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Real Fruit Ice Cream

Strawberry & Banana Real Fruit Ice Cream
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Before Reading Tasks

Task 1: Answer the questions (🗣️ or ✍️)

a) Do you like ice cream? If so, what is your favourite kind of ice cream?

c) Have you seen or eaten real fruit ice cream in New Zealand before? Where?

Real fruit ice cream is a classic treat during the summer months in New Zealand. It is easier to find in summer, when berries are in season, although some places sell it all year round. It is made in a special machine that blends real fruit with vanilla ice cream or frozen yoghurt and swirls the ice cream into a cup or a cone. Real fruit ice cream machines make the ice cream have a very smooth and creamy texture. Part of the experience is that your ice cream and fruit are blended in front of you when you order it. Some of the usual fruit options are: strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, boysenberry, mixed berry, mango or banana.

If you order one, you’ll need to make a few choices…

If you want vanilla ice cream or frozen yoghurt
Which real fruit you would like to add
If you would like it in a cup or a cone

Here’s how to ask for one: ‘Can I please get a mixed berry real fruit ice cream with yoghurt in a cone?’

These are the kinds of places you will find real fruit ice cream: berry farms, fruit and vege shops, ice cream shops, and at ice cream carts by the beach or at a market. If they have it, there will likely be a sign outside that says ‘Real fruit ice cream’. If you see one of these signs while out for a walk or on a drive, it is worth stopping for one.

After Reading Tasks

Task 1: Decide if you think the following statements are true or false (🗣️ or ✍️)

a) Real fruit ice cream is pre-blended (blended before people order it).

b) You can only get a real fruit ice cream in a cone.

c) Places that sell real fruit ice cream always have a sign outside.

Task 2: Answer the discussion/reflection questions (🗣️ or ✍️)

a) What do you think makes real fruit ice cream different from other ice cream?

b) If you haven't already, would you like to try a real fruit ice cream?

Task 3: Find the below bolded words/phrases in the reading and decide which meaning is correct

A treat is:
a) A sweet food.
b) A special food or activity you don't have every day.
In season means:
a) The time of year when a fruit or vegetable is fresh and ready to eat.
b) That something is grown locally.
All year round is:
a) At any time of the year.
b) During only some of the seasons of the year.
Swirl means:
a) To drop something slowly.
b) To move something in circles.
Smooth means:
a) Cold.
b) Nice and soft.
Texture is:
a) How something feels.
b) How something tastes.
Worth means:
a) Good enough to spend time or money on or put effort into.
b) Easy to find.

Task 1 'True or False' Answers:

a) Real fruit ice cream is pre-blended (blended before people order it).
False. When you order it, the server puts ice cream or yoghurt into the machine with your fruit of choice.

b) You can only get a real fruit ice cream in a cone.
False. You can get it in a cone or a cup.

c) Places that sell real fruit ice cream always have a sign outside.
False. There will 'likely' be a sign outside, which means most of the time there is a sign, but not always.

Task 3 Vocabulary Answers:

b) A special food or activity you don't have every day.
a) The time of year when a fruit or vegetable is fresh and ready to eat.
a) At any time of the year.
b) To move something in circles.
b) Nice and soft.
a) How something feels.
a) Good enough to spend time or money on or put effort into.

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