Foods we like!

Name _________________ Date _______

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Before you start, answer these questions:
Which food(s) do you think will be the most popular? _______________________
Which food(s) do you think will be the least popular? _______________________
Now find ask everyone which foods they like from this list.
Tick or make a tally next to each one.

Which Food?
What does it
look like?
How many like
this?
Fish and Chips


Curry
Pizza


Fried Rice
Kebabs


Sushi
Chilli Con Carne and
Nachos


Burgers


Greek Salad
Hotdogs (Frankfurters)




How were your predictions? ______________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Predict:(verb).
Tosayorestimate
whatwillhappen.
Foods we like!
Name _________________ Date _______

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UseasanicebreakerinanyEntryLevelliteracy,numeracy,FunctionalSkillsorESOL
lesson.

Alsotiesinwellwithlessonsondiversity,healthyeating,collectingdata,making/taking
simplesurveys,tallies,counting,askingquestions,etc.

SomerelevantFunctionalSkillscoverageandrangestatementsinclude:
FunctionalEnglish
Entry1
Asksimplequestionstoobtainspecificinformation
Respondappropriatelytocommentsandrequests
Entry2
Askandrespondtostraightforwardquestions

FunctionalMaths
Entry1
Understandandusewholenumberswithonesignificantfigureinpracticalcontexts
Entry2
Extractinformationfromsimplelists

Reference:Ofqual(2009),FunctionalSkillscriteriaforEnglish,MathematicsandICT
http://www.ofqual.gov.uk/qualificationandassessmentframework/89articles/238functionalskillscriteria

SkillsforLifeCoreCurriculumelements
Adultliteracy
Slr/E1.6Respondtostraightforwardquestions
Slc/E1.3Askquestionstoobtainspecificinformation
Slc/E2.2Makerequestsandaskquestionstoobtaininformationineverydaycontexts
Slc/E2.3Expressclearlystatementsoffact,andshortaccountsanddescriptions

Adultnumeracy
HD1/E1.1Extractsimpleinformationfromlists
HD1/E2.4Collectsimplenumericalinformation
HD1/E3.3Makeobservationsandrecordnumericalinformationusingatally

Reference:ExcellenceGateway(2009),SkillsforLife,CoreCurriculum
http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/sflcurriculum