Beverages & Sugar

Key message

Drink less sugar, drink more water

Objectives

As a result of this lesson, participants will be able to:

Basic

• Explain the health risks of drinking too much sugar

• Identify the amount of added sugar in beverages

• Strategize ways to drink more water and less sugary beverages

Advanced

• Identify serving sizes on beverage containers

Supplies and prep

• Share the vocabulary list and writing exercise for this lesson with your ELL teaching partner one week before the class date. 

• Select activities from the menu of activities in this lesson. Which ones suit your learners? How many do you have time for?

• Shop for, print and prepare materials you will need. See the supplies list in this lesson. 

• Technology: Check that wifi will allow you to show slides, videos and play music. If not, download slides and videos to a device that can run them in the room you will be using for class. 

Core activities in this lesson

• Focused breathing

• Do you ...  Drinks and sugar

• Where's the sugar in these drinks?

• What can you drink instead?

• Move to the music

• Cook and taste

• Say and write vocabulary words

Optional activities for advanced English language learners

• My daily drinks - how much sugar am I drinking?

• Writing practice

Optional for all ELL learners

• Ragged start: Taste low-sugar drinks or flavored water