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FOOD
Making Fruit Salad
Words and patterns: fruit, an apple, a pear, a banana, an orange, a 
lemon, grapes, trash, a trash can, a salad, a plate, a spoon, a knife, a bowl, 
a cutting board, to cut bananas (pears, etc.), to hand out / collect spoons 
(knives, plates), mix it, put… on the plate. 
Materials: a peeled apple, a pear, an orange and a banana, cutting 
boards, safe plastic knives, spoons and plates per each child and a bit more, 
a bowl. 
1. Bunny comes to the lesson. He is very tired. He has just run away 
from Maleficent. She likes fruit very much and she wanted to take his bag 
with fruit. But he was able to escape. So these are the fruit he has brought 
for the children. 
It is better if these fruit are real. Bunny shows the fruit to the children 
and tells them the English words for the fruit: Look! This is an apple. Apple. 
What color is the apple? Yes, it is red. Is it round or long? This is a pear. It 
is yellow. Do you like pears? Etc. 
Then he asks the children if they like fruit salad. The teacher: Children, 
do you understand these words “fruit salad”? The children guess and give 
their variants. They usually can guess easily. The teacher may ask them if 
they like fruit salad. As this dish is not common in Russia most of children 
do not usually have it for breakfast or dinner. Then she explains that today 
they are going to make a fruit salad (lemons and grapes are not included). 
2. The teacher explains the procedure: We are going to cut apples into 
small pieces. We are going to cut bananas into small pieces, etc. We are go-
ing to put it into a big bowl and mix it all together. Then we will eat it. (The 
teacher uses jestures and body language to make it clear for the children.)

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The teacher hands out the materials and tools (only safe plastic knives 
can be used): This is a knife. We cut apples with a knife. We cut bananas 
with a knife. This is a plate. We put salad on the plate. Is the plate round 
or square? This is a cutting board. Is the cutting board а square or а tri-
angle? This is a spoon. We eat with a spoon. etc. 
Who is going to cut the banana/apple/orange/pear? (Children: I am 
going to cut the banana. I am going to cut the pear. etc.) Go and wash 
your hands fi rst. 
Then teacher demonstrates the way this fruit can be cut: Put your fruit 
on the cutting board. Take the knife. Cut it into cubes like this. Don’t cut 
your arms. Put everything into this bowl. 
Bunny is coming up to the children and speaks to each of them: What 
are you cutting? Is it an orange or a banana? Do you like bananas? Do you 
like to cut it?
3. After the salad is ready the teacher asks: Who is going to collect 
the cutting boards? These are plates. Who is going to hand out plates? 
Who is going to put the salad on the plates? Who is going to hand out 
spoons? 
Then everyone eats the salad. The teacher may ask after that: Do you like 
the fruit salad? Do you like apples? Do you like pears? What fruit do you like? 
She suggests that children should ask Bunny if he likes the salad. 
O n t h e T r e e a n d i n t h e G r o u n d
Materials: fruit and vegetables that can be easily attached to the paper 
tree and paper ground. 
Mount a big paper tree on the wall or a chalkboard and a black paper 
strip under the tree — this is the ground. The tree stands on the ground. 
1. Let’s play the game. This is a tree. This is the ground. Who can tell 
me what grows on the tree and in the ground? (The teacher explains the 
new words pointing to the objects on the board.) 
She takes diff erent fruit and vegetables out of the box and asks: What 
is this? Is this a potato? What color is it? Is it long? No, it is round. Does it 

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