The Reading / Listening - Social Jet Lag - Level 6

Not having a regular sleeping pattern could have an adverse effect on our health. So says a study published in The European Journal of Nutrition this week. The study suggests irregular sleeping patterns could increase the abundance of harmful species of bacteria in the gut. Altering the time we sleep on workdays and at weekends causes a shift in our internal body clock. Researchers call this "social jet lag". It leads to a poorer quality diet, with a higher consumption of sugary snacks, and lower intakes of fruit and vegetables. Study author and nutrition scientist Dr Kate Bermingham said: "Social jet lag can encourage [bacteria] species which have unfavourable associations with your health."

The effects of social jet lag are like those of jet lag we get after long airline flights. Jet lag is extreme tiredness and other physical effects caused by flying across different time zones. After a long flight, sufferers often opt for unhealthy comfort foods. Social jet lag can be more problematic, as it is ingrained in our daily routines. It can elevate the risk of diabetes, heart problems, and weight gain. The researchers say a 90-minute difference between sleeping and waking times can send the body's biological rhythms into disarray. Another nutritionist said: "Maintaining regular sleep patterns…is an easily adjustable lifestyle behaviour we can all do, that may impact your health via your gut…for the better."

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

    Social Jet Lag - Level 4  or  Social Jet Lag - Level 5

Sources
  • https://news.sky.com/story/what-is-social-jetlag-why-irregular-sleep-patterns-are-bad-for-your-health-12932195
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/health-66372087
  • https://fortune.com/well/2023/08/02/sleep-deprivation-healthy-diet-microbiome-social-jetlag-binge-eating-calories-zoe-nutrition-kings-college-london-harvard-th-chan/


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Warm-ups

1. SLEEP PATTERNS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about sleep patterns. Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
       sleeping pattern / health / nutrition / abundance / bacteria / gut / jet lag / scientist /
       airline / flights / flying / time zones / comfort foods / rhythms / lifestyle / behaviour
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. EDUCATION: Students A strongly believe schools should teach children about the health benefits of sleeping; Students B strongly believe this is unnecessary. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. SLEEP: How can these things adversely accept our sleeping patterns? Do these things affect your sleep? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

 

How It Affects Sleep

Your Sleep

Coffee

 

 

Social Media

 

 

Noises

 

 

Exercise

 

 

Stress

 

 

Cold or heat

 

 
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5. JET LAG: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "jet lag". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
6. SLEEP WELL: Rank these with your partner. Put the best things to sleep well at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

  • Milk
  • Reading
  • Music
  • Exercise
  • Counting sheep
  • No daytime naps
  • Sleeping pills
  • Stick to a sleep schedule

 

Vocabulary

    Paragraph 1

      1. adverse a. The branch of science that deals with looking at how good the food we eat is.
      2. journal b. A very large quantity of something.
      3. abundance c. Changing in character or composition, usually in a comparatively small but significant way.
      4. gut d. Preventing success or development; harmful.
      5. altering e. The action of eating or drinking something.
      6. consumption f. A newspaper or magazine that deals with a particular subject or professional activity.
      7. nutrition g. Stomach.

    Paragraph 2

      8. extreme h. Make a choice from a range of possibilities.
      9. zones i. Of a habit, belief, or attitude that is firmly fixed or established; difficult to change.
      10. flight j. Causing or enabling a condition or situation to continue.
      11. opt k. Well-defined regions extending round the earth between definite limits.
      12. ingrained l. A state of disorganization or untidiness.
      13. disarray m. An act of flying; a journey made through the air or in space.
      14. maintaining n. Reaching a high (or the highest) degree.

 

Before reading / listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

  1. The article says we all need eight hours a night's sleep.     T / F
  2. Irregular sleeping patterns kill bacteria in our gut.     T / F
  3. The article says shift work is very bad for us.     T / F
  4. A researcher said social jet lag leads to a poorer diet.     T / F
  5. The article compares social jet lag to get lag after flying.     T / F
  6. The article says social jet lag could be more harmful than flying.     T / F
  7. A 90-minute difference in waking time could harm our body clock.     T / F
  8. A nutritionist said it wasn't easy to adjust our lifestyle.     T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

  1. regular
  2. adverse
  3. abundance
  4. consumption
  5. species
  6. tiredness
  7. ingrained
  8. elevate
  9. disarray
  10. gut
  1. confusion
  2. eating
  3. fatigue
  4. harmful
  5. increase
  6. uniform
  7. types
  8. stomach
  9. profusion
  10. entrenched

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

  1. having a regular
  2. increase the abundance of harmful
  3. a shift in our internal
  4. a higher consumption of
  5. lower intakes
  6. Jet lag is extreme
  7. flying across
  8. it is ingrained
  9. elevate the
  10. send the body's biological
  1. different time zones
  2. body clock
  3. of fruit and vegetables
  4. tiredness
  5. rhythms into disarray
  6. species of bacteria
  7. risk of diabetes
  8. sleeping pattern
  9. in our daily routines
  10. sugary snacks

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
gut
poorer
nutrition
regular
encourage
clock
suggests
sugary

Not having a (1) _____________________ sleeping pattern could have an adverse effect on our health. So says a study published in The European Journal of Nutrition this week. The study (2) _____________________ irregular sleeping patterns could increase the abundance of harmful species of bacteria in the (3) _____________________. Altering the time we sleep on workdays and at weekends causes a shift in our internal body (4) _____________________. Researchers call this "social jet lag". It leads to a (5) _____________________ quality diet, with a higher consumption of (6) _____________________ snacks, and lower intakes of fruit and vegetables. Study author and (7) _____________________ scientist Dr Kate Bermingham said: "Social jet lag can (8) _____________________ [bacteria] species which have unfavourable associations with your health."

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
opt
elevate
via
effects
ingrained
easily
extreme
disarray

The (9) _____________________ of social jet lag are like those of jet lag we get after long airline flights. Jet lag is (10) _____________________ tiredness and other physical effects caused by flying across different time zones. After a long flight, sufferers often (11) _____________________ for unhealthy comfort foods. Social jet lag can be more problematic, as it is (12) _____________________ in our daily routines. It can (13) _____________________ the risk of diabetes, heart problems, and weight gain. The researchers say a 90-minute difference between sleeping and waking times can send the body's biological rhythms into (14) _____________________. Another nutritionist said: "Maintaining regular sleep patterns…is an (15) _____________________ adjustable lifestyle behaviour we can all do, that may impact your health (16) _____________________ your gut…for the better."

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)  Not having a regular sleeping pattern could have ______
     a.  an reverse affect
     b.  an reverse effect
     c.  an adverse affect
     d.  an adverse effect
2)  The study suggests irregular sleeping patterns could ______
     a.  increase a abundance
     b.  increase the abundance
     c.  increase the bun dance
     d.  increase a bun dance
3)  the time we sleep on workdays and at weekends causes a shift in our ______
     a.  internal body clock
     b.  intern all body clock
     c.  intern all bodily clock
     d.  inter nail body clock
4)  a poorer quality diet, with a higher consumption of sugary snacks, and lower ______
     a.  intake soft fruit
     b.  in take soft fruit
     c.  intakes off fruit
     d.  intakes of fruit
5)  Social jet lag can encourage [bacteria] species which ______
     a.  have unfavourable association
     b.  have unfavourable associations
     c.  have favourable associations
     d.  have favourable association

6)  Jet lag is extreme tiredness and other physical effects caused by flying across ______
     a.  different times urns
     b.  different times owns
     c.  different time zones
     d.  different time zoos
7)  Social jet lag can be more problematic, as it is ingrained in ______
     a.  our doyly routines
     b.  our dailies routines
     c.  our daily routines
     d.  our dally routines
8)  It can elevate the risk of diabetes, heart problems, ______
     a.  end weight gain
     b.  and wait gain
     c.  and weight gain
     d.  and wheat gain
9)  sleeping and waking times can send the body's biological ______
     a.  rhythms into disarray
     b.  rhythms in two disarrays
     c.  rhythms unto disarrays
     d.  rhythms onto disarray
10)  easily adjustable lifestyle behaviour we can all do, that may impact your health ______
     a.  vial your gut
     b.  vile your gut
     c.  via your gut
     d.  vie your gut

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Not having a regular sleeping pattern could have (1) ___________________ on our health. So says a study published in The European Journal of Nutrition this week. The (2) ____________________ sleeping patterns could increase the abundance of harmful (3) ____________________ in the gut. Altering the time we sleep on workdays and at weekends causes a shift in our (4) ____________________. Researchers call this "social jet lag". It leads to a poorer quality diet, with a higher consumption (5) ____________________, and lower intakes of fruit and vegetables. Study (6) ____________________ scientist Dr Kate Bermingham said: "Social jet lag can encourage [bacteria] species which have unfavourable associations with your health."

The (7) ____________________ jet lag are like those of jet lag we get after long airline flights. Jet lag is extreme tiredness and other physical effects caused by flying across different time zones. After a long flight, (8) ____________________ for unhealthy comfort foods. Social jet lag can be more problematic, as it is (9) ____________________ daily routines. It can elevate the risk of diabetes, heart problems, and weight gain. The researchers say a 90-minute difference between sleeping and waking times can send the body's biological (10) ____________________. Another nutritionist said: "Maintaining regular sleep patterns…is (11) ____________________ lifestyle behaviour we can all do, that may impact your health (12) ____________________ …for the better."

Comprehension questions

  1. What could not having a regular sleeping pattern adversely impact?
  2. Where could harmful bacteria increase?
  3. What does altering sleeping times cause a shift in?
  4. What does social jet lag make people eat more of?
  5. What is the job of the study author Dr Kate Bermingham?
  6. What does the article compare social jet lag to?
  7. What do people choose to eat after a long flight?
  8. What can social jet lag increase the risk of besides heart problems?
  9. What could a 90-minute difference in waking times affect?
  10. What did a nutritionist say about maintaining regular sleep patterns?

Multiple choice quiz

1)  What could not having a regular sleeping pattern adversely impact?
a) our beds
b) our health
c) our weight
d) our brain
2)  Where could harmful bacteria increase?
a) in our pancreas
b) in our intestine
c) in our gut
d) in our bowels
3)  What does altering sleeping times cause a shift in?
a) our thinking
b) our lifestyle
c) our alarm clocks
d) our internal body clock
4)  What does social jet lag make people eat more of?
a) rice and bread
b) sugary snacks
c) chocolate
d) frozen food
5)  What is the job of the study author Dr Kate Bermingham?
a) a nutrition scientist
b) a surgeon
c) a bacteriologist
d) a journalist

6)  What does the article compare social jet lag to?
a) jet lag
b) social inclusion
c) social exclusion
d) time lags
7)  What do people choose to eat after a long flight?
a) bananas
b) peanuts
c) the chicken and the fish
d) comfort foods
8)  What can social jet lag increase the risk of besides heart problems?
a) blood pressure and insomnia
b) headaches and stomach aches
c) diabetes and weight gain
d) fatigue and forgetfulness
9)  What could a 90-minute difference in waking times affect?
a) how much we can read
b) being late for work
c) our productivity
d) the body's biological rhythms
10)  What did a nutritionist say about maintaining regular sleep patterns?
a) It's deadly not to do it.
b) It's an easily adjustable lifestyle behaviour.
c) It's common sense.
d) She loves it.

Role play

Role  A – Reading
You think reading is the best way to get to sleep. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the least effective of these (and why): music, exercise or counting sheep.

Role  B – Music
You think music is the best way to get to sleep. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the least effective of these (and why): reading, exercise or counting sheep.

Role  C – Exercise
You think exercise is the best way to get to sleep. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the least effective of these (and why): music, reading or counting sheep.

Role  D – Counting Sheep
You think counting sheep is the best way to get to sleep. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the least effective of these (and why): music, exercise or reading.

After reading / listening

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words...

'sleep'

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  • ________________
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    • and 'jet lag'.

  • ________________
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    • • Share your findings with your partners.

    • Make questions using the words you found.

    • Ask your partner / group your questions.

    2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

    •Share your questions with other classmates / groups. •Ask your partner / group your questions.

    3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

    4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

    5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

    • adverse
    • increase
    • shift
    • quality
    • fruit
    • encourage
    • long
    • opt
    • daily
    • risk
    • send
    • better

    Student survey

    Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

    (Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

    Discussion - Social Jet Lag

    STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

    1. What did you think when you read the headline?
    2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'sleep'?
    3. How well do you sleep?
    4. What do you think of social jet lag?
    5. How does sleep affect health?
    6. How nutritious is the food you eat?
    7. How important is getting a good night's sleep?
    8. How harmful might shift work be for someone's health?
    9. What factors cause social jet lag?
    10. What advice do you have for people with sleep problems?

    STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

    1. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
    2. What do you think of when you hear the word 'jet lag'?
    3. What do you think about what you read?
    4. What's your sleeping pattern like?
    5. What do you know about jet lag after flying?
    6. How often do you rely on comfort foods?
    7. Will you adjust your sleeping times after reading this article?
    8. How easy is it to adjust your lifestyle behaviour?
    9. When was the last time you had a bad night's sleep?
    10. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

    Discussion — Write your own questions

    STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

    (a) ________________

    (b) ________________

    (c) ________________

    (d) ________________

    (e) ________________

    STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

    (f) ________________

    (g) ________________

    (h) ________________

    (i) ________________

    (j) ________________

    Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

    Not having a (1) ____ sleeping pattern could have an adverse effect on our health. So (2) ____ a study published in The European Journal of Nutrition this week. The study suggests irregular sleeping patterns could increase the abundance (3) ____ harmful species of bacteria in the gut. (4) ____ the time we sleep on workdays and at weekends causes a shift in our internal body clock. Researchers call this "social jet lag". It leads to a (5) ____ quality diet, with a higher consumption of sugary snacks, and lower intakes of fruit and vegetables. Study author and nutrition scientist Dr Kate Bermingham said: "Social jet lag can (6) ____ [bacteria] species which have unfavourable associations with your health."

    The effects of social jet lag are like (7) ____ of jetlag we get after long airline flights. Jet lag is extreme tiredness and other physical effects caused by flying across different time (8) ____. After a long flight, sufferers often opt for unhealthy comfort foods. Social jet lag can be more problematic, as it is ingrained (9) ____ our daily routines. It can elevate the risk of diabetes, heart problems, and weight gain. The researchers say a 90-minute difference between sleeping and waking times can send the body's biological rhythms into (10) ____. Another nutritionist said: "Maintaining regular sleep patterns…is an easily (11) ____ lifestyle behaviour we can all do, that may impact your health (12) ____ your gut…for the better."

    Which of these words go in the above text?

    1. (a)     regular     (b)     irregular     (c)     regularly     (d)     irregularly    
    2. (a)     speaks     (b)     talks     (c)     says     (d)     voices    
    3. (a)     by     (b)     at     (c)     of     (d)     on    
    4. (a)     Halting     (b)     Exalting     (c)     Alerting     (d)     Altering    
    5. (a)     poorer     (b)     poverty     (c)     impoverish     (d)     poorly    
    6. (a)     entourage     (b)     encourage     (c)     entrap     (d)     enchant    
    7. (a)     they     (b)     them     (c)     that     (d)     those    
    8. (a)     cones     (b)     zones     (c)     drones     (d)     hones    
    9. (a)     at     (b)     by     (c)     in     (d)     of    
    10. (a)     array     (b)     disarray     (c)     a ray     (d)     aura    
    11. (a)     inflatable     (b)     attributable     (c)     certifiable     (d)     adjustable    
    12. (a)     hysteria     (b)     via     (c)     aria     (d)     fibia

    Spelling

    Paragraph 1

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    2. increase the cnndaubea
    3. harmful species of caitbaer
    4. agletinr the time we sleep
    5. author and tiuotnnir scientist
    6. unfavourable scoasitnisao with your health

    Paragraph 2

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    2. fseeusfrr often opt for unhealthy comfort foods
    3. it is nriiandge in our daily routines
    4. the body's biological hmhsytr
    5. into irysaadr
    6. easily dtsaajlbeu lifestyle behaviour

    Put the text back together

    (...)   said: "Social jet lag can encourage [bacteria] species which have unfavourable associations with your health."
    (...)   rhythms into disarray. Another nutritionist said: "Maintaining regular sleep patterns…is an easily
    (...)   gain. The researchers say a 90-minute difference between sleeping and waking times can send the body's biological
    (...)   The effects of social jet lag are like those of jet lag we get after long airline flights. Jet lag is extreme
    (...)   tiredness and other physical effects caused by flying across different time zones. After a long
    (...)   flight, sufferers often opt for unhealthy comfort foods. Social jet lag can be more problematic, as it is ingrained
    (  1  ) Not having a regular sleeping pattern could have an adverse effect on our health. So says a study
    (...)   published in The European Journal of Nutrition this week. The study suggests irregular sleeping
    (...)   adjustable lifestyle behaviour we can all do, that may impact your health via your gut…for the better."
    (...)   in our daily routines. It can elevate the risk of diabetes, heart problems, and weight
    (...)   patterns could increase the abundance of harmful species of bacteria in the gut. Altering the time we sleep
    (...)   jetlag". It leads to a poorer quality diet, with a higher consumption of sugary snacks, and lower
    (...)   intakes of fruit and vegetables. Study author and nutrition scientist Dr Kate Bermingham
    (...)   on workdays and at weekends causes a shift in our internal body clock. Researchers call this "social

    Put the words in the right order

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    2. of   abundance   the   of   harmful   bacteria   .   species   Increase
    3. sleep   workdays   .   time   we   on   the   Altering
    4. body   a   internal   our   shift   in   clock   .   Causes
    5. encourage   lag   species   .   can   Social   bacteria   jet
    6. after   we   airline   Jet   get   lag   long   flights   .
    7. caused   zones   .   flying   by   across   different   time   Effects
    8. more   problematic   .   Social   lag   jet   be   can
    9. times   .   90-minute   sleeping   and   waking   difference   between   A
    10. may   health   impact   gut   .   your   That   via   your

    Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

    Not having a regular / regularly sleeping pattern could have an adverse affect / effect on our health. So says a study published in The European Journal of Nutrition this week. The study suggestive / suggests irregular sleeping patterns could increase the abundance / abundant of harmful species of bacteria in a / the gut. Altering the time we sleep on workdays and at weekends causes a / the shift in our internal body clock. Researchers call this "social jet lag". It leads to a poorer quality dietician / diet, with a higher consumption of sugary snacks / snack, and lower intakes of fruit and vegetables. Study author and nutritious / nutrition scientist Dr Kate Bermingham said: "Social jet lag can encourage [bacteria] species which have unfavourable associations with / within your health."

    The effects of social jet lag are like those / them of jet lag we get after long airline flights. Jet lag is extreme / extremely tiredness and other physical effects caused / causing by flying across different time zones. After a long flight, sufferers often option / opt for unhealthy comfort / comfortable foods. Social jet lag can be more problematic, as it is ingrained on / in our daily routines. It can elevate the risk of diabetes, heart problems, and weight again / gain. The researchers say a 90-minute difference between sleeping and waking times can send the body's biological rhythms onto / into disarray. Another nutritionist said: "Maintaining / Maintenance regular sleep patterns…is an easily adjustable lifestyle behaviour we can all do, that may impact your health via your gut…for the well / better."

    Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct. Look up the definition of new words.

    Insert the vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

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    Punctuate the text and add capitals

    not having a regular sleeping pattern could have an adverse effect on our health so says a study published in the european journal of nutrition this week the study suggests irregular sleeping patterns could increase the abundance of harmful species of bacteria in the gut altering the time we sleep on workdays and at weekends causes a shift in our internal body clock researchers call this social jet lag it leads to a poorer quality diet with a higher consumption of sugary snacks and lower intakes of fruit and vegetables study author and nutrition scientist dr kate bermingham said social jet lag can encourage bacteria species which have unfavourable associations with your health

    the effects of social jet lag are like those of jet lag we get after long airline flights jet lag is extreme tiredness and other physical effects caused by flying across different time zones after a long flight sufferers often opt for unhealthy comfort foods social jet lag can be more problematic as it is ingrained in our daily routines it can elevate the risk of diabetes heart problems and weight gain the researchers say a 90minute difference between sleeping and waking times can send the bodys biological rhythms into disarray another nutritionist said maintaining regular sleep patternsis an easily adjustable lifestyle behaviour we can all do that may impact your health via your gutfor the better

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    Nothavingaregularsleepingpatterncouldhaveanadverseeffectonour
    health.SosaysastudypublishedinTheEuropeanJournalofNutritionthi
    sweek.Thestudysuggestsirregularsleepingpatternscouldincreaseth
    eabundanceofharmfulspeciesofbacteriainthegut.Alteringthetimewe
    sleeponworkdaysandatweekendscausesashiftinourinternalbodycloc
    k.Researcherscallthis"socialjetlag".Itleadstoapoorerqualitydiet,wit
    hahigherconsumptionofsugarysnacks,andlowerintakesoffruitandve
    getables.StudyauthorandnutritionscientistDrKateBerminghamsaid
    :"Socialjetlagcanencourage[bacteria]specieswhichhaveunfavourab
    leassociationswithyourhealth."Theeffectsofsocialjetlagarelikethose
    ofjetlagwegetafterlongairlineflights.Jetlagisextremetirednessandot
    herphysicaleffectscausedbyflyingacrossdifferenttimezones.Afteralo
    ngflight,sufferersoftenoptforunhealthycomfortfoods.Socialjetlagca
    nbemoreproblematic,asitisingrainedinourdailyroutines.Itcanelevat
    etheriskofdiabetes,heartproblems,andweightgain.Theresearcherss
    aya90-minutedifferencebetweensleepingandwakingtimescansendt
    hebody'sbiologicalrhythmsintodisarray.Anothernutritionistsaid:"M
    aintainingregularsleeppatterns…isaneasilyadjustablelifestylebehavi
    ourwecanalldo,thatmayimpactyourhealthviayourgut…forthebetter."

    Free writing

    Write about social jet lag for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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    Academic writing

    Everyone should go to bed early and get up early.  Discuss.

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    Homework

    1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
    2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
    3. SLEEP PATTERNS: Make a poster about sleep patterns. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
    4. SLEEPING TIMES: Write a magazine article about everyone going to bed early and waking up early. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.
    Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
    5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
    6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on sleep patterns. Ask him/her three questions about sleep. Give him/her three of your ideas on how to get a better quality of sleep. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

    A Few Additional Activities for Students

    Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

    Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

    Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

    Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

    Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

    Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

    Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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