UNIT #5: THE AMAZING HUMAN BODY
OBJECTIVES:
1. To identify main ideas within paragraphs
2. To learn vocabulary related to the parts of the body
3. To practice suffixes used to form adjectives
2. To learn vocabulary related to the parts of the body
3. To practice suffixes used to form adjectives
ACTIVITIES:
A. This week we cover pages 59 to 64 from the book Active Reading II.
B. Discuss the following questions with a classmate.
1. Are you healthy?
2. Do you think that you need to lose some weight?
3. Do you think you have a healthy life style?
Is it possible to have a healthy life style in modern world?
Why do many people try to have a healthy life style?
What is the main purpose of it?
4. Do you pay attention to what you eat?
5. Do you agree with the saying: "Eat your breakfast, share your lunch with a
friend and give your dinner to your enemy"? Why do people say so?
6. Do you think diets are useful or not?
Have you ever tried to go on a diet?
What kind of diet was it? Did it work?
7. How many hours of sleep do you need daily?
If you don't sleep enough, how do you feel and look?
C. How much you know about the body parts? Go to the following link and play the vocabulary game about the parts of the body.
BODY PARTS GAME
B. Discuss the following questions with a classmate.
1. Are you healthy?
2. Do you think that you need to lose some weight?
3. Do you think you have a healthy life style?
Is it possible to have a healthy life style in modern world?
Why do many people try to have a healthy life style?
What is the main purpose of it?
4. Do you pay attention to what you eat?
5. Do you agree with the saying: "Eat your breakfast, share your lunch with a
friend and give your dinner to your enemy"? Why do people say so?
6. Do you think diets are useful or not?
Have you ever tried to go on a diet?
What kind of diet was it? Did it work?
7. How many hours of sleep do you need daily?
If you don't sleep enough, how do you feel and look?
C. How much you know about the body parts? Go to the following link and play the vocabulary game about the parts of the body.
BODY PARTS GAME
C. Click on the button to practice suffixes (forming nouns into adjectives).
USEFUL VOCABULARY
Go to the resources section (recursos) and there use the online dictionary to look for the meaning of the following words:
-joint -lung -kidney -brain -injury -illness -surgery -desease -blood -breathe -bone -treatment
-joint -lung -kidney -brain -injury -illness -surgery -desease -blood -breathe -bone -treatment