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 High Beginner Lesson

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Wa rm Up
Answer these questions with your teacher and classmates.

What is happening in the picture?

What do you think these shoppers are looking at?
What items do you usually buy in the grocery store?
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Let's Ta lk
Describe the pictures. Ask and answer the questions with your classmates.

• What type of store selIs each product?

• What items can you find in this store?
• Do you shop at these stores, or do you prefer to shop in a supermarket?
Compare lt
Which is better? Talk about both topics and decide which is better. Take a vote.

Shopping at small grocery stores

Shopping at a large supermarket

Example: The quality is usually better.

Example: Everything is in one place.
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ldiom
Talk to your teacher and classmates about this idiom.

A baker's dozen = thirteen of any one item

Example: Please buy a baker's dozen of those at the store. We need them for the trip.
What do you have a baker's dozen of?
Sign Post
Read the quote and discuss.

"I can spend hours in a grocery store. 1 get so excited

when 1 see food, 1 go crazy."
-Cameron Diaz
(U.S. Actress, born
1972)
What does this mean to you?

Do you like to spend a long time shopping for food?

Explain.
A ct lt Out
Choose a role and act it out with a partner.

Role A

1. You are going shopping for the week.

2. You want to get everything at a large
grocery store or supermarket.
3. Convince your friend to shop with you.

Role B

1. You are going shopping for the week.

2. You want to go to small shops for each
item on your grocery list.
3. Convince your friend to shop at small
shops with you.
Wor k Together
Work with your class to complete this project.

Your group wants to open a grocery store. Make a plan with your class. Try to agree.

What will you call the grocery store?

OPlH What will you sell at the store?

What generic items will you sell?

Will your grocery store be expensive or

inexpensive? Explain.
Ta lk Abo ut lt
Answer the questions below. Discuss with your classmates.

Describe your favorite grocery store. Is it big or small?

Why do you like to shop there?

What is the difference between food at a grocery store and food at a market?