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1. Vegetarianism Student worksheet and reading text
2. Internet links: https://www.vegsoc.org/ - Vegetarian Society website http://www.vegetariantimes.com/ - Vegetarian Times with lots of veggie news and recipes https://www.vegansociety.com/try-vegan/take-veganpledge?gclid=COGR6sLak8QCFfQatAodRBsACw - The Vegan Society 30 day pledge website

Lesson plan
Task 1 is to make sure students have the vocabulary to talk about food they eat and asks them to think about what they ate yesterday. Task 2 contains discussion questions to get students thinking about vegetarianism.
It can be used as a lead in to Task 3 which is a jigsaw reading. The text is from the British Council’s UK in focus website. Task4 is a role play to discuss the issues of vegetarianism. Task 5 is a fun trivia quiz with some curious facts about fruit and vegetables and Task 6 is for higher levels and asks students to put the correct fruit or vegetable into idiomatic sentences.
1. Task 1 – You are what you eat!
2. Task 2 –
Going veggie
Students write down everything they ate yesterday. Encourage them not to cheat! You could do your own list on the board to see how similar / different it is to theirs. Depending on the age group and level you could get the students to put the food into food groups such as dairy, meat, fruit, vegetables, cereals etc.
This task is to get students to think about why some people may decide to cut meat out of their diet. For some cultures this may be a very strange concept you may find yourself faced with lots of puzzled faces at the very idea! Definitions from the vegetarian society are as follows:
3. Task 3 –
Vegetarian UK?
Reading task
4. Task 4 –
Vegetarian meets meat eater role play
Vegetarians eat no meat, poultry, fish or sea food. Neither do they eat any slaughter byproducts such as gelatine or animal fats.
Vegans are vegetarians who eat no dairy products at all.
Organic food is produced without using any chemicals.
You can use the questions to prompt discussion either as a whole group or you could put students into pairs or small groups to discuss, then each pair or group can feedback comments to the rest of the class.
Photocopy the Reading text from the separate sheet. The reading can be done in groups of four. Number each member of the group 1 to 4. All 1s should read the first paragraph, all 2s the second etc. You can cut up the Reading so students only focus on their part.
Then they can report back. Encourage them to use their own words.
This role play encourages students to think about both angles of the vegetarian debate.
To give students a chance to prepare it properly, put all As together in one group and all
Bs together for 5 minutes before mixing the groups so there’s an A and a B together.
This will give weaker students or those with less imagination, a chance to share ideas and gather some notes before going into the main role play. As the groups are preparing, monitor closely and try to feed-in the phrases and expressions they need to express themselves effectively. If there are any vegetarians in your class be sure to give them role A as it will be much easier for them to believe in. The two roles are at the extremes of the anti /pro spectrum and you could add in many more roles along the scale.

5. Task 5 – Fruit and veg trivia
6. Task 6 – Fun fruity phrases
Lesson plan
This is a simple matching activity based on strange trivia about fruit and vegetables.
Encourage students to guess answers.
Answers: 1e) 2h) 3a) 4b) 5f) 6c)
This is for higher levels. Decide if you think the phrases will be of use to your students. If they are planning to spend time in an English speaking country they will be more useful than if they will only ever use their English to speak to other non-native speakers.
Answers:
a) lemon b) potato c) banana d) beetroot e) nuts f) plum g) cucumber h) onions i) peanuts