ENGLISH LANGUAGE

SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT (SBA)

YEAR 2023

Name of Candidate: Adriel Benjamin

School: El Dorado West Secondary School

Centre #: 160182

Candidate #: 1601820736

Name of Teacher: Ms. Hospedales

Topic: Healthy Lifestyle

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TOPICS PAGES

Plan of Investigation 3

Article 4-5

Brochure 6

Poem 7

Reflection 1-3 8-10

Plan of Oral Presentation 11

Written Report 12-13

Bibliography 14

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 Plan of Investigation

The theme is Healthy Lifestyle and the sub-topic chosen is Dieting. The sub-topic was chosen

because a healthy diet is essential for good health and nutrition. It protects you against many

chronic non-communicable diseases. The expected benefits as an English student are summary

writing, persuasive speaking and persuasive writing. The artifacts are to be used from

newspapers, articles, poems or songs. Persuasive Writing sources from the website, magazine or

newspapers will be used in the Oral Presentation and summary writing will be used in the

Reflections.

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 Article

Diet & Nutrition

Food and beverages provide the energy and nutrients you need to improve health, manage
disease, and reduce the risk of disease. Complete nutrition requires ingestion and absorption of
vitamins, minerals, essential amino acids from protein and essential fatty acids from fat-
containing food, also food energy in the form of carbohydrate, protein, and fat. Dietary habits
and choices play a significant role in the quality of life, health and longevity.

What happens to the body when we diet?

The body starts to respond to healthy dietary changes as soon as they are made. This can be
advantageous, because a diet can then eventually reduce the risk of obesity, diabetes and heart
disease, as well as improve a person’s overall sense of well-being.

Control of blood glucose level

Eating carbohydrates increases the blood sugar level, but the extent of this rise depends on a
food’s glycemic index. The glycemic index is a ranking system, based on a score of 1 to 100,
that determines the effect of a food on blood sugar levels.

Foods with a high glycemic index are quickly broken down, leading to sharp increases in blood
sugar, followed by sharp drops. Sharp fluctuations in the blood sugar level can increase the risk
of diabetes obesity and heart disease. It follows that avoiding such foods with a high glycemic
index such as soft drinks, candy and white bread can lower these risks.

Ensuring a steady blood sugar level by opting for foods with a low glycemic index sustains the
body’s energy levels. The sharp spike in blood sugar and sharp drop that follows is avoided and
energy levels are sustained. A steady level of blood glucose can also prove beneficial, since
lowered blood sugar, which is common after a spike, can disrupt the ability to concentrate and
learn.

Coffee and Cortisol

Cutting down on coffee can reduce the level of the “stress hormone” cortisol in the body. A high
cortisol level can decrease a person’s ability to manage pressure and can also be damaging to the
immune system. Caffeine increases these adverse effects of the hormone and reducing coffee
intake can immediately help to limit the adverse effects of cortisol.

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Severe calorie restriction
A severe calorie restriction impedes weight loss rather than aiding it, since it prevents the body
from burning fat effectively. The body behaves as if it is being starved, as a defense mechanism,
and becomes highly efficient at using the energy available to it. It starts to protect any stores of
fat and derives energy from muscle and lean tissue instead. This results in muscle loss and,
therefore, a lower metabolism, so that fewer calories are needed. This lowered metabolism, in
turn, slows weight loss down.

The metabolic rate is affected by the degree of muscle mass - the metabolic rate is higher in
those with more muscle mass. Muscle burns many more calories than fat does and losing muscle
therefore reduces the metabolic rate and the number of calories burned.

It is important that people maintain a healthy metabolic rate, particularly when they are dieting,
and this requires them to both diet and exercise sensibly. Strength-enhancing exercises are
particularly effective at increasing muscle mass. For every additional pound of muscle, a person
develops, the body burns up approximately 50 more calories every day to avoid an unhealthy
drop in the metabolic rate, experts generally recommend calorie intake is never be restricted to
less than 1,000 to 1,200 calories per day.

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Brochure

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 Poem

Today is Monday I'll start once more

With my diet like thousand times before

This time I will make it, I know I can too,

Because on Sunday I ate all that I could chew.

Monday morning started so good

For breakfast I had only one fruit

Later for lunch I went to the store,

To buy some lettuce, tomato, cabbage and more…

Its then when my tummy started to scream,

When I saw the chocolate doughnut with whipped cream.

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 Reflection 1

I learned that there are many different diets that can help someone lose weight and can improve

a person's overall sense of well-being. On this topic, my views have changed because I finally

got to know efficiently how a diet can change your life physically and mentally. The pieces make

me feel confident and curious about new things for example, in the article it explains to us what

happens to your body when you diet and the effects of cortisol. The brochure “Mediterranean

Diet” tells us how diet can help improve our health. The poem “Monday Diet” can relate to my

life as I am dieting, the poem shows us the struggles of trying to diet on a Monday after eating

junk food all weekend. After reviewing my pieces, I learned that not only diet can improve

physical changes but can boost your mental health.

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 Reflection 2

My first piece, an article titled “Diet and Nutrition” uses alliteration “essential fatty acids from

fat-containing food.” The alliteration adds rhythm and gives an emotive effect towards dieting.

My second piece, a brochure titled “Mediterranean Diet” uses assonance “At twice a week, eat

fish and seafood the best sources of heart- and brain – healthy omega-3’s.” It mostly repeats the

vowel ‘e’ and makes the reader aware of the key words highlighted.

My third piece, a poem called “Monday Diet” uses the simile “Today is Monday I'll start once

more with my diet like thousand times before”. This tells us that the speaker of the poem is

starting a new diet on Monday after eating junk on the weekend. It is compared to a loop cycle.

I find the language strategy used in Reflection 2 really help me to understand my pieces better

than before. For reference, my second piece had a lot of pervasive language. As it is a brochure

about diet, it persuades people to consume healthy foods as it is beneficial to their health.

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 Reflection 3

What have I learned from my sub-topic, Dieting? It's one of the most important factors of

having a healthy lifestyle. Researching this was very helpful as I got to learn many different

types of diets. Working with my School Based Assessment (SBA) group had its challenges, but

we managed to pull through and help each other with the SBA which I found was beneficial. One

of our members didn’t have a phone and was using his parent's phone, so we came up to make an

Instagram group chat since everyone has access to it and further talk about the SBA from there.

No one didn’t really have experience, so we gather our knowledge, put in our contribution and

was able to pull through with info for our SBAs. Overall, I personally find our grammar and

vocabulary improved better than before and self-discipline increased slightly.

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 Plan for The Oral Presentation

I have chosen to write a speech because I wanted to explain and educate other students about

how important dieting is for your health and well-being. As I am dieting, I can use my

experience and write this speech to explain the importance of dieting and its benefits. The name

of my speech is “Why we should Diet?”

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 Written Group Report

Our group members conducted an investigation into the topic “Nutrition and healthy eating”. We

furthered our research by exploring, Fitness, Dieting, The negative effects of smoking and

Moderate alcohol intake.

The chosen artefacts were proven to not be difficult to find as a result of “A Healthy Lifestyle”

being such a dominant and well-recognized topic in today’s society, culture, tradition and

environment. There are a number of various methods by which individuals of today’s world are

endeavoring to practice a healthy lifestyle. Whereby it be fitness, mental health, dieting and even

utilizing more environmentally friendly articles. The pieces were easily accessible and we

ensured to utilize technology and internet to find great research articles which in return, has

proven to develop our research skills.

The group decided on these three artefacts via our SBA group chat on the popular social media

platform, Instagram, used for easy communication and further discussion during class. We had

multiple discussions and brainstorming sessions and decided upon “A poem about Exercising,

Nithya Venkat” , “The Relationship between health and nutrition, The World Book” and

“Smoking and Tobacco, CDC”. The rationale for selecting/determining the said artefacts are as a

result of them covering the topic effectively and they were quite comprehensive.

The group members united to devise this group written report. Particular tasks/responsibilities

were assigned to each individual and the process of choosing the artefacts were done both

competently and quickly. As a group we learned that smoking leads to various diseases that harm

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our organs. Secondly, we recognize that proper nutrition is crucial to our physical and mental

health for optimal performance as CSEC students. Thirdly, exercise works in conjunction with

nutrition, the body and brain to achieve good health. Based on the three artefacts, we identified

their major issues were; laziness in the first piece. The poet is motivating the reader to become

active because there are many benefits to exercising and drawbacks to laziness. The second piece

highlighted why good nutrition is important for your health and it shows the reader how they can

improve their diet and overall health.

Our Group congregated on the school benches to discuss the report. Members were responsible

for the editing and summarizing while others offered ideas for this report.

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 Bibliography

Written Reoprt Pieces:

Sifferlin, Alexandra. “Smoking News to Make You Cringe.” Time, 2019,

time.com/3596016/smoking-news-history/. Accessed 31 Jan. 2023.

https://time.com/3596016/smoking-news-history/

Nishat, Nayma. “What Is the Relationship between Health and Nutrition – TheWorldBook.” The

World Book, 2019, theworldbook.org/health-and-nutrition/ https://www.news-

medical.net/condition/Diet-Nutrition

A Poem About Exercising:

Letter Pile Venkat, Nithya. “A Poem about Exercising.” LetterPile, 2020,

letterpile.com/poetry/Exercise-is-easy.

https://letterpile.com/poetry/Exercise-is-easy

My Pieces:

Robertson, Sally. “What Happens to the Body When We Diet?” News-Medical.net, 15 Mar.

2017, www.news-medical.net/health/What-Happens-to-the-Body-When-we-Diet.aspx

https://theworldbook.org/health-and-nutrition/

Oldways “Mediterranean Diet”, Published: 2019

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