Making Fruit Smoothies – A2 Level (Elementary)– PPT + PDF Lesson Pack (4:3 & 16:9)

Making Fruit Smoothies – A2 Level (Elementary)

A colourful, health-themed lesson using fruits, actions, and sequencing to build vocabulary and fluency. Students follow recipes, play games, and practise real-world English.

This PowerPoint is a powerful supplement to your curriculum, designed to build speaking, listening, and clear pronunciation — whether you're teaching online or in class.

✅ Vocab: banana, mango, blueberry, lychee, ice, blender, pour, mix, add, etc.

✅ A2 grammar: imperatives, present continuous, quantifiers, “How much/many?”

✅ Skills: speaking, listening, reading, writing, pronunciation

✅ Includes: smoothie recipe steps, “What’s missing?” games, pricing challenges

Includes: 4x3 + 16x9 PowerPoints, printable + digital PDFs

Price: $3.00

Part of the fun, focused, unforgettable Lesson Flow series.

🎯 Cambridge Level

This lesson is aligned to A2 (Elementary) in the CEFR framework.

Students learn how to describe, sequence, and talk about smoothie-making using real ingredients, imperatives, and classroom-friendly cooking tasks.

💡 Grammatical & Vocabulary Benefits

• Vocabulary:
• Fruits: banana, strawberry, mango, avocado, lychee, pineapple, blueberry, apple, pear
• Equipment & ingredients: ice, blender, cup, bottle, sugar, yoghurt, juice, milk
• Verbs: chop, pour, blend, stir, mix, add, drink, choose
• Grammar:
• Imperatives: Add the banana. Blend for 2 minutes.
• Present Continuous: She is chopping the mango.
• Quantifiers: some, a little, a lot of
• Functional Q&A: What’s your favourite fruit? How much milk?
• Functions:
• Describing and following a recipe
• Asking and answering about preferences and quantities
• Giving instructions

🔁 Adaptable For

• A1 learners: Focus on basic fruit vocabulary and clear action verbs. Use repetition, visuals, and group miming games to support understanding.
• B1 learners: Add smoothie menu design or recipe writing tasks. Introduce discussion about health, diet, and lifestyle.

♻️ Flexible Across Levels

While each lesson is designed to hit clear A2 outcomes, the structure and visual scaffolding allow for easy adaptation down to A1 or up to B1. Teachers can adjust pace, task complexity, and target grammar based on learner needs — making each lesson focused but flexible.

🗣️ Skills Focus

• Speaking:
• Pair work: favourite smoothies, building recipes
• Roleplay: chef and customer smoothie stand
• Listening:
• Follow smoothie instructions and match actions
• “What’s missing?” audio recall activities
• Reading:
• Simple recipe sequencing
• Ingredient and instruction matching
• Writing:
• Fill-in-the-blank smoothie recipes
• Write your own smoothie idea with a partner
• Pronunciation:
• Focus on fruit names and syllable stress
• Tongue twister: Sam sipped six sweet strawberry smoothies
• Vocabulary Development:
• Matching cards, hidden items, price games, quiz-style tasks

📚 Why It Works – The Lesson Flow Advantage

This lesson follows The Lesson Flow — a flexible, field-tested method that builds vocabulary and structure through rhythm, variety, and speaking confidence.

It’s built from over 21 years of TEFL classroom experience.

📦 What You Get

• ✅ PowerPoint (4:3 – projector version)
• ✅ PowerPoint (16:9 – widescreen / online)
• ✅ PDF (4:3 – print version)
• ✅ PDF (16:9 – digital version)

🏆 Classroom-Ready and Student-Proof

• Ideal for younger teens or beginner adults
• Clear recipe visuals and high student engagement
• Easily adapted to in-person or online classes