Educación Secundaria

English: Level A2

A balance diet
Activity 1: Foods and Superfoods
Purpose: 1. Read a blog entry “Superfood from Peru” and identify phrases and vocabulary
related to the food.
LET’S SELF-ASSESS!
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Can I tell the difference between healthy an
1 unhealthy food?
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¿Can I understand what superfoods refer to?
2
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LET’S OBSERVE AND READ!

“Superfoods” is a new term to describe food that offers great
nutritional benefits and few calories. They are full of vitamins and
minerals that our body needs.

OBSERVE - EXERCISE 1Match the words with the superfood picture. Follow the
example:

Maca Golden berry Artichoke Avocado

1Artichoke 2 3 4

EXERCISE 2: Circle only the healthy food. Follow the example:

 NUTS
COTTON CANDY FISH

FRIES /CHIPS BROCCOLI SOD

A

British English Fries

American Chips
English About us!

READ Peruvian superfood

Read the main page of the blog. Superfood from Peru.

Healthy recipes

About Peru
 READ
Read the first entry of the blog: Superfood from Peru.

About us!

PERUVIAN SUPERFOOD: Peruvian Superfood

LUCUMA
Healthy recipes
“Superfoods” is a new term to describe food that offers great nutritional benefits few calories. They are full of
vitamins and minerals that the body needs.
About Peru
My favourite Peruvian superfood is lucuma, which is a sweet fruit with green skin and yellow flesh.
Lucuma gives you energy to start your day and it helps you prevent heart diseases and some types of cancer.
I love lucuma ice cream; it is my favourite way to eat this fruit.
Try it! It is delicious and healthy.

LET’S UNDERSTAND!

UNDERSTAND - EXERCISE 1
Choose the correct answer for each question according to the blog entry you just read. Follow the example:

1. Which of the following does NOT describe superfoods? 2. Which one is not a characteristic of lucuma?
a) They offer nutritional benefits. a) It has green skin.
b) They are sweet and tasty. b) It is a fruit.
c) They are full of vitamins. c) It has white flesh
d) They have few calories. d) It is sweet.

3. Which options is NOT a benefit of eating lucuma? 4. According to the blog entry, what is the author’s

favourite way to eat lucuma?

a) It makes you taller. a) As a dessert

b) It gives you energy. b) As a cake
c) It helps prevent some types of cancer. c) With honey
d) It helps prevent heart diseases. d) As ice cream

LET’S PRACTISE!
EXERCISE 1: Complete the description of the following superfood with the words from the box.

and immune system and vitamin c Superfood

 GOLDEN BERRIES
The Golden Berry or aguaymanto is a round and yellow fruit that is consider a
____________ from Peru.

This berry is beneficial to your __________ because it is hi in ___________________ and B.

I personally love it because it is very delicious ________ nutritious!

EXERCISE2: Match the description with the correct superfood.

ROUT BLUEBERRIES SACHA INCHI SEED

It is a small and
round berry that
gives you vitamin C,
calcium and fiber. It
is good for heart
health and your
eyes.
It is a small and brown grain It is a fish from the Andes with soft and pink
from the Peruvian Amazon. meat, it is high in Omega 3, so it is good for
Its oil is cholesterol free. It is your brain and heart.
good for your intestines and
it helps you to lose weight.

LOOK at this example of a blog entry and read the tip to describe food.

PICTURE

TITTLE OR
HEADLINE
About us!
PERUVIAN SUPERFOOD:
Peruvian
LUCUMA Superfood
INTRODUCTION Healthy recipes
“Superfoods” is a new term to describe food that offers great nutritional benefits few
calories. They are full of vitamins and minerals that the body needs. About Peru

My favourite Peruvian superfood is lucuma, which is a sweet fruit with green skin and
yellow flesh.
Lucuma gives you energy to start your day and it helps you prevent heart diseases and
MAIN some types of cancer.
POINTS
I love lucuma ice cream; it is my favourite way to eat this fruit.
(description
and Try it! It is delicious and healthy.
benefits)

CONCLUSIONS OR
RECOMMENDATIOM
LET’S REFLECT

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