Newswise insects

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

3H English

April 5, 2024

Today's lesson

Newswise: "Insects for Dinner"

Strategy: making connections

How do you feel about eating insects?

1. I have already eaten insects and they were tasty!
2. I have already eaten insects and they were gross.
3. I have never eaten insects but I'd like to try it some day.
4. I have never eaten insects and I don't want to try.

Eating insects is very healthy

1. True
2. False

Mealworm tastes a bit like chicken.

1. True
2. False

Two billion people around the world eat insects regularly.

1. True
2. False

There are roughly 1000 species of insects that can be eaten by people.

1. True
2. False, I think fewer
3. False, I think more

Reading: making connections

• Enumerations: and, also, not only..., first, etc.
• Reason: because
• Examples: such as, like, for example, for instance
• Contrast: but, however, though, yet
• Conclusion: so, thus

Reading the text

• 20 minutes / individually

• Finish exercise 1+2
• Done? Add at least five words to the list of difficult words on the first page.
• Done? Go to exercise 4 (recipe task)

Exercise 1

1. Which words in the introduction of the text signal an enumeration?

• first
• then

In lines 10-25, you find a signal word for enumeration. Which two words signal an enumeration?

1. also (line 22)
2. and (line 22)
3. but (line 18)
4. for example (line 13)

Exercise 1

3. Which signal words signal an example in the lines 26-39? Write down the signal words and their line numbers. 

• such as (line 31)
• for example (lines 33-34)

2.1

by lack of EU approval

2.2a

Dried yellow mealworm tastes like peanuts. 

2.2a

Yellow mealworm can also be turned into a type of flour and then used in desserts.

2.2b

Mealworm is high in protein

2.2b

Grasshoppers are top-notch antioxidants

2.2b

Silkworm fat is healthier than olive oil.

2.3

1/4 of the population eats insects as a standard part of their diet and 3/4 of the world’s population thinks that eating insects is disgusting.

2.4

It can help us save the environment.

2.5

First, cultivating insects requires less feed, produces less waste and results in less greenhouse gas emissions. (better for environmen

2.5

Secondly, it is cheaper to produce than traditional meat sources, like beef.

2.5

Also, a healthy, nutritious diet of insects can help combat world hunger.

The text ends with: "What is stopping you?"
Is eating insects a go or no-go for you? Why?

www.bbc.co.uk