Category: Fall21

Topic: Food and Nutrition

Aim: Produce a ZOOM recording of a PowerPoint slide presentation

PowerPoint Objective: Create your own theme about Food & Nutrition and prepare a short presentation. Your slides only need your text to read your script, no images/photos is needed. Follow the format below:

Slide 1: Read your title – 5 seconds

Slide 2: Read your Main Point 1 – 20 seconds

Slide 3: Read your Main Point 2 – 20 seconds

Slide4: Read your Final opinion and conclusion – 15 seconds

ZOOM Objective: Record yourself present on PC:

• open your PowerPoint on your PC
• log in to zoom and start your own meeting
• share screen with your PC
• show your TV screen in the top left or top right
• click record to start and end
• save the MP4 file on your computer; ZOOM folder
• upload to the Gandai system

Speaking Objective: When you read a script for example there are two main things to think about

1. Fluency – this is the pace of your reading, also it means when you pause, speed up, slow down….
2. Stress (intonation) – this is the highlight of “KEY” words.

Practice: read to each other – think about how the presentation sounds; How would you do it differently after practicing? Things to continue to do:

• audio record and listen to yourself – think of ways to improve
• check your stress is highlighting the vocabulary or phrases on your topic
• check the order of your main points
• when you give your opinion – is it clear?

Aim: To understand how we can make school lunches healthier.

Method: Watch a video and take notes, lean new vocabulary about nutrition, foods and dishes, and give your opinion.

Exercise A. Vocabulary Exercise: What do these words / phrases mean?

• Typical lunch:
• Perk Up your health a bit:
• Shaved off over 150 calories:
• Keep energy levels stable:
• Start swapping in healthier foods today:

Exercise B. The criteria used to compare lunches includes; 1) Calories, 2) Sodium (mg), 3) Sugars (g), and 4) Fibers (g). Explain the importance of this criteria. Why is it used? 50 – 100 words.

Exercise C. What is your opinion about this idea? Is it a good idea? Why or why not? Explain your response 50 – 100 words.

LEARNING ABOUT Hydration

Follow these lesson steps:

1. Play the YouTube video. Please turn on the video transcript.

2. Make a list of key-vocabulary. Check the meaning of these words using your dictionary.

3. Answer (complete sentences) these questions (10) in English. The time of the video is given to help you.

1. 0:38 It also means that it’s easier to get “__________”.
2. 0:44 So today I am going to talk about a few ways I like to stay “__________”.
3. 0:50 What foods are high in water content?
4. 1:00 If you don’t like the taste of water, what can you flavor it with?
5. 1:07 What is the “tip”?
6. 1:20 What is another “tip”?
7. 1:40 What does she like making?
8. 1:47 What three fruits are her favorite one?
9. 2:00 What should you remember?
10. 2:10 I hope you have a “__________ __________”.

Aim: Topic video. This is a group activity – each member of your group must select a different topic. Read the information below to make your video slide presentation.

TOPICS

1. Japanese Food
2. Traditional clothing and uniforms in Japan
3. Famous sights in prefectures ( select one prefecture – different sights)
4. Japanese history (select your favorite era or period of time)
5. NEW* Compare Japanese ___________ with the past and now (select a topic)

VIDEO OBJECTIVE

Your objective is to make a video about 1 topic following the language guideline:

• Title slide – create a slide to say why you selected this topic
• provide 2 slides – select (FOI – research facts of information) websites to research information
• make a personal information slide (different than research) and focus on i)experiences, ii)your opinions, and iii)give examples
• make a slide to give foreigners specific details that might interest them
• Reference slide – to track your researched information (3 to 5)
• Zoom class 24th: Find a website (A) in English to recommend to a foreigner to read about your topic – explain the information (20 words); add the URL link to the slide
• Zoom class 24th: Find a website (B) in English to recommend to a foreigner to read about your topic – explain the information (20 words); add the URL link to the slide

Researching the internet: there are two main ways to research for content:

1. Getting your ideas from the internet by searching
2. First of all, we make notes about information we might want to use as content

• make a list of your own ideas
• think of main points
• think about what is common (general information) and what is not common (specialized (specific) information)

Referencing Methods: is a way to use information you get from the internet, textbook, article, magazine and so on. There are two standard methods

1. Referencing – Paraphrasing: reading content and writing the content in your own words
2. Referencing – Quotation: direct copy and paste of a sentence / part of a sentence / word or phrases

Example:

Week 7: Nov 23 Aim

• complete the 8 slide presentation; title(1); FOI (2/3); Personal information (4); specific details (5); Website A(6); website B(7); References – last slide(8)
• bring the slide presentation to class for group practice
• Please note* you do not have to submit yet!

Aim: A *NEW speaking assignment