<p>INTERMEDIATE Cooking ESL Lesson Plan: Warm-up (Pair Work)</p><p>1) What are life’s simple pleasures? </p><p>2) How do you feel about cooking?</p><p>3) What is your favorite kind of food? </p><p>Cooking Recipes: read and discuss the below recipes.</p><p>Chicken Tikka Masala (makes 4 servings) Rinse chicken, pat dry with paper towels and cut into 3/4" cubes. Put cubes onto short skewers. Place  1 1/2 lb boned & skinned chicken breasts skewered chicken into a shallow non-metal dish. In a  2/3 c plain low fat yogurt small bowl, mix together yogurt, gingerroot, garlic, chili  Fresh ginger root; grated; powder, coriander, salt, limejuice, and oil. Pour over  2 cloves of garlic; crushed skewered chicken and turn to cover completely in  1 ts (teaspoon) Chili powder marinade. Cover and refrigerate 6 hours or overnight to  1 ts ground coriander seeds allow chicken to absorb flavors.  Salt; to taste  2 tb (tablespoon) Lime juice Heat grill. Place skewered chicken on grill rack and cook  2 tb Oil 5 to 7 minutes, turning skewers occasionally. Serve hot  Lime slices with lime slices. Moussaka (makes 6 servings) Brown the meat & onion in some olive oil. When well-  1 lb ground beef browned, add water, tomato paste, parsley, butter, salt,  1 c chopped onion and pepper and let it simmer on low for 1 hour or more,  Olive oil until sauce has thickened. In the meantime, peel & cut  1 c water the eggplants lengthwise in 1/4" thick slices. Sauté in  1/2 c tomato paste olive oil to a golden brown. Add 2 tbs bread crumbs to  2 tb Minced parsley the meat sauce & mix well. Butter a baking dish well and  Stick butter sprinkle with some breadcrumbs. Place 1/2 of eggplant  Salt & pepper slices in the dish, & spread 1/2 of the meat sauce on top  Med. Eggplants - repeat. Pour eggs on top and spread evenly. Sprinkle  1/2 c bread crumbs with cheese & breadcrumbs and bake at 350 for 1/2 hour  Eggs, well-beaten or until golden. Serve with cheese sauce, if you want.  1/2 c grated cheese</p><p>- www.englishcurrent.com : current event lesson plan - Triple-Chocolate Fudge Brownies Preheat oven to 350 degrees and butter and flour on an (makes 1 serving) 8x8” baking pan. In a heavy 1.5 quart (6L) saucepan  3 oz fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not melt bittersweet and unsweetened chocolate and butter unsweetened), chopped over low heat, stirring until smooth. Then remove pan  1 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped from heat. Cool mixture to lukewarm and whisk in sugar  3/4 stick unsalted butter, cut into-pieces and vanilla. Add eggs, 1 at a time, whisking well until  3/4 c sugar mixture is smooth. Stir in salt and flour and chocolate  1 ts Vanilla chips. Spread batter evenly in pan and bake in middle of  2 large Eggs oven 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with  1/2 ts Salt crumbs stuck to it. Cool brownies completely in pan on a  1/2 c All-purpose flour rack before cutting into 16 squares.  1/2 c Semisweet chocolate chips</p><p>[Sources: http://recipes.stevex.net/recipe/chicken_tikka_masala, http://recipes.stevex.net/recipe/triple-chocolate_fudge_brownies]</p><p>Cooking ESL Lesson Plan: Follow-up & Comprehension Questions</p><p>1) Which recipe sounds the most delicious to you?</p><p>2) Which recipe requires at least six hours of preparation?</p><p>3) How can you know the brownies are ready?</p><p>4) Which recipe do you think has the least expensive ingredients?</p><p>Match the words with their meaning as used in the article.</p><p>1 rinse (verb) a a mixture of oil, wine, spices, etc, used for soaking meat/fish before cooking 2 skewer b fry food quickly in a little hot fat 3 shallow c cut food, esp. meat, into very small pieces using a special machine 4 marinade d take in a liquid (or other substance) from the surface or space around 5 absorb (verb) e not deep 6 mince (verb) f beat or stir a substance (esp. cream or eggs) with light, rapid movement 7 simmer (verb) g slightly warm 8 in the meantime h wash with clean water (not using soap) 9 sauté (verb) i cook sth by keeping it almost at boiling point 10 sprinkle (verb) j a pointed piece of metal/wood that is pushed through meat, vegetables, etc. 11 lukewarm k in the period between two times/events; meanwhile 12 whisk (verb) l throw small pieces of sth or drops of a liquid on sth</p><p>- www.englishcurrent.com - 13 batter m a mixture of eggs, milk and flour used to cover food such as fish or chicken</p><p>Master the language: Connect the below ideas to make a sentence. (good for homework)</p><p> government / crush / uprising e.g. The government plans to crush the uprising. in the meantime / rinse skewer shallow marinade absorb / juice mince / hamburger simmer / soup chef/ sauté sprinkle lukewarm / bath whisk / eggs fish / batter</p><p>Cooking ESL Lesson Plan: Your Best Recipe</p><p>Take 5 minutes to prepare a presentation on your best recipe. Include its ingredients and the steps required for its preparation.</p><p>Cooking ESL Lesson Plan: Role-Play #1</p><p>Student A: You think your country’s cuisine is the best in the world. Think of reasons to support this argument. When ready, ask your partner if he/she would like to go out with you tonight to a restaurant that serves your country’s cuisine.</p><p>Student B: You don’t like your country’s cuisine. Think of criticisms of it. Soon, your partner will invite you to a restaurant that serves your national cuisine. Refuse and try to convince him/her to go out for another kind of food.</p><p>Cooking ESL Lesson Plan: Role-Play #2</p><p>- www.englishcurrent.com - Student A: You had a delicious steak at the All American SteakHouse last night. You love meat. Tell your partner about your dinner and recommend the restaurant to him/her. You can begin the conversation.</p><p>Student B: You have recently become a vegetarian (or vegan if you prefer). Think of reasons why eating meat is wrong or unhealthy. When ready, try to convince your partner to change his/her diet. The other student will start the conversation.</p><p>Cooking ESL Lesson Plan: Discussion Questions</p><p>1) What would you like to eliminate from your diet?</p><p>2) What are some disgusting things that people eat?</p><p>3) Have you ever had food poisoning? </p><p>4) Do you buy for organic food? Are you afraid of genetically modified food?</p><p>5) How do you think technology will change how we eat in the future?</p><p>6) What restaurants in your area would you recommend?</p><p>7) Are men better chefs than women?</p><p>--</p><p>Cooking ESL Lesson plan copyright Matthew Barton of Englishcurrent.com</p><p>- www.englishcurrent.com -</p>