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3 FOOD FOR LIFE 3 The photos show honey , a watermelon and an avocado . Objectives Insist on students using What’s … in English? to input these. Ask students: Are these words similar in your FUNCTIONS apologising; talking about food; ordering a meal language? Check/clarify: vitamins , healthy and skin GRAMMAR countable and uncountable nouns; a / an , some , before giving students a minute or two to discuss the any ; How much / many ; a lot of / lots of ; too and questions in pairs and make notes. Elicit their ideas ( not ) enough VOCABULARY food and drink; adjectives to talk about food; in whole-class feedback and write them on the board. expressions with have got 4 1.32 As an initial reading task, students could read the text quickly to see which of the food items Student’s Book page 30–31 they suggested for each question in Exercise 3, if any, are mentioned in the article. Conduct feedback on READING this, checking items ofg on the board as you go. Next, 1 If you’re using an interactive whiteboard (IWB), the ask students to try and match the statement halves fjrst part of this exercise would best be done as a before they read, then check their ideas against heads-up activity with the whole class. Nominate the text. Students underline the key information in students to name food and drink items from the the text that supports their choices. Alternatively, picture, then come to the front and point to them students could read the half statements, underline on the screen. Do the second part of the exercise as key words then scan the text for similar words and a competition. Set a time limit of two minutes. The read the text around those words more carefully to person who writes the most food and drink items see which option a–g is the best answer. Remind in English wins. You may like to introduce a rule students that answers appear in the same order in the whereby students deduct a point for each incorrect text as in the questions. Students compare answers in item included (not food or drink or not English), pairs before you check with the whole class. During then calculate the scores. The competition could feedback, ask students to justify their answers by also be done in pairs or small groups to promote referring to the text. collaboration between students, with each group Answers nominating one student to be the list-keeper. You might also like to build up a wordlist on the board for 1 g 2 a 3 c 4 b 5 d 6 f students to copy or refer to in subsequent activities. Practise the pronunciation of more challenging items 5 SPEAKING Students discuss in pairs and agree on by asking students to repeat the word after you, fjrst the three statements which aren’t true. Monitor their all together as a class, then nominate one or two discussions, and make a note of any pairs who made students to repeat, individually. a real efgort to speak in English throughout their exchanges, then at the end of the activity, praise them. 2 Review adverbs of frequency from Unit 1 by Nominate pairs to say which statements they think drawing a scale on the board from 0% to 100%, then are not true, encouraging the rest of the class to react. pointing to various points along it and eliciting the Ask for a fjnal show of hands by asking: Who thinks appropriate adverbs. Check/clarify: breakfast , lunch statement [1] is not true? before confjrming answers. and dinner by writing 8 am , 1 pm and 7 pm on the board, and asking students to match them to the Answers meals. Give students two or three minutes to write their sentences. Ask for volunteers to read out a Statements 2, 4 and 5 are not true. sentence to the class. After each one, ask for a quick show of hands to see how many other students share their habits. Optional extension Food and health Ask students to take a photo of their breakfast or dinner 1 This exercise is closely modelled on Reading and and bring this into the next class for a quick review. In pairs, Writing Part 3 of the Cambridge English: Key exam. students show their photos to each other, and try to work out Students choose the answers then compare their from the picture what their partner’s meal consisted of. ideas in pairs. Conduct feedback by nominating one pair to read the question and another pair to respond 40

3 FOOD FOR LIFE using the appropriate phrase. The rest of the class Which three things doesn’t your partner like? Encourage listens and corrects answers, as appropriate. reactions from the rest of the class: Do you like … too? Do you not like … too? Answers Optional extension 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 C 5 A Put students into AB pairs. A closes his/her book. B points 2 SPEAKING Demonstrate the task by nominating a to items on page 32 at random and A names them. Afuer a strong student to ofger an opinion on the person in couple of minutes, swap roles so A tests B on the vocabulary. number 1, using the stems provided. Allow two or three minutes for students to discuss in pairs. Tell Workbook page 30 them to try to reach an agreement on each person. Monitor and praise those making an efgort to expand on and justify their answers. Avoid error correction GRAMMAR unless it really impedes comprehension. The focus Countable and uncountable nouns here is on fmuency and development of the whole 1 Students look at the sentences and complete the learner, not on controlled language practice. rule in pairs before you check all answers with the whole class. Optional extension Rule Project work: Students work in groups of three to prepare an information poster (or a web page) for a typical breakfast, 1 countable 2 uncountable lunch and dinner in their country and in an English-speaking country of their choice. They can do research on the Internet, 2 Do the fjrst item (carrot) together as a class. Point and write short illustrated descriptions of the dishes. They at it, either on the IWB or in your book, and ask: could also evaluate the food and drink from the point of view Is this countable or uncountable? (countable). Check of healthiness, providing a score and a short explanation. (For example: fried egg = 3 – lots of energy, but high in answers as a class. To vary the pace of the lesson, cholesterol; fresh orange juice = 5 – lots of vitamins and fibre). conduct feedback by asking students to stand up if a Students could either present their posters to the whole word is uncountable, and sit down if it is countable. class, or you could display them around the classroom for Encourage students to race to be the fjrst to be in the students to view before they vote on the best one. correct position. Space permitting, you could ask all students to stand up behind their chairs and jump left Student’s Book page 32–33 for uncountable and right for countable. Answers VOCABULARY Countable: carrots, peppers, beans, omelette Food and drink Uncountable: cake, yoghurt, chilli con carne, cofgee, curry, 1 1.33 Put students in pairs or small groups to salad label the pictures. If you use an IWB, nominate students to label the items on the board. If there’s no Fast finishers IWB in your class, ask students to write numbered Students categorise all of the other food words they answers on the board. This will facilitate a later have encountered so far in this unit into countable and focus on spelling. Ask the rest of the class to check uncountable nouns. and correct answers, as appropriate. Don’t play an active role here, just allow students to negotiate a/an , some , any their answers until they are happy with them. Play 3 Students complete the sentences then compare the audio for students to check. Also, ask students to answers in pairs before you check with the whole check spelling at this point. Drill pronunciation by class. Ensure students have put an before apple in asking students to listen and repeat, fjrst, all together, number 2 and check that they are clear on the rule then nominate students to repeat individually. that an is used instead of a before a noun which Answers begins with a vowel sound. Answers 1 carrots 2 cake 3 peppers 4 yoghurt 5 omelette 6 chilli con carne 7 cofgee 8 beans 9 curry 10 salad 1 some, some 2 an, a 3 some 4 any 5 any Next, students complete the rule. During feedback, 2 SPEAKING In pairs, students talk to fjnd three things elicit that we can only use the indefjnite article their partner likes and three things he/she doesn’t before singular countable nouns. Uncountable nouns like. The concrete aim of talking in English in order never take a / an . to fjnd three things their partner likes / doesn’t like should motivate students to talk. Monitor and Rule provide any vocabulary students need to complete the task. Praise those who make a real efgort not to 1 singular 2 plural 3 negative slip into L1. Elicit feedback from one or two pairs asking: Which three things does your partner like? 41