This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to read and write a set of instructions about how to prepare and cook a healthy meal for a family to eat as part of a balanced diet.

The class can edit and rewrite a set of example instructions to match the correct audience for their intended function and usage to explain how to compose clear instructions for a meal recipe.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to read and write a set of instructions about how to prepare and cook a healthy meal for a family to eat as part of a balanced diet

Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to explain how to structure and format a set of instructions about how to prepare and cook a healthy meal, a set of cards to simplify and improve a set of instructions about how to make a healthy meal as part of a balanced diet, a vocabulary word bank to write a set of instructions about how to prepare and cook a meal using vegetables and a worksheet to edit and correct the format and structure a set of instructions about how to make a healthy meal as part of a balanced diet.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to write a set of instructions to prepare and cook a healthy meal as part of a balanced diet.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to compose and present sets of instructions about how to follow recipes to prepare a range of foods for different meals and celebrations. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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