Sub-topic 3: ¡A cocinar se ha dicho!

Suggested Lexical Content

In this section, the students have to put in practice the vocabulary studied in the previous lesson where that can explain the process of to do something, name Mestizo’s foods and name ingredients as well.   

Specific Learning Objectives

After completing this subtopic, the student will be able to:

1. Understand simple cooking recipes.
2. Write simple cooking recipes..
3. Understand recipes as well as a menu.
4. Speak about ingredients.
5. Explain the process in preparing a dish.

Suggested Activities

Written Comprehension

Step 1

▪ The teacher will ask the students complete the exercise #50 of the workbook. In this exercise the students have to understand a food recipe; they also have to complete a comprehension exercise based on the recipe.

 

Written Expression and Oral Expression and Comprehension.  

Step 1

With anticipation, the teacher will ask the students identify one Mestizo’s food found in Belize, Identify the ingredients need it to prepare that food, and research about its preparation. The amount of ingredients for this specific food recipe should be at least 5.

Step 2

After identify the name of the Mestizo’s food, its ingredients, and the process of its preparation, the students have to prepare a presentation. For this presentation, the students have to bring to the class an example of the food, and the original ingredients for that specific food.  

Step 3

For the day of the presentation, each student will pass to the front to present his/her Mestizo’s food recipe, without use notes.

Firstly, the students will introduce him/her, providing the name of the Mestizo’s food that he/she selected, show and name the ingredients need it to prepare that specific food, and explain the process to prepare the food.  During he/she is explaining each step of the process of preparation; he/she has to show the ingredients.

Note: the teacher has to organize the students in order to select who will present in the first. This to avoid that some students will take food to the class and not present.

For each presentation, the teacher will select student to whom he will ask questions based on the presentation. For example:

¿Cuál es el nombre de la comida/receta?

¿Cómo se llama la comida que presentó su compañero/a?

¿Qué ingredientes se necesitan para preparar esa receta/comida?

¿Cuál es el siguiente paso después de…?

¿Qué sigue después de…?

¿Qué piensas de esta receta?