Go to Grammar Focus to revise the material about adverbs.
Think, pair and share.
Tell the class what you do often/seldom/never/sometimes.
Project work. Find a short newspaper article about heathy lifestyle and discuss it with your group mates.
A Generation of С ouch Potatoes
(http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/potatoes
Lead in
Ø Do you know what coach potato means?
Ø What types of behaviour could be described as lazy?
Task 1.Questionnaire : How active are you?
Interview each other in pairs and try to decide which has the most active lifestyle.
1) How often do you walk more than a kilometre?
- Every day
- Once a week
- Once or twice a month
- Very rarely
- Never!
2). When was the last time you took any form of physical exercise? (swimming, running, dancing)
- Yesterday
- Last week
- Last month
- A long time ago
- I can’t remember
3) Tick any of the following activities if you do them regularly:
- Cycling
- Watching TV
- Playing team games (football, rugby)
- Watching team games
- Playing computer games
- Surfing the net
- Walking in the countryside
- Listening to music in your room
- Playing outside/in the garden/in the street
- Going to a gym
- Texting your friends
Task 2. Your health
Group/pair work
Can you calculate the number of hours you spend on the activities per day or per week? (e.g. I spend 2 hours a day cycling to school and one hour a day watching TV).
- Which of the activities in the questionnaire might be good for your heart?
- Which activities can be called sedentary?
- Give other examples of sedentary activities.
Reading
- Read the text and answer the questions.
- How does your lifestyle compare to British teenagers?
- Are they more active than you?
A generation of couch potatoes
Lots of teenagers have posters of their sports hero on their bedroom wall. But do they follow the healthy examples set by these athletes? British parents are worried that young people are not as fit and healthy as in the past. Why is this?
According to the British Heart Foundation, 13 to 15 year olds are spending too much time doing sedentary activities such as watching TV or playing computer games. A special report describes a generation of couch potatoes , young people sitting around at home, growing up in their bedrooms, travelling by car and in serious danger of heart disease as they get older. Is this their fault ? Are young people lazy?
Many parents don’t allow their children to play outside or walk to school by themselves. “ I ring my Dad on my mobile and he picks me up from the station. It’s 10 minutes walk from home but he thinks it is dangerous”, says 14 year old Carrie. Some teenagers blame their over protective parents for making them unfit. It is certainly becoming more difficult to encourage young people to have an active life and protect their hearts. In recent years schools have spent less time on sports. “My Mum did lots of hockey and netball at school but we didn’t have time for that this year because we had so many exams to prepare”, says Ben 16.
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Practice
Group work. Talk about lifestyles in your country
How does your lifestyle compare to your grandparents’ lives? Has anything changed?
You may start with “Our grandparents had better lives”… Agree or disagree.
Discuss these topics:
• transport
• diet
• home
• life
• spare time activities
• physical activities
Project work
1. Fitness survey”
Make a survey for your class to measure fitness levels. Ask questions using:
- How often do you .....?
- When was the last time you .....?
Present and discuss the results.
2. . Fitness campaign
Think of 4 ways to encourage young people in your town/area to improve their fitness (posters, adverts).
- How can you encourage a more active lifestyle at home and at the university?
Use expressions such as:
- 'I think we should;
- It might be a good idea to..;
- Why don’t we'.
Discussion
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