Reading Detectives
According to the passage, name one benefit of learning to cook.
Independence / healthier food choices / understanding nutrition.
Which word means absolutely necessary or extremely important?
Essential
In a Karl Popper debate, how many teams compete against each other?
Two teams: Pro & Con
A student learns to prepare a meal without needing an adult to do everything for them. Is this an advantage or disadvantage of cooking lessons?
Advantage
What should you do before preparing food to prevent the spread of germs?
Wash your hands with soap and water.
Name two practical skills students can develop through cooking.
Planning meals, measuring ingredients, using equipment safely or maintaining hygiene. Any two.
Which word describes someone who can do things without needing help from others?
Independent
How many speakers are in each team of a Karl Popper Debate?
3 on each side
A school has to buy ingredients every week, even when some students are absent. Is this an example of a potential advantage or disadvantage?
Disadvantage – it creates additional costs and possible food waste.
What is the difference between boiling and frying?
Boiling cooks food in hot water; frying cooks food in hot oil or fat.
According to the passage, what two things can cooking efficiently save?
Time and money.
Which word means having the ability or skill to do something successfully?
Competence
What is the name of the part of a debate where one speaker asks the opposing speaker questions?
Cross-Examination
A student learns how to prepare a balanced meal. How could this reduce pressure on hospitals and healthcare in the future?
Better eating habits may help prevent diet-related health problems, reducing the need for medical treatment.
You are making a cake, but accidentally add twice as much flour as the recipe requires. What should you do to keep making the cake?
Double the amounts of all the other ingredients.
Why might some people argue that cooking should be taught at home rather than at school?
They believe families, rather than schools, should be responsible for teaching cooking.
A chef needs to measure ingredients carefully, without making mistakes. Which vocabulary word describes this?
Accurately
A speaker says, "Cooking lessons are too expensive." The opposing speaker replies, "Schools could reduce costs by sharing equipment between classes." What is the opposing speaker doing?
Giving a rebuttal by responding to the original argument.
Some students have food allergies or dietary restrictions. What do schools need to do?
Provide safe alternatives, and make sure students don't touch what they might be allergic to.
You are preparing a meal and realise you have no measuring cup. What kitchen equipment could you use to measure smaller amounts of ingredients?
Measuring spoons or a scale.
The passage says cooking helps students become more resourceful. What does this mean?
They can find solutions and adapt when something goes wrong or doesn't go according to plan.
A school has limited money and must decide how to spend it. It chooses to give more money to sports than cooking lessons. Which two vocabulary words describe what the school must consider and what it has decided to do?
Budget and prioritise.
An argument contains three important parts: saying what you believe, an instance of it happening, and information that proves or supports the reason. What are these three parts commonly called?
A school introduces cooking lessons, but its students' maths test results begin to fall. How might these two things be connected?
Students may have less time to practise maths because some lesson time is now used for cooking.
You are preparing a meal with rice, vegetables and eggs. Which ingredient provides most of the carbohydrates, and which provides most of the protein?
Rice provides most of the carbohydrates; eggs provide most of the protein.