This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to compose and test a set of instructions about how to make different cakes for a range of purposes and special family celebrations.

The class can practise following their recipes to make some different types of cakes using the selected ingredients to test the format and order of their sets of instructions.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to compose and test a set of instructions about how to make different cakes for a range of purposes and special family celebrations

Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to explain how to structure and format a set of instructions, a set of cards to simplify and improve a set of instructions about how to make some cakes and a worksheet to edit and correct the format and structure a set of instructions for cake recipes.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to compose and test a set of instructions about how to make different cakes for a range of purposes and special celebrations.

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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