Unit 2 – Food and Health Summary
2.1 Common Illnesses and Symptoms
● Vocabulary: fever, cough, sore throat, stomach ache, headache, cold, virus, symptom
● Grammar: Indefinite pronouns (someone, anyone, everyone, nobody)
● Skills: Listening for symptoms, describing how people feel, giving health advice
● Activity: Listen to short talks → identify illness
● Writing: Short sentences using indefinite pronouns
● Key Idea: Understanding common illnesses and how to stay healthy
2.2 The Food Plate & Quantifiers
● Vocabulary: food groups, fruit, vegetables, grains, protein, dairy, fats, sugars
● Grammar: Quantifiers (some, any, much, many, a few, a little, fewer, less, a lot of)
● Reading: The food plate / food pyramid
● Speaking: Talking about healthy and unhealthy food
● Activity: Design a healthy meal plate
● Writing: Sentences using quantifiers in food context
● Key Idea: Eating a balanced diet and using correct quantifiers
2.3 Mosquitoes and Malaria
● Vocabulary: mosquito, bite, lay eggs, malaria, repellent, habitat, nets, coils, nectar,
lifespan
● Grammar: Modal verbs (must, mustn’t, need to, should, could, would)
● Reading: Informational text about mosquitoes
● Speaking: Giving advice using modal verbs
● Writing: Fact file on bees (comparison activity)
● Key Idea: Giving advice and understanding how to prevent diseases
2.4 Health Blogs
● Vocabulary: allergy, rash, swelling, itchy, runny nose, tired, sore
● Grammar: Present continuous (be + verb+ing)
● Writing: Blog post describing symptoms without naming the illness
● Speaking: Writing and replying to blog posts using modal verbs for advice
● Skills: Planning, drafting, peer reviewing, and editing
● Key Idea: Communicating about health in informal writing
2.5 Stone Soup (Folktale)
● Vocabulary: goods, weary, discouraged, spare, lane, flavoursome, crumb, sack, bunch,
pinch, bowl, head of cabbage, run out of
● Reading: World folktale “Stone Soup”
● Skills: Reading for main ideas and details, pronunciation practice
● Activity: Story map (Setting, Characters, Beginning, Middle, End)
● Theme: Sharing and helping others
2.6 Project – Food and Health
● Project A: Food Diary – record meals and reflect on healthy habits
● Project B: Common Illness Report – describe illness, symptoms, causes, and remedies
● Skills: Planning, writing, teamwork, presenting
● Grammar review: Quantifiers + modal verbs + present continuous
● Key Idea: Apply knowledge creatively and communicate clearly
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