Lesson A

Communication and Cultural Awareness

What foods do you like to eat?

Important Foods
Exercise 1. Complete the categories in the circle with
Every time you eat, the words from the box.
you put food inside your
body. There are different
types of food, and we usually
mix them when we are
preparing a recipe. Fruits
and vegetables are very
important in your diet to
grow strong. Dairy is food
made with milk and it has
calcium which is good for
your bones. Grains provide
us with energy that help
our muscles to stay strong.

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Banana Pasta Tomato

Cheese Rice Fish

Ice cream Egg Apple

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Carrot Steak Yogurt Chicken
recipe. instructions to prepare
food
Exercise 2. Pair work. Look up two different examples
fruit. foods like apples or for each type of food and write them on the lines.
bananas that grow on a tree

vegetables. a plant that you • Fruits:

eat; for example a potato,
• Dairy:
an onion
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dairy. products made from milk • Grains:

calcium. an important mineral • Vegetables:

found in dairy products
• Proteins:
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What foods are there in your kitchen?

Game: Which One Is My Kitchen?

Exercise 1. Listen to your teacher or the audio and draw
Audio
the food in the correct place inside the picture.
Listen to the recording

Tip

Ask for clarification

Sometimes when we talk,
we don’t understand what
the other person says,
and we need to ask for
clarification. Use these
sentences to clarify:
• I'm sorry; I think
I don't understand.
• Can you repeat
that, please?
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Exercise 2.

Pair work. Use the first drawing of the kitchen and draw different
food in it. Now, sit down with a classmate. Take turns to describe
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Kitchen A Kitchen B
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What food is good for you?

Exercise 1. Pair work. Ask a partner: "In which category do we put ...?"

Broccoli Beans Rice Grapes Bananas Pasta Crackers Milk

Cheese Fish Yogurt Peaches Cabbage Lettuce Peas Meat Chicken

Fruit Vegetables Grains Protein Dairy

The Food Plate You Need

We all eat food to get the energy our body needs.
Sometimes, we do not make the choices that help us
stay healthy. The image you see here represents a
healthy way of eating: 50% of our daily diet should
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include fruits and vegetables. Eat meat, beans and

nuts because they have the protein you need.
When you choose dairy products like milk, cheese
or yogurt, you get calcium for your bones. Finally,
remember to include some grains like rice, pasta
or bread. Healthy choices will get you the food you
need, but you can also have candy like chocolate or
marshmallows sometimes!

Vocabulary
Exercise 2. Test your partner. Ask your partner the
choice. what we choose; following questions:
what we decide
a. What does 50% (per cent) refer to in the reading?
stay healthy. when you keep
your body without illnesses b. Give two examples of dairy products.
bone. hard part of the body
c. Do dairy products contain calcium?
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that makes the skeleton

candy. sweet foods like d. Give two examples of grains.

chocolate or caramel
e. Give two examples of candy.

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What do people from other countries eat?

Foods Around the World

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Kimoto is a Chinese photographer. Last month, I visited Japan. I took this
She is also passionate about good food. photo
of a Japanese family and their food. In
She travels around the world and takes general, they
don’t eat any fast food, such as hambur
a lot of photos of what people eat and gers or pizza.
In their traditional diet there are no dair
drink in different countries. Then, she y products,
and they eat a lot of rice and fish. But
writes a blog, www.foodandtravel.com. now, things
are changing, and some young Japane
se people
Here is one of her blog entries. go to McDonald’s on the weekends.

Some, Any/No

Quantifier Affirmative Negative Questions

We need
Some
some milk.

There is no milk today.

No I have no milk.
Note: The verb is affirmative with no.

Any
There isn’t any milk. Is there
You can use any instead any milk?
Note: The verb is negative with any.
of no with a negative verb.

Vocabulary
A lot means very often
or very much. blog. your activities that you write and put on
the internet
I drink milk a lot. fast food. food that is served very quickly because
it is already made, it is usually unhealthy
Do you drink water?
A lot. traditional. customs that have continued in a group
of people for a long time
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I am a lot taller now

than 10 years ago. diet. the type of food that someone usually eats

Tip

R
Exercise 1. In Ecuador, people have different diets depending
on the region they live in. Chose a region (Mountains, Coast,
emember to use
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or Amazon) and write a blog entry about the diet they have there. a capital letter at th
You can use Kimoto’s blog as an example. e
beginning and a pe
riod
Exercise 2. Compare your blog entry with three of your at the end of every
sentence.
classmates, and decide which family has the best diet.
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Language Through the Arts
Art

Do you know what food art is?

There are many kinds of art, but one of the most

beautiful and tastiest is food. Food art is the art
of preparing, cooking and presenting food in
a beautiful way. Many food artists share their
creations and inspire us with some awesome food.

Exercise 1. Pair work. Look at the following

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images and identify the foods that the food
artist has used.

a.

b.
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Exercise 2. Pair work. Now it is time for you

to create your food art.

• Step 1: On a sheet of paper, draw a plate.

• Step 2: Make a list of foods.

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• Step 3: Bring a small amount of the foods

to class, or cut them out of a magazine.
Make your creation!

• Step 4: Present your creation to the class.

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awesome. extremely good

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 Oral Communication
Funny Dialogues with Food
Exercise 1. Here you have a group of mini situations related to
food. Sit down with a friend and choose one that you want to
prepare. Remember to write a funny dialogue, to use the verbs in
simple present or present progressive and the vocabulary words
that you are learning in this module. You have a space to write
the dialogue at the end of this page.

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1A 1B
You are Ecuadorian. You are walking
You are a tourist in Ecuador, but you
down the street when a tourist stops
do not like the food here. You are
you and asks something. But he only
very, very hungry. Ask somebody
speaks English.
in the street for help.

2A You are in a restaurant and you just

2B
You are a waiter and a person asks
finished your dish. It's time to order for a delicious desert. Explain all
a dessert. You call the waiter to ask the options you have and help this
for recommendations. person choose one.

3A 3B You are A’s neighbor. You want to know

You need to buy fruits and vegetables
e.
at the market. Discuss the price and the recipe of their famous chocolate cak
quality of some food with the vendor. Ask for the ingredients and steps for
preparing it.

Now, write the dialogue in this space:

A:

B:

A:
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 Lesson B

Communication and Cultural Awareness

How can I order in a café?

At a Café Exercise 2. Pair work. Practice this conversation:

Waiter/waitress: Next, please!

What would you like?

Andy: Can I have a pizza, please?

Waiter/waitress: What pizza would

you like?
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Tip Waiter/waitress: Anything else?

“Café” is a French word we use in English. Andy: Yeah, I’d like some chocolate cake.
It is pronounced with two syllables, and the Waiter/waitress: Would you like a drink?
a is pronounced as the “a” in cat.
Andy: Yes, can I have a coke, please?

Waiter/waitress: OK, so that’s a Margarita

Audio pizza, a chocolate cake and a coke?
Listen to the recording What’s your table number?

Andy: Table 53. How much is that?

Exercise 1. Listen to the following conversation Waiter/waitress: That’s $10 (dollars), please.
and answer these questions.
Andy: Here you are.
a. Does the customer order a cheeseburger
or a double hamburger?
Exercise 3. Pair work. With this menu, practice
a conversation in a café.

b. What kind of cake does the customer order? Student A: Waiter/waitress

Student B: Customer

c. Is she going to order a drink?

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English uses
d. What is the table number of the customer? “Good night” only
to say goodbye!
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Customer: phrases Waiter/Waitress: phrases

to order in a café or restaurant to take an order in a café
• Start with a greeting: • What would you like to order?
“Hi/Hello, Good morning/Good evening.”
• Anything else?
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• To order, you can use sentences like:

"Can I have …please? I’d like... please". • Would you like a drink?
• Thank you.

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Do you like to eat healthy food?

Healthy Snacks Tip

Exercise 1. Pair work. Look at the following pictures, and decide with
your teacher and classmates if they are healthy snacks or not. Give You can ask: Is this
good reasons for your answers, and circle only the healthy snacks. a healthy snack?
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Exercise 2. Complete the following sentences with vocabulary about
food. (You can check the previous pages to remember more words!)

1. Apples, , and are

examples of healthy snacks.

2. I like to eat lots of like chocolate or

marshmallows.

3. Cookies and french fries are examples of

snacks.

4. , , and
are examples of grains.

5. Cheese, milk and yogurt are examples of .

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Language Through the Arts
Do you know what culinary art is?

Culinary Art

Culinary artists have to prepare food that tastes delicious and also
looks beautiful. They need to know about cooking techniques,
and also about nutrition. If you want to learn how to cook,
you need to start with a recipe and follow it step by step.
Here are some ways to cook:

• Bake • Peel
• Fry • Chop

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• Toast • Slice

Exercise 1. Match these cooking verbs with the images.

There is one extra verb.

peel fry mix bake

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toast chop slice

Vocabulary

bake. to cook inside an oven

Exercise 2. Pair work. Ask and answer with a partner.
fry. to cook food in hot oil
a. What foods can you fry?
toast. to make bread or other
food warm, crisp, and brown b. What foods can you bake?
by putting it near high heat
c. What foods can you mix?
peel. to remove the skin
of fruits and vegetables d. What foods can you slice?
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chop. to cut something into e. What foods can you toast?

pieces with a knife
f. What foods can you chop?
slice. to cut something into
thin, flat pieces g. What foods can you peel?

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 Oral Communication
Math

Do you know how to bake cookies?

Cooking
Exercise 1. Pair work. Ask and answer
the questions.

a. Do you like to cook? Why/why not?

b. Who taught you how to cook?

c. What are your favorite foods/dishes

to cook?

d. Do you think it is important for both men and

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women to know how to cook? Why or why not?

e. Who cooks in your home? Your mom

or your dad?

Do you know that the measures of weight and It is important to know the different
temperature vary depending on the country? measurement systems, so that you can prepare
So, if you read an American recipe, you will recipes from different parts of the world.
find that the temperature is given in Fahrenheit
instead of Centigrade. If you read a European
recipe, the weight is given in
kilograms instead of ounces.
So, let’s do some math here.

Note: To convert Fahrenheit into

Centigrade: subtract 32; then,
multiply by 5 and divide by 9.
To convert Centigrade into
Fahrenheit: multiply by 9;
then, divide by 5 and add 32.
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Exercise 2. Work in pairs and solve the following math problems.

• To bake your cookies, you will need to heat • To bake a chicken, you will need to heat
your oven at 350°F. Change Fahrenheit your oven at 220°C. Change Centigrade
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into Centigrade. into Fahrenheit.

350°F = °C 220°C = °F

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What are essential kitchen tools?

Kitchen Tools

Exercise 1. Work in groups of three. Write a list Exercise 3. Draw a picture of each of the tools
of the top five essential tools in a kitchen. in the boxes below.
If you don’t know the words, ask your teacher.

Knives Cutting boards

Mixing bowls Scale

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Exercise 2. Compare your tools with the tools

chefs suggest you should have in your kitchen. Can opener Colander

Essential Kitchen Tools

Remember, cooking is an art, but to
Vegetable peeler Spoons
do a great job you need good tools.
Here is a list of important cooking
tools:
1. knives, 2. cutting boards,
3. mixing bowls, 4. scale,
5. can opener, 6. colander Whisks Spatulas
7. vegetable peeler, 8. spoons
9. whisks, 10. spatulas. Exercise 4. When you go home, go to the kitchen
in your house and answer the questions below.

a. What kitchen tools from your drawings

do you have at home?

b. What other kitchen tools (different from

the drawings) do you have at home?
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c. Ask your mom or dad which kitchen tools they

consider essential for cooking. Write the
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names of the tools in English and bring them

to class to share.
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What is your favorite recipe?

Apple Crisp

Exercise 1. Read this recipe and put the steps in order.

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Apple crisp is a very popular recipe.
Second, place them in a baking dish.
To start, peel and cut apples.
Then, add some salt and cinnamon.
Finally, spread this mixture over the apples
and bake about 45 minutes.
After that, in a bowl, mix the sugar, flour,
and butter (use a fork to do this).
The aroma from baking apple crisp is amazing.

Exercise 2. Write your favorite recipe in the space below, and then
get together with three of your classmates and share your recipes.

Your name:
Recipe name:
Note: Your recipe name can be in Spanish.

Write your recipe below.

List of ingredients:
Use some of these connectors:
To start, first, first of all, after,
then, finally, to finish.
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Recipe:

List of tools: Tip

The words in light bl

ue are
called connectors. Th
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very useful to connec
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organize your ideas. In
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the
recipe, the connectors
help
you with the steps.

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 Assessment

Reading
Write numbers next to the sentences to put the recipe in order:
Put the vegetables in a large pot.
After 10 minutes, add the beans and the rice.
Get 2 carrots, 1 onion, 1 celery stalk, 1 potato, a cup
of rice and a cup of beans.
Add some broth (which is a liquid with chicken
or meat flavor) to the pot and cook everything.
Finally, add some spices like salt, pepper, cumin or garlic
powder to make the soup tasty.
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Wash all the ingredients, and cut all them in small pieces.

Listening
Listen to the following audio and answer the questions below. Audio
Listen to the recording
a. Write one example of a recipe that needs chocolate powder.

b. What does the audio say about chocolate?

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c. Write three products that factories make with chocolate.

Writing
In this unit you have listened to your classmates’ favorite recipes.
Choose one of their recipes and write it below.

Classmate's name: Write the recipe below. Use some of these

connectors: To start, first, first of all, after, then,
Recipe’s name: finally, to finish.
List of ingredients: List of tools: Recipe:
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 Assessment What are your favorite foods?
¿Xxxxxxx?

Vocabulary Speaking
Role Play
Choose the correct answer for each sentence:
Student A:
a. Apples and bananas are examples of You are a waiter/waitress ready to take your
customer's order.
grains fruits dairy
Student B:
b. A dairy product has this which is good
for your bones. You go to a restaurant and order some food.

chocolate salt calcium

c. An example of protein is

bread carrots eggs

d. A cracker is made from

dairy grains vegetables

e. Butter and milk are

dairy fruits protein products

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Grammar
Use the words from the box to write sentences:

some no a lot any

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I'm completing this self-evaluation based on what I learned in the module

Self-evaluation I check the box that most applies to me.

I do it I do it I can’t do it
Topics I can improve.
very well. somewhat well. without help.
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I can use vocabulary related to different types of food.

I can use some quantifiers to describe what people eat.
I can order food in a café or restaurant.

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 Lesson C

Communication and Cultural Awareness

Social Studies

Breakfast in Ecuador
Sometimes, we just have time for a quick
breakfast with coffee or milk and bread.
But, during the weekend, when the family
has more time, the different regions in
Ecuador have a delicious variety of meals.
In the Highland Region, it is typical to
prepare mote pillo or tamales and humitas.
In the Coastal Region, people prepare
a delicious encebollado, ceviche or even
bolones and empanadas de verde filled with
chicharrón or cheese with a cup of coffee.
In each city or town, there are a lot of

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bakeries where people buy bread. Breakfast
is served with fruit like papaya, pineapple,
babaco, chirimoya, granadilla and beverages,
like colada de avena (quaker), horchata or
just juice made from these fruits.
Adapted from: https://bit.ly/33wX9nu

Exercise 1. Pair work. Read the text again and complete

the squares with all the food that corresponds.

Coastal Region

Tip

It’s difficult to translate

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names of dishes, so many

times in English, we use the
same word. For example,
ceviche is called “ceviche”
in English.

Highland Region

Vocabulary

weekend. Saturday and Sunday

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meal. the food you eat regularly

bakery. a place to prepare

and sell bread

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 Oral Communication
Let’s Play with Vocabulary Words
Have some fun playing this speaking game!

The Describing Game

For this game, your teacher will

divide the class into two groups.
Here’s what you need to do:
1. Taking turns, one student of
each group will go to the front
of the class, facing the class,
with his/her back to the board.
2. In silence, the teacher will write
a vocabulary word on the board.
3. One by one, the rest of the team
will describe that word.
The team will win a point if the
student in front of the class guesses
the secret word correctly.

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Pronunciation of /b/ and /v/
Exercise 1. Listen to your teacher or the audio Tip
and pronounce the words correctly: ;
with your lips closed
"b" is pronounced er
• ban, van by placing your low
"v" is pronounced
• bat, vat h.
Audio lip between the teet
• boat, vote
Listen to the recording
• berry, very

Exercise 2. Take turns listening to these Exercise 3. Circle the b’s and put a square around
sentences, and then reading them. the v’s. With a partner, pronounce all of the b
words, then, all of the v words. Then, take turns
a. Jim is not feeling very well, and it looks
reading the sentences. Careful with the v words!
like he ate a poisonous berry.
Remember where to put your lip.
b. We couldn't decide what to name
a. My friend brought a little lamb home.
the boat, so we had a vote.
b. He went on holiday for about six weeks.
c. I asked the store assistant which vest
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would suit my new shirt the best. c. I'm hoping for better weather tomorrow
to visit our grandparents.
d. I bet that the vet is going to tell
you that there's nothing wrong d. Can you please record our song and later
with your cat. upload the video on YouTube?
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Reading

Exercise 1. Pair work. Choose and circle the word that doesn’t
belong on each line.

a. Apple Melon Desk Grapes

b. Notebook Egg Chicken Meat

c. Bread Crackers Pencil Rice

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d. Carrot Backpack Lettuce Tomato

e. Ruler Milk Yogurt Cheese

We all need to eat healthy food. Potato chips, cookies and candy
are delicious, but you cannot eat a lot of it and be healthy.
Eating healthy food is good for our bones, muscles and even
our hair and nails. It is important to choose from all of the food
groups that you can find in your house. For example, grains are
important for getting you the fiber that your digestive system
needs, and you can find them in rice, oatmeal and bread. Milk,
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yogurt, butter and cheese are important to get strong bones

because these dairy products have a lot of calcium. Proteins like
beans, fish, meat and nuts are as important as eggs and chicken
in your daily diet. And finally, combining everything with a lot
of vegetables and fruits will help you to receive the minerals and
vitamins that your body needs.

Vocabulary
Exercise 2. Choose the best answer for each question.
fiber. a plant that is really
important to eat to have a. What food will help you to get strong bones?
good health
protein fruits dairy grains
oatmeal. made from crushed
oats
b. Eating healthy food will make you
mineral. a chemical your body
needs to stay healthy sorry sick strong important

c. If you eat vegetables and fruits you will get

minerals fat water bones

d. This type of food is delicious, but not healthy.

apples carrots candy meat

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e. Grains help you because they provide

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proteins grains vitamins fiber

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