Дидактический материал "Chocolate Is Good For Your Heart" 9 класс

ГОУ СОШ №79 Калининского района Санкт-Петербурга

Учитель английского языка

Королева Наталья Анатольевна

Использование материалов статей

сайта Шона Бенвила BreakingNewsEnglish.com

на уроках английского языка, для 9-11 классов.

Шон Бенвил ежедневно добавляет свои новые статьи, посвященные

последним событиям в мире, и предлагает разработки уроков к ним (их уже

более 1400). Я его материалами пользуюсь с 2008 г. и очень хочу, чтобы как

можно больше коллег узнало об этом замечательном сайте. Можно найти

статьи практически на все темы, которые проходим в школе, тем более что

многие из них имеют два уровня сложности: easier | harder. Я делаю

презентации к наиболее интересным для моих учеников статьям и, в зависимости от

уровня группы, выбираю соответствующие задания.

Автор предлагает уроки по следующему плану:

1. Event - Текст статьи (он начитан самим Шоном)

2. WARM-UPS

3. BEFORE READING / LISTENING

4. WHILE READING / LISTENING

5. LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

6. AFTER READING / LISTENING

7. STUDENT SURVEY

8. DISCUSSION

9. LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICE

10. WRITING

11. HOMEWORK

Хочу предложить, в качестве еще одного примера, мою презентацию к

статье-уроку Chocolate Is Good For Your Heart. (Текст и все задания взяты с

сайта http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

Chocolate Is Good For Your Heart (2nd April, 2010)

A study carried out in Germany has found that chocolate may be good for

your heart. This is fantastic news for all chocolate lovers. The extensive

research was conducted over eight years. The research team followed the

chocolate-eating habits and health of almost 20,000 people. They compared

how much chocolate was in their diet to the number of heart attacks and

strokes people had. Lead researcher Brian Buijsse said: "The good news is

that chocolate is not as bad as we used to think, and may even lower the

risk of heart disease and stroke." Mr Buijsse said his team found that dark

chocolate was the healthiest kind to eat: "Dark chocolate exhibits the

greatest effects, milk chocolate fewer, and white chocolate no effects," he

said.

The German study showed that people who ate the most chocolate (at least

one bar per week) reduced their risk of having a heart attack by 27 per cent.

The risk of suffering a stroke was cut by as much as 48 per cent. Nutrition

experts believe that natural compounds in chocolate called flavonols are

good for our heart. Flavonols also help reduce blood pressure. They are

found in cocoa beans so dark chocolate (which has more cocoa) contains

more of them than milk chocolate (which has more fat). Buijsse warns

people not to suddenly eat lots of chocolate: "Eating higher amounts will

most likely result in weight gain. If people start eating small amounts of

chocolate, it should replace something else, preferably other high-calorie

sweets or snacks."

WARM-UPS

1. CHOCOLATE: Walk around the class and talk to other students about

chocolate. Change partners often. Sit with your first partner(s) and share

your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the

article are most interesting and which are most boring.

studies / fantastic news / research / diet / heart attacks / milk chocolate

/ risks / suffering a stroke / nutrition / blood pressure / weight gain /

calories / sweets / snack

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners

frequently.

3. NAUGHTY BUT NICE: Complete this table. Talk with your partner(s)

about what you wrote. Change partners and share what you heard.

Things

Good / Bad (why)

These things in my life

Chocolate

Television

Fast food

Coffee / Cola

Spending lots

of money

Gossip

4. HEALTH: Students A strongly believe that one day, we will all eat very

healthily; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again

and talk about your conversations.

5. HEALTHY: Are these healthy? Rate them and share your ratings with

your partner: 10 = Super healthy 1 = Will send you to an early grave

Change partners and share again.

 chocolate

 KFC

 cheese

 red wine

 raw fish (sushi / sashimi)

 pizza

 ice cream

 coffee

6. HEART: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you

associate with the word ‘heart’. Share your words with your partner(s) and

talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE:

Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

The article says German chocolate is the healthiest in the world.

T / F

A study looked at 20,000 people over an eight-year period.

T / F

Researchers followed people who were on a chocolate diet.

T / F

Researchers found white chocolate helped reduce heart attacks.

T / F

Chocolate cut the chances of strokes more than heart attacks.

T / F

Chemicals in chocolate called flavonols are not found in nature.

T / F

The lead researcher warned people not to eat too much chocolate.

T / F

The researcher suggested replacing sweets with chocolate.

T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

found

chance

fantastic

experiencing

extensive

cut

risk

volumes

exhibits

discovered

reduced

wide-ranging

suffering

mixtures

compounds

wonderful

amounts

if possible

10.

preferably

shows

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

chocolate may

of heart disease

This is fantastic news for

called flavonols

They compared how much chocolate

eat lots of chocolate

lower the risk

be good for your

heart

dark chocolate was the healthiest

stroke was cut

at least one

sweets or snacks

The risk of suffering a

was in their diet

natural compounds in chocolate

kind to eat

Buijsse warns people not to suddenly

bar per week

10.

other high-calorie

all chocolate lovers

WHILE READING / LISTENING

GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.

A study ____________ out in Germany has found that

chocolate may be good for your heart. This is ____________

news for all chocolate ____________. The extensive

research was conducted over eight years. The research team

followed the chocolate-eating ____________ and health of

almost 20,000 people. They compared how much chocolate

was in their ____________ to the number of heart attacks

and strokes people had. Lead researcher Brian Buijsse said:

"The good news is that chocolate is not as bad as we used to

think, and may even lower the ____________ of heart

disease and stroke.” Mr Buijsse said his team found that dark

chocolate was the healthiest ____________ to eat: "Dark

chocolate exhibits the ____________ effects, milk chocolate

fewer, and white chocolate no effects," he said.

diet

lovers

kind

carried

greatest

habits

fantastic

risk

The German study showed that people who ate the most

chocolate (at ____________ one bar per week) reduced their

risk of having a heart attack by 27 per cent. The risk of

suffering a stroke was ____________ by as much as 48 per

cent. Nutrition ____________ believe that natural

compounds in chocolate called flavonols are good for our

heart. Flavonols also help reduce blood ____________. They

are found in cocoa beans so dark chocolate (which has more

cocoa) ____________ more of them than milk chocolate

(which has more fat). Buijsse warns people not to

____________ eat lots of chocolate: "Eating higher amounts

will most likely result in weight ____________. If people

start eating small amounts of chocolate, it should replace

something ____________, preferably other high-calorie

sweets or snacks."

suddenly

cut

pressure

else

experts

least

gain

contains

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

______________________ Germany has found that chocolate may be good

for your heart. This is fantastic news for all chocolate lovers. The extensive

research was conducted over eight years. The research team followed the

chocolate-______________________ of almost 20,000 people. They

compared how much chocolate was in ______________________ of heart

attacks and strokes people had. Lead researcher Brian Buijsse said: "The

good news is that chocolate ______________________ used to think, and

may even ______________________ disease and stroke.” Mr Buijsse said

his team found that dark chocolate was the healthiest kind to eat: "Dark

chocolate ______________________, milk chocolate fewer, and white

chocolate no effects," he said.

The German study showed that ______________________ chocolate (at

least one bar per week) reduced their risk of having a heart attack by 27 per

cent. The risk of suffering a stroke ______________________ 48 per cent.

Nutrition experts believe that natural compounds in chocolate called

flavonols ______________________. Flavonols also help reduce blood

pressure. They are found in cocoa beans so dark chocolate (which has more

cocoa) ______________________ than milk chocolate (which has more

fat). Buijsse warns people ______________________ lots of chocolate:

"Eating higher amounts will most likely result in weight gain. If people start

______________________ chocolate, it should replace something else,

preferably other high-calorie sweets or snacks."

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates,

other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘heart’ and ‘attack’.

heart

attack

 Share your findings with your partners.

 Make questions using the words you found.

 Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some

questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

 Share your questions with other classmates / groups.

 Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise.

Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new,

interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool

unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to

recall how they were used in the text:

 carried

 lovers

 diet

 bad

 healthiest

 milk

 least

 risk

 blood

 suddenly

 gain

 calorie

STUDENT CHOCOLATE SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about chocolate in the table. Do this in pairs.

Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their

answers.

STUDENT 1

_____________

STUDENT 2

_____________

STUDENT 3

_____________

Q.1.

Q.2.

Q.3.

Q.4.

Q.5.

 Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you

found out. Change partners often.

 Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

CHOCOLATE DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

What did you think when you read the headline?

What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘chocolate’?

How important is chocolate in your life?

Will you eat more chocolate if it’s healthy for you?

What do you think of this research?

Do you prefer dark, milk or white chocolate (why)?

Have you changed your chocolate-eating habits since you were a child?

What part does chocolate play in your country’s culture?

Can you describe how you eat chocolate (what happens in your mouth)?

What’s the best chocolate in the world?

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

Did you like reading this article?

Do you think the study in this article is an important one?

Do you ever worry about eating chocolate?

Do you think it’s OK to give chocolate to children?

What other benefits are there of eating chocolate?

What’s your favourite chocolate dessert (and why)?

What’s the most you’d pay for a bar of chocolate?

Will you now eat more dark chocolate instead of other sweets and

snacks?

Why is chocolate so nice (or not nice)?

What questions would you like to ask Brian Buijsse?

LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICE

A study carried (1) ____ in Germany has found that chocolate may be good

for your heart. This is fantastic news for all chocolate lovers. The extensive

research was conducted (2) ____ eight years. The research team followed

the chocolate-eating habits and health of almost 20,000 people. They

compared how much chocolate was in their (3) ____ to the number of heart

attacks and strokes people had. Lead researcher Brian Buijsse said: "The

good news is that chocolate is not as bad as we used to think, and may even

(4) ____ the risk of heart disease and stroke.” Mr Buijsse said his team

found that dark chocolate was the healthiest kind to eat: "Dark chocolate (5)

____ the greatest effects, milk chocolate (6) ____, and white chocolate no

effects," he said.

The German study showed that people who ate the most chocolate (at least

one (7) ____ per week) reduced their risk of having a heart attack by 27

per cent. The risk of suffering a stroke was cut by as (8) ____ as 48 per

cent. Nutrition experts believe that natural compounds in chocolate called

flavonols are good for our heart. Flavonols also help reduce blood pressure.

They are found in cocoa beans (9) ____ dark chocolate (which has more

cocoa) contains more of them than milk chocolate (which has more fat).

Buijsse warns people (10) ____ to suddenly eat lots of chocolate: "Eating

higher amounts will most (11) ____ result in weight gain. If people start

eating small amounts of chocolate, it should replace something else, (12)

____ other high-calorie sweets or snacks."

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

(a)

(b)

(c)

out

(d)

(a)

under

(b)

around

(c)

above

(d)

over

(a)

diet

(b)

food

(c)

weight

(d)

nutrition

(a)

low

(b)

lower

(c)

lowly

(d)

lows

(a)

exhibition

(b)

exhibits

(c)

exhibited

(d)

exhibit

(a)

fewer

(b)

lower

(c)

least

(d)

last

(a)

par

(b)

ear

(c)

bar

(d)

tar

(a)

(b)

many

(c)

most

(d)

much

(a)

(b)

(c)

such

(d)

should

10.

(a)

now

(b)

(c)

not

(d)

non

11.

(a)

liked

(b)

likely

(c)

likelihood

(d)

likes

12.

(a)

prefer

(b)

preference

(c)

prefers

(d)

preferably

WRITING

Write about chocolate for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper.

_____________________________________________________________

________________

HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text.

Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build

up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about chocolate and

health. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. CHOCOLATE: Make a poster about chocolate around the world. Show

your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar

things?

4. CHOCOLATE LOVERS: Write a magazine article about two people who

love chocolate. Include imaginary interviews with them.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any

new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. LETTER: Write a letter to a chocolate expert. Ask him/her three questions

about chocolate. Give him/her three of your favorite chocolate stories. Read

your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will

answer your questions.

ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE:

SYNONYM MATCH:

found

discovered

fantastic

wonderful

extensive

wide-ranging

risk

chance

exhibits

shows

reduced

cut

suffering

experiencing

compounds

mixtures

amounts

volumes

10.

preferably

if possible

PHRASE MATCH:

chocolate may

be good for your heart

This is fantastic news for

all chocolate lovers

They compared how much chocolate

was in their diet

lower the risk

of heart disease

dark chocolate was the healthiest

kind to eat

at least one

bar per week

The risk of suffering a

stroke was cut

natural compounds in chocolate

called flavonols

Buijsse warns people not to suddenly

eat lots of chocolate

10.

other high-calorie

sweets or snacks

GAP FILL:

Chocolate is good for your heart

A study carried out in Germany has found that chocolate may be good for

your heart. This is fantastic news for all chocolate lovers. The extensive

research was conducted over eight years. The research team followed the

chocolate-eating habits and health of almost 20,000 people. They compared

how much chocolate was in their diet to the number of heart attacks and

strokes people had. Lead researcher Brian Buijsse said: "The good news is

that chocolate is not as bad as we used to think, and may even lower the

risk of heart disease and stroke.” Mr Buijsse said his team found that dark