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Canadian Poutine Power

Episode of the series The World on a Plate

CEFR: A1, A2, B1

In this episode

Illustrated slideshow (62 images)
Glossary
Comprehension quiz (45 questions)
33 cultural notes

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Extract: the first 30 seconds of the episode. The full episode lasts 3 min 51 s.

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The episode

Fries, cheese curds and gravy. Two Quebec restaurants say they invented poutine, one in 1957 and one in 1964, and nobody can settle which of them is right.

Episode worksheets (2)

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Teaching guide

Objective & content

This A1- documentary presents poutine, a Canadian dish from Quebec. It tells two origin stories: Fernand Lachance and his Café Idéal in Warwick in 1957, and Jean-Paul Roy in Drummondville in 1964. The script then explains the name and the three parts of the dish: French fries, white cheese and hot brown sauce. The language focus is the present simple to describe the dish and the past simple for the stories of its origin, with food and cooking vocabulary. The main skill is listening comprehension, then the in-app quiz.

Materials & prerequisites

Student sheet and teacher sheet (PDF and HTML versions) from the episode's printables.
Prerequisites: the present simple, there is and there are, and basic food words.

Curriculum alignment

Tagged to the cycle 3 (6e) axis "the child and the wider environment".

Possible adaptations

Lower levels: Offer segmented listening and additional visual aids.
Advanced levels: Encourage an oral summary and a debate in English on the theme.
Large groups: Organise group work with differentiated roles.

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