LESSON PLAN
Teacher: Nicoleta Anca Alexa
Date: 12 March 2018
School: Colegiul Tehnologic de Industrie Alimentară Arad
Form: 11 B
Level: Upper-Intermediate
Lesson Type: Learning and Consolidation
Subject: The World’s Weirdest Food
Aims:
- to learn and revise vocabulary relating to food, tastes and textures
- to develop reading and comprehension skills
- to develop speaking skills/discussing preferences and attitudes towards food
- to offer a cultural input on the world’s weirdest foods
Objectives:
By the end of the lesson students will be able to:
- describe the tastes and textures of food using adjectives
- read a text for gist and answer questions based on the text
- describe a weird dish they have read about using their own words
- identify and talk about some of the most famous British and international foods
Skills: reading, writing, speaking
Teaching materials: worksheets, whiteboard, marker
Procedure:
Activity 1 - Lead-in - Brainstorming task 10’
Aim: - to get students interested in the topic
• I give out Worksheet A
• I put the students in pairs and ask them to complete the table with as many national or typical
dishes as they can.
• If students are struggling to come up with ideas, I will ask them to think of typical foods (such
as fruits) from each country as well as national dishes. I can also give them a few examples to
start them off, like fish and chips (Britain), pasta (Italy), olive oil or stuffed vine leaves (Greece).
They can also use an online dictionary from their phones.
• At the end of this activity I ask the students the questions from the second part of the
worksheet.
Activity 2 – Vocabulary exercise: Describing Food 10’
Aim: - to help students describe the tastes and textures of food using adjectives, and describe
what different dishes are made from.
• I give out Worksheet B.
• In pairs, I ask students to think of a different food to match each adjective in the table.
• I write examples up on the board from students around the class and clarify any new
vocabulary that comes out of this exercise.
• In the second part of the worksheet I ask them to guess what food is being described.
Answers:
ice cream, popcorn, egg, apple
Activity 3 – Reading task – The World’s Weirdest Food 15’
Aim: - to develop students' reading comprehension skills
• I hand out the worksheet containing the text to the students.
• I ask the students to form 7 small groups. Each group will have to read about one of the weird
foods listed on the worksheet.
• I choose one student to come in front of the class and read out loud the descriptions from the
second worksheet.
•Whenever the members of the small groups identify the description of the food they read about,
they have to raise their hands. One student from that group will then describe in his/her own
words the food.
• The activity goes on until all the questions have been answered
Answers:
I 1. Japan 2. Korea 3. Asia, Africa and South America 4. USA 5. Iceland
6. Italy 7. Scotland 8. Iceland
Activity 4 – Food Quiz 10’
Aim: - to find out about students' perceptions of British food, and to encourage them to think
about and discuss the variety of food available in Britain today.
• I give out Worksheet C.
• In small groups students will try and guess the answers to this quiz. I make it clear that they
are not expected to know all the answers. I write up new vocabulary on the board.
• Give them a point for each correct answer and see which group gets the highest score.
Answers:
1. crisps and chocolate
2. curry
3. a Scottish dish made from sheep's stomach and innards
4. cheese
5. toast and cereal
6. a. The Earl of Sandwich - he wanted food which he could eat with one hand while gambling
7. Turkish fast food
8. lettuce
9. a. lager b. cider c. bitter (trick question)
10. a curry
11. 3-4 million
12. Scotland
13. Halloween
14. British English v. American English
15. 1809
Activity 5 – Homework and follow-up 5’
I give the students a list of proverbs and quotes about food and ask them to explain and
memorize their favourite one for the next class. (worksheet G)
Ex 2 on the worksheet
Cooking in Britain Today
Worksheet A – Brainstorming: National Dishes
Think of as many national or typical dishes as you can under the following headings:
YOUR COUNTRY UK OTHER COUNTRIES
Discussion Questions
Have you tried any of these dishes? Which ones? Did you like or dislike them?
What is your favourite food? What is your least favourite?
What is the strangest food you have ever eaten? Did it taste good or bad?
Do you like trying new foods?
Are there any foods that you wouldn’t eat as a child that you eat now?
