This engaging health-focused unit from SuperEnglishESL.com introduces ESL students to essential topics about maintaining a healthy lifestyle, understanding the effects of food choices, hydration, and exercise, and recognizing how habits affect overall well-being. Through interactive readings, vocabulary-building exercises, and practical discussions, students will develop a strong foundation in health-related English while practicing grammar, speaking, and critical thinking.
Perfect for online 1:1 lessons, group classes, and traditional classrooms, this unit provides structured, interactive lessons that help ESL students expand their vocabulary, improve reading comprehension, enhance speaking skills, and gain valuable real-world knowledge about personal health.
Students explore what it means to have a healthy lifestyle and why developing good habits is important. They learn about nutrition, physical and mental health, and balance in daily routines.
Lesson Features:
✔️ Warm-up: Vocabulary guessing game
✔️ Reading & Discussion: How habits impact health and well-being
✔️ Vocabulary Focus: habit, nutritious, mental, physical
✔️ Grammar & Sentence Structures: Comparisons using as + adjective + as (e.g., as strong as an ox)
✔️ Pronunciation/Phonics: Prefixes micro- and macro-
✔️ Interactive Elements: Role-play conversation about making healthier food choices
✔️ Real-Life Applications: Understanding how small lifestyle changes lead to better healthL5_U17_L1 Health-compre…
This lesson examines sugar, its effects on the body, and why people crave it. Students discuss the dangers of excessive sugar consumption and learn how to make healthier choices.
Lesson Features:
✔️ Warm-up: “Would You Rather?” game
✔️ Reading & Discussion: How sugar affects the brain and body
✔️ Vocabulary Focus: resist, crave, addicted, appetite
✔️ Grammar & Sentence Structures: Comparisons using not as + adjective + as (e.g., not as good as fresh fruit)
✔️ Pronunciation/Phonics: Words with micro- and macro- prefixes
✔️ Interactive Elements: Role-play discussing healthy eating habits
✔️ Real-Life Applications: Understanding sugar addiction and how to reduce sugar intakeL5_U17_L2 Health-compre…
Students discover the importance of hydration, how water keeps the body functioning, and the dangers of dehydration. They discuss how much water they should drink daily and signs of dehydration.
Lesson Features:
✔️ Warm-up: Category-based vocabulary game
✔️ Reading & Discussion: The role of water in the body and signs of dehydration
✔️ Vocabulary Focus: joint, sweat, dehydrated, shrink
✔️ Grammar & Sentence Structures: As much/many as for comparisons (e.g., as much water as possible)
✔️ Pronunciation/Phonics: Prefixes micro- and macro-
✔️ Interactive Elements: Role-play a conversation about feeling dehydrated
✔️ Real-Life Applications: How to maintain proper hydration and recognize dehydration symptomsL5_U17_L3 Health-compre…
This lesson explores the negative effects of prolonged sitting and lack of movement on the body and brain. Students learn about the benefits of regular movement and exercise.
Lesson Features:
✔️ Warm-up: “Guess the Word” vocabulary activity
✔️ Reading & Discussion: Why the human body is designed to move and how inactivity affects health
✔️ Vocabulary Focus: curve, flow, swell, solution
✔️ Grammar & Sentence Structures: As…as with possibility (e.g., as much exercise as possible)
✔️ Pronunciation/Phonics: Words with micro- and macro- prefixes
✔️ Interactive Elements: Role-play a discussion about staying active
✔️ Real-Life Applications: Encouraging movement and exercise to prevent health issuesL5_U17_L4 Health-compre…
The final lesson serves as a unit review and assessment, reinforcing key vocabulary, grammar, and health concepts. Students also explore the importance of vitamins and minerals in maintaining a healthy body.
Lesson Features:
✔️ Warm-up: Fun riddles and critical thinking questions
✔️ Assessment Tasks:
✔️ Reading & Discussion: How vitamins and minerals help the body function properly
✔️ Interactive Elements: Discussion on dietary habits and making healthier food choices
✔️ Real-Life Applications: Understanding essential nutrients and how to include them in a daily dietL5_U17_L5 Health-compre…
✅ ESL learners at A2+ – B1 levels (pre-intermediate to intermediate)
✅ Kids and Teens in online 1:1 lessons, group classes, or traditional classrooms
✅ Teachers looking for structured, engaging, and interactive ESL lessons on health and wellness
📄 Lesson previews & worksheets
🎲 Games & vocabulary activities
📚 Reading passages & discussion questions
🔊 Pronunciation & sentence-building exercises
📌 Encourage students to share their own daily habits and discuss what makes them healthy or unhealthy.
📌 Use real-life examples of foods, habits, and exercises to make discussions more relatable.
📌 Have students create a weekly health plan based on what they learn in the unit.