How healthy do you eat?

Introduction

 

THIS WEBQUEST IS INTENDED TO TEACH PUPILS AND ALLOW THEM TO PRACTICE TO PREPARE A COLOURFUL PRESENTATION ABOUT THEIR HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS WEBQUEST, PUPILS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE FIVE PARTS OF A FRIENDLY LETTER AS WELL AS WRITE ONE IN THE CORRECT FORMAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE MY PUPILS’ SPEAKING ABILITY, READING, LISTENING, AND WRITING SO ALL OF THESE 4 ABILITIES WE NEED TO ACQUIRE A FOREIGN LANGUAGE.

I CAN IMPROVE THEIR READING SKILL BY PRESENTING A TEXT ABOUT HEALTHY LIFESTYLE NOW AND 50 YEARS AGO OUR GRANDPARENTS HAD.

NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE THEIR LISTENING BY WATCHING A SHORT COCA-COLA ADVERT.

THIRDLY, I WOULD PREPARE LOTS OF QUESTIONS TO BOOST THEIR CREATIVITY AND TO PUSH THEM TO BE MORE CONFIDENT WHILE SPEAKING.

FINALLY, IMPROVING THEIR WRITING SKILL BY PREPARING A LETTER AND USING SOME IMPORTANT RULES WE HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT WHILE PREPARING A LETTER.

Task

YOU WILL HAVE TO PREPARE AN AWESOME PRESENTATION ON GOOGLE DRIVE ABOUT YOUR LIFESTYLE. WHAT IS MORE, WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR FRIEND ABOUT YOUR NEW HEALTHY LIFESTYLE YOU WANT TO HAVE AND CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE.EVERYTHING SEND ME HERE: KATARZYNA.WROBEL222@GMAIL.COM

 

GOOGLE DOCS LINK. https://www.google.pl/intl/pl/slides/about/

Process

Resource #1: 

Look at these questions and discuss with your classmates about them. Ask each other.

Why do people smoke?

What are some things people can do to keep healthy?

What are some things that cause stress?

What are some ways to deal with stress?

What are some ways you know that you can personally keep yourself healthy?

Resource #2: 

"An apple a day, keeps the doctor away!” - Try to read and describe this quote with your friends in the classroom. Do you agree with it or not really?Write down your opinion and send me.

 

Resource #3:

Watch this video and try to find some differences between these two lifestyles later discuss with your friend.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvsTjZko2gw

Resource #4: Write down as many key words connected to your lifestyle as you know. Start!:) Later...share your words and send me.

Resource #5: 

https://listenaminute.com/h/health.html

Try to turn on this recording and listen this twice jus listen. Later try to describe and express your opinions, feelings after listening ,discuss and send me.

Resource #6:

Try to read a test from this link: https://listenaminute.com/h/health.html 

and just underline some words you are not sure their meaning. Later, try to find these meaning while discussion about this article with your friend or find in the Cambridge dictionary on the Internet.

 

Resource #7: 

Look at this website and try to describe this information included, express your opinion, agreement or disagreement. 

https://ourworldindata.org/obesity

 

Resource #8: 

Now you know many things about healthy lifestyle, healthy food and its influence on our brain. So.. let's have a balanced diet!

Go to this link and do the task. You will come up with the ideas how to prepare a balanced diet, eat healthy and live healthy. 

https://learningapps.org/view1523156 

 

 

Resource #9:

First, you will need to click on the following links and watch the videos to learn about the different parts of a friendly letter. Please watch carefully and answer the questions so you can learn the important parts that make up a friendly letter. 

https://edpuzzle.com/media/5cdd669fd43d32408a5b477a

 

Resource #10:

 

Next, choose a friend from our classroom that you are going to write a friendly letter to. 

 

Now that you have chosen your friend, use a clean piece of paper to write a rough draft of your friendly letter. You are to write a letter to introduce yourself, describing your lesson about health, your New Year's resolution and a challenge you want to have with this friend.. Be sure to include at least 10 sentences to tell about yourself. You may want to also ask a question for your friend to answer. http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/intermediate-b1-writing/letter-friend If you have questions or forget the parts of a friendly letter, click on the links above to help you remember. Be sure to include a heading, greeting, body, closing, and signature. Once you have finished your rough draft, label the five parts of your friendly letter. You have got a description of all these points in the link below.

 

  1. Heading
  2. Greeting
  3. Body
  4. Closing
  5. Signature

https://padlet.com/sylwiahraca/uxx3qyv2c64s

 

Resource #11: 

Here, you have got a link to all necessary information, apps and others, if you want to have them in one place.

https://www.symbaloo.com/shared/AAAAAiPZnZkAA41_Hee9OA==

 

 

Evaluation

This is how your work will be evaluated.

  Beginning
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Developing
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Qualified
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Exemplary
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Score
 
Writing a Friendly Letter Does not write a friendly letter.  Writes a friendly letter that is limited in development.  Writes a friendly letter that is developed at grade level standards.  Writes a friendly letter that is developed above grade level standard. 25%
Uses Correct Friendly Letter Format and label the 5 parts of a friendly letter

Contains 4 or more errors in format. Correctly identifies and labels 0-1 parts of the friendly letter.

Contains 2-3 errors in format. Correctly identifies and labels 2-3 parts of the friendly letter.

Contains 1 error in format. Correctly identifies and labels 4 parts of the friendly letter.

Contains 0 errors in format. Correctly identifies and labels all 5 parts of the friendly letter.

25%
Listening and watching a recording in a presentation Does not listen to and watch.  Watches but only this. Watches and tries to get some help. Completes all these activities and starts using his/her mind to boost her creativity. 30%
           
Staying on Task Not able to stay on task and work quietly. Able to stay on task sometimes or causes a distraction to others. Able to stay on task most of the time, but needs some reminders to stay quiet. Able to stay on task and quiet the entire time. 10%
Completing Tasks and Following Directions Not able to follow the directions and use the links provided on the website. Able to follow directions sometimes or not able to complete all tasks provided in the links. Able to complete tasks provided in the links and follow directions with some guidance. Able to complete tasks provided in the links and follow directions with little to no guidance. 10%
Conclusion

Great job! You are now an expert on writing friendly letters, talking about your healthy/unhealthy lifestyle! Not only do you now know that there are five parts in a friendly letter (heading, greeting, body, closing, and signature), you also have a new pen pal. Let’s hope he or she even writes back to you! To keep your expert skills, be sure to practice writing friendly letters to someone special and just to revise some new phrases you have learned today! :)

Credits

https://pl.freepik.com/index.php?goto=74&idfoto=2887337&term=lifestyle 

https://www.google.pl/intl/pl/slides/about/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvsTjZko2gw

https://listenaminute.com/h/health.html

https://ourworldindata.org/obesity

https://learningapps.org/view1523156

https://edpuzzle.com/media/5cdd669fd43d32408a5b477a

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/intermediate-b1-writing/letter-friend

https://padlet.com/sylwiahraca/uxx3qyv2c64s

https://www.symbaloo.com/shared/AAAAAiPZnZkAA41_Hee9OA==

Authors' biographies:

Katarzyna Wróbel- a teacher of English and Polish. A customer-oriented specialist with a passion and rich 5 years’ experience. Her core activity consists in delivery of professional courses, lessons and workshops which address individual needs. She gives people an impulse for change to help them believe in themselves and their abilities. She discovers and defines the greatest strengths of her Students with genuine enthusiasm by exploring their hidden potential, and thus she supports them in pursuit of their intended goals.

Sylwia Hraca- an English teacher and specialist with 4 years' experience. Her professional and interesting courses give people possibilities to learn new things and have fun at the same time. She shows that learning a language does not have to be boring or tiring. She is enthusiastic about the subject she teaches and she does it with passion. She organizes lessons for all age groups.

Teacher Page

THIS WEBQUEST IS INTENDED TO TEACH PUPILS AND ALLOW THEM TO PRACTICE TO PREPARE A COLOURFUL PRESENTATION ABOUT THEIR HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS WEBQUEST, PUPILS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE FIVE PARTS OF A FRIENDLY LETTER AS WELL AS WRITE ONE IN THE CORRECT FORMAT.