This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to read and write sets of instructions about how to prepare and make pancakes with different toppings and fillings to celebrate Shrove Tuesday.

The class can draft and edit instructions for their favourite pancakes to match the text structures for this type of writing including the use of imperative verbs and concise language.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to read and write sets of instructions about how to prepare and make pancakes with different toppings and fillings to celebrate Shrove Tuesday

Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to explain how to structure and format a set of instructions about how to make pancakes with different toppings and fillings, a template to select vocabulary to use in a set of instructions about how to make pancakes and a vocabulary word bank to choose words to utilise when composing instructions and a worksheet to edit and correct the format and structure a set of instructions.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to write sets of instructions about how to make pancakes for Shrove Tuesday with different toppings and fillings.

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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