English Listening Lesson on
Sugar

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THE LESSON ON SUGAR

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Sugar is an interesting food. Is it food? I’m not sure what sugar is. It seems as though the world is addicted to sugar. We cannot do without it. I wonder how much sugar we have every day. When I was a kid, I loved sugary things. I even used to eat sugar cubes. That’s so bad for your teeth. I still have a sweet tooth but I have cut down on the amount of sugar I have. I used to have three sugars in my tea. Now I have none – three sugars in tea is more like syrup. There are two things about sugar I love. I love sprinkling a little sugar on strawberries and I love sugar cane juice. Apart from that, I think I could easily live without sugar. I’m not sure if other people can. What would life be like without sugar?

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THE ACTIVITIES

LISTENING GAP FILL

Sugar is an interesting food. Is it food? ______________ sugar is. It seems as though the ______________ sugar. We cannot do without it. I wonder how much sugar we have every day. When I was a kid, I ______________. I even used to eat sugar cubes. That’s so bad for your teeth. I still have ______________ but I have cut down ________________ sugar I have. I used to have three sugars in my tea. Now I have none – three sugars in tea is ______________. There are two things about sugar I love. I love sprinkling a little sugar on strawberries and I love sugar cane juice. ______________, I think I could easily live without sugar. I’m not sure if other people can. What _________________ without sugar?

CORRECT THE SPELLING

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
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STUDENT SUGAR SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about sugar in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
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Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

WRITING

Write about sugar for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about sugar. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about sugar. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. SUGAR POSTER Make a poster about sugar. Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.

5. MY SUGAR LESSON: Make your own English lesson on sugar. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you have finished.

6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on sugar. Share your findings with the class.

ANSWERS

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English Listening Lesson on Sugar