Oxford Primary Skills Unit Teaching Notes Oxford University Press 1 Lesson objectives

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Play the recording while the children follow the text 
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in their books. Then ask some questions to check 
understanding, e.g. 
When and where did people first make 
chocolate? Is cocoa bitter or sweet? When did people in 
Europe start to use chocolate? What did Hans Sloane do? 
What is in the photo on page 33? Which type of chocolate is 
the healthiest?
Vocabulary (page 33)
3 Match the words from the text to the definitions.
Look at the example together. Then tell the children to 
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match the rest of the white words to their definitions, 
reading each definition carefully and looking up words in 
dictionaries if necessary. You might like to let them do this 
in pairs.
Key
1 
blood
 2 
heart
 3 
treat
 4 
sweet
 5 
bitter
 6 
tasty
 
7 
cacao
 8 
dip
 9 
vanilla
 10 
melt
Reading comprehension (page 34)
4 Write 
True
 or 
False
.
The children work individually to read each sentence 
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and write 
True
or 
False
as appropriate. Encourage them 
to look back at the text to help them decide whether the 
sentences are true or false.
Let them check their answers in pairs, then check them as 
• 
a class. As you do so, ask the children to correct the false 
sentences.
Key
1 
True
 2 
False
 3 
False
 4 
False
 5 
True
 6 
True