Shaping My Knowledge

Warm-up
Science
Open the class by setting the questions: Do you know which part of your body is
The Digestive System
responsible for processing the different foods you eat? How do you think food is What Happens to
the Food You Eat?
transformed into something the body can use? One of the main needs of human beings is to feed
themselves. That is why the digestive system is Mouth
extremely important. The digestive system can
turn food into nutrients that are the right size to reach
Gives students time to discuss their answers with a classmate. 01 Answer the question in pairs. Then read the body cells and be absorbed. It can also get rid of
the text “The Digestive System.” Write “T” elements it does not need.
for true and “F” for false for each sentence.
Add one more idea of your own. Ask a To carry out this function, the digestive Esophagus
classmate to answer it. system consists of the digestive tract and
the accessory glands.
1. The digestive system gets rid T
of elements it does not need. The digestive tract is a long, muscular tube
varying in diameter. First, food is processed
Stomach
2. The digestive tract and the in the mouth with the teeth, which can bite
accessory glands form the T and break down food into small pieces.
digestive system. At the same time, the tongue mixes and
identifies flavors. After that, the food moves Large Intestine
F
Teaching Tip 3. The stomach secretes saliva. through the pharynx and the esophagus.
Then the food goes into the stomach, which
4. Answers will vary. secretes gastric juices to help break it down some
For Exercise 2 more before it moves to the small intestine.
Small Intestine
Finally, the food travels to the large intestine.
Use Key Words on the activity. Nominate students to spell one of the Key Words
words and to give an example of its meaning by using it in a sentence. 02 Find four words you don’t know in the
text and write them in the space below.
Compare your list with a classmate’s. Look 03 Match the columns to complete the sentences from the text.
up the meanings of the words. Answers will vary.
1. The stomach produces a. inside the mouth.

2. The digestive tract is a b. to chew food.

3. People use their teeth c. goes to the stomach.

4. The tongue mixes food d. gastric juices.

5. After the esophagus, food e. large intestine.

Differentiation Strategy
6. Food’s last stop is the f. long, muscular tube.

For Exercise 4
Go to the Differentiation Strategies Bank, and adapt this exercise using Strategy 2f.

FOOD CONSUMPTION

Did you know that some food is bad for your

stomach? Carb-dense foods, fried foods,
unhealthy fats, processed meats, and
04 Work in groups of four. Take turns high-lactose dairy foods are some examples.
explaining the process to your classmate in Why do you think they are bad for
your own words. your stomach?

Flexi Exercises
(To adjust to students’ needs, you can choose whether to use the activities below)
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UNOi Agenda for the Future
 Shaping My Knowledge

Teaching Tip
For Exercise 6 05 Work with a classmate. Write what each of the 07 Eat a small piece of food you brought for lunch.
organs in the digestive system does. Answers will vary. Imagine the whole process of the digestive system
Play Hangman with the parts of the digestive system on the board. Write the lines or from start to finish. Write a short text explaining what
1. Teeth is happening. Answers will vary.
each letter and ask students to give you letters until they complete the word.

2. Tongue

3. Stomach

Language Structures and Functions Tip

4. Large intestine
If students need further explanation on the gramar point, they revisit it.

06 Write facts you know about the digestive system in

the mind map below. Answers will vary.

Differentiation Strategy
The digestive
system turns food
For Exercise 7 into nutrients.
Go to the Differentiation Strategies Bank, and adapt this exercise using Strategy 2c.

Wrap-up

Ask students to close their books and describe the function of each of the parts of the
digestive system as a riddle for a classmate to guess.

Example: “This part of the digestive system secretes gastric juices.” (Answer: the 08 DIscuss your answers with three students.
stomach) › Can this process be altered?
› What can happen if the process is altered?
› Why is it important to know how the
digestive system works?
› Do you know what to do if you have any
digestive problems?

Flexi Exercises
(To adjust to students’ needs, you can choose whether to use the activities below) 19

Exercises 5