WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21ST

Today we're going to look at cooking recipes and be thankfull for

Activity 1 - Warm-up questions

Discuss the following points with your teacher:

Activity 2 - Food vocabulary 

1 - Learn - taste - tell

2 - Check this recipe online and share the vocabulary used with us.

CAT’S TONGUE BISCUITS RECIPE

Preparation time: 10 minutes 

Cooking time: 6-8 minutes

INGREDIENTS:

60 g of butter

100 g of sugar

80g of flour

2 eggs

2 drops of vanilla extract

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl keeping flour for the end (add it slowly). 

Tip: Mix really fast the butter and the eggs first. Use a baking sheet to spread the dough onto the sheet. Space the biscuits from each other (2-3 cm) and bake the biscuits for 8 minutes. Let them cool for 5-10 minutes. Done? Not quite, we still need to do the chocolate dip!

CHOCOLATE DIP:

You can melt 100g of chocolate  in a saucepan or in the microwave. Once it has melted, you can dip the biscuits and dip them into the chocolate. They are DELICIOUS!!!  Enjoy them!

QUESTIONS:

1. What are the ingredients needed for this recipe ?
2. What is the cooking time ? How long do you need to cook the biscuits?
3. Are there any tips given in this recipe ? why ?
4. Do you think this recipe is easy or difficult to make ? Can you do this on your own?
5. If you could change this recipe, what would you change? Would you add or change something?

Activity 3 - Vocabulary

• The names of 7 ingredients
• The names of 7 cooking utensils
• The different 3 cooking verbs 

(your teacher will provide you with some commentary)

Activity 4. What are you thankful for?

Thanksgiving is the perfect time to reflect upon one's year or even lifetime and give thanks for the things that one has or has experienced.

Watch the following video and take note on all of the things that people are thankful for and identify the top 3 things that most people are thankful for:

https://youtu.be/giuwFLBXVIs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giuwFLBXVIs

Activity 5. The Period of Giving: Christmas in NY

 Question:

1. What are three things described in the text that describe the start of the Christmas season in NY?
2. Do you typically contribute to a charity during the Christmas season? How?
3. Do you think charitable organizations play an important role in France? How?