Teacher s notes and key Level: B1/B2 intermediate. Aims: to learn some vocabulary about cooking with eggs to practise reading for detail to learn about words that can be either nouns or verbs to exchange some egg recipes. Timing: approximately one and a half hours. Task 1 Vocabulary To start with, show students the word cloud only, without revealing the title of the article/lesson. Answer: All the words are connected with eggs. They are either ways of preparing eggs, dishes cooked with eggs, or names of birds whose eggs we eat. Make sure all students understand the meaning of the words before completing the table. The pictures at the end of the teacher s notes can help, as can some samples of different eggs or egg dishes! Answers: Task 3 Reading Answers: 1b; 2b; 3a. preparation dishes birds boiled omelette chicken fried cake duck poached meringue goose baked kedgeree quail scrambled pancake ostrich pickled mousse gull mayonnaise pheasant www.teachitworld.com 2011 15357 Page 1 of 7
Task 4 Vocabulary Answers: 1 cholesterol, health; 2 caused; 3 decrease / go down; 4 thought, contain(ed); 5 improvements. Task 5 Grammar Answers: work (n.); risk (n.); thought (v.); study (n.); decrease (n.). You may want to point out that some two-syllable words of this sort have a different stress pattern as a noun and as a verb. As a noun, the stress falls on the first syllable and as a verb on the second, for example: noun: verb: conduct contract desert export import object present record suspect conduct contract desert export import object present record suspect There is also an example in the text of a word that can be a noun or an adjective: content (n.) or content (adj.). Task 6 Speaking There a re also a lot of funny egg videos and cooking videos on YouTube. www.teachitworld.com 2011 15357 Page 2 of 7
ostrich quail cake duck pickled egg DistractedMind www.flickr.com/photos/tina/159647039/ cheerytomato www.flickr.com/photos/23881436@n05/361132939 1/ daboubleryl http://www.flickr.com/photos/otd/5085109431/ goose gull mayonnaise kedgeree fried egg are you gonna eat that www.flickr.com/photos/andreelau/1295282502/ Hamburger Helper www.flickr.com/photos/hamburger_helper/52882444 61/ www.teachitworld.com 2011 15357 Page 3 of 7
mousse meringue baked egg pheasant omelette shok www.flickr.com/photos/shok/3351707944/ Tiago Cabral www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral/4126431634/light box leoslo 2010 www.flickr.com/photos/leoslo/5254103521/ boiled egg chicken scrambled egg poached egg pancake georginamay 2007 www.flickr.com/photos/georgettia/2049006344/ Annie Mole www.flickr.com/photos/anniemole/2358339920/ www.teachitworld.com 2011 15357 Page 4 of 7
Made on www.wordle.net. Task 1 Vocabulary What do all the words above have in common? Put them into three categories: preparation dishes birds www.teachitworld.com 2011 15357 Page 5 of 7
Task 2 Speaking Discuss the following questions: Are eggs healthy or unhealthy? Why? Task 3 Reading Read the article. Choose the best answer to complete each statement below. 1) Scientists have found that a. eggs do not contain as much cholesterol as previously thought b. nowadays eggs contain less cholesterol than in the past c. eggs contain an unhealthy amount of cholesterol. 2) Cholesterol in eggs has decreased because a. free range chickens get more exercise b. chickens are no longer fed bone meal c. the average egg is now smaller than in the past. 3) The average egg contains a. a third of the recommended daily allowance of cholesterol b. 185mg of cholesterol c. 13% more cholesterol than 10 years ago. Task 4 Vocabulary Find words in the text to fill the gaps in the following sentences: 1) A high level of... in the blood is not good for your... 2) Heart attacks can be...by it. 3) If people eat healthier the number of heart attacks will... 4) Until now people... that eggs... too much cholesterol. 5)... in your diet can make you healthier. www.teachitworld.com 2011 15357 Page 6 of 7
Task 5 Grammar A noun names a thing, a person or a place. A verb names a situation, an action or an event. There are some words in English that can be used both as a noun and as a verb. Example: China imports oil and metal. Oil and metal are China s main imports. Find the following words in the text and decide if each is used as a noun or as a verb: work risk thought study decrease noun verb If the word was used as a noun, write a sentence where it is a verb. If the word was used as a verb, write a sentence where it is a noun. 1) work:... 2) risk:... 3) thought:... 4) study:... 5) decrease:... Task 6 Speaking Choose a preparation method or a recipe for eggs and explain to the other students how to do it. You can use cookery books or the internet to find out about it. Here are some useful websites: www.eggrecipes.co.uk/page/cookingtips www.bbc.co.uk/food/egg www.whatscookingamerica.net/eggs.htm. www.teachitworld.com 2011 15357 Page 7 of 7