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Out for Dinner
This unit should take 2-3 hours, depending on time, interest, and extension activities. It is designed for intermediate level students age 12 and above. Objectives Students will: Materials to Print Activities Activity I: Whetting the Appetite (15 minutes) Ask students to choose a partner. Tell them that they have two minutes to brainstorm as many different names of dishes as they can. The pair of students who writes down the greatest number of names of dishes wins. In order to explain what a "dish" is, write the names of different foods on the board (chicken, vegetable, beef, tofu, etc.) and then underneath one category write a dish that uses that food as an ingredient. For example, underneath the category "chicken" write, "Chicken Pot Pie." Then explain what a Chicken Pot Pie is (a pie crust filled with peas, carrots, potatoes, chicken and gravy and baked in the oven). When they have brainstormed for two minutes, ask them to tell the class how many dishes they wrote down. Each pair should then say the name of each dish and what the ingredients are. For every dish they describe successfully, the pair gets a point. If students cannot think of any real dishes, they can make some up, as long as they can describe them in detail. Activity II: American Menus (10-15 minutes) Hand out copies of Printout I. Tell students that this is a quiz that tests their knowledge of American food. Students can complete the quiz separately or in pairs. When they finish, go over the answers as a class, explaining the new vocabulary to the students. Then ask students to share other funny food names they may know and what those dishes are made of. Encourage students to come up with funny answers as well as the correct answer for the contents of the dishes. Activity III: Menu Vocabulary (10 minutes) Hand out copies of Printout II. Tell students that the vocabulary list is designed as a menu. Ask students to go through the menu and circle the words they do not know (many words will already have come up in the previous activities). Go through these words as a class, working together to define the words. In order to practice pronunciation, ask students to choose a complete meal from the list. Then ask if students know how to order a meal in English. Write a few ways to order on the board (I'll have ..., please; I would like...; Could I have...?). Walk around the room taking meal orders from the students, asking students what they would like to eat. If a student has trouble with the pronunciation, ask him/her to practice the word aloud. Other students can help him/her. Activity IV: Food Charades (15 minutes) Read out a definition of a word (see vocabulary list) and ask students to guess what that word is. For example, to fry = put food in hot oil. After they have guessed two or three successfully, have students give the definitions to their classmates. Each time a student guesses correctly, that student gets to come to the front of the room. Show a vocabulary word to the student. He/She must come up with a definition for that word and tell it to the class. If they have trouble with a word, the student can act it out or describe its sound. Activity V: Reading (25 minutes) Hand out copies of Printout III. Have students read quietly in class, stopping when they need to ask questions. Have other students answer the questions, if they can. Then ask students to discuss in class which restaurant sounds best to them and why. Vote on which restaurant is best. Activity VI: Menu Planning (20 minutes) Divide the students into groups of four. Tell students they are the caterers for an event and they must plan the menu. Assign each group one event and ask them to use the Internet, cookbooks or advice from their families to plan the menu. Possible events are: a picnic, a family dinner, a cocktail party, a luncheon meeting, the yearly reunion of the "dessert lovers" society, a vegetarian feast, a brunch, a fancy dinner party, a child's birthday party. Activity VII: Favorite Recipes (20 minutes) Ask students to bring the English version of their favorite recipe into class. Have students share this recipe with the class, explaining the ingredients, how it is made, and what it tastes like. Collect the recipes and put together a class cookbook. Each student can design the cover of his/her copy. Activity VIII: Feast (30-40 minutes) Ask students to vote on which recipe from the class cookbook they would most like to try (they cannot vote for their own). If you have access to a kitchen, prepare the dish or dishes that are most popular during the next class meeting, getting the whole class involved in cooking in English. If not, ask each student to bring in food for the whole class. Students must present their dish to the class, explaining what is in it, how it was made and how it is eaten, before the feast begins. Then dig in. Bon appétit! |