Topic: Nutrition:
Grade: 3-5
Popular Film
General Information:
○ Title: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
○ Producer: Sony Pictures Animation, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Imageworks
○ Year: 2009
○ Length: 9 minutes
○ Rating: PG
○ Review:
■ This movie is pretty entertaining and fun for all who watch. In this movie, a scientist creates a machine that makes food literally rain from the sky. Most of the food that is created is unhealthy food though, and I don’t think even once in the entire more do you see a single fruit or vegetable. For obvious reasons, a lot of the characters in the movie start gaining weight because their diet consists of a lot of fatty/sugary foods. I would use this movie as a reference as to why is it important to keep a balanced diet.
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Core Integration:
○ Writing core.
○ I would have my students write an informative essay about what kinds of foods they would have fall from the sky if they were the scientist in this movie. I would establish that the students need to at least have one type of food from each category, as to meet the needs of having a balanced diet. Before setting the students loose, I would provide an example of different foods that they could use, but for the most part I would like them to pick all of the foods that they want so that they have complete ownership over their writing.
Standards:
○ NHES Standards:
■ 8.5.1. Express opinions and give accurate information about health issues.
■ 8.5.2. Encourage others to make positive health choices.
○ Core Standards:
■ Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
■ Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
○ Learning Objectives:
■ Students will be able to write a persuasive essay, providing reasoning and evidence to support their claim.
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