Lesson Plan - group 4
 
Title of unit: Future Food
 
Basic idea/brief summary: Introduction: "The story where the meat comes from"
Target group:  9th grade
Time frame (in lessons): 1
General aim(s): Becoming aware of own eating habits
Language aims: 1. Improving listening skills
2. Introducing new words concerning the topic of food production 
Product: Worksheet
Resources needed: Video-Source (DVD or PC)
Authors of this unit: Margaretha, Jan, Christoph

 

PROCEDURE/PROCESS

1. Pre-Task / Preparation

Activities

Reflections/Explanations

Worksheet: Eating habits Preparation for the movie
 2. Core activity

Activities

Reflections/Explanations

Watch "The Meatrix" (without subtitles),
Task: "'Write down unknown words"

watching, listening

Summary and discussion of unknown words

vocabulary

Watch "The Meatrix" again (with subtitles)

To ensure that all the pupils (also the weaker ones) did get the story. 

3. Post task / Follow up

Activities

Reflections/Explanations

Homework: 
"Write a letter to a farmer in which you put forward some suggestions on how to improve the living conditions of his animals."
writing skills
 

Comments on any of these materials are thoroughly welcome, and should be addressed to markus.ritter@uni-due.de