LESSON PLAN

DATE: the 18th of May, 2016

CLASS: IXth E
TIME: 50 minutes
LEVEL OF STUDY: Intermediate
TOPIC: Food
TYPE: Revision
KEY LANGUAGE: food vocabulary
SKILLS INVOLVED:
READING
LISTENING
SPEAKING
WRITING

Aims: - to review and reinforce food vocabulary and to improve the writing and
speaking skills;
- to encourage creativity and use of imagination through vocabulary games;
- to encourage both individual and pair/group work;
- to stimulate competition between students;
- to get students to have fun with English.

Objective: By the end of the lesson the students will be able to define words, to
make comparisons between Romanian and English food and to express
themselves without hesitation
Teaching aids/materials: power-point presentation, worksheets, crosswords,
puzzles, food cards , board, notebooks, dictionaries.

ASSUMPTIONS:
- Students must have a satisfactory level of English;
- Students must be eager to participate.
ANTICIPATED PROMBLEMS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
- If students do not understand the oral commands or the tasks, they will be
translated into Romanian.

STAGES:
I. WARM-UP

Aims: to create a pleasant atmosphere and to relax.

Interaction: teacher students
Procedure: The teacher greets the pupils and then checks if there are absents.
Timing: 3 minutes
1. Good afternoon, children !
2. How are you today ?
3. Do you have absents?
II: LEAD IN:
PRESENTATION

Activity 1: Frontal and individual activity

TRADITIONAL ENGLISH FOOD

 POWER POINT PRESENTATION

Interaction: T SS, SS-SS

Timing: 15 minutes
Aims: - to review words which belong to food vocabulary and to present the
students the British traditional cuisine
-to have an interactive speaking and to develop the students speaking skill
- to have each student involved in the activity
Teaching aids: word list containing some of the food vocabulary taught during
previous lessons

Procedure: The teacher presents the students a complex and interactive activity
and video about the typical English food. While watching the pictures, the teacher
asks students to describe each picture they see, making a comparison between
British and Romanian cuisine. At the end of the presentation, there is a little
questionnaire that encourage students to express their own opinion and express
themselves.
For example:
1. Do you like British food?
2. Do you drink tea for breakfast?
3. What time do you have dinner?
4. Do you eat roast potatoes every day?
5. What is your favourite dessert?

III. USE
Activity 2 : Individual work
MY COUNTRYS FOOD

Interaction: T SS, SS-SS

Timing: 5 minutes
Aims: - to review words which belong to food vocabulary
Teaching aids: notebooks, board, dictionaries
Procedure: Teacher gives the students the following task: Write down what
you consider to be the three most delicious dishes in your country. Then, they
will have to read aloud what they have written on their notebooks.

Activity 3: Pair work

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

Interaction: T SS, SS-SS

Timing: 5 minutes
Aims: - to express their opinion and use the adjectives to describe food
Teaching aids: notebooks, board, dictionaries
Procedure:
In pairs , try to agree on a word or sentence ending to finish the following
sentences. Change partners and repeat (it is unlikely new partner answers will be
the same, therefore lots more agreeing to do).
a. British food is _______________________.
b. The best cuisine in the world is _______________________.

c. The most delicious dessert is _______________________.

d. Egg and bacon ice cream sounds _______________________.
e. Microwave dinners are _______________________.
f. Vegetarian food is _______________________.
g. The best drink to have with a meal is _______________________.
h. McDonalds hamburgers are _______________________.
i. Life without restaurants would be _______________________

IV: CONTROLLED PRACTICE

Activity 4: Frontal and pair work
Food Quantifiers

Interaction: T SS; SS-SS

Timing: 8 minutes
Aims: - using the food quantifiers
- to help students enrich their vocabulary and have fun with English.
Teaching aids: word list, puzzle, board
Procedure: Complete the following puzzle:
Clues Across
Clues Down
1. 2 _____of cereal
1. 2 _______ of rice
3. 2 _____ of wine
2. a _____ of toilet paper
7. a _____ of mayonnaise
4. 2 _____ of bread
8. a _____ of eggs
5. 2 _____ of soup
10. a _____of butter
6. a _____ of gum
12. a _____ of cake
9. 2 _____ of lettuce

11. a _____ of toothpaste

13. 10 _____ of cheese
1
2
3

6
7

8
9

10

11

12

13

Activity 5: Individual/pair work

How to be polite when you are sitting at the table

Interaction: T SS
Timing: 3 minutes

Purpose: - to talk about eating rules and how to be polite

Teaching aids: notebooks, their own experience
Procedure: Teacher asks the students to mention which are the rules they have to
respect when they are sitting at the table or they have guests.
For example:
Dont blow your nose at the table or
Dont speak too loud

Activity 6 : Group work

Exercises

Interaction: T SS, SS-SS

Timing: 8 minutes
Aims: - to practice the words they have learned and to distinguish between some
food categories
-to choose the correct answer

Teaching aids: worksheets and coursebook

Procedure: Teacher gives the students a worksheet and asks them to work in
pairs. Then, the teacher asks the students to open their books at page 63.
They have to read some proverbs which are connected with food and to
match the two halves of each proverb. Then, they will have to explain the
meaning of each proverb.

ENDING THE LESSON

Activity 7: Pair work

My tasty recipe!
Making a shopping list

Interaction: T SS
Timing: 3 minutes
Aims: - to review words which belong to food vocabulary and receipts
- to develop the students writing skills

Teaching aids: word list containing some of the food items taught during
previous lessons, dictionaries

Procedure: Make a shopping list, using the following recipe:

My tasty recipe!
You want to make some tasty dishes for your guests. Look at the
ingredients you need in the following recipes and write down what you must
buy because these ingredients are not in your kitchen.

MIXED

SALA

PANCAKES

SHOPPING LIST

MIXED
SALAD

vinegar
vinegar
pepper
pepper
salt
salt

________________________________________
________________________________________
_
_

PANCAKES

flour
flour

_________________________
_________________________

Choose

the correct answer:

1)

Salmon is a:

Meat
Poultry
Seafood
Fish
2)

Venison
meat
poultry
seafood
fish

3)

Chicken
meat
poultry
seafood
fish

4)

Pork
meat
poultry
seafood
fish

5)

Mussels
meat

poultry
seafood
fish
6)

Veal
meat
poultry
seafood
fish

7)

Turkey
meat
poultry
seafood
fish

8)

Shrimp/Prawns
meat
poultry
seafood
fish

9)

Lamb
meat
poultry

seafood
fish
10)

Tuna
meat
poultry
seafood
fish