LESSON PLAN
Your Name: Ms. Serena Snyder
Title of Lesson: Over Nutrition and Obesity
Grade: Sixth
STANDARDS
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.2a Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition,
classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia
when useful to aiding comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.2b Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and
examples.
Arizona’s Social Studies Standard: Strand 5. PO 3. Explain why specialization improves standards of living.
LESSON SUMMARY/OVERVIEW
This lesson will be a concluding in depth look at over nutrition and obesity using the information and explanations provided to the
students from the first four days of the unit week. Students will continue to understand how these topics affect them as well as
information on how to live healthier. Students will also find solutions on how to be healthier in their own lives. Together as a class
students will create a chart on why concentrating and studying about the topic of obesity and over nutrition can help improve our
society’s standards of living. Using the information from the discussion and from previous class periods, they will make a form of
conclusion by creating a piece of writing discussing any of the following: how this topic impacts their lives, what they have learned
about over nutrition and obesity, or ways our society can change. All students will also have to include some form of solution in their
writing about the topic they choose in their writing.
OBJECTIVES
Students will be able to present the knowledge learned from the past week on over nutrition and obesity. They will do this by
participating in an in class discussion about the importance of learning about the topic as well as creating an essay or letter on the topic
of over nutrition and obesity.
ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION
Students will create a piece of writing with appropriate punctuation, grammar, and spelling displaying their knowledge of the over
nutrition, obesity, and means to live healthier. These pieces of writing also must be in the correct format, depending on what type of
writing they choose. The piece of writing will be worth 20 points and participation for the in class discussion will be worth 5 points.
PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE
Students will need to have an understanding on over nutrition, obesity and healthy lifestyles. They will need to know keys facts and
information from previous lessons taught on the same subject area.
Students will need to have the ability to create a piece of writing, a letter or essay, in their correct format.
MATERIALS
List of required materials:
Piece of lined paper
Pencil/Pen
Notes students may have taken on the topic
VOCABULARY/KEY WORDS
Over Nutrition: Over Nutrition is defined as overconsumption of nutrients and food to the point at which health is adversely affected.
Obesity: Obesity means having too much body fat. Obesity occurs over time when you eat more calories than you use.
5 Paragraph Essay: The five-paragraph essay is a format of essay having five paragraphs: one introductory paragraph, three body
paragraphs with support and development, and one concluding paragraph.
Friendly Letter: a written letter addressed to a friend or family member. This includes a closing and signature.
TEACHING PROCEDURES
Procedural Steps (Step by step instructions for teaching the lesson):
Step 1: Have a brief discussion (about 5-10 minutes) with students with what they have learned from the week on the subject matter.
This discussion should include previous knowledge and ideas for possible solutions.
Step 2: Tell students that the end to this unit is creating a writing piece in which they will discuss over nutrition, obesity, and ways and
solutions for creating a healthy lifestyle.
Step 3: Tell for this writing they will need to have one to three facts and information on the subjects incorporated into their writing
pieces. These facts should come from notes or worksheets completed during the first four days of the unit.
Step 4: Tell students that they will need to brainstorm and come up with some ways that they can apply being healthy into their
everyday lives. Examples include, exercising, eating fresh produce, getting enough fruits and vegetables, and cutting back on sugars
and fast foods if possible.
Step 5: Tell students that the options for the writing piece will be one of the two options:
 Write a letter to a family member, friend, or their future selves discussing what they have learned about over nutrition and
obesity. They will discuss the effects they have on individuals and on society. They will then provide different ways in
which they think they could start implementing a healthier lifestyle in their lives, and also ask the person that letter is
addressed to, to also start implanting a healthy lifestyle.
 Write a five-paragraph essay explaining what over nutrition and obesity are. They will discuss the ways that they impact
individual people and also society. They will then discuss one to two ways that people could start implementing being
healthy into their lives.
Step 6: Have students first create an outline on what their writing piece is going to be. This outline should include the different facts
they are going to include, if writing an essay what each paragraph is going to be on, and if creating a letter whom they would write the
letter to and what information they would include. This outline should include the basic idea of what their writing is going to be on as
well as the facts and different information that they are going to include. You should give students about 5-10 minutes on this.
Step 7: Using their outlines have students start creating their writing pieces.
Step 8: There should be a short (5 minutes) discussion on what solutions students used in their writing after finishing their writing
pieces.
Step 9: Once students have completed their writing pieces they will turn them into to teacher to be graded.
RESOURCES
Glossary. (n.d.). glossary [Liberty Hall Writers Wiki]. Retrieved December 12, 2013, from
http://wiki.libertyhallwriters.org/doku.php?id=glossary
5 paragraph essay. (2013, October 29). Wikipedia. Retrieved December 12, 2013, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_paragraph_essay
Module 4: Overnutrition. (n.d.). Hunger: Malnutrition and Overnutrition. Retrieved November 24, 2013, from
http://www.uniteforsight.org/hunger/module4
Obesity: MedlinePlus. (n.d.). U.S National Library of Medicine. Retrieved November 24, 2013, from
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/obesity.html
WAYS OF THINKING CONNECTION
This lesson plan implements both strategic and systems thinking. Strategic thinking is applied by having the students come up with
ways in which they will start being healthier in their lives. They will both discuss this as a class, sharing what they think are possible
solutions, as well as creating solutions on their own. Systems’ thinking is included by the students discussing how over-nutrition and
obesity not only impact individuals, but also society as a whole. They will discuss all the different functions that it affects. Futures
thinking may also be included because students will discuss how this might continue to impact society as whole in the future.