Transcript Hot cross buns

Hot Cross Buns
Warmer:
 Easter word search –
find 8 words. They all
have to do something
with Easter.
(pair work)
E R B O
I
N Y C
G A A C W O N
I
G B S P R
I
S
P U A
I
M L
K T
I
N G
E R E O B T
A V T
O D R U F
C H
C K E N Y
L
I
Y A D N U S D
Warmer:
 Easter word search –
the key:
E R B O
I
N Y C
G A A C W O N
I
G B S P R
I
S
P U A
I
M L
K T
I
N G
E R E O B T
A V T
O D R U F
C H
C K E N Y
L
I
Y A D N U S D
Pre-reading task: Expectations
 The recipe for today is “Hot Cross Buns”.
The English eat them on Good Friday. What
ingredients do you expect to find?
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Pre-reading task: Expectations
 Expected answers:
flour
yeast
sugar
salt
oil
spices
water
milk
Listening
Students listen to an e-mail on Easter tradition
in the UK. Before that the teacher writes the
following words on the board:
 Pancake Day
 Lent
 Good Friday
 Easter Sunday
After listening students focus on the recipe.
Reading: Hot Cross Buns
Ingredients
For yeast mixture:
1 tablespoon dried yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
50ml milk
150ml warm water
100g flour
For the buns:
350g flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
50g sugar
50g butter
1 egg
25g currants
40g mixed peel
Instructions
 Pour the warm milk and the warm water into a
bowl.
 Add the sugar, yeast and 100g of flour. Leave for
20 minutes in a warm place.
 Sift 350g of flour, 50g of sugar, salt, mixed spice,
cinnamon and nutmeg.
 Melt the butter in a saucepan.
 Beat the egg. Add the butter and the egg to the
yeast mixture. Add the flour mixture, the currants
and the mixed peel.
 Stir the mixture well.
 Knead the dough with your hands for 10
minutes.
 Divide the dough into 12 pieces.
 Place the buns on a baking tray.
 Cover the buns with a towel. Leave in a warm
place for 45 minutes.
 Cut a cross on the top of each bun with a
knife.
 Put the buns in the oven (190°C). Bake for 15
to 20 minutes.
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Comprehension activity
Jumbled sentences (pair work)
The task: rearrange the sentences in
chronological order.
a) Knead the dough well.
b) Prepare yeast mixture.
c) Melt the butter.
d) Cut a cross on top before baking.
e) Beat the egg.
f) Sift the flour and add the spices.
g) Mix the flour, yeast, egg and butter.
h) Cover and keep in warm.
i) Divide the dough into 12 pieces.
j) Bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 190°C.
The key : b, f, c, e, g, a, i, h, d, j
 Focus on verbs
Students pull the strips of paper out of a hat.
Each strip has one verb written on it. The
student has to mime the verb written on the
strip he/she has drawn. The rest of the class
guess the verb.
beat
knead
pour
sift
stir
cover
cut
divide
Speaking
 Students are put into 3 groups. Each group has to
say something about our tradition/customs and the
food we eat at:
 Group A – Easter
 Group B – Christmas
 Group C – Patron Saint’s Day (Slava)
Teacher monitors and helps the students with the
language.
Group leaders report back after 5 minutes.
Writing
 Students are put into 2 groups. They write a
reply to Ann’s e-mail. They should write about
our tradition including a recipe for:
 group A: Cesnica
 group B: Slava Cake
Homework
 Be creative and make your own special buns
adding spices, nuts and fruits. Make sure you
bring them to class so that we can all enjoy
eating them.