Health lesson

Instructor: Julio De Oliveira Date: August 1, 2011 Theme: Poverty/Wealth Type: Integrated Lesson Skills Practiced: Adjectives Level: Intermediate Class Goal: To discuss issues surrounding poverty and wealth through an integration of reading, grammar, speaking and listening in a respectful and non-discriminatory manner. Personal Goal: Have students learn by hearing, seeing and speaking through a creative, hands-on approach. Warm-Up: (T-Ss) Money is a powerful thing. Whether you have a lot or a little, it influences your daily life in some way. -What if we all had the same amount of money? How would that look? How would that make you feel? --Give out handout packet to each student. Preview Activity 1: (T-S) (Show a picture of a homeless man and a businessman )

With your partner look at these pictures and discuss the differences between them.
For example, I think that one is rich and has everything and the other doesn’t have much.

Vocabulary: 1. loaded (adj)- How do we usually describe a car that has all the equipment options installed. -What other things can you think of that can be loaded? 2. extreme/s (n) what do we call the most remote part of a city? That is the farthest. What are some extreme part of the earth you can think of? 3. resource/s (n)- what do we call something that can be used for support or contains an available supply that can be drawn on when needed? -What kind of resources do you use to get your news information? 4. demanding (adj)- my boss takes his job very seriously and wants everyone to be at their best. What is the word to describe my boss? -What else can be