Who needs junk food?
The adve ntures of Ben, Lebo and Hanna
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Ben, Lebo and Hanna
Phase 10
The adv e ntures of SAMPLE
Dr Nalize Scheepers
Illustrations: Johann Strauss
Compiler: Dr Nalize Scheepers
Design: Romandi Wagenaar
Editor: Anrica Mills
Illustrations: Johann Strauss
First edition 2018
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Who needs junk food? SAMPLE
At last, it’s Friday afternoon, and Mom fetches Ben from school. He’s tired and drags his feet. “What’s the matter, Ben? It’s weekend, but you don’t look very excited,” says Mom. “I have homework for the weekend, it’s so unfair!” says Ben irritably. “Surely it is not that bad,” says Mom.
“Our group has to do a presentation about healthy food in class next week. Healthy food is so boring! Why can’t we do it about something fun, like the world’s biggest pizza or who ate the most hot dogs in an hour? Fruit and vegetables are a waste of time.” He kicks a stone in frustration.
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Ben changes into comfortable clothes and eats lunch. He’s still cross about having homework. He watches a programme on TV about monster trucks. During the programme, there’s an advert for a supermarket selling fresh fruit and vegetables. Of course, he thinks. That’s what we’ll do!
“Mom, I have it! We’re making an advert about healthy food.” Ben is very excited about his idea. “Sounds great,” says Mom. “I will help you to ±nd some pictures. Tell me more?” “Each team member will make a poster to advertise something healthy. Then we will present the posters like an advert and tell the class why they must eat healthily.” “Yes, that could work,” says Mom. Ben phones Hanna and Lebo to tell them about his idea.
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The next morning, they all sit around the table to plan their advert. Mom has made ¶apjacks with syrup and fruit with some fresh orange juice.
“Who can tell me what healthy food is?” asks Mom. “Vegetables,” says Hanna. “Fruit,” says Lebo. “Meat, chicken, ±sh, and eggs,” Ben adds.
“You are very clever,” says Mom. “What else can we eat that’s good for us?” “Milk and yoghurt,” says Hanna. “Yes, Hanna, and bread, oats, and rice too.”
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“There are so many different types of food,” says Ben. “That’s right, Ben, and we should regularly eat a variety of everything,” says Mom. “For instance, you have to drink milk for calcium, eat oranges for vitamin C, and then there’s brain food too.”
“Brain food?” They all ask together. Mom laughs. “Yes, did you know that tuna and salmon contain omega-3, which your brain needs to grow and stay healthy?”
“Fish is brain food, thanks, Mom. That’s a great idea for our advert,” says Ben. “Do you still think healthy food is boring?” asks Mom. “No, but I still think a pie-eating contest is a lot of fun!”
Everyone laughs.
Mom fetches a few old magazines from the cupboard. They all look for pictures of healthy food. They will paste the pictures on large posters, and show it to the class like an advert while explaining the importance of healthy eating.
While the children page through the magazines, Mom searches for pictures on the internet. Snip, snip, snip, the children are like busy bees cutting, organising and discussing. “Let’s put it all together,” says Hanna.
The children line up, each holding a poster with pictures of healthy food. “May we present our good food is smart food advert?” asks Ben. Mom, Dad and Carin sit down to watch.
Lebo starts, “Take the good food challenge! Say no to junk, say goodbye to sweets. We are here to tell you what to eat.” Hanna continues, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Healthy food is good for you. Put carrots, peas and potatoes in a stew.”
It’s Ben’s turn, “Fish contains omega-3, brain food for you and me. Yoghurt, milk and cheese, who needs burgers with all that grease?”
“Well done!” says Mom. “You did a great job.”
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“Thank you, I guess the homework wasn’t that bad after all,” Ben smiles. “We had a lot of fun and learnt about healthy eating. Next time, we can talk about the biggest pumpkin ever grown!”
“Really, Ben, you just don’t give up!” Mom laughs.
