Brazil is a big country. The food is different in different regions, but these are some typical dishes.
a Feijoada /fay-zhoh-AH-dah/
Meat is important in Brazilian cooking. This is a meat stew with beans. It’s delicious, but it takes 24 hours to cook. Most people eat it in restaurants.
b Moqueca /moh-KEH-kah/
This fish stew is popular in the north of the country. You cook fish with tomatoes, onions and coconut milk and you serve it with rice.
c Empadão /em-pah-DOWN/ Empadão is a famous Brazilian pie. It is a typical meal for lunch and dinner at the weekend. There are different types of pie, but the most common is with meat or fish.
d Pão de queijo /pown jeh KAY-zhoo/ This is a type of bread. You make balls with bread and cheese and you eat them for breakfast or as a snack during the day.
A blog post about food
1 Read the blog post. Choose a title.
a Food around the world
b My favourite dishes
c Food in my country
2 Read the blog post again. Match photos 1–4 with descriptions a–d.
1
2 3 4
3 Answer the questions.
1 What are the ingredients in the four dishes? Feijoada – meat and …
2 Where is it typical to eat feijoada?
5 Find other examples of and and but in the blog.
6 Complete the sentences with and or but.
1 You make paella with rice ______ fish.
2 In India, people eat curry for lunch ______ dinner.
3 It’s common in the south of the country, ______ not in the north.
4 I like fish, ______ not in sandwiches.
5 Pizza is common in Italy ______ in other countries.
6 I eat a lot of burgers, ______ not with chips.
7 I love chocolate, ______ I don’t eat it every day.
7 Read the phrases. Do they describe a dish (D), give an opinion about it (O) or say how to make it (H)?
1 It’s a type of cake. D
2 I love it!
3 You make it with cheese and tomatoes.
4 It’s delicious.
5 You cook meat with vegetables.
6 It’s a fish dish with potatoes.
7 It tastes a bit too salty for me. .
8 First, you boil the rice and then add the spices.
8 Write a blog post about food in your country (p18. Follow the steps in the Skills boost.
THINK
Choose four typical dishes in your country.
WRITE
Write your blog. Use expressions from the model.
3 Where is moqueca from?
4 When is it usual to eat empadão and pão de queijo?
Subskill: and and but We use and and but to connect ideas in a sentence.
4 Read the examples. Choose the correct option to complete the rules. You make balls with bread and cheese. It’s delicious, but it takes 24 hours to cook.
1 We use and/but to add a similar idea.
2 We use and/but to add a different idea.
3 We often use a comma (,) before and/but
PREPARE
Make notes about:
• the ingredients in each dish
• where people eat them
• when people eat them
• what you eat them with
… is a type of bread/stew/sandwich/dessert you cook … with … you serve it with …
… is a typical meal for breakfast/lunch/dinner
CHECK
Read your blog. Check for:
• a, an, some any, a lot of (+ countable and uncountable nouns)
• there is/are
• and, but
9 Peer review Exchange your writing with a classmate. Then fill out the rubric.
TASK COMPLETION Fully completes all required steps: Think, Prepare, Write, and Check. Completes most steps, but some details are missing or unclear. Few steps are complete; important parts are missing or incomplete.
LANGUAGE Uses key vocabulary (food and drink) accurately, with few or no spelling errors. Uses key grammar (countable/uncountable nouns, some, any, a lot of, there is/are) mostly correctly. Includes “and” and “but” with good control. Uses some key vocabulary and grammar with noticeable errors. “And” and “but” are sometimes used incorrectly.
ORGANISATION Blog post is clearly structured in sections (3–4), includes an introduction, and is easy to follow .
Text has some structure but may lack clarity or an introduction.
Uses limited vocabulary and grammar with frequent errors. Little or no correct use of “and” and “but.”
Text is mostly unstructured and hard to follow. Sections are missing. Sections or introductions are missing.