1. Template to design a CLIL didactic unit
Subject: FOOD Teacher: Cristina Rodríguez Peña
Title of the Unit We are what we eat Course / Level: 1st Primary
1. Learning outcomes
/ Evaluation criteria
– To recognise different kind of food.
– To classify different kind of food found in the eatwell plate.
– To distinguish the three meals per day.
2. Subject Content – Food classification groups: fruits and vegetables, bread and
pasta, dairy products, meat and eggs, cakes and chocolate;
and some examples of each group.
– Parts of the day and its meals.
3. Language Content / Communication
Vocabulary
– Nouns: banana, apple, carrot, tomato, potato, bread, biscuits,
pasta, milk, yogurt, chicken, sandwich, egg, cake, chocolate
bar and sugar. Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
– Adjectives: good / bad
– Verbs: to be, have.
Structure What is this? It's a …
What have you got? I've got a ...
This food is good / bad for you.
What do you eat for breakfast/lunch/dinner? I eat...
Discourse
type/Language skills
Listening, Speaking, Reading
4. Contextual (cultural)
element
– To Know about typical food from different countries.
5. Cognitive (thinking)
processes
Understand.
Know.
Create.

2. 6. (a) Task – To elaborate a healthy food mobile.
6. (b) Activities
Session 1:
. Present the vocabulary of food with flashcards.
. Sing the song Let's make lunch and say the food can you listen
to.
. Join the picture at the correct word.
. Food maze.
Session 2:
. Listen and draw what Fran's got in his lunchbox.
. Talk about what you've got in your lunchbox.
. Look at the pictures and find the words in the wordsearch.
Sesion 3
. Video: The importance of healthy food.
. Listen and stick the food in the eatwell plate.
. Video: Meal times.
. Talk about healthy breakfast. Compare english and spanish
breakfast.
. Memory Game.
7. Methodology
Organization and class
distribution / timing
– The unit is divided in 3 sessions of 45 minutes each one.
– The class is organized in pairs.
Resources / Materials
– Flashcards.
– Digital blackboard.
– Worksheets.
Key Competences – Linguistic Competence
– Knowledge and interaction with the physical world.
– Processing information and digital competence.
– Social competence
– Cultural and artistic competence.
– Autonomy and personal initiative.
8. Evaluation (criteria
and instruments)
– Direct observation.
– Questions.
– Worksheets.