At a restaurane
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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Writing and speaking
Subsidiary Aims
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Speaking for fluency.
Procedure (38-56 minutes)
T will present the picture (Pp) and then the realia. Set the context: T will ask what is the easiest/quickest dish that takes just a few minutes they can to cook by themselves and order in a cafe? (sandwich) T will show the picture of her own sandwich and then will show the realia.
T will ask what kind of ingredients they will need to cook the particular sandwich. Then T will show the realia (the food on the table) and elicit the vocabulary from the ss. (some bread brown/white, some cream cheese and white cheese, some tomatoes, some cucumbers,some lettuce, some bacon, some pepper and some lemons, fries.) T will ask what process of preparation of food do we use? (cut, chop,put, pour, fry,mix,) (T will mime it, show it) What is the name of that process? (a slice, a piece) How to describe the final product if you like it? (delicious, tasty, fantastic) If you don't really like- what was too much, too many... (it's interesting, but.. too much, too many, not enough, a lot..) After eliciting and drilling, write these words on board.
Modelling. Then T will say look at the ingredients and tell me what shall I do to make a sandwich? Ss tell the T and the T makes it, following Ss instructions. Use the verbs cut, put, take and the names of ingredients. Then T will say that Ss will have to complete the gaps in her instructions, with the verbs cut or put. (handout) 1-2 min.Then Ss compare their answers with the partners. Answer key on the board.
T will say that the example of her recipe/instructions is on the Pp. T will ask Ss to say the steps of the recipe of her sandwich and then model a presentation. 1First cut 2 pieces of white bread. 2 Then put some cream cheese on one of the pieces. 3 Put some pieces of bacon on the cream cheese. 4 Cut a tomato in half. 5 Put some pepper on the tomato. 6 Now put the other piece of bread on top. 7 Present your sandwich. 8 Finally - eat the sandwich! It's delicious.
Ss will write in pairs their own menu/recipe.They also need to think about the name of their sandwich and the presentation of their sandwich.Write it and make attractive. Then Ss will have to walk around and read other people's menu. They will have 3 minutes for that.
Ss will work in the same pairs. One student will be a cook who reads the instructions and another one will be an assistant who makes a sandwich and then will have to present it. T will model it first with o of the s. The cooks will stand near the wall where their menu is and will read the instructions. The assistants will have to cook it as quickly and possible and then present their sandwich! Finally, they will eat it.
Ss will interview each other about their food preferences and ability to cook.