You Are What You Eat 6-pack Author: Various ISBN: 9780176358112 Lesson Plan Grade Level: 6 Theme/Topic: Food, Health Classification: Fiction, Nonfiction

Key Reading Strategy: Evaluating Information

The lesson plans in this issue of High Wire Magazine highlight the reading strategy Evaluating Information.  Opportunities to practice this strategy are indicated by the symbol.  For more information on this strategy, see page 7.  Assessment Master 6 in the Program and Assessment Guide can be used with this strategy.

Curriculum Links: science, mathematics, health

Introducing the Magazine

Setting the Scene

Tell the students that this issue of High Wire Magazine is about food.  It includes selections about food myths, the process of digestion, the history of people’s eating habits, and the nutritional values of various foods.

Making Connections

Explain to the students that the magazine looks at how food affects our well-being, our thinking, and also how we feel. Prompt a discussion by asking questions such as the following: 

• What does “You are what you eat” mean to you? Have you heard this expression before?  Is it true?
• What foods do you think are nutritious?
• Why is it important to eat these foods?
• What happens to food once you have eaten it?
• What do you think happens to people when they don’t eat nutritious foods?
• Can you tell when a person has been eating a balanced diet?  How?

For more infoarmion please see our Lesson Plan