UNIT 9 WE ARE WHAT WE EAT

DAY 1 THE
FOOD PYRAMID

What is this? Do you know some of these foods?

 Read and fill in the gaps:

What’s your portion?

FATS AND OILS

Very small amounts.

25 grams butter. Take olive oil.
Fried foods only 1-2 times a week. Cook in the oven.
MEATS, FISH, EGGS AND BEANS MILK, YOGURT AND CHEESE

2 servings 3 servings
50 grams of meat or fish
2 eggs (no more than 7 per week) 1 glass of milk
9 dessertspoons of beans. 25 grams cheese
75 grams of nuts 1 carton of yogurt
VEGETABLES FRUIT

3 different vegetables 2 different fruits a day

1 dish of salad or vegetables Glass of fruit juice
1 bowl of vegetable soup
CEREALS, BREAD, PASTA

6 servings:
1 bowl of cereals. 1 slice of bread. 1 dish of pasta or rice
 You can eat…..:

* 1 bowl of vegetable ________

* 3 different _____________ a day.

* 25 grams ________________.

* 6 servings a day of ________________.

* No more than 7 ________ a week.

* Very small amounts a day of ________________.

* 1 carton of ______________.

* 2 different ___________ a day.

Vegetables and fruits are also fun

 Now collect and measure:

A spoon / a dessertspoon of …… A slice of………

A carton of …… A bowl of …… 20 grams of ……..

25 grams of butter

2 spoons of oil

75 grams of nuts

75 grams of pasta

25 grams of cheese

1 slice of bread

1 bowl of cereals

50 grams of rice

1 piece of fruit

1 dessertspoon of sugar
2 different vegetables

1 carton of yogurt
 DAY 2
I ALWAYS HAVE FRUIT

Design your own menu for the week:

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

BREAKFAST

LUNCH

DINNER
 Complete the sentences:

On Monday I have ________________________________________ for

breakfast.

On Tuesday I have __________________________________________ for lunch.

On Wednesday I have _______________________________________ for

dinner.

On Thursday I have __________________________________________________

On Friday I _________________________________________________________.
 This is Mario’s menu for the week. Look at it:

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

Breakfa Milk & donut Milk & donut Milk & donut Milk & donut Milk & donut Milk & donut Milk & donut
st
Lunch Chicken with Pizza Lamb with Pasta with Pizza Hamburger Rice with
French fries boiled ketchup meat
Ice cream potatos 1 bun
1 apple 1 pear
Chocolate
yogurt
Supper Ham & Burger Toast and Pizza Tuna & Rice with Pizza
cheese jam tomato tomato
sandwich sandwich souce
Snacks Chips Ice cream Peanuts Chocolate Cake Cereal bar
shake

Mario ALWAYS has milk and donut for breakfast. How often does he have milk and donut? Seven days a week

Mario OFTEN has pizza. How often does he have pizza? Four days __ _____ You can also say:

Mario SOMETIMES has fruit. How often does he have fruit? ____ _____ __ _____
Once a week = one time a week
Mario NEVER has vegetables. How often does he have vegetables? NEVER !!! Twice a week = two times a week
Three times a week
Four times a week
…….
Write the division of the food groups and their name:
 Write three types of food for each food group:

FATS & MILK, MEAT, VEGETABLES FRUIT BREAD,

SWEETS YOUGURT FISH, CEREAL,
& CHEESE BEANS, PASTA &
EGGS & RICE
NUTS

Write the food group:

_____________ _________ __________ ___________ __________

__________ ______________ ___________ ____________

 Find 7 foods:

Horizontal:

1. Lettuce, peppers, carrots, spinaches, onion, etc.

2. Have one glass a day.
3. A small red delicious fruit with a green
4. Green vegetable with leaves.

Vertical:

1. Have 60 grams a day.

2. Round red medium size vegetable. You have it in salads.
3. Have one dish a day
4. Have one slice a day

3.
P

1.
2.
1. G
O
T 2. I
4.
3. B

4. H
Find 7 foods:

A S D B F G H J K O L P U Q W E
D F R B R G Q P H P D V P R Z S
F M F V R E S L D S R L L Z C Z
G E H F J H A G V T T K J C N X
H A N D B V F D N R G H F H K U
N T B G V E G E T A B L E S V V
B M W H L P Z H J W U F A N N B
V H E J K Y C D M B J S S C V N
C T R K J T B N D E H W F J R I
E R T Y H R N W B R F A B M F P
R E Y T G W C G S R V X V V A T
S D U R F Q V J F Y D V M I L K
P C T E D S H M V M S B H R J O
I V P O S D R A Q H W H F V K L
N U K Q M F D S E G A K V N M K
A L H S D A H V D F D I J G B M
C S G C Q C T N C E F H V M S N
H X R V B M N O N S B P A S T A
 DAY 3 TOO MANY SWEETS ARE
BAD FOR YOU

Look at yesterday’s menu. How often do you have…..? Tick in the

corresponding box.

ALWAYS OFTEN ONCE A TWICE SOMETIMES NEVER

WEEK A WEEK
Fats and
sweets

Meat and
fish

Fruit
√

Vegetabl
es

Bread,
pasta and
cereals
Water

Too much sugar is bad for you

Too much meat is bad for you

Too many sweets are bad for you

Too many ice-creams are bad for you
 Listen and repeat
FOOD TYPES

FATS & MILK, MEAT, FISH, VEGETABLES FRUIT BREAD,

SWEETS YOUGURT BEANS, EGGS & CEREAL,
& CHEESE NUTS PASTA &
RICE
Cake Milk Beef Lettuce Banana Bananas Bread
Chocolate bar Yogurt Chicken Tomato Tomatoes Pear Pears Cereal
Ice cream Cheese Lamb Pepper Peppers Cherry Cherries Pasta
Salmon Carrot Carrots Strawberry Strawberries Rice
Lentils Onion Onions Apple Apples
Eggs Spinach Water melon Water
Walnuts melons
Countable nouns Uncountable nouns

Hamburger – hamburgers Bacon – bacons

Kiwi - kiwis Meat

Peanut - peanuts Ketchup

Donut - donuts Pasta

Cake -cakes Rice

Cheese
Orange - oranges

Bread
Peach - peaches

Lettuce or salad
Pear - pears

Yogurt
Pizza – pizzas

Mushroom - Mushrooms Jam

 Now write sentences:

1. Too much _______________ is bad for you

2. Too many ________________ are bad for you.

3. Too much _______________ is bad for you.

4. Too many __________________ are bad for you.

5. Too ________________ butter is bad for you.

6. Too _____________ ice creams are bad for you.

7. Too _______________ rice is bad for you.

This is too much chicken!!!!

DAY 4 HEALTHY
/ UNHEALTHY

Write what Mario has:

__ __ __ Z __ __ __ M __ __ __ __ __ H __ __ I __ __ __ __

F __ __ __

__ __ O __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ R __ __ __ __ __ N

__ __ __ K __

__ A __ __ L __ __ __ __ O __ __ __
 Big Mario

Mario has a little lamb,

a little toast,
a little jam,
a little pizza
and some cake,
some French fries
and a chocolate shake,
a little burger
on a bun.
And that's why Mario
weighs a ton!!

This is what happens if you eat like Mario:

This is what happens if you don’t eat enough:

Is Mario healthy or unhealthy?

 Write a healthy poem for Mario.

Now you know many foods and food types. Make a list of healthy and
unhealthy food.

Healthy Unhealthy
 DAY 5 AN
ENGLISH RECIPE

Match the action with the corresponding picture:

Remove

Wash

Mix

Peel
 Recipe

Strawberry Banana Shake

• 1 banana
• 1/2 cup strawberry yogurt
• 3/4 cup milk
• Some strawberries (3 or 4 big
strawberries).
• Remove tops and wash berries first.

Preparation –

• Peel banana, cut in pieces & put in a food mixer.

• Add the other ingredients.
• Mix until smooth.
• Pour into paper cups and share.

Enjoy!!!
Work on one of these projects.

Make a collage with the different food types.

Make a poster of a healthy or unhealthy pyramid.

Search information about food of different countries:

▪ Sushi,
▪ Couscous,
▪ Goulash,
▪ Pizza,

Write the recipe of your favourite dish.