Unit8 Food and drinks.doc

Unit 8 Food and drinkTasks in this unitReading about different dishes; compiling a dinner menu and a shopping list; reading price lists and selecting the cheapest places to buy food items.Period OneLanguage focus:Asking wh-questions to find out specific informatione.g., What would you like for dinner tonight?Using modal verbs to make an offere.g., Would you like rice or noodles?Using modal verbs to indicate preferencese.g., Id like steamed prawns with garlic.Using connectives to express alternativese.g. Would you like meat or seafood?Language skills:ListeningListen for specific informationIdentify main ideas in a topicSpeakingOpen and maintain an interaction by asking and answering questionsReadingScan a text to locate specific informationWritingGather and share information and ideas by brainstorming and listingMaterials:1. Students Book 6A page 552. Workbook 6A pages 49 and 523. Cassette 6A4. Cassette playerPre-task preparationAsk: What would you like for dinner tonight? Compile a list of the students preferences on the board. While-task procedure1 Give the students time to read Look, learn and read silently. 2 Play the cassette. The students follow in their books. 3 In groups of three, students practise the dialogue. Select groups of three to read the dialogue. 4 In groups of three, students re-read the dialogue and then prepare the dinner menu without writing. Select individual students to say the menu. 5 The students write the menu. Select individual students to read the completed menu. 6 In pairs, students prepare the shopping list without writing. Select individual students to read their lists. 7 Workbook 6A page 52 a Give the students time to look at the page. b Play the cassette. The students listen and tick. Consolidation:Workbook 6a page 49Period TwoLanguage focus:Using nouns to refer to countable/uncountable objects e.g., fried cabbage/ boiled eggsUsing prepositions to indicate additione.g., steamed eggs with meat Language skills:ListeningListen for specific informationSpeakingOpen and maintain an interaction by asking and answering questionsReadingScan a text to locate specific informationMaterials:1. Students Book 6A page 562. Workbook 6A pages 533. Photocopiable page 44. Cassette 6A5. Cassette playerPre-task preparation Ask: Do you like vegetables? Which is your avouriie? List the students choices on the board under the heading: Vegetables. Do the same for Eggs/Meat/Seafood/Soup. While-task procedure 1 Give the students time to read the menu. 2 Play the cassette. The students follow in their books. 3 Ask random questions about the menu: e.g., What seafood is on the menu? 4 In pairs, students practise dialogues based on the menu choices. Select pairs to say a dialogue. Post-task activities Photocopiable page 4 a In pairs, students ask each other what he/she wants to eat for dinner tonight. b Give the students time to write his/her dinner menu. c Let the students draw the dishes he/she wants to eat. Consolidation Workbook 6A page 53Period ThreeLanguage focus:Asking How questions to find out pricese.g., How much are prawns in the market?Language skills:ListeningListen for specific informationSpeakingOpen and maintain an interaction by asking and answering questionsReadingScan a text to locate specific informationMaterials:1. Students Book 6A page 57Pre-task preparation Ask: What snacks do you buy? Where do you buy it/them? How much does it/do they cost? Where is it/are they cheaper? While-task procedure 1 Give the students time to read the prices in the market and the supermarket. . 2 Ask questions: e.g., How much are prawns at the fish stall? How much are they in the supermarket? Where are they cheaper? Continue with a few more examples. 3 In pairs, students take turns to ask and answer similar questions. 4 Select pairs to ask and answer questions. Consolidation Workbook 6A pages 54Period FourLanguage focus:Using the present perfect tense to relate past events to the presente.g., Mum, have you bought any garlic?Asking Wh-questions to find out specific informatione.g., Where did you buy if?Asking How questions to find out pricee.g., How much was it?Language skills:ListeningListening for specific informationSpeakingOpen and Maintain an interaction by asking and answering questionsReadingScan a text to locate specific informationWritingWrite out a piece of work when a framework is providedMaterials:1. Students Book 6A page 582. Workbook 6A page 50 and 513. Cassette 6A4. Cassette playerPre-task preparation Review the present perfect tense. Ask: What have you bought today? What have you eaten today? While-task procedure 1 Give the students time to look at the picture and the table in Look, listen and complete. 2 Play the cassette. The students listen and complete the table. 3 Play the cassette again. The students listen, repeat and check the answers. 4 In groups of three, students practise the dialogue in Say and act. Select groups of three to read the dialogue. Consolidation Workbook 6A pages 50 and 51Period FiveLanguage focus:Using nouns to refer to countable/uncountable objects e.g., fried rice/ fried chicken wingsUsing modal verbs to indicate preferencese.g., I would like _ for dinner.Language skills:SpeakingOpen and Maintain an interaction by asking and answering questionsReadingRe-read to establish and confirm meaningWritingGather an share information and ideas by brainstorming, listing and observingMaterials:1. Students Book 6A page 592. Workbook 6A page 54Pre-task preparation Ask: What kind of food would you like for dinner? Compile a list of the students choices on the board. While-task procedure 1