AE - L7 U11 L1

Today's Lesson

Task

Pros and Cons

Vocabulary

nutrients, availability, grains, preserve

Grammar

Simple Past

ExpositorySequence

Reading

Level 7 Unit 11 Lesson 1

Fun Food Facts

Get Thinking!

Where does food come from?

piece of cakevery easyThat test was a piece of cake!

Idioms

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Reading

Describe a food that is famous from your country.

Prereading

Reading

can't even agree on what nutrients are the most important. Doctors are constantly inventing new fad diets and in this busy world, many people just want a quick and easy way to get the food they need.

nutrients

It’s something everyone needs every day, food. Different cultures have created typical dishes that vary widely across the world. Everyone has different likes and dislikes and nobody has the same diet. We get vitamins and minerals from food, but we

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Reading

tropics ate more fruits, while those living on plains and in forest lands ate more meat. People that lived close to lakes and seas ate mostly fish.

availability

The history of food is fascinating. In the early days, the human diet was determined by the availability of food. The first people were hunter/gatherers, and the food they ate was different based on their location. People who lived in the

About 11,500 years ago, people began using agriculture to produce grains, such as wheat, rice and corn. With these grains, people developed bread, pasta and tortillas. It was around this time that people began to raise cows, sheep and goats to produce dairy products and drink milk and create cheese.

Reading

grains

People preserve vegetables and fruits to eat in the winter.

Reading

preserve

As the years passed, humans learned how to preserve food and store it to eat later. They also began to use food as an item to trade, barter or sell. They developed ways to move food into areas that needed it and also make a profit from food production.

Comprehension

How did people keep food good for the winter?

What did people begin to grow to be used for food?

What did people make with sheep and cows?

How did the first people decide what to eat?

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Matching

able to be found

keep in good condition to use later

cereals that people grow to eat

vitamins and minerals found in food

grains

nutrients

availability

preserve

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Choose

Check

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The availability food is delicious.You can't eat here tonight, there is no availability in the restaurant.I preserve apples and pears for the winter.We shouldn't preserve water.I eat bread with grains like wheat and oatmeal.My pork chops are made with grains.You should never eat food that has nutrients.You should eat nutrient-rich food.

People began growing grains and raising animals.

People began to grow food to trade or sell.

People began to preserve their extra food to eat in the winter.

People hunted and gathered the food that was available.

Sequencing

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People began growing grains and raising animals.

People began to grow food to trade or sell.

People began to preserve their extra food to eat in the winter.

People hunted and gathered the food that was available.

Logic

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Grammar

Many irregular verbs that you need to memorise!

Regular forms add -ed

Then, people began to sell food. They traded and bartered for other items they needed.

Later, people planted grains and raised animals.

People first hunted and gathered the food they ate.

Past Simple

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had gone

went

have been

was

had run

ran

dancing

danced

have eaten

ate

1. I a pizza yesterday.
2. The dancer in the park on Friday.
3. Last January, she a marathon.
4. A year ago, I in a movie.
5. He to the movies on Saturday night.

Simple Past

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Practice

Pros and Cons

30

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What is the main idea of this passage?

Listening

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Listen to the podcast3:30 - 6:30Be ready to tell what gives us different flavours.

Extension

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What would your life be like if no one grew grains to eat?

Exit Interview

Goodbye!