A Big Breakfast — Teacher Edition

Reading

10 minutes

Say to student:

"These people have very different breakfasts. Now let's look at the words they use: 'I have', 'I don't have', 'We drink', 'We don't drink'."

Reading

Read the text aloud. Then discuss the questions below.

A good breakfast — Is it important? Some people say a big breakfast is good for you. Other people say: 'Don't eat if you aren't hungry!' What do YOU have for breakfast?

Ashley, the US: I have breakfast in a cafe near my office. I have a croissant and coffee. I love breakfast! It's my favorite meal.

Paulo, Brazil: I have breakfast at home. I don't have a big breakfast. I have fruit and juice and sometimes toast. It's a healthy breakfast.

Sakura, Japan: I have a traditional Japanese breakfast at home with my family. We have rice, fish, and miso soup. We drink green tea. We don't drink coffee.

Key Words from the Text

breakfast — I have breakfast at home.

eat — I eat eggs for breakfast.

drink — I drink coffee in the morning.

love — I love breakfast! It's my favorite meal.

coffee — I just have coffee at work.

tea — We drink green tea.

toast — I have toast for breakfast.

rice — We have rice, fish, and miso soup.

1. Who has breakfast in a cafe?

2. Is Paulo from the US?

3. What is in Sakura's breakfast?

4. Who drinks green tea?

5. What about you? What do you have for breakfast?

Language Focus

12 minutes

Dialogue: Two colleagues talking about breakfast habits.

Ana and Leo

I have breakfast at home every day.

Really? I don't have breakfast.

I eat eggs and toast. I love breakfast!

I don't eat in the morning.

I just have coffee at work.

I don't drink coffee. I drink orange juice.

I like orange juice, too!

Click any speech bubble to hear that line!

Comprehension:

1. Does Ana have breakfast?

Answer: Yes, at home.

2. Does Leo have breakfast?

Answer: No.

3. What does Ana eat?

Answer: Eggs and toast.

Grammar Discovery: simple present affirmative and negative (I/you/we/they)

Look at these sentences from the dialogue. What's the difference between the pairs?

I have breakfast at home. ↔ I don't have breakfast.

I eat eggs and toast. ↔ I don't eat in the morning.

I drink orange juice. ↔ I don't drink coffee.

Expected answer: Positive: I + verb. Negative: I + DON'T + verb. The verb stays the same (have, eat, drink).

Explain:

How do we make the negative?

I have → I don't have — Add DON'T before the verb. The verb doesn't change.

I eat → I don't eat — DON'T never changes. The verb stays the same.

Quick Check (oral):

1. Say: "Positive: I ___ breakfast. (have / has)"

Expected: have

If wrong: With I/you/we/they: always HAVE (not has).

2. Say: "Negative: I ___ ___ coffee. (don't drink / doesn't drink)"

Expected: don't drink

If wrong: With I/you/we/they: DON'T + verb.

3. Say: "I ___ eggs and toast. (eat / eats)"

Expected: eat

If wrong: With I/you/we/they: EAT (not eats). No -s!

Explicação (PT-BR):
Para falar sobre habitos e rotina: I/you/we/they + verbo (positivo). I/you/we/they + don't + verbo (negativo). O verbo NAO muda: have, eat, drink (nunca 'haves', 'eats' com I/you/we/they).

Practice

15 minutes

Watch for:
- SALTO PEDAGOGICO: primeira aula com verbos lexicais (nao 'be'). Ate agora: 'I'm', 'She's'. Agora: 'I have', 'I eat'. O negativo com 'don't' e novo.
- 'have' polissemico: 'I have breakfast' (tomar), 'I have two children' (ter). Nao explicar tudo — so 'have breakfast/lunch/dinner' + 'have + noun'.
- 'don't' pronuncia: /doʊnt/. Brasileiro tende a pronunciar 'dont' (sem o 'ow'). Corrigir: DOHNT.
- Reading ANTES do dialogo: nesta aula, o reading vem primeiro e o dialogo depois. O reading e warmup contextual.
- Food vocab cultura: brasileiro toma cafe COM leite. Validar: 'I have coffee with milk for breakfast.'

Food and Drink

Match the English word to the Portuguese translation.

Column A

eggs

toast

rice

fish

meat

vegetables

Column B

ovos

peixe

torrada

legumes

carne

arroz

Answer Key:
eggs = ovos
toast = torrada
rice = arroz
fish = peixe
meat = carne
vegetables = legumes

Simple Present: + and -

Complete with the correct verb.

don't drinkeatdon't havedon't eathavedrink

1. I breakfast at home.

2. I breakfast.

3. I eggs and toast.

4. I in the morning.

5. I coffee.

6. I coffee. I orange juice.

Answer Key:
1. have
2. don't have
3. eat
4. don't eat
5. drink
6. don't drink, drink

True or False — A Good Breakfast

Based on the reading and the three profiles, is each statement True (A) or False (B)?

Replay text

1. Ashley is from the United States.

True

False

✅ Correct: True

2. Paulo doesn't have breakfast.

False

True

✅ Correct: False

3. Sakura has a typical Japanese breakfast.

True

False

✅ Correct: True

4. All three people drink coffee.

False

True

✅ Correct: False

5. Ashley has eggs and toast.

True

False

✅ Correct: True

Meals — Like, Eat, Drink

Read each prompt out loud. Use real preferences — your meals, your drinks.

1. Tell me about your day: I have breakfast at 7 AM. I have lunch at 1 PM. I have dinner at 8 PM.

2. Say what you like: I like coffee. I like rice. I don't like fish.

3. What do you drink? In the morning I drink coffee. At lunch I drink water. At dinner I drink juice.

4. Describe a typical meal: For lunch I eat rice and meat. For dinner I eat vegetables. I like vegetables!

What About You?

Talk about your real food habits with your teacher. Your teacher will model first, then you respond.

Scenario:

You and your teacher talk about what you eat and drink.

Useful Expressions

I have breakfast at ___.I have ___ and ___.I love ___.I don't like ___.I don't eat ___.

Round 1 — Breakfast + Likes

TEACHER: I have breakfast at home. What do you have?
YOU: I have ___ and ___.
TEACHER: I love coffee. What about you?
YOU: I love ___. / I don't like coffee. I like ___.

Round 2 — Don't eat

TEACHER: I don't eat meat. What about you?
YOU: I eat meat. / I don't eat ___.
TEACHER: Why don't you eat ___?
YOU: Because ___.

Let's Talk

13 minutes

Let's Talk!

Use what you learned today to answer these questions. Elaborate as much as you can!

Real food preferences — beyond the basics.

1. What's your FAVORITE meal — breakfast, lunch, or dinner? Tell me what you usually have, and why it's your favorite.

Follow-up: Do you eat the same thing every day, or different things?

Target: My favorite meal is ___. I have ___ and ___. I love it because ___.

Expected answer: My favorite is dinner. I have rice, meat, and vegetables. I love it because I'm with my family.

Tip: Force a CHOICE between 3 meals + 2-3 food items + a reason. Recycles meals + food vocab + 'I have/eat/love'. Don't accept just 'breakfast' — push for the full description.

2. Tell me 3 things you LOVE eating or drinking, and 1 thing you DON'T LIKE.

Follow-up: What about Brazilian food — what's typical?

Target: I love ___, ___, and ___. I don't like ___.

Expected answer: I love coffee, eggs, and rice. I don't like fish.

Tip: Forces 4 distinct food items + the contrast LOVE vs DON'T LIKE. Don't accept fewer than 3 loves — keep asking 'and?'. Bridges to cultural discussion in follow-up.

Extension activity: Aluno rapido: descrever 3 refeicoes completas (breakfast, lunch, dinner) usando have/eat/drink/like/love + don't.

Self-Assessment

How did you do today?

✓
I can talk about my meals: "I have eggs for breakfast."
✓
I can say what I don't eat: "I don't eat meat."
✓
I can say what I like and love: "I like fish. I love coffee."

Great work today!

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