and group activities are outlined to meet these objectives, including revising the food pyramid, completing a chart about personal diets, comparing diets to recommendations, and conducting a food healthiness survey.

1. LESSON PLAN
Teachers: Estela N Braun, Liliana Moserrat.
Student Teacher: Víctor Camargo, Jésica Perez.
School: Escuela Nº2 Remedios de Escalada de San Martín.
Timetable: Tuesday 16.45 – 17.30 / Friday 15.40 – 16.35.
Date: 20/09/13.
Topic: Nutrition.
Class Nº7
AIMS
To encourage collaborative work.
To engage students in communicative exchanges.
OBJECTIVES
To review the food group categories.
To learn about healthy and unhealthy food.
To carry out a survey about healthy and unhealthy food.
To learn about expressions of quantity.

2. ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY
TYPE OF
INTERACTION
Whole class
Activity 1:
First, there will be a
revision of the food
pyramid categories. Then,
the student teacher will
prompt the students to say
how much they should eat,
e.g.
How many apples
/sweets should you eat?
The student teacher will
explain how much they
should actually eat from
each food group- showing
the new labels: Eat very
little, eat little, eat some,
eat a lot/ lost of and
sticking them on the
blackboard.
Activity 2:
The student teacher will
divide the students into
groups of five o six.
A) Once they are arranged, Group work
the student teacher will
draw a chart1 on the
blackboard containing the
expressions of quantity
presented in the previous
activity (very little, a little,
some, a lot of) and ask each
group to complete the
chart with information
about their personal diet.
B) Each group will share Whole class
their work with their
partners and the student
teacher will write their
answers on the chart.
MACROSKILL
Speaking
TIMING
MATERIALS
Speaking
Speaking
Food
pyramid
poster.
Food
categories
labels.
Blackboard.
15’
Writing
10’
Blackboard.
Food
Pyramid
poster.

3. Activity 3:
Whole class
After
sharing
their
information
and
completing the chart, the
student
teacher
will
compare the results with
what the food groups of
the pyramid suggests.
The student teacher will
introduce
the
terms
healthy/ unhealthy.
Speaking
5’
Blackboard.
Food
Pyramid
Poster.
Flashcards.
Activity 4:
Group work
The students will carry out
a survey about healthiness
of the food they eat. In
order to do this activity the
student teacher will give
them a photocopy of a
chart/ draw a chart in the
blackboard2 and provide an
example: Is it healthy to eat
lots of sweets? No, it isn’t
. Is it healthy to eat some
carrots? Yes, it is.
Speaking
Writing
10’
Blackboard/
Photocopies
provided by
the student
teacher.
Food
Pyramid
Poster.

4. Reference:
1
Column table:
Group
Very Little
A little
Some
A lot of
1
2
3
4
2
Healthiness survey:
Student´s name
Question
Is it healthy to eat little ice cream?
Is it healthy to eat very little fruit?
Is it healthy to eat lots of sweets?
Is it healthy to eat very little chocolate?
Answer