Jaxtina - TC - Activity Book - Lesson 19

Jaxtina - TC - Activity Book - Lesson 19

​Accidents and illnesses & Improve your fitness

by Ngọc Minh Nguyễn

​Lesson Overview

​Content Objectives

​Students will be able to

• write about life changes that they would like to try.

  talk about problems that keep them from getting in shape and healthy.

​Language Objectives

​Students will

• learn vocabulary about accident, illnesses and collocations with “get”.

  learn about second conditional sentences.

  practice listening for cause and effects.

  practice intonation in conditional sentences.

Multiple Choice

Practice 1. Read the article and choose the correct option.

1. About . of all adults are overweight or obese in OECD countries.

• a. a third

• b. a sixth

• c. half

Multiple Choice

Practice 1. Read the article and choose the correct option.

2. Obesity causes problems for ..... .

• a. all countries

• b. health services

• c. mainly children

Multiple Choice

Practice 1. Read the article and choose the correct option.

3. Some countries say you should eat ..... each day.

• a. no more than five meals

• b. five types of vegetable

• c. five servings of fruit and vegetables

Multiple Choice

Practice 1. Read the article and choose the correct option.

4. In a “traffic light” system, you can eat less fat if you choose a label where the fat is in ..... .

• a. green

• b. yellow

• c. red

Poll

Practice 2. Check the brainstorming tips you have used.

• Suggest as many ideas as you can.

• Accept all ideas, useful and not useful, and write them down. Look at a problem from different points of view.

• Make sure everyone in your group offers an idea.

• Go online and quickly look at other people’s ideas.

• Try to put ideas together and see what happens.

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Open Ended

Practice 5. WORK INDIVIDUALLY. Write your answer for the questions.

1. What do you usually do when you get home from class/ work?

2. What are some ways people can get in shape?

3. Do you eat only at mealtimes, or do you get hungry between meals?

Poll

Do you know this person???

Poll

Do you still know this person???

​THINKING SKILLS.

​Once upon a time, your teacher was slim and handsome. Work in group, plan a way to help him come back to his old great day, using second conditional sentenecs.

Open Ended

Thinking skills. Each team write as many ideas as you can, then present your ideas to class.

​Practice 7. Listen to the podcast and choose True or False.

​1. Madison Gray is a doctor.

2. The right skills are very important.

3. You should help someone up right away if he or she falls.

4. You should always call an ambulance after a fall.

5. With a broken arm, you should first find something long and hard.

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​Practice 8. LISTENING SKILL - Listen for cause and effect. Listen again and answer the questions.

​1. If someone was injured, and you helped the person up, what could happen?

​______________________________

2. If someone breaks an arm, why do you have to stop any bleeding first?_____________________________

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Poll

Practice 11. Check (✔) all the problems that keep you from getting completely in shape and healthy.

• not enough money

• not interested

• no gyms near me

• don’t like sports

• don’t know about healthy eating

Open Ended

Practice 11. Write your own ideas for the problems that keep you from getting completely in shape and healthy.

Open Ended

Practice 12. For each problem you checked in Practice 11, imagine what you would do if that problem didn’t exist and make notes.

Example: There are no gyms near me. If there were a gym near me, I would join and start exercising.

​Practice 13. IN PAIRS.

​Discuss the problems from Practice 11 and what you would do if they didn’t exist. Use the Confident Communicator box to help you.

​CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR:

START TALKING

Use really to make a statement stronger.

I was really out of shape, so I started playing tennis.

It was a really small change, but it helped a lot.

Open Ended

Practice 14. Read the comment from a website. In your own words, explain how Hugo got in shape.

Poll

Practice 15. WORK INDIVIDUALLY. Choose three small life changes you would like to try. Discuss why you would like to try them.

• eat smaller meals

• stop keeping snacks at home

• use a fitness app

• drink more water

• eat at the dining table

Poll

Practice 15. WORK INDIVIDUALLY. Choose three small life changes you would like to try. Discuss why you would like to try them.

• walk instead of drive

• eat a protein-rich breakfast

• walk during breaks from work/ class

• use a calorie-counting app

Open Ended

Practice 16. Complete the sentences to persuade someone to make a change.

1. You should (Vinf)_________________________________________.

2. Why don’t you (Vinf)______________________________________?

3. Have you thought about (Ving)________________________________?

4. I suggest (Ving)___________________________________________.