LP 3
LP 3
nutrient?
Teacher‘s name: School year:
A: The teacher should accept any sensitive answers, since it’s a
School Date: Class: Form 4 Size: brainstorming.
LEARNING SITUATION N°2: Food and health Introduction: (1mn)
Sequence 1: Categories of food Ok, today we are going to learn about food nutrients.
Day’s lesson: Reading Comprehension (Table/ page 36) Activity 1: Answer these questions orally (3mn)
OBJECTIVES: At the end of this lesson, the learners should know 1- How many nutrients do you know?
the different food nutrients, their sources and their function in the 2- Name them.
body.
Answers
DURATION: (55 minutes)
(Any sensitive answers)
COMPETENCES: CD1, CD2, CT1, CT2, CT5, CT6, CTD2
Activity 2: Every food item falls into one of the categories presented
MATERIALS: Students book, chalk, duster in the table on page 36 according to its nutritious value. (12mn)
TECHNIQUES: I W, PW, GW and CW Instructions
Reference books: Study programme, Teacher’s guide, students Study the table and answer these questions
books.
1- How many nutrients are there?
IMPLEMENTATION 2- Cite-them
3- Do they have the same functions?
Warming up: A song (2mn)
4- What role does vitamin play in our body?
Saying the date: (2mn) 5- Which nutrient keeps the body in good working conditions?
6- Give four (04) examples of foods that provide protein.
Revision: On the previous lesson (3mn) Expected answers
1- There are six (6) nutrients.
Brainstorming: (3mn)
2- They are: Proteins, carbohydrates, fat and oil, vitamins, Homework: (3mn)
minerals, and water. Build five sentences mentioning the function and the
3- No. They have different functions. sources of each of the five other nutrients.
4- Vitamin helps the body fight diseases. N° 1 is done for you as an example.
5- Mineral does. Proteins build the body and repair tissue, they can
6- Meat, egg, beans, groundnuts. be found in sesame, meat, peas, fish, etc.
Activity 3: Observe the table again and study he words in the list Notes taking: (9mn)
below. Then complete the paragraph on page 36 with the right words
from the list: (10mn)
Health; water; repairing tissue ; nutrient; drinking; diseases;
fruits; vitamins; carbohydrate; milk.
Expected answers
1-Nutrient ; 2- health; 3- carbohydrate; 4- repairing tissue; 5- milk;
6- vitamins; 7- diseases; 8- water; 9- drinking; 10- fruits.
Activity 4: Now, what is a food and what is a nutrient? (4mn)
Expected answers
- A food is any solid substance that can be consumed by living
organisms, especially by eating in order to sustain life.
- A nutrient is a substance that provides nourishment essential
for the maintenance of life and for growth.
Assessment: (3mn)
a- What is the function of water in our organism?
b- Mention three (3) sources of carbohydrate
Expected answers
a- Water supplies water in and around the tissue organs.
b- Yam, rice, maize.