INSP1culture_FAWTN.pdf

INSPIRATION 1

Food around the world – Teacher’s Notes

Aim

This lesson looks at the food that people eat around

the world at special celebrations. Students read a

text and then write about the food they eat at New

Year, weddings and birthdays.

Students match the definitions to the words.

1 dish

plate of food which people share

2 seaweed

green sea plant

3 chime

the noise a clock makes to tell you what

time it is

Warmer

Elicit the words ‘New Year’, ‘wedding’ and

‘birthday’ from the students by drawing pictures on

the board. Here are some ideas:

New Year – bottle of champagne, fireworks, or

something else that symbolises New Year in your

country.

Wedding – bride and groom, rings.

Birthday – birthday cake, present.

Elicit the English word for the pictures you draw

too to expand your students’ vocabulary.

4 bride

the most important woman at a wedding

5 groom

the most important man at a wedding

6 midnight

12 o’clock at night

Ask students to write a short piece about the foods

they eat to celebrate New Year, weddings and

birthdays.

Tell students they are going to read a text about

foods that are eaten at the above celebrations.

Students answer the comprehension questions.

Answers

1 In China people eat an even number of dishes of food.

2 In China knives are bad luck.

3 In Spain people eat twelve grapes before the clock

strikes midnight. (Although the text says they often don’t

manage to eat all the grapes, they have to try to eat

them before midnight.)

4 In Italy sugared almonds are given for a baby at

weddings.

5 In the Middle Ages people came to your house to stop

bad spirits.

6 In Mexico children hit a paper animal with their eyes

closed .

Websites

Here are some websites about foods eaten around the world at special celebrations.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/et_hd_chinese_new_year/article/0,1972,FOOD_9831_1745831,00.html

http://www.foodtv.com/food/et_hd_passover/article/0,1972,FOOD_9843_3650755,00.html

http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Food_and_celebrations?OpenDocument

http://www.topics-mag.com/foods/special-foods/global-foods.htm

This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanenglish.com/inspiration.

3 Vocabulary

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4 Writing

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1 Reading

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2 Comprehension

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