Advanced lesson/s: the food industry, dieting

Based on film-english.com class:


The scarecrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUtnas5ScSE
Discuss the food industry
Recommend "We feed the World", etc

A kind of parody video
The honest scarecrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYZgWYZlAZU

Watch it and come up with ideas. Write them down and we can contrast view points
and see if you all have similar ideas on it.

Vocabulary seen in class:
you find your way around it (when a website is not user-friendly, for example)
a food chain store
factory farming
they rear chickens and cows
they feed them with hormones
inject hormones
GMO = genetically modified foods
densely populated world

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TED video "Why dieting doesn't work": I am testing this new thing from TEDed that allows us to create lessons from youtube videos and needless to say, ted ones.
Watch the video, answer the questions (10 about the the first 5 minutes of the video). http://ed.ted.com/on/u7M7xpGG

Food and dieting

Student gives a presentation on how to combine foods to get the most of them and stop us from gaining weight, discussion and feedback on presentation. Teacher takes notes, so do students if they want. What they think she did well and what can be improved and grammar/lg mistakes - maybe prepare grid for their notes so it's easier.

Vocabulary seen in class:
eating a varied diet
you measure your waistline
...is high on carbs / protein
you go on a diet,
to do a detox (diet)
make small adjusts depending on need

cut down on   chocolate    gradually / little by little /
= eat less of ...
cut out chocolate
= stop eating chocolate altogether
mashed beans
raisins
chop nuts
eat raw food (uncooked)
processed food
pre-cooked food, high in salt
to steam vegetables
to soak pulses (chickpeas, beans...) overnight
fizzy drinks, high in sugar

your daily intake of sugar = tu toma
wholesome foods =integrales
where Spanish uses bio.. in english we use organic
where Spanish uses ecológico ...in English we use environmentally-friendly
shop locally - Spanish Km 0
shop locally sourced produce
get rid of toxins = detox
irritable bowel syndrome
the list is not complete
=the list is not exhaustive but it's fairly comprehensive
the size of a hand

Feedback on performance:
Well done Ximena. Good use of vocabulary and language in general.
what I found out was..
not only... but...
open to sth...
variety of expressions
do review the vocab above for more specific, natual English words
very pleased with your use of language.

Next time, insert some connector when possible (whereas, while, however... ) if necessary.