Life+styles

Are you healthy? Lifestyles

This EFL lesson plan is designed around a short film for Coca Cola and the theme of healthy eating and lifestyles. Students compare their eating habits and lifestyle with those of their grandparents, watch an advert, read and discuss a press release, and talk about the values Coca Cola adverts try to transmit.

This EFL lesson plan is designed around a short film for Coca Cola and the theme of healthy eating and lifestyles. Students compare their eating habits and lifestyle with those of their grandparents, watch an advert, read and discuss a press release, and talk about the values Coca Cola adverts try to transmit.
 * Language level **: Elementary (B) Pre Intermediate (B1) (B2)
 * Learner type **:Teens
 * Time **: 60 minutes
 * Activity **: Talking about issues related to lifestyles and watching an advert and reading a press release
 * Topic **: Healthy Eating and lifestyles
 * Language **: Food vocabulary, comparatives
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Materials **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Advert
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Downloadable materials: **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Coca Cola press release
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overview **

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ask students to think about their grandparents and their lifestyle when they were younger. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Compare your grandparents’ eating habits with your own. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Compare your grandparents’ free time activities with your own. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Compare your grandparents’ social relationships with your own. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Examples to give to the students: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">My grandparents ate much less red meat than me. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">My grandparents walked more than I do. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">I speak to my friends more on the phone than my grandparents. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">When students are ready hold a class discussion and write interesting sentences on the board. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tell students that they are going to watch an advert for Coca-Cola which compares the lifestyles of two generations. Ask students the following questions: <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Can you think of any Coca-Cola ads that you’ve seen? <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">What’s the Coca-Cola slogan? <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">What values do Coca-Cola try to transmit in their adverts? <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">What types of lifestyles are shown in Coca-Cola adverts?
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Step 1 **
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Step 2 **
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Step 3 **

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Show the film and ask students to notice any differences in the lifestyles shown in the ad. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">After watching the film get feedback from the whole class. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Link: https://vimeo.com/72640246
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Step 4 **

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Put students in pairs and ask them to write at least five sentences comparing the lifestyle of <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">the grandson and the grandfather after watching the film for a second time. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Give an example such as: <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The grandfather ate less than his grandson. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">When students are ready show the film a third time and pause at each scene, ask students to read out the sentences they have written for each scene. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Next discuss the lifestyles of the grandfather and the grandson. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Put students into small groups and ask them to discuss the following question: <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">What values are Coca-Cola trying to transmit in this advert? <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">When students are ready get feedback from the whole class.
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Step 5 **
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Step 6 **

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Now show students part of the Coca-Cola Company’s press release for the ad. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The new Coca-Cola advert ‘Grandpa’ shows that the lifestyle enjoyed by our grandparents — moving more, eating well, taking it easy — can be beneficial. We’re committed to using our advertising to raise awareness of the importance of energy balance and helping people to make informed choices. We believe it is just one of the ways we can help make more people aware of the need for a balanced diet and active, healthy lifestyle. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ask students to read the press release and discuss the following questions:
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Step 7 **

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Did your grandparents move more, eat better and take it more easily than you? <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Do you think the advert raises awareness of the benefits of a balanced diet and active, healthy lifestyle? <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Do you think drinks like Coca-Cola can form part of a balanced diet? <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Ask students to answer the questions individually and then to discuss their answers with a partner.