1. Warm-up

Teacher shows some flashcards of food and asks: “What is it?”

Students answer: “Apple”, “chicken”, “coffee”, “rice”.

Teacher asks: “What can they all be called?”

Students answer: “Food”.

Teacher asks: “What can they all be called?”

Students answer: “Plants”.

Teacher: “What other food items do you know?”

Students give their answers.

Flashcards of apple, chicken, coffee and rice

1. Introduction of new knowledge and new vocabulary

Teacher asks: “How do we call "apple and banana together?”

Students answer: “Fruit”.

Teacher: “Fruit is a food group. What other food groups do you know?”

Students answer: “Vegetables”.

Teacher: “Actually, there are five food groups. Fruit and Vegetables will be in one group. Other food groups are Carbohydrates, Proteins Dairy, Fats and Oils.”

Teacher writes the names of the food groups on the board.

Teacher asks: “Let's write 6 items in Fruit and Vegetables group”

Students name some fruits and vegetables.

Teacher writes them on the board under the heading “Fruit and Vegetables”.

Teacher: “Why do you think we wrote types of fruit and vegetables in one group”?

Students answer: “They grow”.

Teacher gives a card with Text 1.

Teacher: “Yes, now let’s read and translate Text 1.”

Students and Teacher read and translate the text.

Teacher: “Carbohydrates are grains (зерновые). For example, pasta is a carbohydrate.”

Teacher writes “pasta” under the heading “Carbohydrates” on the board.

Teacher asks: “What other carbohydrates do you know?”

Students give their answers: “Bread, rice, porridge, noodles, biscuits, cake”.

Teacher: “Do you know what carbohydrates give us? Let’s read a text about carbohydrates.”

Teacher gives a card with Text 2.

Teacher: “Let’s read and translate Text 2.”

Students and Teacher read and translate the text.

Do the same for Proteins: elicit examples (such as meat, fish, beans, and eggs) and write on the board, read Text 3.

Do the same for Dairy: elicit examples (such as milk, cheese and yoghurt) and write on the board, read Text 4.

Do the same for Fats and Oils: elicit examples (such as olive oil and butter) and write on the board, read Text 5.

Whiteboard, markers

Cards with the texts on them:

Text 1: Fruit and vegetables give us vitamins to keep our bodies working and help our immune system. They give us fiber to help our digestion.

Text 2: Carbohydrates keep our energy levels up.

Text 3: Proteins build healthy muscles and allow our bodies to grow and repair.

Text 4: Dairy products give us calcium for strong teeth and bones.

Text 5: Fats and oils as an energy store

3. Practice

Teacher says: “Now, we are going to do an exercise. Match the food groups (1-5) with their functions (a-c).”

Students do the exercise.

Teacher and students check the exercise.

Worksheet

4. Introduction of new knowledge and new vocabulary

Teacher writes the words “Healthy” and “Unhealthy” on the board.

Teacher: “Is all food we eat good for our body and health? Is it healthy?”

Students answer: “No”.

Teacher: “Let’s do the exercise. Colour the healthy food with green and colour the unhealthy food with red.”

Students do the exercise.

Teacher and students check the exercise.

Teacher writes “A healthy diet” on the board.

Teacher: “Unhealthy foods are high in salt, fat and sugar. They do not give our bodies any nutrients so we should eat less of them. A healthy diet should be varied. It should include all of the five food groups and not too much of the same thing. Let’s look at the Healthy Food Pyramid”.

Teacher shows a poster.

Teacher and students discuss the pyramid.

Whiteboard, markers

Worksheet

5. Practice

Teacher gives students worksheets and says: “Now, you are going to draw your healthy diet plate. Then you will present it to the class.”

Students draw and present their healthy diet plates.

Worksheet

6. Reflection

Teacher: “Under Number 1 write 3 food groups you learned today. Under Number 2 write 3 healthy food items. Under Number 3 write 1 question you still have.”

pieces of paper with numbers from 1 to 3