1- Introduction: The Food Pyramid

The food pyramid shows different food groups. We eat them every day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

2- Vocabulary: Food

Let’s learn new words: healthy foods and junk foods.

 

 

2.1- Healthy Food

Healthy food is good for us. It has a lot of nutrients: vitamins, minerals, water, proteins, etc.

Fruits

 

 

Vegetables

 

 

Proteins

 

 

 

2.2- Junk / Unhealthy Food

“Junk” or “unhealthy” foods have a lot of salt, fat, and sugar. They are bad for us!

Read and listen.

 

 

2.3- Activity

Classify the food: healthy or unhealthy.
 

 

 

3- Communicative function: Connecting Ideas

Let’s learn how to connect ideas about food!

 

 

3.1- “And”: Adding Items

We use the word “and” to link two or more items, objects, etc. For example:
 

Tomatoes   and bananas  are healthy food.

 

Potato chips     and ice-cream  are junk food.

 

3.2- “But”: Expressing Contrast

We use the word “but” to connect 2 opposite ideas. For example:
 

Tomatoes  are healthy but potato chips   are unhealthy.

 

Fish  is healthy food but hamburger  is junk food.

 

 

 

4- Practice Activity

Complete the ideas with the correct word: and or but. Number 1 is an example.
 

1) Pizza   is unhealthy but lettuce   is healthy.

 

2) Legumes  are healthy _____ ice-cream  is unhealthy.

 

3) Donut  _____ popcorn are unhealthy foods.

 

4) Fries are unhealthy _____ broccoli   is healthy.
 

5) Nuts  _____ pineapple  are healthy foods.

 

 

Answer Key
 

1) Pizza   is unhealthy but lettuce   is healthy.

 

2) Legumes  are healthy but ice-cream  is unhealthy.

 

3) Donut  and popcorn are unhealthy foods.

 

4) Fries are unhealthy but broccoli   is healthy.

5) Nuts  and pineapple  are healthy foods.

 

 

5- Interactive Activity

Label the food in the picture.

 

 

 

6- Self-evaluation: Check the box to see what you learnt

 

What did you learn?		Yes	No
1) I can name foods.
2) I can connect two items/foods using “and”.
3) I can connect opposite ideas using “but”.