ENGLISH 3 BLENDED

Unit 5 AB FOOD CHOICES

Lesson aim: Students discuss about healthy lunches and eating

habits using vocabulary about quantities of food, containers and
cooking methods.

A. Look at the picture on the class screen and write down as many
food items as you remember.

B. HEALTHY LUNCHES
Where do you have lunch? Do you have lunch at the cafeteria or at
snack places that are across from the university? Do you just eat
snacks for lunch? Do you eat healthy lunches?

Watch the video: Healthy lunches on

https://vimeo.com/120533466 and complete the information about
Americans health problems and some tips for lunching healthier.

According to the CDCs (Centers for Disease Control) _______ of Americans

are overweight and more than _________US adults are obese. Our eating
________ may be putting us at risk for serious _________________. The problem
that most of us face is _________.
SMALL CHANGES
Write down some small changes that the speaker suggests we do to
eat healthy lunches.
1.___________________________________________________________________
2.___________________________________________________________________
3.___________________________________________________________________
4.___________________________________________________________________
What about you? Do you lunch or eat healthily?

1. Do you think the tips from the video are useful?

2. What other tips can you add to the list above?

C. MY EATING HABITS: Individual and group work

Complete the questions with too, too much, too many, a lot of, or enough.
Then write true answers for you. Get in groups of four and share your
answers with your classmates:

1. Do you eat _________________ of snacks do you eat _____________?

______________________________________________________________
2. Do you eat ______________ vegetables every day?
______________________________________________________________

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 3. Do you ever feel _____________ full after eating a meal?
______________________________________________________________
4. Do you exercise _________________? At least twice a week?
______________________________________________________________
5. Do you eat _________________ for lunch so you dont need a snack
later?
______________________________________________________________
6. Do you ever eat meals ___________________ quickly and feel sick?
_______________________________________________________________
7. Do you drink _______________ water at least 2 liters?
_______________________________________________________________
8. Do you think you eat _________________ fried foods?
_______________________________________________________________

D. LETS PREPARE A MENU FOR A LUNCH PARTY!: INDIVIDUAL AND

PAIR WORK

Individual work: Imagine you are having a lunch party for your family on
Sunday. Complete the chart with food you would like to prepare for them.
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Get in pairs and decide on the dishes, desserts, and beverages you are
going to prepare for your lunch party. Use different cooking methods. Share
your menu with the class.

MAIN DISH
DESSERT
BEVERAGES

E. WRAP UP: Carl is doing his weekly grocery shopping. Circle the
best quantifier to complete each of his thoughts.

Hmmm. We only have a few / a little cheese left in the refrigerator. I guess
Ill get some more. And theres not many/ not much butter let, either, so
Ill get some of that too. I dont think that there are many/ much oranges
left in the fruit bowl, and I know my roommate likes bananas, so Ill get both.
Hes such a picky eater. He eats very few/ very little vegetables, but I
should get a few / a little cucumbers, at least. Um the ice-cream
section I really want to eat fewer / less ice cream, but maybe I can buy a
light, fat-free kind with fewer / less calories in it. Well, I think thats all I
need

F. PROGRESS CHART

I know I need to
how to review how
to
Use quantifiers like a little, a few, very little,
very few, etc.
Use too, too much, too many, and enough.

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 Talk about food using expressions like a jar of, a
can of, a box of, etc.
Name at least 8 different ways of serving food.

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