Using Websites

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Today, I'll share with you two lesson plans to use the websites that I selected in my previous post. If you haven't read it, click here. 

 Topic: healthy eating
Year: 4th (secondary school - Buenos Aires Province)
Level: Intermediate
Duration: two lessons (60 minutes each)
Lesson 1
Warmer: students will be given some cards with pictures representing different types of food. They will have to organise it into 3 different options for someone who wants to eat healthily in less than 1 minute. The teacher will carry out a survey to choose the best option. 

Web: students will be asked to select and read two of the following websites. They will have to take down notes about the most relevant information about healthy eating.

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (2018). Healthy Eating Basics. Retrieved June 16, 2019, from https://www.heartandstroke.ca/get-healthy/healthy-eating/healthy-eating-basics


Eat Well. (2019, March 27). Retrieved June 16, 2019, from https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/ 


McArdle, P. (n.d.). Healthy Eating. Retrieved June 16, 2019, from https://www.bupa.co.uk/health-information/nutrition-diet/healthy-eating


British Nutrition Foundation  (2018). A healthy, balanced diet. Retrieved June 16, 2019, from https://www.nutrition.org.uk/healthyliving/healthydiet/healthybalanceddiet.html  


Robertson, T. (n.d.). Easy Tips for a Healthy Breakfast. Retrieved June 29, 2019, from https://www.healthyeating.org/Videos/Easy-Tips-for-a-Healthy-Breakfast


What next: In the first activity, students will have to solve a multiple choice exercise on their phones in order to check reading comprehension (you can download the HTML file here). As a second activity, students will be given different situations in which they will have to give a piece a advice to a patient with eating disorders. They will present their ideas in a role-play situation in which some students will be the doctors and others the patients. 
Lesson 2
Warmer: T will paste some pictures on the bb and students will have to decide if those items represent healthy or unhealthy food.

Web: students will be asked to read the following websites about food labelling and collect some information about the items related to nutrition information which are presented in food labels. 

Food Labels. (2018, June 5). Retrieved June 16, 2019, from https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/how-to-read-food-labels/


Moore, S., Breese, R., & Baker, L. (2018, August). Food Labelling: Nutrition information. Retrieved June 16, 2019, from https://www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts/food_labelling



What next: Firstly, students will be asked to visit two websites about food labelling. In groups, they will have to read the information and prepare a short summary of the main points. Once they post their summaries on a blog created by the teacher, each group will be given some labels to analyse. They will have to prepare a chart comparing the different items and decide which one is the healthiest. Students will share their analyses with their classmates using an online/offline tool (such as Canva, Microsoft Excel or Google Forms) and they will explain their choices using the information on the websites as a reference. After the analysis, the students will have to solve a crossword on their phones (you can download the HTML file here).

Remember! Once you download the HTML file, open it with your browser and you'll be able to visualise the activity.

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