Let Them Eat Cake: Baker Shares Oven with Community

That's News to Me

Low Int – Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring a modified article from The Washington Post, students read about a British baker who is offering his oven to members of his community to combat rising energy bills. This lesson includes photos, comprehension and discussion questions, and a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
Christmas
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

eatery
enormous
dense
cope
soaring
pitch
elated
deliver
A spinning paper plane