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LESSON PLAN 1 The Food Pyramid - Guide to a Healthy Diet ESOL Competencies: Communicate Effectively on Health and Nutrition Topics; Cultural Focus: Recognize the importance of healthy eating and maintaining a balanced diet. It is important to learn which foods are good for the body and which are not. Classroom Procedure: 1. Print a copy of the food pyramid on a color transparency or draw the food Grammatical Focus: Vocabulary: pyramid on the board. Teacher explains that for good health, people should Wh- questions using What food pyramid eat a well-balanced diet from all the food groups every day. Show students and Which healthy that the higher a food group is on the pyramid, the less one should eat of it. Using Should to ask unhealthy Distribute Food Pyramid Handout Reading Activity. questions and give advice Spare/sparingly Base/top 2. Pre-reading. Before the students read the passage, the teacher checks the Pronunciation: students’ background knowledge “What is a food pyramid?” “What do you Non-fat Basic vocabulary lean think this story will be about?” The teacher checks students’ knowledge of Long vowel -o- soda, vocabulary and reviews those words the students don’t know Minimum potato maximum 3. Teacher checks reading comprehension by asking these additional questions Similar consonants - d, p aloud. fruit Plural - add -s meat Can you get all your nutrients from one food group? What does “use dairy products sparingly” mean? vegetables Which foods should you eat the least of? Those at the base or the top bread of the pyramid? Look at the key. Are there more fats and sugars in the Community Resources: grains food groups at the top or the base of the pyramid? Bring in food pyramid and food pyramid 4. Teacher explains that scanning is finding details quickly by looking for review. labels, bold or italicized words or numbers. Students read short reading passage below food pyramid silently and then aloud. Students work alone or in pairs to answer scanning questions on handout. 5. Help students improve their scanning and reading comprehension skills by putting these additional questions on the board: Which food group recommends 2 to 4 servings each day? How many servings of vegetables should a person eat each day? Which food group should you eat the least of? Which two food groups recommend 2 to 3 servings each day? Should you center your diet around foods at the base or top of the pyramid? Filling My Pyramid – Extension Activity Print the blank pyramid from link on website. In pairs, students make a list of what they ate yesterday. Remind them not to forget to include milk, juice or other nutritious drinks. Together they decide which category these foods fall into and write the food on their blank food pyramid. They decide if they are eating too much or too little of any one food group. Students report their findings to the class. Text Books: Materials/Additional Resources: Evaluation: PDF handout on nutrition Food pyramid Handout Reading Activity Students identify foods that maintain a balanced diet. 1 Filling My Pyramid activity Students answer scanning and comprehension Newspaper food ads to show types of foods. exercises. Students put foods into correct categories in Filling My Pyramid Scanning for Details Scanning for details is an important strategy that good readers use in their native languages. Scanning is a strategy for finding details which does not require that students understand every word. To scan for details students should be taught to look for numbers, symbols, titles and headings and words that are bold or italicized. Help the students practice scanning by having them to find the answers to the questions on the Food Pyramid handout. Classroom Procedure: 1. Print a copy of the food pyramid on a color transparency or draw the food pyramid on the board. Teacher explains that for good health, people should eat a well-balanced diet from all the food groups every day. Show students that the higher a food group is on the pyramid, the less one should eat of it. Distribute Food Pyramid Handout Reading Activity. 2. Pre-reading. Before the students read the passage, the teacher checks the students' background knowledge "What is a food pyramid?" "What do you think this story will be about?" The teacher checks students' knowledge of vocabulary and reviews those words the students don't know. 3. Teacher checks reading comprehension by asking these additional questions aloud. o Can you get all your nutrients from one food group? o What does "use sparingly" mean? o Which foods should you eat the least of? Those at the base or the top of the pyramid? o Look at the key. Are there more fats and sugars in the food groups at the top or the base of the pyramid? 4. Teacher explains that Scanning is reading for details quickly by looking for labels, bold or italicized words or numbers. Students read short reading passage below food pyramid silently and then aloud. Students work alone or in pairs to answer questions on handout. 2 Food Pyramid: Basic Food Groups for a Healthy Diet Eating a diet containing the correct amounts of all the food groups is important to your health. The five major food groups are shown on the Food Guide Pyramid above. Each of these food groups provides some, but not all, of the nutrients you need daily. You should center your diet around the foods at the base of the pyramid, and you should eat less of the foods at the top of the pyramid. If you’re watching your weight, eat the minimum number of recommended servings. If you need to gain weight, eat the maximum number of servings. For any diet, try to choose nonfat and lean groups as often as possible and choose foods without a lot of added sugar. For example, choose nonfat or 1% milk instead of whole milk; choose lean meat instead of fatty meat. Choose breads and cereal that are not processed with a lot of fat and that have very little sugar, corn syrup or other sweeteners added. By using the Food Guide Pyramid as a model, you can maintain your weight and your health. Instructions: Finding details quickly when you read is called scanning. To scan for details look for titles, numbers and words in italics or bold letters. Scan the reading to find the answers to these questions. 1. How many major food groups are there? What are they? 2. Should you eat the minimum or maximum amount if you’re trying to gain weight? 3. From which two food groups should you plan to eat 2 to 3 servings each? 4. Which food group should you eat 6 to 11 servings of daily? 3 5. Which food group should you eat 3 to 5 servings of? 4 5 6 7 The Food Guide Pyramid A Guide to Daily Food Choices Select a section of the pyramid for details The Food Guide Pyramid is an outline of what to eat each day based on the Dietary Guidelines . It's not a rigid prescription but a general guide that lets you choose a healthful diet that's right for you. The Pyramid calls for eating a variety of foods to get the nutrients you need and at the same time the right amount of calories to maintain healthy weight. Use the Pyramid to help you eat better every day...the Dietary Guidelines way. Start with plenty of breads, cereals, rice, pasta, vegetables, and fruits. Add 2-3 servings from the milk group and 2-3 servings from the meat group. Remember to go easy on fats, oils, and sweets, the foods in the small tip of the Pyramid. What Counts as One Serving? The amount of food that counts as one serving is listed below. If you eat a larger portion, count it as more than 1 serving. For example, a dinner portion of spaghetti would count as 2 or 3 servings of pasta. Be sure to eat at least the lowest number of servings from the five major food groups listed below. You need them for the vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, and protein they provide. Just try to pick the lowest fat choices from the food groups. No specific serving size is given for the fats, oils, and sweets group because the message is USE SPARINGLY. 8 Milk, Yogurt, and Cheese 1 cup of milk or yogurt 1 1/2 ounces of natural cheese 2 ounces of process cheese Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans, Eggs, and Nuts 2-3 ounces of cooked lean 1/2 cup of cooked dry beans, 1 egg, or 2 tablespoons of meat, poultry, or fish peanut butter count as 1 ounce of lean meat Vegetable 1 cup of raw leafy 1/2 cup of other vegetables, cooked or 3/4 cup of vegetable vegetables chopped raw juice Fruit 1 medium apple, banana, 1/2 cup of chopped, cooked, or canned 3/4 cup of fruit orange fruit juice Bread, Cereal, Rice, and Pasta 1 slice of bread 1 ounce of ready-to-eat cereal 1/2 cup of cooked cereal, rice, or pasta 9 Quiz on Serving Sizes Choose the best answer. 1. Which of the following counts as 1 serving from the bread group? a. 1 slice of bread ap b. 1 cup of cooked pasta c. 3 ounces of dry cereal 2. Which of the following does NOT count as 1 serving from the meat group? a. 1 1/2 cups of cooked kidney beans a b. 2 tablespoons of peanut butter c.