English III · A1.3. National Autonomous University of Honduras, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Department of Foreign Languages, English Section. PhD. Bessy Mendoza, MSc. Leonel Madrid. Students planning together on campus, with the flag of Canada, autumn maple leaves, mountains and Toronto.
English III · Lesson 3 · Step 1 of 4

URA + SofIA: Lesson URA and SofIA assistants

Resource · not graded
What you bring
From Lesson 2 (What would you like?): your product, your glossary and «I can order food politely.»
What this prepares you for
The forum asks you to use Recipes: imperatives + sequence with your classmates.

Goal of the lesson

I can explain a simple recipe step by step.

Puedo explicar una receta sencilla paso a paso.

Open the URA of Lesson 3 · I PAC

The URA has the explanation, audio, examples by career and the Cultural Corner of the I PAC. Take notes: you will use them in the forum.

Recipes: imperatives + sequence

Imperatives: mix · cut · add · boil · fry · bake. Sequence: first · next · then · after that · finally. Quantities: 200 grams of, a cup of, a pinch of.

StepExample
First,First, mix the flour and the water.
Next,Next, add a pinch of salt.
Then,Then, fry the dough for 2 minutes.
Finally,Finally, add maple syrup and serve.
En español

Las recetas usan imperativo: «Cut the onions». Canadá usa el sistema métrico (gramos, °C); a veces también «cups».

Your AI assistants: SofIA

Recommended for this lesson: SofIA Léxica, about imperatives, cooking verbs, quantities and sequence words. SofIA asks your name, your career and your lesson, then helps you step by step. It explains, gives hints and helps you create your own mini-lesson, flashcards or practice. It never does graded work for you.

Available: SofIA Gramatical · SofIA Léxica · SofIA Fonética · SofIA Comunicativa · SofIA Profesional · SofIA Cultural.

Open SofIA for Lesson 3 · I PAC

Your career, your examples

I PAC · January – MayHeritage & festivalJanuary 29 – February 15Ottawa–Gatineau, Canada

Cultural Corner · Winterlude (Bal de Neige)

This week: At Winterlude people eat BeaverTails or maple taffy. Find a recipe and explain it in 4 steps.

Winterlude started in 1979. People skated on the Rideau Canal. This year there are going to be ice sculptures again.

Key words

  • skate patinar
  • ice hielo
  • snow nieve

Fact

The Rideau Canal Skateway is like a very long ice rink in the city. People skate to work!

Your career

  • Health sciences: Cold weather and health.
  • Engineering & technology: Measuring ice thickness.
  • Business & economics: Winter tourism.
  • Education, humanities & communication: A bilingual festival: English and French.
  • Environment, agriculture & tourism: Climate change and ice.
Mirror Honduras. In Honduras there is no snow. What is the coldest place in Honduras? (La Esperanza? Celaque?)

Official source

Mission: Find the dates of Winterlude 2027. Write them.

Cultural competency: I can say what Winterlude is (January 29 – February 15), use Recipes: imperatives + sequence to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.

See it in my I PAC Cultural Passport

Language bridge · plurilingual and intercultural

Use every language you know to learn English, and use English to understand other people.

English ↔ SpanishNotice the difference

Recipes use the imperative: Mix, add, cook. Spanish recipes often use the infinitive: mezclar, añadir.

Other languagesFrench · Portuguese · Italian · German

English cooking words from French: sauté, purée, menu, café. Which other cooking words come from other languages?

Observe, compare, reflectIntercultural

Measures: cups and spoons appear in many recipes; grams and liters are common in Canada and Honduras.

Mediation challengeBuild a bridge for someone

Explain a family recipe in English, or an English recipe in Spanish, to someone at home.

Your languages count: ask at home or in your community how to say it in Garífuna, Miskitu, the English of the Bay Islands or any other language you know, and add it to your glossary. Add it to «My languages» in your Passport →

Arts Corner · FilmCanada · 1988

The Cat Came Back

Cordell Barker (NFB)

A funny animated short film. Mr. Johnson tries to send a little cat away… but the cat always comes back!

You use it in: 4 · Assignment · Activity 11

Para docentes

Fuente de datos: data/source/in103_lessons.js (lección 3). Ingreso al UNAH Virtual Campus: data/links.json. H5P (práctica del sitio y calificado del Campus): data/h5p/. Anuncios: data/anuncios.json. Títulos y porcentajes según el Calendario. Inglés I: 12 lecciones (decisión de la Sección, 26-10-2026); las actividades 1–38 no cambian. Regenerar con python3 generator/build.py.