My Favourite Food
Module
Food and Drinks
Unit
Favourite food and drinks
Key Stage 2 Learning Targets
To develop an ever-improving capability to use English
~ to exchange messages through activities such as writing a shopping list, sending a text message and making telephone calls
~ to understand some aspects of how the English language works including how grammar features contribute to meaning and how simple texts are organized; and apply this understanding to one’s learning and use of the language
Programme outline
One morning, Tommy and Elisa’s mother asks them to add the things they want to eat toa shopping list. However, they change everything on it. They are naughty. All the food and drinks they want are unhealthy.Their helper Libbie gets the list and has to do something about it!
On the other hand, Tommy and Elisa’s father wants some unhealthy snacks for the football match in the late evening. Their mother decides to do some tricks to make him understand what a healthy diet should be. Can Tommy, Elisa andtheir fatherget the food and drinks they want?
Communicative functions
1. Expandvocabularyabout food and drinks bybuilding words such as “oranges, orange juice”, “cream, ice cream, chocolate ice cream”, etc.
2. Use noun phrases to refer to quantities, e.g.,“a carton of orange juice”, “2 boxes of chocolate ice cream”, etc.
3. Identify the compound nouns that are two or more words put together to create a new meaning, e.g., “peanuts”, ‘jellybeans”, ‘popcorn”
Suggested activities
1. Introduce the programme briefly with the main characters, Tommy, Elisa, Dad and Mum.
2. Draw pupils’ attention to the animated teaching segments where the vocabulary expansionisbasically built on additions of nouns and their plural forms;and
sometimes deletion of the plural form of the front noun
List of the vocabulary items:
a. oranges (countable noun)+ juice (countable/ uncountable noun)→
oranges juice
b. apples (countable noun) + pie (countable noun)→apples pie
c. potatoes (countablenoun)+chips(countablenoun)→potatoes chips
d. tomatoes (countablenoun) + sauce (countable)→
tomatoes+ sauce
e. chicken (countablenoun) + nuggets (countablenoun)→
chicken + nuggets
f. fish (countable/ uncountable noun) + fingers (countablenoun)→
fish + fingers
g. peanuts (countablenoun)+ butter (uncountable noun)→
peanuts+ butter
*Note: Peanuts are not made from peas. Unlike other food and drinks, peanut butter and peas are handled separately in the animated teaching segments.
h. strawberries (countable noun)+ milkshake(uncountable noun)→
strawberriesy+ milkshake
i. ice (uncountable noun) + cream(uncountable noun)→ice + cream
Here, have the pupils do a quick revision of countable and uncountable nouns. The replacement of the pluralof the first noun by singular usually happens in word combinations.Therefore, pupils will see “apple juice”, not “apples juice”.
This is a vocabulary-focused learning activity to develop pupils’ sense of word association.
Teacher may need to explain some vocabulary items if pupils have problems with any of them in the first place.
3. To further expand the target language, collective nouns are also added to different groups of food and drinks.
Listof the collective nouns
A carton of+orange juice
A jar of +peanutbutter
A bottle of+tomato sauce
2 bags of+potato chips
2 tubs ofchocolate+ ice cream
In this teaching segment, the plural forms of the nouns are highlighted such as “2 bags”, “2 boxes” to tell the quantity.
4. In COPYMASTER 1 Part a, pupils fill in names of the food and drinks according to the pictures.
Answers:
Ice cream, Apple pie, Orange juice, Potato chips, Chicken nuggets, Fish fingers, Strawberry milkshake, Tomato sauce, Peanut butter
In COPYMASTER 1 Part b, pupils have to findthehealthy food from the list and write them down on the space. They can discuss with their classmates.
Suggested answers:
apples, oranges, chicken, fish, potatoes, peas, strawberries, tomatoes, fresh orange
juice
Reasons:
They are mostly fruit and vegetables with less fat, sugar, salt, preservatives and artificial colourings.Clean them thoroughly before cooking oreating.
Also, adopt a healthier way of cooking. Cook the chicken and fish well by boiling or steaming.Avoid deep frying or frying asa large amount of oil is used and taken. Fatty and sugary food is bad for health.
In COPYMASTER 1 Part c, teachers ask pupils to write down the quantity of the food and drinks withcorrect use of collective nouns under each picture.
Answers:
A carton oforange juice
A jar of peanut butter
A bottle oftomato sauce
2 bags ofpotato chips
2 tubs ofchocolate ice cream
5. Towards the end of the programme, Tommy and Elisa’s dad also wants some snacks. On the list, the names of the food are all compound words which two nouns are closely joined to constitute one new word.
In COPYMASTER 2, teachersask pupils to findand writethe right pair of wordsto describe the food pictures.
Answers:
a. Jellybeans= jelly + beans
b. Popcorn= pop +corn
c. Peanuts= pea +nuts
COPYMASTER 1
My Favourite Food
Part a. Fill in the missing words.
Ice ______
Apple ______
______juice Potato ______
______nuggets ______fingers
______milkshake Tomato ______
Peanut______Peas
Part b.Which of the food and drinks are healthy? Write them down. You can discuss with your classmates.
______
______
Part c. Choose and write.
bag jarbottlecartontubcup
A ______of orange juice /
A ______of peanut butter
A ______of tomato sauce /
2 ______of potato chips
2 ______of chocolate ice cream
COPYMASTER 2
My Favourite Food
Look at the pictures.Find the right pair of words and write.
JellyPop
Pea
BeansCornNuts
a.______/
b.______/
c. ______
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