Advanced Vocabulary
This noun means the power your body uses to run, play, and think.
What is energy?
Donuts and soda are unhealthy because they contain too much of this sweet ingredient.
What is sugar?
Explain what happens to your energy level 1 hour after eating a "Red Battery" food.
Your energy drops to 5% / you feel tired and slow
Fill in the blank: "I prefer to eat a banana instead ______ a cookie."
What is of?
Your athlete says: "Coach, I want to run super fast today. What should I eat for breakfast?" What is your advice?
"You should eat eggs / bananas because they give you energy!"
This adjective describes food that is bad for your body if you eat too much of it.
What is unhealthy?
Complete the comparison: "Apples are healthy because they have ____________, but chips are unhealthy because they have too much salt."
What are vitamins (or nutrients)?
Why is a banana classified as a "Green Battery" food?
Because it gives you long-lasting energy to run and play.
Find and fix the verb mistakes in this sentence: "Water give me energy, but soda make me tired."
"Water gives me energy, but soda makes me tired."
Your athlete says: "Coach, I drank three sodas and now my head hurts and I feel slow. Why?" Explain it to them!
"Soda is unhealthy because it has too much sugar and makes your energy drop."
This verb means to like or choose one thing more than another. For example: "I _______ water over soda."
What is prefer?
Why does eating fish help your body more than eating potato chips?
Because fish helps your muscles grow and makes you strong (while chips do not give you good power).
Name one complete "Green Battery" meal (at least two healthy foods) and explain why it is green.
Fish and spinach, because they make your muscles strong and give you 100% power.
Combine these three thoughts into one sentence using "because" and "but": 1. Eggs are healthy. 2. Eggs give you power. 3. Pizza is unhealthy.
"Eggs are healthy because they give you power, but pizza is unhealthy."
Your athlete says: "Coach, I want potato chips instead of fish for dinner. Is that okay?" What do you say?
"No! You must eat fish instead of chips because fish makes your muscles strong."
This word is used when you make a substitution. For example: "I will eat an apple _________ of a donut."
What is instead?
Why is drinking water actually better for your energy than drinking soda?
Water gives you long-lasting energy, but soda only gives you a quick spark and then makes you tired.
Explain why eggs are a Green Battery food, but cookies are a Red Battery food.
Eggs give you long-lasting power to keep you strong, while cookies have too much sugar and make you feel tired later.
Find and fix the grammar mistake in this sentence: "I prefer eat healthy foods instead of unhealthy snacks."
"I prefer to eat healthy foods..."
Give your athlete a 2-step rule for their big game tomorrow using the words "prefer" and "instead".
"You must prefer water instead of soda, and you must eat apples instead of candy."
This verb means to stay away from something or to say "no" to it. For example: "To stay healthy, you should _________ eating too much candy."
What is avoid?
What is the specific name for the heavy, sleepy feeling you get about 1 hour after eating too much sugar?
What is a sugar crash (or energy crash)?
Explain what happens to your battery if you skip breakfast completely, and how it affects your school day.
Your battery starts at 0% / you have no energy, which makes it very hard to focus, think, and play.
Find and fix the THREE grammar mistakes in this sentence: "My friend don't like apples, but he love eat chips."
"My friend doesn't like apples, but he loves to eat chips."
Your athlete has a huge tournament in two hours and says: "Coach, I need a super power plan! Tell me exactly what I should eat, what I must avoid, and why!"
"You should eat fish and bananas because they give you long-lasting power, and you must avoid soda because it will make you feel tired and slow."