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

7 
False
 8 
True
5 Answer the questions.
Read the example with the children. Explain that they 
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don’t need to answer with full sentences. You might want 
to let them do this activity in pairs.
Check their answers as a class by asking individuals to 
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read the sentences.
Key
1 
In Central America and Mexico.
2 
Because there were no coins or banknotes then.
3 
During the 16th century.
4 
In special chocolate shops.
5 
To make it taste nicer.
6 
A new drink with chocolate and milk. 
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Milk, white and dark.
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Because milk chocolate has a lot of milk and sugar in it.
6 Complete the facts. Write one word in each gap.
Read the example with the children. Explain that they 
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should write one word in each gap, so that the sentence 
matches the information given in the text.
Check their answers as a class by asking individuals to 
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read the sentences.
Key
1 
bitter
 2 
beans
 3 
turkey
 4 
Spanish
 5 
sweet; tasty
 
6 
fondue
 7 
heart
 8 
energy
7 Discuss these questions with a partner or with 
your class.
Ask the children to read and discuss the questions in pairs, 
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using as much English as possible. In a weaker class, you 
may prefer to discuss them as a class. Ask them to justify 
their answers to question 1.
If the children have discussed the questions in pairs, finish 
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by reading each of the questions in turn and asking the 
children to answer/comment.

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