Lesson 1: At the Shops
Prior Knowledge
Prior Knowledge
Students may have some prior knowledge of spelling and grammar techniques but it is not essential. This unit has been designed so that students with no prior knowledge can acquire reading and writing skills.
Learning Intentions
Learning Intentions
In this lesson you will:
· identify food words from images,
· transcribe food words to compile a shopping list,
· sequence a shopping list and
· compile a list of names for a social event.
Task 1: Class discussion
Task 1: Class discussion
When you go to the supermarket, how do you remember what you need to buy?
When you go to the supermarket, how do you remember what you need to buy?
Task 2: Food words
Task 2: Food words
Copy the name of the food in the space provided.
Copy the name of the food in the space provided.
copy food words.pdf
Now write the name of the food in the space provided.
Now write the name of the food in the space provided.
write food words.pdf
Task 3: Supermarket shopping list
Task 3: Supermarket shopping list
Here is an example of a shopping list you might use when you go to a supermarket.
Here is an example of a shopping list you might use when you go to a supermarket.
It contains food words you have already come across in Task 2.
It contains food words you have already come across in Task 2.
Lists task 2.pdf
Now it's time for you to write your own shopping list.
Now it's time for you to write your own shopping list.
Write your weekly shopping list in List 1.
Write your weekly shopping list in List 1.
Now write your list again into List 2.
Now write your list again into List 2.
This time, write the food in the order that they are displayed in the supermarket.
This time, write the food in the order that they are displayed in the supermarket.
Task 4: Food categories
Task 4: Food categories
Sort these foods in the correct category.
Sort these foods in the correct category.
Here are some words that you will see in the supermarket
Here are some words that you will see in the supermarket
fruit and vegetables, baked, chilled food, frozen food
fruit and vegetables, baked, chilled food, frozen food
Find the supermarket words in this word search.
Find the supermarket words in this word search.
Task 5: Other lists
Task 5: Other lists
Class discussion:
Class discussion:
Are there other times when you might want to write a list?
Are there other times when you might want to write a list?
Imagine it’s a hot, sunny summer.
Imagine it’s a hot, sunny summer.
You want to have a BBQ.
You want to have a BBQ.
Write a list of the people you will invite to the BBQ.
Write a list of the people you will invite to the BBQ.