This editing and revising learning activity, ‘A Blueberry Shake’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This learning activity, ‘Flying-fish Soup’, can introduce the concept of ratio. Students must help Pat adjust Gran’s recipe to serve different numbers of people. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘French Toast’ asks students to answer questions about how to make French toast. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This story, ‘Ice Cream’ is about a mother who makes ice cream for her son using an old fashioned method. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Make a Collage’ asks students to answer questions about how to make a collage. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Making Vegetable Soup’ asks students to answer questions about vegetable soup and a recipe for soup. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This food and nutrition ‘My Favourite Family Recipe’ template provides students with a structure to write and share their own recipes. It gives students the opportunity to study the structure of a recipe and the language of instruction and is a great example to prompt more complex procedural writing.
This oral language photo activity ‘Irish Stew’, enhances vocabulary and concept development by providing a thought-provoking visual stimulus that can be used as a prompt to engage students in discussion. Each photo is complete with an accompanying lesson plan featuring tips and activities to develop oral language and vocabulary further.
This learning activity, ‘Strawberry Pumpkins’ provides step-by-step instructions for students to follow in the classroom or at home. This resource gives students the opportunity to get involved in a fun Thanksgiving activity by coating strawberries in orange icing to make them look like pumpkins.
This history article, ‘The Roman Army: A Training Manual’ features details about the Roman army in ancient times and provides factual information about its organisation, training, weapons, rations and punishments. It also provides a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from the text and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Whole Wheat Pecan Waffles’ asks students to answer questions about a recipe for delicious waffles. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information from an informative and instructional text.
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