English 1

Unit 6: Healthy eating

Online session 3

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Unit 6: Healthy eating

Session 3 communicative objective

•By the end of this session, you will be able to talk about amounts of
ingredients.

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 What’s in the fridge?

Warm up Say what there is in the Say what there is not in

fridge in this picture the fridge, too.

5 minutes

whole class

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 What do we need?

 What type of dishes are these?

Pre
 Do you like them?
production 1
 Do you know how to make them?
 Do you know what the ingredients are?

6 minutes

whole class

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 What do we need?
Production 1 • Work in pairs. Describe these dishes. Say if you like them or not and why.
• Talk together about the ingredients you need to make these savoury dishes
and desserts. Talk about quantities, too.
Language bank
You need a lot of…
You need some…
You need a few …
You need a little…
You can put some/a lot
of/a few/ a little…
Then, you add some/a lot
of/a few/ a little…

You don’t need any…

You don’t need many…
8 minutes
You don’t need much…
You can start like this:
Student A: Oh, I love papa a la huancaina. Don’t add
7 minutes
pairwork Student B: Me too.Let’s describe it.
Student A: It’s a side dish.
any/much/many…
pairwork Student B: It’s savoury. What are the main ingredients? 5
 What do we need?

Feedback
Now, present your conversation to the whole class.

6 minutes

whole class

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 What is she saying?
Pre
production 2

What do you think the lady in

the picture is saying?

What would you answer if she

offered them to you?
6 minutes

whole class

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 Would you like some…?
Production 2  Work in pairs.
 Read your role cards and the words and phrases to help you.
 Role-play a conversation.
STUDENT A
STUDENT B
You are a guest at a party and the
You are the host at a party and you
host (Student B) is trying to offer
are trying to persuade your guest
you some (food). Explain that you
(Student A) to try some (food) that
are on a diet and don’t want
you have made.
anything else to eat.

Use the following words and phrases Use the following words and
to help you: phrases to help you:
 Thanks, but I don’t want any…/  Would you like some …?
much…  But it’s …
 I’m sorry, but …  People on diets can eat a lot
8 minutes
 I’m not … of/some/a few…
 Thank you very much. It  You can eat a lot of/some/a
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pairwork seems/smells… few…
 I never eat any/much/many..
pairwork  I eat lots of/some/a few/ a little… 8
 Would you like some…?

Feedback
Now, role-play your conversation.

5 minutes

whole class

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Summary
Now I can…
• talk about amount of ingredients.

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Preparation for
next class

Study Unit 7.
Do Grammar Practice component exercises.
Work on the Enrichment Practice component.

Study the Use of English file.

Check out the Practice Resources folder.

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Sources

 https://thenounproject.com/
 https://www.shutterstock.com/
 https://images.theconversation.com/files/90970/original/image-
20150806-1969-1ojy5bv.jpg?ixlib=rb-
1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=1012&h=668&fit=crop
 English Discoveries Student platform

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