Thursday's Assignment

Besides diet, flossing, and annuals, what else is essential to a healthy lifestyle?

Does anyone else you know exercise so vigorously? What other great ideas on physical exercise can you find here?

Here are your tasks:

1. Reading: Find clues here as to what Her Majesty the Queen does for exercise. Discuss your answer with a partner.
2. Vocabulary: Walking or Running as Exercise
1. Learn 5 words or expressions for meaning and pronunciation.
2. Make sentences with them, and have a partner check your reading of those sentences.
3. Record them on Audioboom.com, and check at least 5 other classmates' recordings.
3. Role play: Childhood Fitness
1. Practise aloud by yourself, and find 5 words that are most commonly mispronounced (e.g. "Ob City" or "opposite," instead of "obesity.")
2. Practise with a partner, focusing on correct pronunciation of those 5 words.
3. Record with your partner on Audioboom.com those 5 words, followed by the whole dialogue.
4. Write a list of 10 Dos and Don'ts on exercise and fitness for your family. For example:
• Wear good tennis shoes to avoid getting blisters.
• Don't do high-impact workouts to avoid getting shin splints.