8TH GRADE. UNIT 2. NATIONAL CUISINE

 UNIT OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the unit Ss will

- be able to use the active vocabulary of the unit 

- be able to use reflexive pronouns in speech

- have practised reading and listening about British and Belarusian dishes and meals, fast food and culinary recipes

- be able to ask for and share information about typical Belarusian and British dishes and meals, to discuss the negative effects of fast food and benefits of homemade food

- be able to describe traditional dishes and meals in Belarus and the UK, the origin and recipes of national dishes from all over the world

- be able to write a recipe of a traditional Belarusian dish and a story about making bread.

COMMUNICATIVE AREA

1) describing: traditional British dishes, Belarusian national cuisine, traditional meals in the UK and Belarus, national dishes from all over the world; 

2) discussing: the negative effects of fast food, the benefits of homemade food;

3) speaking about cooking;

4) writing a recipe of a dish; 

5) ordering food in a café;

6) sharing recipes of sandwiches.

VOCABULARY

appetising, beef, benefit, bitter, calorie, cause, chop, courgette, crunchy, cut down on, definitely worth a try, dill, fizzy, gain, gravy, greasy, heavy, incredibly tasty, juicy, kidney, lack, lacking, lamb, lead, liver, mashed potatoes (mash), mayonnaise, medium-rare, mince (n,v), mouth-watering, mustard, nutrient, nutritious, oatmeal, obesity, parsley, pastry, peanut, pork, prawn, raisin, rare, result, salty, sour, source, sparkling, sprinkle, steam, still (adj.), tasty, tough, treat, vinegar, well-done, wheat

kinds of berries, food idioms and proverbs.

PRONUNCIATION

new vocabulary

GRAMMAR 

1) reflexive pronouns;

2) articles with meals

LISTENING

1) a conversation at a café; 

2) Kate and Alex talking about traditional meals in the UK and Belarus; 

3) information about croissants; 

4) a culinary competition; 

5) a story about the origin of the sandwich

READING

1) an article about: traditional British dishes, fish and chips, pluses and minuses of fish and chips; 

2) information about: the School Food Plan, the Sunday roast, different kinds of bread, National Sandwich Day, street food; 

3) an article about Marlborough School; 

4) the script of a culinary competition; 

5) a recipe of: a dish, cucumber sandwiches, a baked chicken sandwich

SPEAKING

1) persuading a friend to choose British dishes; 

2) a role-play of a conversation: at a Belarusian / British café, between a Belarusian and his British friend having a typical British / Belarusian meal, between chefs in a jury of a culinary competition about the prepared dishes, about buying street food; 

3) a class survey about the most popular Belarusian dish; 

4) a short debate "Fast Food Should Be Banned"; 

5) sharing recipes of cucumber and baked chicken sandwiches

WRITING

1) a story about making some kinds of bread; 

2) a recipe of: a Belarusian dish, a sandwich