Food for health

Food for health

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Overview
Using this Resource
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Working with Students
Further Resources
This task is about writing an explanation of the impacts of the food industry on improving health.
a) Read and consider the following three pieces of information.
  • About 40% of childen in Aotearoa walked or cycled to and from school.
  • Research has revealed that around half of adult New Zealanders do not have the recommended 3 vegetable and 2 fruit servings each day. This is the amount that gives some protection against heart disease and cancer. Regular physical exercise is also important.
  • Food advertisers, manufacturers, retailers, and distributors in New Zealand have said they would work together to reduce obesity, improve nutrition, and increase physical activity.

When writing an explanation, think about:

  • the organisation of your ideas and information
  • the way you link your ideas and information
  • your use of language
  • the accuracy of your spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

Question 1Change answer

Use the following chart to help you brainstorm the actions people from different food industries could take to improve our nutrition.
Some information and starter ideas have been put in for you.
  Actions Effects of actions
Food manufacturers

(These are the people who make, grow, and package our food.)
Food distributors

(These are the people who transport the food, from the manufacturers to the retailers.)		 Regularly supply shops with fresh food. If food is very fresh, it looks and smells good, so people buy it more quickly. It is also healthier because it hasn’t had much of a chance to start decomposing
Food retailers

(These are the people who sell the food, like dairies, school tuck shops, supermarkets, cafes, restaurants.)
Food advertisers

(These are the people who promote buying particular food products.)
 

Question 1Change answer

Use your brainstorm notes to write an explanation about how the actions of the different people in the food industry could help to improve our nutrition and, therefore, our health.
Task administration: 
This task can be completed online or with pencil and paper.
 
This task could be linked to a health and science study. (Click on the tab "Working with students".)
Levels:
4, 5
Curriculum info: 
English, Creating meaning, Writing
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
explanations, self-assessment, structure and language, organisation, nutrition
Description of task: 
The assessment focus is on the features of an explanation. Students explore and write an explanation of the impacts the food industry could have on improving health.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • choose effective content, language, and text structure
as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions.

 

Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Writing meaningful text: text features, set 5
Writing meaningful text: text features, sets 5-7
within the Writing Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
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