Unit 12 - Self-assessment

We reached the end of Unit 12 and now it's time to check what you've learned. Tick all statements that are true for you.

• I can express my health condition and ask for it to others
• I can write an argumentative text
• I can say and understand vocabulary of health and the human body
• I can say and understand some proverbs in English
• I can make use of Reported Speech and Conditional Sentences in my language practice

If you ticked them all, congratulations and keep it up! If not, don't give up and keep practicing!

Unit 12 - Let me take care of you

Did you have fun playing doctors the other day in class? Well, it was game for us, but it's a reality for many professionals who take care of us when we are in need. Doctors and nurses do their best to try make us feel better.

Life in hospitals is so interesting that it has inspired popular TV series for years, with well-known examples, such as ER, House MD, Grey's Anatomy or The Good Doctor.

If you click on the links below, you'll watch a few clips from two of these popular shows. 
What elements related to health and the human body can you see or hear?
Grey's Anatomy
The Good Doctor

See you in class!

Unit 12 - Healthy Choices

Having a healthy life doesn't mean just eating properly and working out, there are other important habits we need to take into account if we want to keep up our good health.

One of them is the one you can see at the picture above: sleeping. We actually talked about that in class the other day and already highlighted the importance of taking a good rest every day. Our body releases a big amount of energy along the whole day and, therefore, we need to recharge our batteries every night, so that we can feel full of energy again the next day. Doctors recommend at least 7 or 8 hours of sleep everyday, in order to rest properly. If we go to bed very late at night and wake up early in the morning, we feel tired and weak, and that's not good for our health.

There is an unhealthy phenomenon that's quite recent, known by same people as the pandemic of the 21st century: it's stress. I'm sure you've heard this word before but, what's stress? It is a situation in which our body fails in some way as a response to some kind of physical or emotional threat. A stressful situation is, for instance, feeling very tired or angry after an excess of hard work. In this highly demanding world, where it seems like we need to work harder and harder to advance in life, stress is becoming more and more usual, and it can be very dangerous. A high situation of stress can cause high blood pressure and even heart failure, so it's a very serious thing. In order to avoid stress, we need to relax and take things easy. A good way of relaxing is taking a break from work from time to time and doing some pleasant activity, such as playing sports, dancing or listening to music. You can also practise specific techniques that are based on the principles of relaxation. The Asians are the ones who master this type of techniques, which are spreading quickly all over the world. Two examples of these practices are yoga (originally from India) and tai chi (coming from China). Besides helping you to relax, these techniques are excellent for stretching and toning your muscles, so you can kill two birds with a stone!

To watch what yoga practising looks like, check out this video:

Yoga Practice
Tai Chi Practice

Do you live a healthy life? Which of the healthy habits we've talked about in these two posts do you have? Have you ever done yoga or tai chi? Would you like to try? How about unhealthy habits? Please feel free to make any comments on our Google Classroom group. Moreover, remember this unit's special project consists of making a presentation about different healthy and unhealthy habits, so you can take a look at both previous and following posts in this unit to get ideas about that topic.

See you in class!

Unit 11 - Self-assessment

We reached the end of Unit 11 and now it's time to check what you've learned. Tick all statements that are true for you.

• I can give details about the weather situation
• I know several phrasal verbs in English
• I can make a presentation on recycling
• I can make use of the Passive Voice in my language practice
• I can write an opinion article

If you ticked them all, congratulations and keep it up! If not, don't give up and keep practicing!

Unit 11 - Recycling and reusing

In order to protect our planet, there's something really easy that we can do, recycling our rubbish and reusing the things we don't need any more. Let's have a look now at what can be done with recycled materials:
Recycling Hacks

Precious Plastic

What do you think? Do you recycle? Can you think of any useful ways of reusing your rubbish? Comment on our Google Classroom group.

Recycling and reusing tips will actually be our next class project, so start looking for ideas, I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

See you in class!