British Isles: Food in Britain and Ireland

 Today we are going to work with Food in Britain on this page: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/food-britain 

and have a look at Irish food here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/indulge-in-ireland/top-traditional-irish-foods/ 

British Isles: Food in Britain and Ireland

Today we are going to work with Food in Britain on this page: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/food-britain 

and have a look at Irish food here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/indulge-in-ireland/top-traditional-irish-foods/ 

The British Isles; Wales and Northern Ireland

 Read this text about Wales : http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/wales

Do the preparation activity by clicking on the purple bar above the text, where it says
> Preparation .

Then read the text. Look up any words you do not understand on tyda.se  After you have read the text about Wales, do the four activities underneath the text.

Read about Northern Ireland on the following link: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/northern-ireland 

Just like you did with the text about Wales, you are going to do the preparation activity first, then read the text and look up any words that you do not understand, and after that do the three activities that can be found underneath the text.

The British Isles; Wales and Northern Ireland

Read this text about Wales : http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/wales

Do the preparation activity by clicking on the purple bar above the text, where it says
> Preparation .

Then read the text. Look up any words you do not understand on tyda.se  After you have read the text about Wales, do the four activities underneath the text.

Read about Northern Ireland on the following link: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/northern-ireland 

Just like you did with the text about Wales, you are going to do the preparation activity first, then read the text and look up any words that you do not understand, and after that do the three activities that can be found underneath the text.

British Isles: Sports

Word work: 

https://quizlet.com/234025218/sport-at-school-flash-cards/ 

Read text: 
Sport at school | LearnEnglish Teens (britishcouncil.org)

and do the exercises on the page. (Check your understanding: true or false, gap fill and multiple choice).

Discuss: 
How often do you have P.E in school?
What kind of sports do you do during those lessons? What is similar and what is different to what you read about in the text?
Do you think there should be more or less P.E in Swedish schools?
Which sports do you like to do?

Finished? 
Read this text to find out which sports originate (come) from the UK!
https://www.bloomsbury-international.com/blog/2013/08/16/british-culture-sports-that-originated-in-the-uk-football-tennis-boxing-and-more/ 
Then do gap fill activity at the end of the text.

British Isles: Sports

Word work: 

https://quizlet.com/234025218/sport-at-school-flash-cards/ 

Read text: 
Sport at school | LearnEnglish Teens (britishcouncil.org)

and do the exercises on the page. (Check your understanding: true or false, gap fill and multiple choice).

Discuss: 
How often do you have P.E in school?
What kind of sports do you do during those lessons? What is similar and what is different to what you read about in the text?
Do you think there should be more or less P.E in Swedish schools?
Which sports do you like to do?

Finished? 
Read this text to find out which sports originate (come) from the UK!
https://www.bloomsbury-international.com/blog/2013/08/16/british-culture-sports-that-originated-in-the-uk-football-tennis-boxing-and-more/ 
Then do gap fill activity at the end of the text.

British Isles: Food in Schools

 Today we are going to learn about school lunches (also called school dinners!) in the UK. You will learn why it is a hot topic and we will also have a look at a blog that a Scottish girl made about her school lunches.

Here are some words to prepare you for the text:
https://quizlet.com/230564929/school-dinners-flash-cards/

Here is the text:
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/school-dinners 


After you have read the text, answer these questions in your notebook. 

• What is the most surprising thing you learnt about school food in the UK? 
• In her blog, Martha asked students around the world to send pictures of their school food and describe it. What would you tell her about food in Swedish schools?