Health and Fitness
Aims
Goal: talk about how you keep fit, be honest about the gaps, and give a friend simple, encouraging advice with “Have you tried…?” and “If I were you…”.
The lesson, stage by stage
- Warm up5 min
Warm-up: How healthy are you, really?
2 warm-up questions
- Reading10 min
Reading: Staying Healthy in Modern Life
Read a 208-word text about Staying Healthy in Modern Life
- Vocabulary8 min
Vocabulary: Health and Fitness Vocabulary
6 items
- Practice7 min
Practice: Complete the Health Sentences
Gap-fill exercise, 6 items
- Dialogue10 min
Dialogue: Talking About Fitness Goals
Role-play: You are talking with a friend about your health and fitness goals. (4 lines)
- Discussion10 min
Discussion: Health and Fitness Discussion
5 discussion questions
Open the full lesson
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Target vocabulary
In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.
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