PREPARING MATE
5° Básico · What we eat · Speaking
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Warm-up

Food & Drinks

Talk with your partner./ Conversa con tu compañero(a).

What food do you like?
What drink do you like?
Is mate food or a drink?
Who prepares mate in your family?
Vocabulary

Things we need

Look, listen and repeat./ Mira, escucha y repite.

calabazo

calabazo

mate gourd
yerba mate

mate

yerba mate
bombilla

bombilla

metal straw
hot water

hot water

agua caliente
Model

Listen to the dialogue

Listen first./ Escucha primero.

Tourist: How do you prepare mate?
Mate Guide: First, put in some mate, the herb.
Then, put in the bombilla, the metal straw.
Finally, pour in hot water and serve the mate.
Pair work

Put the dialogue in order

Discuss first. Click the lines in order./ Conversen y hagan clic en orden.
Your order
1.
2.
3.
4.
Sequence

Say the steps

Use First, Then and Finally./ Usa First, Then y Finally.

adding yerba mate
First, put in some mate, the herb.
putting in the bombilla
Then, put in the bombilla, the metal straw.
pouring hot water
Finally, pour in hot water and serve the mate.
Speaking challenge

Practise with your partner

A asks. B answers. Swap roles./ A pregunta, B responde y cambian roles.

TOURIST

How do you prepare mate?

MATE GUIDE

First, ...
Then, ...
Finally, ...
Feedback + second attempt

Listen. Fix it. Try again.

Use one clue. Try again./ Usa una pista. Intenta otra vez.

1

Listen to one clue

Your teacher or partner tells you one thing to improve.Tu profesor(a) o compañero(a) te dice una cosa que debes mejorar.

Examples: “Use Then.” · “Speak more clearly.” · “Remember Finally.”

2

Say it again Dilo nuevamente.

Tourist: How do you prepare mate?

Mate Guide: First... Then... Finally...

Goal: make your second attempt better.

Mate culture + final check

One important tradition

Listen and check./ Escucha y revisa.

mate gourd
Say “thank you” only when you don’t want any more mate.

If you say “thank you”, it means:

No more mate for me.