We just finish unites 7th and 8th form our book Impact Phrases. We have been learning international food from Mexico, USA, Italy, Japan, and China. First I introduce to my students unite 7, which is dishes and descriptions. First, I explain to them dishes.Unit 7
Dishes
In the book, it says,
- "it is a special dish form Mexico" It is a Mexican Specialty.
- "It is a food made with bread from the US," which is American sandwich.
- "It is an hors d'oeuvre from Italy, it is an Italian appetizer.
- "It is a sweet from China," It is a Chinese dessert.
- "It is a between-meal food from Japan," It is a Japanese Sushi.
After introducing dishes I introduce to students descriptions words like,
- It is a kind of fish cooked in oil. It is a kind of fried fish
- It is kind of grilled meat. It is a kind of barbecued meat
- It is kind of salad with lots of ingredients. It is a kind of mixed salad
- It is kind of hot soup. It is a kind of spicy soup
- It is a kind of preserved vegetable. It is a kind of pickled vegetable
Unite 8th is more preparing and opinions
- You just warm it up
You just heat it up - Just pop it in the microwave
Just put in the microwave - You have to follow the recipe
You have to read the directions - You pour in hot water
Just add hot water and serve! - Let's order it to take out
Let's order it to go
Opinions
- I really like it
It is one of my favorite dishes - It is healthy
It is good for you - It is low in fat
It is not very fattening - It is an ideal food
It is the perfect food - It is delicious food
It is really good
After introducing dishes, descriptions, preparing and opinions, I decided to make them to prepare a dish from these five countries. Here is the lesson.
The lesson:
I divide my 55 students into 10 groups which turned out 5 to 6 people in one group. We have two groups of Japanese food, two of Chinese food, two of Mexican food, two of Italian food, and two of American food.
Each group has to bring ingredients and things to use fro the lesson. They cannot use fire or pan for cooking. They must cooked it at home and bring it to school. All the vegetables have to be washed and cut it. When they come to school, they need to prepare it at school in front of teacher to see.
During their preparation, teacher will walk around the room and see which group have finished preparing their foods. Once that group is ready, the teacher will bring their foods to the teacher's table for display. After preparation, each group has to stop and come up to the front of the classroom and introduce their foods the entire class. They have to tell their ingredients and how they prepared it.
During their preparation, teacher will walk around the room and see which group have finished preparing their foods. Once that group is ready, the teacher will bring their foods to the teacher's table for display. After preparation, each group has to stop and come up to the front of the classroom and introduce their foods the entire class. They have to tell their ingredients and how they prepared it.
The rule:
Two groups of Chinese food cannot prepare the same dish and other Chinese group. Everyone should have a group, nobody will left out.
My girls can have entire class hour for discussions. I did not think this kind of discussion can take for a long time. I made them to write and to draw their dishes, I gave each group a piece of paper.
During the discussion, they seemed they enjoyed this kind of lesson, they are all excited about it. I just hope they won't forget what they are going to bring. Also, I will prepare one dish for them to eat!
