Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson plan for English teachers helps C1 students discuss diets and healthy living. This ESL class material explores intermittent fasting through engaging activities, vocabulary building, and advanced grammar practice.
This C1 English lesson plan provides a comprehensive look at modern diets. Activities begin with a warm-up discussion about personal experiences with diets. Students then learn key vocabulary before completing a listening gap-fill exercise on intermittent fasting. The lesson includes a grammar section on advanced comparisons, a study of useful phrases for debate, and culminates in a structured role-play where students discuss the pros and cons of trying a new eating regimen. It’s designed to boost fluency and confidence.
Activities
- Students start by sharing their personal views and experiences with diets in a warm-up discussion, activating their existing knowledge and preparing them for the lesson's main themes.
- The lesson includes an essential vocabulary matching task, followed by a listening exercise where students fill in the gaps in a text about intermittent fasting and answer comprehension questions.
- Learners analyze and practice using advanced comparative structures with modifiers like 'considerably' and 'marginally' to express nuanced opinions about different lifestyle choices.
- The lesson culminates in a guided role-play where students use the new vocabulary, grammar, and useful phrases to debate the benefits and challenges of starting a new diet like intermittent fasting.
Vocabulary focus
This lesson introduces C1-level vocabulary for discussing health and nutrition. Key terms include words for describing long-term viability (sustainable), following rules (adhere to, regimen), and expressing importance (paramount), as well as scientific terms like 'metabolism'.
Grammar focus
The grammar section focuses on making comparisons more nuanced and precise, a key skill at the C1 level. Students will learn and practice using modifiers like 'far,' 'considerably,' and 'slightly' with comparative adjectives, as well as introductory phrases such as 'Compared to...' and 'In contrast to...' to frame their arguments.
