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• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

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At the end of the class I can...

1. Read a text about Shrove Tuesday and find out

why it is also known as Pancake Day

2. Talk about how I make and prefer to eat pancakes;

3. Hold a short survey and practise talking about

survey results and statistics

Word of the day

Foreign 

/ˈfɒrən/ 

A pancake is a ...

1. thick cake baked in the oven
2. thin flat cake fried in a pan.
3. round, sweet ball of ice cream.

Pancakes are made with ...

1. flour, milk and egg.
2. oil, water and flour.
3. egg, butter and sugar

In the UK, most people like to eat pancakes with ..

1. chocolate spread and sugar
2. lemon juice and sugar
3. cheese and ham.

Key words and expressions

• Search for and underline the key words in the text. 
• Then quickly read the text to notice how the words are used in context before writing them next to their definitions.
• Note: After this task, read the text again thoroughly and carefully before moving onto task 3

3. Understanding the article

1.  Cover the Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) text and answer the questions with a partner.
2.  Find a four-word expression in the article that means to forget about other appointments and plans because you are so interested in what you are doing at the moment.
3. Use the expression to talk about a day or situation when this happened to you.
   

4. Perfect pancakes

Talk about how you (or someone you know) make/s pancakes. If you don’t have a recipe of your own,

look one up.

5. Talking about statistics

1. Read the short extract below. This is the type of report you might see in a newspaper. Underline the typical language used to report statistics and survey results.
2. What do you think the results would be if you asked the same questions to people from your home country?

A pancake survey

1.  Read the survey below and answer the questions about yourself by putting a tick ✔ next to your answers
2. Talk to the other students in your class and tick ✔ their answers.
   
3.  Work in groups. Talk about the results of your survey using language structures similar to those from Exercise 5

Aims

At the end of the class I can...

1. Read a text about Shrove Tuesday and find out

why it is also known as Pancake Day

2. Talk about how I make and prefer to eat pancakes;

3. Hold a short survey and practise talking about

survey results and statistics

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