Vocab Building Teaching Resources (Theme 3)

Vocabulary Building Project Theme: Food and Fruits

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Materials Page a) Information on the platform (Students’ Learning Content) p. 2 i) Vocabulary for students to learn and practice p. 3 ii) Links for students to explore

b) Teaching Plan i) Learning objectives p. 4 ii) Task 1 p. 4 iii) Task 2 p. 5 iv) Task 3 p. 5 v) Task 4 p. 5 vi) Reference links for teachers p. 6

c) Teaching Materials i) Task 1 Appendix (Theme 3) ii) Task 2 p. 7 iii) Task 3 p. 8-9 iv) Task 4 p.10

1 Vocabulary Building Project (Theme: Food and Fruits )

Learning Objectives: Vocabulary learning: To enrich students’ knowledge about names of different food and fruits Vocabulary building skills: To equip students with the skill to associate verbs and adjectives related to food and fruits

Information on the platform:  Vocabulary for students to learn and practice: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Topic Vocabulary: Word association skill: Vocabulary: Word association skill: Food and fruits verbs (cooking) Country traditional food adjectives (country) Vocabulary grape chop crepe French covered in plum slice pasta Italian the game berry grate pastry Danish kiwi bake kimchi Korean apricot stir burrito Mexican coconut saute tapas Spanish peach steam korma Indian papaya roast sausage German avocado peel lasagna Thai cherry grill caviar Chinese Extra lime mix Miso British vocabulary melon fry salami Scottish for broccoli broil sashimi Irish enhancement eggplant simmer wasabi African cabbage barbecue porridge Asian

2  Links for students to explore: Level 1: Food and fruits 1. Story (What’s your favourite food?) http://www.genkienglish.net/picturebookfoodanimals.htm 2. Fruit and Vegetables Game http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-games-multimatch-fruit.htm 3. Fruit names http://www.englishmedialab.com/vocabulary.html 4. Food names memory game http://www.1-language.com/memorymatchelem/food/memori1.swf Level 2: Websites related to cooking 1. Story (Cookies) http://www.starfall.com/n/plays/cookies/load.htm?f 2. Food names video http://www.englishmedialab.com/beginnervideos/fast%20food/fast %20food.html 3. Make a milkshake (verbs) http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-games-reordering-recipe.htm 4. Vegetables http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-games- vegetables-01.htm Level 3: Country traditional food 1. Pizza and Chips Song http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-pizza-and-chips.htm 2. Food quiz http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-games-quiz-food.htm 3. Cuisines of the World http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/hupfer/global/gastronomer.html 4. International Food Fun http://www.moraine.tec.wi.us/pages/1059.asp 5. International Food and Culture Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLS1rI6MLeU Level 4: Websites related to countries and country food 1. Countries and Nationalities http://www.scribd.com/doc/8768763/Countries-Nationalities 2. Foods around the world http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=7033 3. French food http://www.ffcook.com/ 4. Korean food http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Food/index.cfm 5. Chinese food web http://www.nicemeal.com/

3 Teaching Plan on Food and fruits - To enrich students’ knowledge about names of fruits and traditional country food - To extend students’ vocabulary in verbs related to cooking and adjectives related to the country of origin. - To encourage students to learn about food and fruits through reading a story.

Materials: - Task 1: Appendix 1 (Theme 3 Matching cards) - Task 2: Picture and word cards (verbs- cooking), Worksheet 1 - Task 3: Traditional country food picture cards (from task 1), country adjectives cards (from task 1), Worksheet 2, Worksheet 3 - Task 4: Worksheet 4, Online Story (What’s your favourite food?) http://www.genkienglish.net/picturebookfoodanimals.htm

Tasks: Task 1 – What do you like to eat ? Target items: Fruit names, Traditional food names Materials: Matching cards (pictures (fruits, traditional food), fruits and traditional food name cards)

Steps: Level 1 (for less able students): 1. Divide students in pairs and give out a set of matching cards. 2. The students will lay all the name cards on the table. 3. Divide the picture cards among the two students. 4. Student A will draw a card from student B and say “I like to eat ____.” and place that picture card on the matching name card. If the matching is correct, the student will get to keep the pair of cards. 5. The student who is first to get 5 pairs of cards is the winner.

Level 2 (for more able students): 1. Divide students in pairs and give out a set of matching cards 2. The students will mix the cards up and divide them into two piles. 3. Student A and Student B have to hold their cards facing down, so neither of them can read the pictures or names. 4. Both students will then turn their top cards over and say whatever the picture/ word is. 5. If the students have the same traditional food name and picture, they will have to say “I like to eat ______.” as fast as they can. Whoever says the sentence first will get to keep the pair of cards. 6. The student who is first to get 5 pairs of cards is the winner.

4 Task 2 – Cookery Club Target items: Verbs (Cooking) Materials: Picture and word cards (verbs- cooking), Worksheet 1

Steps: 1. Teacher introduces a role play game of a cookery club where she is the chef and students are helpers. 2. Teacher teaches the students all the cooking techniques by going through the pictures and words. 3. Teacher gives out a set of picture and word cards between each pair of students and asks them to lay out all the 20 cards on the table with pictures and words facing up. 4. Students have to take turns in matching the pictures with the correct word. 5. Students complete worksheet 1.

Task 3 – My favourite country food Target items: Traditional country food Materials: Traditional country food picture cards (from task 1), country adjectives cards (from task 1), Worksheet 2 (for less able students), Worksheet 3 (for more able students)

Steps: 1. Teacher shows students pictures of traditional country food and asks students their experience in eating different traditional country food. 2. Teacher asks students to name some of their favourite traditional Chinese food. 3. Teacher talks to students about different countries and their traditional country food. 4. Students are to complete the worksheet about traditional country food.

Task 4 – What ’s your favourite food? Target items: fruits names Materials: Worksheet 4, Online Story (What’s your favourite food?) http://www.genkienglish.net/picturebookfoodanimals.htm

Steps: 1. Teacher asks students if they know what food animals like to eat.. 2. Teacher writes the names of food on the board. 3. Teacher reads the story with the students and asks students about the food in the story 4. Students complete the worksheet based on the food in the story and write their own favourite food.

5 Reference links for teachers: Fruit names 1. Title: Fruit memory game Link: http://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-643.htm Description: This website contains a matching game that can be used to introduce different kinds of fruit. It also introduces the plural form of the fruits.

2. Title: Fruits and Vegetables Hangman Link: http://www.studyenglishtoday.net/fruitnveg.html Description: This hangman game focuses on fruits and vegetables, which is useful for checking students’ spelling on the names of fruits and vegetables.

3. Title: Food flashcards Link: http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-flashcards-food-1.pdf http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-flashcards-food- 2 .pdf http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-flashcards-food- 3 .pdf Description: This website contains flashcards on food and can be printed for lesson use.

4. Title: Fruit flashcards Link: http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-flashcards-fruit-1.pdf http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-flashcards-fruit- 2 .pdf Description: This website contains flashcards on fruits and can be printed for lesson use.

5. Title: Fruit and Vegetable Board Game Link: http://www.eslhq.com/worksheets/preview_worksheet.php?worksheet_id=45788 Description: This website contains a board game on fruits and vegetables and can be printed for lesson use.

Traditional country food 1. Title: Food and countries match Link: http://www.esl-galaxy.com/themeworksheets/internationalfood/foodcountrymatch.pdf Description: This website contains a worksheet asking students to match the food with the country.

2. Title: Food and flag colouring exercise Link: http://www.esl-galaxy.com/themeworksheets/internationalfood/interfoodflagcoloring.pdf Description: This website contains activity sheets on country flags and country food.

3. Title: International food and drink Link: http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Food_and_Drink/Countries_and_Cultures/?skw=international+food Description: This website introduces the food and drinks of different countries.

6 Task 2 – Worksheet 1 Worksheet 1 – Making the special chicken rice Name: ______( ) Date: ______

John is reading a recipe. Match the verbs with the correct pictures.

grate peel stir steam chop bake

Special Chicken Rice

To make the Special Chicken Rice……

______a carrot.

______an apple and cut it into small pieces.

3. Put the rice in a plate, place it in the wok and ______for 15 minutes.

______the chicken into small pieces. Remove the bones.

5. Mix all ingredients together in a pan. Add half a cup of water into the pan and

______them until it is cooked . You may also place all

ingredients into an oven- proof dish and ______it in the oven for 40 minutes.

7 Task 3 – Worksheet 2 Worksheet 2 – My favourite f ood Name: ______( ) Date: ______

What is your favourite food? Fill in the food names and the country adjectives.

pasta burrito crepe kimchi sausage

French German Italian Korean Mexican

1. I like ______. It is ______food.

2. I like ______. It is ______food.

3. I like ______. It is ______food.

4. I like ______. It is ______food.

5. I like ______. It is ______food.

8 Task 3 – Worksheet 3 Worksheet 3 – Traditional country food

Name: ______( ) Date: ______

How much do you know about traditional country food? Fill in the blanks with the correct adjectives. Each adjective can only be used once. Italian Chinese Korean Mexican Indian Spanish Thai German Danish French e.g. The writer loves Japanese sushi. She found sushi in Japan.

1. When Ted was studying in Italy, he always had ______pasta.

2. My aunt lives in Korea. Her favourite food is ______kimchi.

3. The chef is from Thailand. He makes excellent ______tom yum.

4. “Have you been to Mexico? ______burritos are delicious!” said Li.

5. ______tapas are very popular in Spain.

6. I cannot eat spicy food so I did not try the ______curry my dad made.

7. If you like sausages, you must try the ______sausages from Germany.

8. “Are you from France? The traditional ______crepes you made are so yummy!” said Andy.

9. Mary has tried all kinds of traditional country food. However, her favourite country food is still ______food because she is from China!

10. One can tell by the name “______Pastry” that these pastries are from Denmark.

9 Task 4 – Worksheet 4 Worksheet 4 – Story (What ’s your favourite food?)

Name: ______( ) Date: ______

Read the story “What’s your favourite food?”. Finish the sentence and draw the picture.

1. What’s your favourite food, Kangaroo? “I like ______.” said the kangaroo.

2. What’s your favourite food, Rabbit? “I like ______.” said the rabbit. 3. What’s your favourite food, Rhino? “I like ______.” said the rhino. 4. What’s your favourite food, Hippo? “I like ______.” said the hippo. 5. What’s your favourite food, Bee? “I like ______.” said the bee. 6. What’s your favourite food, Dragon? “I like ______.” said the dragon. 7. What’s your favourite food, ______? I like ______.

Story – What’s your favourite food? http://www.genkienglish.net/picturebookfoodanimals.htm