EL Civics Nutrition – Spring 2007
Intermediate Low
Lesson 1 – Food Vocabulary
Nutrition – EL Civics
Assessment Application: none
Materials: Please prepare:
 Oxford Picture Dictionary, class set,
 Fruit Wordsearch”, class set,
 “Vegetables” crossword, class set, and
 “Listening and Dictation” worksheet, class set.
Objective: Students will name at least 15 fruits and 15 vegetables.
Key Vocabulary: apples, bananas, blueberries, cantaloupe, cherries, grapes, lemons, limes,
mangoes, oranges, peaches, pears, pineapple, strawberries, watermelon, asparagus, broccoli,
carrots, cauliflower, celery, corn, eggplant, green pepper, lettuce, onions, peas, potatoes,
radishes, tomatoes, yams
Warm-up: Hold up a picture card of a fruit, a real piece of fruit, or point to a picture of a fruit.
Say the name of the fruit and have students repeat it. Ask, “Do you like apples?” (or whatever
fruit it is). Repeat this with a few of the cards to introduce the subject matter. Ask them to name
some fruit and vegetables. Discuss students’ favorites, regional types, etc.
Introduction: State the Objective: Today you are going to learn the names of some fruits and
vegetables and the sections in a grocery store.
Presentation: Note: There are many more fruits and vegetables listed in the OPD. If you want to
extend the lessons, you can teach all the words.
Another note: Tomatoes are listed as vegetables in this lesson. Although technically they’re a
fruit, you’ll see them as a fruit or a vegetable depending on the dictionary you use. Even Oxford
defines tomatoes as a vegetable in the Picture Dictionary but a fruit in its American Wordpower
Dictionary.
Have students turn to p. 50 - 51 in the Oxford Picture Dictionary. Read the vocabulary words
aloud and have students repeat them.
For your reference the words are: P. 50 (alphabetically)
4 apples
3 bananas
19 blueberries
16 cherries
1 grapes
11 lemons
21 mangoes
10 oranges
5 peaches
2 pineapple
17 strawberries
24 watermelon
15 cantaloupe
12 limes
6 pears
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P. 51:
24 asparagus
9 celery
1 lettuce
5 radishes
15 broccoli
27 corn
28 onions
23 tomatoes
3 carrots
18 eggplant
19 peas
22 yams
16 cauliflower
7 green pepper
21 potatoes
Read the questions at the bottom of the pages for the students to hear as they will be discussing
them in Practice 1. Write a dialog on the board using words from the page and practice the dialog
with the class.
Practice 1: With students working in pairs, ask them to quiz each other on the produce pgs. 5051. Ask them to practice the dialog written on the board and prepare one of their own to share
with the class.
Evaluation: Pass out handouts: Fruit Wordsearch and Vegetable Crossword and have the
students complete them.
Application: Pass out the “Listening and Dictation” worksheet. Allow them to use the open
dictionary or whatever helps they want to assist them. You will need to read the words that are
circled aloud to the students. You will also read the dictation sentences. Do this clearly and as
many times as it takes for them to get the correct answer.
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