Benefits of Communal Eating

That's News to Me

Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring an article from The Washington Post, students read about how eating with other people is more beneficial than eating alone. This lesson includes vocabulary, comprehension and discussion questions, and a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
habits
food
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

dollop
unctuous
simulacra
depleted
prevailing
exquisitely
cognitive dissonance
anthropologist
hearth
pathologize
transcendent
gnaw
A spinning paper plane