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Multidimensional Unit

Sheri Grey

 

Age: 14-17 years

Language & Level: English; Intermediate

Field of Experience: Food

Topic: Restaurants

Experiential Goal: Students will go to a restaurant, order from a menu and eat.

Steps to Achieve Goal:

1. Sing a song about food.

2. Brainstorm restaurant food vocabulary in cluster format.

3. Categorize the different restaurants in Fredericton by ethnic food type. Graffiti food items under each ethnic heading.

4. Create a menu using sample models of real menus.

5. Practice proper etiquette for formal dining situations.

6. Give directions to a restaurant.

7. Practice asking questions regarding ordering food.

8. Role-play ordering from a menu and eating in a restaurant, both formal and informal.

9. Go to a local restaurant, order from a menu and eat, following rules of etiquette.

Objectives

Communicative/Experiential

1. Give directions from one place to another.

2. Pose questions to a waiter/waitress about food dishes, ingredients, etc.

3. Order from a restaurant menu and use proper etiquette in the restaurant.

4. Sing a song about food.

Cultural

1. Demonstrate knowledge of proper restaurant etiquette.

2. Categorize different restaurants into ethnic categories.

3. Identify different types of ethnic foods.

Language

1. Name different types of food items found in restaurants.

2. List words and phrases related to giving directions.

3. Review and use question formats: who, what, when, where, why, how.

E.g.: Do you have…? Is there…? Where is…? What are…? Can you tell me…?

General Language

1. Create a menu using sample models of menus.

2. Use dictionaries, cooking magazines, menus and/or recipe books to locate restaurant

food words or phrases.

3. Rehearse restaurant scene prior to experiential goal.

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