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TEACHER’S SHEET
Didactic unit
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Topic: Food
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Level: intermediate\ upper intermediate
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Social and cultural information
Table manners
National cuisines
Eating habits
Places to eat
Places to buy food
Food history |
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Objectives\aims |
To enable students to behave appropriately in a certain social
situation.
To enable students to use language in a certain social context. |
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Tasks\functions |
To improve vocabulary related to the topic ( appendix nr1)
To develop speaking skills.
 | Description ( telling the details) |
| Identification ( talking about one’s likes and dislikes) |
| Language- in –action (doing things and talking) |
| Service encounters ( buying-selling things or services) |
To increase the ability to perform communicative functions
| Confirmation |
| Denial |
| Greeting |
| Farewell |
| Blaming |
| Apology |
To provide socio-cultural information ( see above),
To increase the ability to answer the questions,
To develop writing skills
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Methodology |
Pre-activities
| Warming up activity ( comparative discussion about likes and
dislikes) |
| Brainstorming |
| KWL |
Procedural activities
| Pair work |
| role-play |
| group work |
| matching pictures |
| multiple choice exercise |
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Didactic material |
See appendixes |
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Evaluation |
KWL |
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Further information |
Internet, books |
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Expected results |
Students will be able to behave appropriately in a certain social
situation
Students will be able to use language in a certain social context. |
Ways of cooking
Match the pictures with the words
Boil__________Fry_________Bake__________Roast_______Well done________Grill_____
Rare roast_______________
A
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D 
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F
G 
H 
Ways of cooking
Name the way of cooking
___________ ___________
____________ ___________
____________ ____________ _____________
___________
Food taste
Multiple choice exercise
- Lemons taste ___.
a. salty
b. sour
c. bitter
d. crunchy
e. bland
- Potato chips are not ___.
a. crisp
b. salty
c. crunchy
d. juicy
e. junk food
- Smooth foods don't include ___.
a. crackers
b. ice cream
c. pudding
d. whipped cream
e. avocado
- In a restaurant, we normally eat an appetizer ___.
a. after the entree
b. just before dessert
c. first
d. last
e. only if we are not very hungry
- If something is filling it is ___.
a. the stuff inside a pie
b. something that you eat, but you are still hungry
c. delicious
d. something that you eat and you feel full after eating it
e. both a and d
- Finger food ___.
a. makes your fingernails grow longer
b. is only in eaten in countries where they don't have silverware
c. is slang for a bad gesture
d. is food you can politely eat with your hands
e. is the name of a really tasty candy bar
- Light food is the opposite of ___.
a. heavy food
b. rich food
c. bland food
d. junk food
e. health food
- If something is tasty, you ___.
a. don't really enjoy eating it
b. think it tastes good
c. hate eating it
d. only eat it for breakfast
e. think it is unappetizing
- Spicy food includes ___.
a. milk
b. lemons
c. chili peppers
d. bananas
e. hamburgers
- If milk is sour it is ___.
a. delicious
b. too old
c. too fresh
d. from a goat
e. from a coconut
- A beverage is ___.
a. Beverley's birthday
b. something red
c. an alcoholic drink
d. any drink
e. normally crunchy
- All of these are bitter except ___.
a. black coffee
b. strong tea without sugar or milk
c. unsweetened baking chocolate
d. pizza
e. a and c
- Appetizing means ___.
a. you would like to eat it
b. the first course at a restaurant
c. yucky
d. tangy
e. finger food
Answers 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c, 5-e, 6-d, 7-a, 8-b, 9-c, 10-b, 11-d, 12-d, 13-a.
Meat
What do we call the meat of these animals
 
B__________
V_____________
 
V_______________ M______________, L____________
P______________, B_______________, H_____________
Fruit
Which of these fruit grow in your country/region? Are there others not listed
here?
Please describe 3 fruit that grow in your country.
  
apple
apricot
banana
 
cherry
coconut
fig
  
orange
grapes
guava
  
raspberry
lemon
lime
  
papaya
peach
passion fruit
  
pear
pineapple
plum
star-fruit watermelon 
Match the countries with the dishes/drinks
A B 
C 
Lasagna
Caesar salad
Bread
D E 
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Cheese
Fusiloni
Smoked sausages
G  H 
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Provencal soup
Hamburger
seafood
J  K 
L 
Beer
sushi
wine
America______ France_______ China _______ Germany_________ Japan_______Italy________
Sort these dishes out under the headings starters, main courses
or deserts.
Caesar salad Cake
hot chocolate meat ribs
Starter ______________ _______________ ______________
 
sushi
tagliatelle mussels tarts
turkey
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bacon
roast beef vegetable salad pie
___________ ______________ _______________ _________________
seafood chocolate
trout
well done beef
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Pre-activity
Aim: to check student’s knowledge related to the topic
Brainstorm
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Country |
Nationality
( adjective) |
People
(noun plural) |
Person (noun singular) |
Food associated to them |
Drink associated to them |
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France |
French |
The French |
a Frenchman |
baquette |
wine |
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KWL
Topic____________________
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What I know |
What I want to know |
What I learned |
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Pair work
Answer the following questions using a short answer first and then a long
one.
Have you ever eaten lasagne?
Have you ever been to a Thai restaurant?
Have you ever drunk ouzo?
Have you ever prepared Japanese food?
Have you ever cooked for people?
Have you ever tasted feijoada?
Have you ever bought special ingredients to prepare a dish?
Now answer the questions giving information about yourself
What do you like eating?
How many times a day do you eat?
What's your favourite dish?
What's the best restaurant you've ever been to?
What's the worst food you have ever eaten?
What do you usually have for dinner?
Who do you usually eat with?
Complete the following sentences
I love
I hate
I can't bear
I can't stand
I'm fond of
I'm keen on
I feel like
I prefer
.........................................to.......................................
Role play
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Sample Conversation:
Ordering Food at a Restaurant |
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Restaurant Role-play
Waiter Sheet |
You are a waiter in a restaurant. When people sit down at your table,
give them menu and take their orders: |
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Waiter: Welcome to Antico’s. Here are your menu. Today’s
special is grilled salmon. I’ll be back to take your order in a
minute.
Waiter: Are you ready to order?
Customer 1: I’d like the seafood spaghetti.
Waiter: And you?
Customer 2: I’ll have Caesar salad and well done steak.
Waiter: Would you like anything to drink?
Customer 1: I’ll have a glass of wine, please.
Waiter: And for you?
Customer 2: Just water, please.
Waiter: OK. So that’s one seafood spaghetti, one Caesar salad
and well done steak, one wine, and one water. I’ll take your menu.
Waiter: Here is your food. Enjoy your meal.
Waiter: How was everything?
Customers 2: Delicious, thanks.
Waiter: Would you like anything for dessert?
Customer 1: No, just the bill please.
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Food |
Drink |
Complaints |
Comments |
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(1) Welcome.
(2) Give Menu.
(3) Tell the guests the special of the day.
(4) Give them some
time to look at the menu.
(5) Take their orders.
(6) Confirm their orders.
(7) Ask how the meal was and if they want dessert.
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Sample Conversation:
Ordering Food at a Restaurant |
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Restaurant Role-play
Customer Sheet |
You are a customer in a restaurant. You must go to restaurant with a
partner and order some food. |
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Waiter: Welcome to Antico’s. Here are your menu. Today’s special
is grilled salmon. I’ll be back to take your order in a minute.
Waiter: Are you ready to order?
Customer 1: I’d like the seafood spaghetti.
Waiter: And you?
Customer 2: I’ll have Caesar salad and well done steak.
Waiter: Would you like anything to drink?
Customer 1: I’ll have a glass of wine, please.
Waiter: And for you?
Customer 2: Just water, please.
Waiter: OK. So that’s one seafood spaghetti, one Caesar salad and
well done steak, one wine, and one water. I’ll take your menu.
Waiter: Here is your food. Enjoy your meal.
Waiter: How was everything?
Customers 2: Delicious, thanks.
Waiter: Would you like anything for dessert?
Customer 1: No, just the bill please.
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Restaurant Name |
Food
Ordered
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Drink
Ordered |
Daily
Special |
Service
Quality |
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(1) Sit down.
(2) Listen to the special.
(3) Look at the menu.
(4) Order food
(5) Eat
(6) Don’t order dessert.
(7) Ask for the bill.
(8) Go to a new restaurant.
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Write your complaint here: |
Role-play Prompts:
Specials of the Day and Customer Complaints
Specials of the day:
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Special: Pumpkin pie and whip cream.
Price: €2:00 |
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Special: Spring rolls |
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Special: Smoked salmon and cream cheese on a bagel.
Price: €4.50 |
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Special:
Four cheese ravioli.
Price: €4.50 |
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Special:
Eel rolls
Price:€2.50 |
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Special: Mexican pizza made with chili peppers, avocado, and hot
pepperoni.
Price: (s) €6.00 (l) € 10.00 |
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Special:
Roast chicken with potatoes.
Price: €7.50 |
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Special:
Hot chicken wings.
Price: 12 wings for €5.00. |
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When you are eating, complain that your food is not savory. |
When you are eating, complain that the restaurant is too hot. |
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When you are eating, complain that the food is too spicy. |
When you are eating, complain that the restaurant is too cold. |
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When you are eating, complain that the food is too sour. |
When you are eating, complain that the restaurant is too noisy. |
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When you are eating, complain that the food is tasteless |
When you are eating, complain that the restaurant is too smoky.
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Role play activity instructions
Aim: to practice ordering food
in a restaurant
Material: customers’ activity sheet, waiters’ activity sheet,
restaurant menus, role-play prompts.
Introduction
Inform the students that they are going to order food in a simulated
restaurant.
Discussion
Discuss the ways to order food: I’ll have_________, please, I’d
like______, ect.
Procedure
Divide the class into three groups: the first group - restaurant waiters,
The second group and the third form pairs and go around to the different
restaurants (waiters) and order food.
The waiters receive 'Special of the Day' prompt cards and their activity
sheet. As customers visit their restaurants, waiters have to write down
the orders on their activity sheets. Likewise, the customers write down what
they ordered on the customer activity sheets.
Group work
Graph nr.1
Group work activity instructions
Aim : vocabulary building, developing speaking
skills, developing writing skills.
Material: work sheet\graph
Introduction
Ask the students to pretend that they are going to set up their own
business – to open a new restaurant.
Discussion
Discuss what is needed for the opening of a new restaurant. (see the group
work sheet\graph nr.1). Discuss the type of a restaurant, the kind of
clientele to be dealt with, the kind of dishes/drinks to be offered on the
menu, the staff needed.
Procedure
Divide the class into five groups. Each group chooses the different type of
the restaurant. Based on the option the students have chosen, they have to
decide on the menu they are going to have and find the corresponding recipes.
International Ethnic cuisine popular fast food school cafeteria
Presentation
The students present orally their work comparing and contrasting it to the
others. Each group should explain their point of view, their difficulties and
what was done to reach a solution and consensus. The students present the menu
for the restaurant and the corresponding recipes.
Appendix nr1
Vocabulary
Nouns
Meat: pork, bacon, ham, venison, veal, mutton, lamb
Fruit: papaya, star-fruit, passion-fruit, apricot, guava
Fish: herrings, sardine, trout, salmon
Seafood: prawns, mussels, squid, crab
Vegetables: cabbage, broccoli, cucumber, asparagus
Ways of cooking food – verbs
Boil, fry, bake, roast, grill
Food taste adjectives
Bitter, creamy, crunchy, savory, sour, spicy, tasteless, well done, rare
roast.
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