Give It Away

Lead-in

  • List and describe 5 examples of typical Brazilian food.
  • What is your favorite typical Brazilian food?
  • What is a typical Brazilian food everyone likes but you?

Presentation

Pre

  • What did you eat the last time you ate at a restaurant? When was it?
  • Have you ever taken a gastronomic trip? 
    • If so, where was it and how was the experience?
    • If not, where would you go? Talk about it.

Top Down

  • What would be a good title for the text? Read it and find out.
  1. The best restaurants in Brazil
  2. The best culinary destinations in southern of Brazil
  1. The best culinary destinations in Brazil
  2. The best food Brazil has to offer
  1. The best restaurants in Brazil
  2. The best culinary destinations in southern of Brazil
  1. The best culinary destinations in Brazil
  2. The best food Brazil has to offer

Generally speaking, traveling is good… And so is eating… What about both together? Just wonderful!

In addition to being rich in natural wonders, Brazil is a delight for foreigners thanks to its great gastronomic variety and, of course, its unique flavors. Because of that, we have compiled a list of five must-see places that offer incredible cuisine. Enjoy!

Salvador, Bahia

Yes, Bahia’s flavor is as wonderful as the place itself! Those who go to Bahia should not forget to try the acarajé, vatapá, caruru, bobó, and moqueca. Renowned for palm oil and with African influence, Bahia’s cuisine seduces tourists with its intense flavor, aroma, and beauty.

São Paulo, São Paulo

All kinds of food such as Japanese, Mexican, Italian, Thai, Chinese, Arabic… In São Paulo, you can find flavors from all over the world. Over 15,000 restaurants with different cultures and spices are available to please all types of palates.

Florianópolis – Santa Catarina

Florianópolis, also known by its nickname Floripa, does not delight foreigners only because of its beaches, but also thanks to its cuisine! It is very common to find shrimp and other delicacies in coastal regions, such as seafood and good wines.

Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais

The food of this mining town is based on its origin: it is teeming with history and culture. Tips for those who like lots of seasons and flavors: tutu mineiro, chicken with okra, sausage, cabbage, crackers, and of course, Brazil and the world’s best cheese bread.

Belém, Pará

Besides the natural wonders and a very rich culture, Belém has dishes for foreigners to enjoy and delight themselves. For example: tacacá, fish with açaí, tucupi, and maniçoba with jambu.

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Bottom Up

  • True or False?

Example: The text only mentions Brazilian food. False

  1. Some nationalities mentioned in the text are African, Mexican, Italian, Thai, Chinese, and Arabic.
  2. The text mentions moqueca as from Bahia and explains that it is cooked fish tempered with color tints of urucum.
  3. The world’s best cheese bread can only be found in Bahia and Minas Gerais.
  4. Seafood is more common in Florianópolis than in the other cities mentioned.
  5. Brazil is known to have the same particular flavor in every dish.
  1. Some nationalities mentioned in the text are African, Mexican, Italian, Thai, Chinese, and Arabic. True
  2. The text mentions moqueca as from Bahia and explains that it is cooked fish tempered with color tints of urucum. False
  3. The world’s best cheese bread can only be found in Bahia and Minas Gerais. False
  4. Seafood is more common in Florianópolis than in the other cities mentioned. False
  5. Brazil is known to have the same particular flavor in every dish. False

Post

  • In your opinion, which of the cities mentioned have the best food? Why?
  • What is some typical food of your hometown? 
  • If you move out of your city, which restaurant are you going to miss the most? Why? 

Target Language

Obligation & Prohibition

We use have and modal verbs to indicate obligation, no obligation and prohibition:

  • I have to do my homework before playing video games.
  • I must finish my report by Tuesday.
  • I don’t have to wake up early on the weekends.
  • You can’t go out if you haven’t done your homework.
  • You mustn’t talk to your teachers like that.

Multiword Verbs

Multiword verbs can be separable or inseparable:

  • They say I’m a penny pincher because I hate when I have to fork out for restaurant bills.
  • Be quick about it, we’re running out of time.
  • Maybe I need to cut back on the sugar intake…
  • Jason is very reliable, he always pays his debts back on time.
  • Every month I put some money aside to save for an international trip on my next vacation.
  • After I finished high school I gave all my textbooks away.

Notice that the objects of the separable verbs can appear in the middle or at the end of the expression, but when it is a pronoun it must go in the middle of the verb and the particle:

  • I gave all my books away.
  • I gave away all my books.
  • I gave them away.

Controlled Practice

  • Match the traditional dishes to their meaning.
  1. Bagel
  2. Cuy
  3. Bunny Chow
  4. Tarator Soup
  5. Koshari
  6. Jerk Chicken
  7. Lamington
  8. Pie Mash and Liquour

(   ) Minced beef pie, mashed potato, and a parsley sauce known as liquor.

(   ) A chunky snack consisting of a lump of bread stuffed with curried meat and vegetables.

(   ) Guinea pig meat.

(   ) A cube of sponge cake coated in chocolate and dried coconut.

(   ) A cold summer soup, usually consisting of yoghurt, oil, water and various vegetables such as cucumber and garlic

(   ) A dense bread roll in the shape of a ring, made by boiling dough and then baking it.

(   )  Grilled chicken marinated in a spicy sauce.

(   ) A National vegetarian dish consisting of a mix of pasta-tomato sauce-lentils-rice-onion and chickpeas.

  1. Bagel
  2. Cuy
  3. Bunny Chow
  4. Tarator Soup
  5. Koshari
  6. Jerk Chicken
  7. Lamington
  8. Pie Mash and Liquour

(8) Minced beef pie, mashed potato, and a parsley sauce known as liquor.

(3) A chunky snack consisting of a lump of bread stuffed with curried meat and vegetables.

(2) Guinea pig meat.

(7) A cube of sponge cake coated in chocolate and dried coconut.

(4) A cold summer soup, usually consisting of yoghurt, oil, water and various vegetables such as cucumber and garlic

(1) A dense bread roll in the shape of a ring, made by boiling dough and then baking it.

(6)  Grilled chicken marinated in a spicy sauce.

(5) A National vegetarian dish consisting of a mix of pasta-tomato sauce-lentils-rice-onion and chickpeas.

Freer Practice

  • Complete the sentences according to your own ideas.
    • I was traveling and stopped to eat… because…
    • I need to stop eating… because…
    • As a rule, forgiving someone is an act of…
    • Some people need to remember…
    • Avoiding problems is… 
    • Going to… is an experience that…
    • I need to go… mainly because…
    • Once, to avoid a problem, I…

Production

  • Use transition expressions to describe the food and the service of the 3 best restaurants you’ve gone to and of the worst one.

Example: The best restaurant I’ve been to is a small restaurant in Goias. Generally speaking, it is…

Homework

Connect the words from the first column with the words from the second

Example: Mean it > Mean it as

  1. Open to
  2. Put someone
  3. Take something
  4. Think someone
  5. Walk away
  • from the debate
  • to the heart
  • criticism
  • down
  • has a point
  1. Open to
  2. Put someone
  3. Take something
  4. Think someone
  5. Walk away
  1. criticism
  2.  down
  3. to heart
  4. has a point
  5. the debate

Match the collocations with their respective definitions.

  1. To be open to criticism
  2. To be under attack
  3. To mean it 
  4. To mean it as
  5. To put someone down
  6. To take something to heart
  7. To think someone has a point
  8. To walk away from (a debate)
  • To agree with a person’s specific argument
  • To avoid a situation because it’s difficult to deal with or does not give you any advantages
  • To feel upset about something someone said about you
  • To say something seriously
  • To criticize people in public to make them feel stupid or inferior
  • To be strongly criticized
  • To say or write something with a specific intention
  • To be prepared to listen to people’s negative opinions
  1. To be open to criticism
  2. To be under attack
  3. To mean it 
  4. To mean it as
  5. To put someone down
  6. To take something to heart
  7. To think someone has a point
  8. To walk away from (a debate)
  1. To be prepared to listen to people’s negative opinions
  2. To be strongly criticized
  3. To say something seriously
  4. To say or write something with a specific intention
  5. To criticize people in public to make them feel stupid or inferior
  6. To feel upset about something someone said about you
  7. To agree with a person’s specific argument
  8. To avoid a situation because it’s difficult to deal with or does not give you any advantages

Using the expressions from the previous exercise, complete the sentences.

Example: When I said I loved him I meant it as platonic love.

  1. She told me she was crazy to express her point, that’s why I couldn’t understand when she ______________.
  2. I’ll never understand why people insist on __________________. It is so embarrassing passing through this kind of situation.
  3. Marie needs therapy! Every little thing someone says to her she ___________________.
  4. Did you warn the employees about the feedback session today? They need to be ______________.
  5. Chris told Kevin yesterday he changed his mind. Maybe he _____________________.
  1. She told me she was crazy to express her point, that’s why I couldn’t understand when she walked away from the debate.
  2. I’ll never understand why people insist on put others down. It is so embarrassing passing through this kind of situation.
  3. Marie needs therapy! Every little thing someone says to her she takes it to heart.
  4. Did you warn the employees about the feedback session today? They need to be open for criticism.
  5. Chris told Kevin yesterday he changed his mind. Maybe he thinks someone has a point.

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

Example: very / Dave / to / criticism / doesn’t be / open / seem / to > Dave doesn’t seem to be very open to criticism.

  1. on / we / usually / each / don’t / other / Mondays / see
  2. might / In / you / try / future / to / the / more / little / a / polite / be
  3. shouldn’t / you / offended / be / mean / it / compliment / a / they / as
  4. feel / am / when / I / stand / honest / people / they / because / being / under / can’t / are / just / I / attack.
  5. down / their / It’s / put / not / to / because / people / nice / looks / of
  1. We don’t usually see each other on Mondays.
  2. In the future you might try to be a little more polite.
  3. You shouldn’t be offended. They mean it as a compliment.
  4. I can’t stand when people feel they are under attack just because I am being honest.
  5. It’s not nice to put people down because of their looks.

Which sentences are wrong?

  1. Why you always take what he says for heart?

  2. I mean what I say last night.

  3. Euclides mean that he said as a serious statement, not a joke.

  4. If things get loud, just walks away from the debate.

  5. It’s hard to admit this, but I think you have valid point.

  1. Why do you always take what he says to heart?

  2. I meant what I said last night.

  3. Euclides meant what he said as a serious statement, not a joke.

  4. If things get loud, just walk away from the debate.

  5. It’s hard to admit this, but I think you have a valid point.

Writing

Write a letter to a friend who needs the tips on taking criticism gracefully. Remember to use as much of the Target Language as possible.