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Unit 10: Health and fitness

Online session 3

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Unit 10: Health and fitness

Session 3 communicative objective

•By the end of this session, you will be able to talk about
exercise and healthy activities to do at the workplace.

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 Trampolines: fun and exercise
• From what you learned in English Discoveries, how can trampolines help people stay
Warm up healthy?
• What other games (not sports) can help people stay healthy?

3-5 minutes
whole class

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 Exercise at work?
Pre
production 1 • Watch and read some information in this video clip “Desk Exercises To Do At The Office –
Forbes” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u40wT10UJw (1’29”)
• Then, answer the questions below.

1. Which of the exercises

would you like to practice?

2. Is it possible to do
exercises at work/at your
desk? Why?

6 minutes

whole class

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 An office exercise programme
• Work in pairs.
• Imagine you work/sit at your desk around 45-50 hours a week. A: I always have problems
• Talk together about what exercises and healthy activities you do.
• Say why exercising is good.
with my back

B: me too,
the first thing
you can do is the
little mermaid for
10 to 20 seconds

8 minutes
Production 1 5
pairs
 An office exercise programme

Feedback

My partner thinks it’s unhealthy/ healthy

to…
He/she suggests…

6 minutes

Report some interesting information here.

whole class

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 Can we exercise at work?
• Answer the questions below.
Pre Is it easy for you to find
How difficult is it for Which of the exercise
time to exercise at
production 2 home or at work?
you to exercise? here do you do?

4 minutes

whole class

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 10 minutes
Production 2
pairs
Can we exercise at work?
• Work in pairs.
• Imagine you both work.
• Interview your partner.

Student A Student B
1. What sport activities would you like to 1. Are you interested in participating in
do in your office/at home? exercise programs in your workplace?
2. Is it easy or difficult to do exercises in 2. Is it important to have a gym at work?
your workplace? 3. Do you like the idea of going to they
3. Is yoga a good activity to be in shape? gym with your co-workers, or your
4. Do you prefer to exercise alone or in a boss?
group? 4. Is doing Zumba a good way to be in
5. What other activities can employers shape?
bring to the staff so they can stay 5. What other activities can employees do
healthy? at work?

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 Can we exercise at work?

Feedback
[My partner’s name] would like to…
He/she thinks…
He/she doesn’t like…
He/she prefers…

6 minutes

whole class Share your findings here.

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Summary
Now I can…
√talk about exercise and healthy
activities to do at the workplace.

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Preparation for
next class

Study Unit 11.

Do Grammar Practice component exercises.
Work on the Enrichment Practice component.

Study the Use of English file.

Check out the Practice Resources folder.

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Sources
 https://thenounproject.com/
 https://www.shutterstock.com/
 https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles-
espanol/credit
 http://iteslj.org/questions/movies.html
 English Discoveries Student platform

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