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Lesson 3
Can you create an infographic
about a healthy meal?
READING
Pre-Reading
1. Observe as imagens. Você consegue relacionar
as comidas aos países de origem?
a. Brazil b. Japan c. Mexico

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2. Agora, observe o texto a seguir e responda.

a. Sobre qual estilo de alimentação encontraremos informações no texto?
b. Esse estilo é originário de qual país?
c. Onde podemos encontrar um texto como esse?

While Reading
3. Read the article and circle true (T) or false (F).
a. You can take bento everywhere because it is portable. T F
b. Some people worry about colours and layout while putting food in a bento box. T F
c. Lunch boxes are always in the same size. T F
d. It’s not important to think about nutrition when putting food in a bento box. T F

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Bento: Box Lunch

The Food You Like, Where You Like It
Portable Lunch Packed with Love
1 In Japan, […] it is common to see people
enjoying bento box lunches in parks and other
pleasant settings. Bento are portable and similar
to packed lunches that might contain a sandwich
or fruit. However, Japanese bento are about more
than simply being able to carry a meal with you;
they also involve aesthetic considerations and fun
elements. Bento users like to have cute lunch boxes
while people preparing bento lunches like to come
up with creative ways to incorporate side dishes,
making bento fun for everyone. […]
2 Bento are generally packed with rice and side dishes
in a so-called bento-bako, or lunch box. Lunch boxes
come in all sizes and shapes, including square and oval,
and, apart from rice, are packed with everything from
fried eggs and hamburger to sausages and vegetables.
However, packing a bento is not simply about filling it.
Nutrition must also be taken into account, and some
people even go so far as to consider the colors and
layout of side dishes […].

Post-Reading
Extracted from:
BENTO: Box 4. Escreva em seu caderno algumas coisas que você geralmente come. Tente
Lunch. Kids Web
Japan. Available escrever os itens em inglês.
at: <https://
web-japan.org/
kidsweb/cool/13-
02/index.html>.
5. Em pares, discuta se você considera que sua alimentação seja saudável.
Accessed on: 14
July, 2020.

LANGUAGE FOCUS
GLOSSARY Vocabulary Healthy food
pleasant
settings: 1. Look at the food and tick [√] the healthy items (the food that is good for you).
locais
agradáveis
meal:
refeição
cute: fofas
side dishes:
guarnições
layout:
arrumação a. fish [ ] b. salad [ ] c. fruits [ ]

d. cheeseburger [ ] e. chicken [ ] f. chips [ ]

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Lesson 3 OUTCOME
A healthy meal infographic – A Brazilian bento box

What: a healthy meal infographic Audience: classmates and teacher

Goal: create a healthy lunch in a bento box Where: classroom
for Brazilian students

1. Look at the infographic. Share with your classmates the carbs, proteins and
vegetables you know in English.

A typical bento box has three

diferent types of food:
4 2
Parts of carb 4
2 Parts of vegetables Based on: Bento
101 Infographic.
Zegrahm
2 Expeditions.
2 Parts of protein
Available at:
<https://www.
zegrahm.com/
blog/bento-101-
infographic>.
Pack the food tightly so that it doesn't move around your bento box! Accessed on: July
14, 2020.

2. Create an infographic for a Brazilian bento box. Follow the steps.

a. In groups, choose the proteins, carbs and vegetables you want to include in your bento box
and complete the chart. Use a dictionary, if necessary.

Proteins

Carbs

Vegetables

b. On a separate sheet of paper, draw an infographic for your bento box, according to the
infographic in Activity 1. Use different colours and label each part of the meal – proteins,
carbs and vegetables.
c. Share your infographic with your classmates.

FEEDBACK
Nesta lesson, você:
leu e compreendeu um artigo e um infográfico sobre bento boxes.
aprendeu e usou palavras para algumas comidas.
criou um infográfico para uma refeição saudável com base no
conceito de bento box.

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