Introduction
Pre-reading stage
Hello everyone! My name is Rocky, and I am your personal medical friend. I have just learned that some of your habits are not that healthy. For example, you eat a lot of junk food, you don't exercise physically, you are very stressed, you ask your mother to buy you different sweets and you don't go to the dentist frequently. Am I right? For that reason, I am here to help you improve your health habits and give you lots of tips. But, before moving on, I want to visit the following link: https://app.fluentize.com/lesson/healthy-lifestyle and watch the video. Then, I want to think and discuss whether you follow all these rules in your life.
Task
In this WebQuest, you are going to find out about different ways on how to improve our lives, become healthy, and adopt a healthy lifestyle. First, you have to visit and read cautiously the reading texts that are provided. Then, you have to provide answers to the worksheets as well as to the questions that accompany these texts. After that, you will have to create a presentation using a PowerPoint and present your final product to the rest of your classmates. You have to work as a team. For that reason, two of you will have the role of the presenters, who will present the final product. The third child will have the role of the reporter, who is going to write the answers on the worksheets. It is up to you, to choose which role you may follow!
In your presentation, you have to present briefly what children should do to improve their lives and adopt healthier habits and lifestyles, in general. You have to read aloud your short presentation.
Lastly, at the last stage, you have to provide a short text of about seven lines. In this text, you have to write which of these rules/habits you learned from today's session follow in your daily life.
Process
While-reading stage
Assign roles
Two children will be the presenters and the other, the reporter. Choose what you like the most!
Find information about a healthy life
You have to read four different reading texts. Through them, you will be informed about how we can improve our daily lifestyle, follow and adopt a healthier life.
Answer the worksheets provided
Each one of you has to read and answer the worksheets carefully. Only one child has to write the answers down. Be sure that each one of you will work on this task.
Answer the four comprehension questions
All of you, have to answer in your notebooks the four questions that are provided below.
Make the presentation
Now, after reading the texts, completing the worksheets and answering the questions, you have to create a short presentation of the most remarkable things you have learned.
More specifically, you have to create a short PowerPoint presentation and present it to your teacher. You could use pictures and colors, so as to make it more interesting!
Do not forget to write the sources that you used, at the end of the PowerPoint Presentation.
Practice the presentation
It is very important to practice your presentation many times, before presenting it to your teacher. In that way, you can make fewer errors.
Presentation time
Now, it's time to present what you have done and practice your fluency skills. Do not forget to feel relaxed and unstressful! This will make your presentation an excellent piece of work.
Resources
These are the resources/internet web pages that you have to read very carefully. You can watch the two Youtube videos, as well.
I give you the links:
Reading text 1 https://1drv.ms/w/c/1166c307d2d49142/EdfKqz89BZRGvEqaH7DdCl4BAp6XeoUmdA2qrZ7ZbtA6Yg?e=GHkcY4
(The teacher created it.)
Reading text 2 https://adamasworldschool.org/8-healthy-lifestyle-tips-for-students/
Reading text 3 https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/general-topic/health-and-going-doctor/rules-for-good-health/76946
Reading text 4 https://www.childrenscolorado.org/doctors-and-departments/departments/weight-management-program/healthy-lifestyle-tips-for-kids/
Also, you can watch these two videos. the links are provided below.
These are the worksheets that you have to answer:
Worksheet 2 https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar-topic/should-shouldnt/healthy-life/86380
After that, you must answer in your notebook four comprehension questions, regarding the fourth reading texts you have already read.
1. In your own opinion, which are the five most important health rules? (Reading Test 1)
2. What can students do to manage stress? (Reading Test 2)
3. Is there any of these rules that you do not follow in your everyday life? Why? (Reading Test 3)
4. What should a healthy and right breakfast contain? (Reading Test 4)
Evaluation
You will be evaluated on the following criteria:
1. Worksheet completion
2. Answering the four comprehension questions
3. Equal participation of all three members
4. Good and fluent reading skills in the presentation
Lastly, you will be rewarded with stickers of your choice. But, they will be a surprise! So, stay tuned!
More analytically, the criteria and the grades are presented below.
| Criteria | Excellent work | Good work | Not-so-good work | Grades/ points gained |
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Teamwork and cooperation
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All group members participate equally. They have read the four reading texts (hypertexts) carefully and till the end. |
Not all students have contributed equally to the reading lesson. That means, that some of them do not read the required texts carefully and till the end as well as do not answer the worksheets provided.
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The whole work has been done only by one student. This is evident due to the lack of knowledge of the rest of the students, in the four comprehension questions. | |
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Assessing reading /speaking/ writing skills |
a) Excellent pronunciation. b) Fluency in the target language. c) Complete comprehension of the reading texts. d) Provision of correct answers in the worksheets. e) Provision of correct answers in the four comprehension questions. |
a) Not so good pronunciation. b) Not paying adequate attention while reading the texts. c) Do not understand the meaning of the texts so well. d) Make some mistakes in the worksheets provided. e) Make some mistakes in the four comprehension questions. |
a) Wrong pronunciation while reading the texts. b) Inadequate comprehension of the meaning of the reading texts. c) Lots of errors in the worksheets. d) Lots of errors (meaningful, lexical, and grammatical) in the four comprehension questions. |
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Comprehension of the text
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The students comprehend the meaning of the texts and can answer the four questions related to the meaning of them. |
The students cannot fully comprehend the meaning of the words. They have too many unknown words. However, they have already learned them in the previous lessons.
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Incomplete and insufficient comprehension of the reading texts. They cannot answer the questions that accompany the reading texts. |
Total points--> /20
Excellent work--> 15-20 points
Good work--> 10 to 15 points
Not-so-good-work --> 5 to 10 points
The biggest and greatest stickers will be given only to the students, who have done an excellent job. So, do your best!
Conclusion
Post-reading stage
Now, go back to the first reading text: https://1drv.ms/w/c/1166c307d2d49142/EdfKqz89BZRGvEqaH7DdCl4BAp6XeoUmdA2qrZ7ZbtA6Yg?e=GHkcY4
In your notebook, you have to produce a short text (of about 7 lines) according to these rules. In your text, you have to write about which of these rules you follow in your everyday life.
Then, you have to read your text aloud to the rest of your classmates.
Credits
Credits
I have created a text in a Microsoft Word format. Its title is "The fifteen rules for good health". Also, I shared it through One Drive so that anyone can have access to it. The link is provided in the process stage. I hope you find it useful!
Also, I used various resources from online webpages as well as YouTube videos. The online links are the following:
Videos
https://app.fluentize.com/lesson/healthy-lifestyle
My Microsoft Word document
https://1drv.ms/w/c/1166c307d2d49142/EdfKqz89BZRGvEqaH7DdCl4BAp6XeoUmdA2qrZ7ZbtA6Yg?e=GHkcY4
Online resources
https://adamasworldschool.org/8-healthy-lifestyle-tips-for-students/
https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar-topic/should-shouldnt/healthy-life/86380
Fevronia-Eleni Karagrigoriou