Lesson Plan 1

Context: Vegetables

Grade: 12

Proficiency Level: B1

Duration: 40’

Objective(s): At the end of the lesson students will be able to;

• have an idea about how to live healthy,
• form sentences by using if clauses,
• recognize the names of the vegetables,
• create a blog post about the topic,

by practising with the authentic materials.

Materials:

• spinach
• speakers
• green vegetables

Steps:

Warm up (5’): The teacher enters the class and then tries to lift the chair but s/he couldn’t lift it intentionally. After that, s/he eats a piece of spinach and then s/he plays the music of Popeye’s, and lifts the chair. Then the teacher says: “I ate a healthy food then I became stronger.”

Introduction (5’): The teacher tells the class they are going learn how they can keep healthy.

Presentation (30’): The teacher shows 10 vegetables that s/he brought (spinach, leek, cauliflower, cabbage, celery, zucchini, parsley, artichoke, watercress.) When s/he shows the vegetables, s/he tells their names by focusing on the pronunciation and their benefits on health by forming sentences. For example, “If you eat spinach, it will increase endurance of your body. If you consume artichoke, it can help you to digest food easily. If you consume celery well enough, it will be helpful for high blood pressure.”

Activity 1 (10’): The teacher asks students to write the names of the vegetables under the pictures and match them with their benefits on health. The teacher distributes the worksheet, and after they have finished, they will answer them all together.

Spinach, it will increase endurance of your body. Artichoke, it can help you to digest food easily. Celery, it will be helpful for high blood pressure.

Activity 2 (25’): The teacher tells the students to work in pairs, and they will create a blog page on health. They will give tips about being healthy and eating healthy foods to their followers. If they want, they can post them on their blog pages also.

Review (5’): The teacher shows the vegetables s/he brought, and they repeat the names of them. 

Yasemin AYHAN

Materials