ENGLISH - GRADE 8
UNIT 2
FITNESS TRENDS
Explore:
o Colour running
o Parkour
Create
o A poster
o A factual story
Engage:
o With three students
o With a fitness coach
Collaborate
o To design a poster
o To discuss past and present fitness trends
Reflect:
o On adjectives
o On adverb
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Think a head
A fitness trend is a popular and often new way
to keep fit. A fitness trends can last for one
season for several years.
▪ What fitness trends have you heard off?
▪ Have you ever tried any? If so, which?
▪ Would you try a new fitness trend if you
had the chance? Would it make a
difference if you did not have to buy
anything to try it? Explain your answer.
Word Builder
Look at the six fitness trends below. Match
the name on the left with the definition on
the right.
Aerobics o Dancing to jazz Which of the fitness trends above would you
music most like to do? Tell your partner which one you
have chosen and why.
Pilates o Moving while Then discuss why taking up a new fitness trends
holding two might encourage you to get fit or stay fit. Use
sticks as if the words and phrases from the word box to
playing the help you.
drums
Haven’t done it before
Zumba o Exercising while Never tried it before
standing on a Fun
Interesting
moving plate
Popular
Trendy
Jazzercise o Moving to music cool
often with hand
weight
Fitness plate o Making smooth
movement to
make the body
stronger and
more flexible
(able to bend)
Drum sticks o Dancing to Latin
American and
popular music
Speaking about fitness trends
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Reading
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Glossary
Canvas : cloth that artist paint on
Eco-Friendly : something that will not harm the environment
Kids : Children
Laundry : washing clothes
Technicolor : brightly coloured
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Understanding
A. Choose the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
1. Which of the following best describes Run
or Dye?
a. A celebration of flowers and friendship
b. A celebration of fitness and fun
c. A celebration of family and friends
2. Who can go on a colour run?
a. Anyone
b. Families with children under six only
c. Anyone who can run the whole way
round.
3. Why might someone wear white clothes to
Run or dye?
a. To keep their clothes clean
b. To show off the dye
c. Because they want to wash their
clothes
B. Answer the following questions.
1. Does it cost any money to do a colour
run? Choose the correct answer.
a. No, it is free
b. Yes, everyone has to pay
c. Some people have to pay
2. What makes a colour run different from
a normal run?
3. What does the article mean by saying
“You are the canvas”?
4. Write at least two benefits of taking
part in a colour run.
C. Answer the following questions.
1. What would you say to a friend to
persuade them to take part in a colour
run? Turn to your partner and persuade
them to run with you in the next colour
run.
2. Imagine you have been on a colour
run. Write a short email to a friend
telling them what happened and how
you felt about taking part. Write 40-60
words.
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Making comparison
We are using comparison adjectives followed by “Than “ to comparison two things.
Example:
Diva is taller than all.
Is Zumba more popular than aerobics
To compare thow things that are the same, we often use ‘as …..as’ or ‘just as ….as’
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Example:
Pasha is as tall as Farah.
Aerobics is just as popular as Zumba
To say that someone or something is ‘less’, we use ‘not so/as…..as or ‘less……than’
Examples:
Ali is not as tall as David
Jazzercise is less popular than Zumba
To make the comparison stronger or weaker, we can use words and phrases such as ‘much’,
‘a bit’, ‘a lot’, ‘slightly’, ‘a little’, and ‘nowhere as….as’.
Example:
I find aerobics far more tiring than swimming.
WE use superlative adjectives to express the idea of ‘most’ or ‘least’
Example:
Rania is the tallest student in the class
The colour run is the most colourful run in the world
Understanding
A. Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. Wchich fitness Activity has the sport center over from sometimes?
a. yoga
b. Pilates
c. yogalates
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2. Which fitness activity is new to the sport centre?
a. Karate
b. Zumba
c. Capoeira
3. What type of activity is spinning?
a. Running
b. Cycling
c. Dance
B. Answer these questions.
1. How do the students find out about the new fitness trends at their sport centre?
2. What is yogalates?
3. Do they like the idea of capoeira or not? Give a reason for your answer.
C. Answer these questions.
1. Wchich fitness actiity do the students choose?
2. Why do they choose this activity? How do you know?
3. Why do you think the three boys like trying out new fintess trends?
Speaking : What do you think?
Which fintess activity mentoned int eh recoridng would you choose and why? Discuss your
ideas with your partner.
Adverb in sentences
Adverb that tell us how, where or when something happens usually come after the main verb
or at the end of a clause or sentence.
Example
We waited patiently for the class to start
It was raining yesterday, so I stayed inside.
Adverb that tell us how oftern something happens or how certain somehting is usually come
before the main verb.
Example:
I always walk to school
She is probably going to be late
We sometimes use adverbs athe beginning of a sentence to add an opinion or comment
about the whole sentence. These are called ‘sentence adverb’
Example”
Unfortunately, I was late for the class.
Some sentences adverb come at the end of a sentence.
Example:
I don’t like athtletics. I like football, though (=but I like foothball)
I love aerobics, I like running as well (I also like running)
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MAKING CORPORATION
With short adverb, such as ‘fast’, ‘hard’, ‘early’, or ‘late’, we add – er to make a comparatice
advertb and -est to make a superlative.
Example:
Jonas arrived later than Andi. Ali arrived latest.
If an advertb has two or more syllbels, we usuallyl use ‘more’ or ‘less’ to make a comparaitve.
We use (the) most or (the) least to make a uperlative.
Example:
Jonas plays football less often than Andi.
All Plays (the) least frequently.
Some adverb have irregular compariative and superlative forms.
Example:
Well better best
Badly worse worst
Far farther/further farthest/furtherst
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Fitness trends – now and then
In group, In groups, you're going to compare modern
fitness trends and behaviors with those of your parents or
grandparents. Look at the seven pairs of fitness behaviors
and decide in your group whether they are related to the
modern trans or trans from the past- there is one present
and one past trends in each pair.
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Keeping fit by going snowboarding
Keeping fit by doing aerobics
Getting excited about your kid's fifth class
Getting excited about your CrossFit class
Wearing a tracksuit to go running
Wearing leggings and legs warmers to go jogging
Drinking a fizzy drinks to rehydrate after exercising
Drinking water or a protein drinks after exercising
Watching a workout video on the television
Watching a Zumba video on YouTube hula hoping to stay fit
Kite surfing to stay fit wearing sweatbands around your wrist
Wearing a fitness tracker or smart watch on your wrist
Now discuss in your group if you work you like to try some
past fitness trends or if you prefer the modern trends. While
you are talking, always check that you understand what other members after group are
saying. You can do this by asking questions to check what someone has said using phrases
such as? ‘Do you mean that
….’ And ‘ Are you saying that …..’
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