ACTIVITY SHEET Before reading...

What do you think the text is going to explain us? Do you think if you eat this food youll enjoy it? Why?

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Reading in pairs!

Adapted from Drew, Helen and Wilkes, Angela: Kids First Cook Book. Dorling Kindersley, 1999.

Reading comprehension
1. Did you guess that this text is a recipe? How did you guess it? 2. Match the numbers on the left column with a corresponding one on the right: 50 g 180C 175 g 350F 6 oz 2 oz

3. Complete this sentence: Chocolate brownies are a great treat. What is the meaning of this sentence? Which relationship is there between this sentence and the measures in question number two? 4. Read the names of the recipe tools and look for the meaning in the dictionary of the tools you dont know. 5. Make a list of the ingredients. 6. Try to order the next steps: Pour the melted chocolate and butter into the mixture Break up the chocolate into the bowl Pour the mixture into the baking tin and bake for 30 to 35 minutes Break the eggs into the mixing bowl and beat with a fork 7. Do you think this is an easy recipe? Why? Which is the most difficult step for you?

Extra activities
1. Try to make this recipe. 2. Try to find and explain another recipe you know.
Reading in pairs!

LANGUAGE SUPPORT Chocolate Brownies Before reading TUTOR

What do you think the text is going to explain us?

TUTEE
I think the text is going to explain us __________________. -Yes, I think I will enjoy it because __________________________. -No, I thing I will not enjoy it because __________________________.

Do you thing if you eat this food youll enjoy it? Why?

Reading comprehension TUTOR

1.Did you guess that this text is a recipe? How did you guess it?

TUTEE
Yes, I guess it was a recipe because __________________________. No, I didnt.

2.Match the numbers on the left with a corresponding one on the right.

The first one goes with ___________. The second one with ____________. The third one with ______________.

3.Complete this sentences: Chocolate brownies are a great ________ treat. What is the meaning of this sentence? Which relation is there between this sentence and the measures in question number 2? 5.Make a list of ingredients.

Chocolate brownies are a great ____________ treat. The meaning of the sentence is that ________________. The relation with question number 2 is that __________________.

The ingredients are _____________. First _________________________. Second ______________________. Third ________________________. And finally_____________________.

6.Try to order the next steps.

7.Do you think this is an easy recipe? -Yes, I think it is an easy recipe Why? because __________________. -No, I dont think it is an easy recipe because __________________. Which is the most difficult step for The most difficult step for me is you? _____________________.
Reading in pairs!