Dates English Teacher

Activity 2b Work in pairs. Read and complete the table. 7 min

Objectives: to give practice in reading for the main ideas and specific information; to practise transferring info into a table

STEP 1: Ask the pupils to open the Workbook to Page 100 and copy the table into their exercise books.

STEP 2: Ask the pupils to read the text silently.

STEP 3: Ask the pupils to fill in the table with the info from the text.

STEP 4: Check the answer with the whole class.

Activity 2c Play “Ball”. 5 min

Objective: to consolidate the foods and their origins Note: In advance prepare a soft ball/paper ball.

STEP 1: First demonstrate how to play the game. Take a soft ball/ paper ball, say a kind of food e.g. “pasta” and throw the ball to the nearest pupil. Have the pupil who caught the ball say the food‟s origin country, i.e. “China”. Then have him/her say a kind of food and throw the ball to another pupil who must say its origin country.

STEP 2: After you make sure the pupils have understood what to do, you can let the class play the game until everybody in the class have participated. If the class is large, the activity can be done in two groups.