Vocabulary Building Project
Theme: Food and Fruits
Thank you for your interest in the captioned scheme. In this file, you will find the materials of the theme
(Food and Fruits). They are:
Materials
Page
a)
Information on the platform (Students’ Learning
p. 2
Content)
i)
Vocabulary for students to learn and practice
p. 3
ii)
Links for students to explore
b)
Teaching Plan
i)
Learning objectives
ii)
Task 1
iii)
Task 2
iv)
Task 3
v)
Task 4
vi)
Reference links for teachers
p. 4
p. 4
p. 5
p. 5
p. 5
p. 6
Teaching Materials
i)
Task 1
ii)
Task 2
Appendix (Theme 3)
p. 7
iii)
iv)
p. 8-9
p.10
c)
Task 3
Task 4
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Vocabulary Building Project
(Theme: Food and Fruits)
Learning Objectives:
Vocabulary learning: To enrich students’ knowledge about names of different food and fruits
Vocabulary building skills: To equip students with the skill to associate verbs and adjectives related to food
and fruits
Information on the platform:
 Vocabulary for students to learn and practice:
Topic
Vocabulary
covered in
the game
Extra
vocabulary
for
enhancement
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Vocabulary:
Word association skill:
Vocabulary:
Word association skill:
Food and fruits
verbs (cooking)
Country traditional food
adjectives (country)
grape
chop
crepe
French
plum
slice
pasta
Italian
berry
grate
pastry
Danish
kiwi
bake
kimchi
Korean
apricot
stir
burrito
Mexican
coconut
saute
tapas
Spanish
peach
steam
korma
Indian
papaya
roast
sausage
German
avocado
peel
lasagna
Thai
cherry
grill
caviar
Chinese
lime
mix
Miso
British
melon
fry
salami
Scottish
broccoli
broil
sashimi
Irish
eggplant
simmer
wasabi
African
cabbage
barbecue
porridge
Asian
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Links for students to explore:
Level 1: Food and fruits
1.
Story (What’s your favourite food?)
http://www.genkienglish.net/picturebookfoodanimals.htm
2.
Fruit and Vegetables Game
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-games-multimatch-fruit.htm
3.
Fruit names
http://www.englishmedialab.com/vocabulary.html
4.
Food names memory game
http://www.1-language.com/memorymatchelem/food/memori1.swf
Level 2: Websites related to cooking
1.
Story (Cookies)
http://www.starfall.com/n/plays/cookies/load.htm?f
2.
Food names video
http://www.englishmedialab.com/beginnervideos/fast%20food/fast%20food.
html
3.
Make a milkshake (verbs)
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-games-reordering-recipe.htm
4.
Vegetables
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-games-veget
ables-01.htm
Level 3: Country traditional food
1.
Pizza and Chips Song
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-pizza-and-chips.htm
2.
Food quiz
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-games-quiz-food.htm
3.
Cuisines of the World
http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/hupfer/global/gastronomer.html
4.
International Food Fun
http://www.moraine.tec.wi.us/pages/1059.asp
5.
International Food and Culture Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLS1rI6MLeU
Level 4: Websites related to countries and country food
1.
Countries and Nationalities
http://www.scribd.com/doc/8768763/Countries-Nationalities
2.
Foods around the world
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=7033
3.
French food
http://www.ffcook.com/
4.
Korean food
http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Food/index.cfm
5.
Chinese food web
http://www.nicemeal.com/
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Teaching Plan on Food and fruits
To enrich students’ knowledge about names of fruits and traditional country food
To extend students’ vocabulary in verbs related to cooking and adjectives related to the country of origin.
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To encourage students to learn about food and fruits through reading a story.
Materials:
- Task 1: Appendix 1 (Theme 3 Matching cards)
- Task 2: Picture and word cards (verbs- cooking), Worksheet 1
- Task 3: Traditional country food picture cards (from task 1), country adjectives cards (from task 1),
Worksheet 2, Worksheet 3
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Task 4: Worksheet 4, Online Story (What’s your favourite food?)
http://www.genkienglish.net/picturebookfoodanimals.htm
Tasks:
Task 1 – What do you like to eat?
Target items: Fruit names, Traditional food names
Materials: Matching cards (pictures (fruits, traditional food), fruits and traditional food name cards)
Steps:
Level 1 (for less able students):
1. Divide students in pairs and give out a set of matching cards.
2. The students will lay all the name cards on the table.
3. Divide the picture cards among the two students.
4. Student A will draw a card from student B and say “I like to eat ____.” and place that picture card on the
matching name card. If the matching is correct, the student will get to keep the pair of cards.
5. The student who is first to get 5 pairs of cards is the winner.
Level 2 (for more able students):
1. Divide students in pairs and give out a set of matching cards
2. The students will mix the cards up and divide them into two piles.
3. Student A and Student B have to hold their cards facing down, so neither of them can read the pictures or
names.
4. Both students will then turn their top cards over and say whatever the picture/ word is.
5. If the students have the same traditional food name and picture, they will have to say “I like to eat
______.” as fast as they can. Whoever says the sentence first will get to keep the pair of cards.
6. The student who is first to get 5 pairs of cards is the winner.
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Task 2 – Cookery Club
Target items: Verbs (Cooking)
Materials: Picture and word cards (verbs- cooking), Worksheet 1
Steps:
1. Teacher introduces a role play game of a cookery club where she is the chef and students are helpers.
2. Teacher teaches the students all the cooking techniques by going through the pictures and words.
3. Teacher gives out a set of picture and word cards between each pair of students and asks them to lay out
all the 20 cards on the table with pictures and words facing up.
4. Students have to take turns in matching the pictures with the correct word.
5. Students complete worksheet 1.
Task 3 – My favourite country food
Target items: Traditional country food
Materials: Traditional country food picture cards (from task 1), country adjectives cards (from task 1),
Worksheet 2 (for less able students), Worksheet 3 (for more able students)
Steps:
1. Teacher shows students pictures of traditional country food and asks students their experience in eating
different traditional country food.
2. Teacher asks students to name some of their favourite traditional Chinese food.
3. Teacher talks to students about different countries and their traditional country food.
4. Students are to complete the worksheet about traditional country food.
Task 4 – What’s your favourite food?
Target items: fruits names
Materials: Worksheet 4, Online Story (What’s your favourite food?)
http://www.genkienglish.net/picturebookfoodanimals.htm
Steps:
1. Teacher asks students if they know what food animals like to eat..
2. Teacher writes the names of food on the board.
3. Teacher reads the story with the students and asks students about the food in the story
4. Students complete the worksheet based on the food in the story and write their own favourite food.
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Reference links for teachers:
Fruit names
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Title:
Fruit memory game
Link:
http://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-643.htm
Description:
This website contains a matching game that can be used to introduce different kinds of
fruit. It also introduces the plural form of the fruits.
Title:
Fruits and Vegetables Hangman
Link:
http://www.studyenglishtoday.net/fruitnveg.html
Description:
This hangman game focuses on fruits and vegetables, which is useful for checking
students’ spelling on the names of fruits and vegetables.
Title:
Food flashcards
Link:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-flashcards-food-1.pdf
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-flashcards-food-2.pdf
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-flashcards-food-3.pdf
Description:
This website contains flashcards on food and can be printed for lesson use.
Title:
Fruit flashcards
Link:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-flashcards-fruit-1.pdf
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-flashcards-fruit-2.pdf
Description:
This website contains flashcards on fruits and can be printed for lesson use.
Title:
Fruit and Vegetable Board Game
Link:
http://www.eslhq.com/worksheets/preview_worksheet.php?worksheet_id=45788
Description:
This website contains a board game on fruits and vegetables and can be printed for
lesson use.
Traditional country food
1.
2.
3.
Title:
Food and countries match
Link:
http://www.esl-galaxy.com/themeworksheets/internationalfood/foodcountrymatch.pdf
Description:
This website contains a worksheet asking students to match the food with the country.
Title:
Food and flag colouring exercise
Link:
http://www.esl-galaxy.com/themeworksheets/internationalfood/interfoodflagcoloring.pdf
Description:
This website contains activity sheets on country flags and country food.
Title:
International food and drink
Link:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Food_and_Drink/Countries_and_Cultures/?skw=international+food
Description:
This website introduces the food and drinks of different countries.
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Task 2 – Worksheet 1
Worksheet 1 – Making the special chicken rice
Name: ______________________ (
)
Date: ___________________
John is reading a recipe. Match the verbs with the correct pictures.
grate
steam
peel
chop
stir
bake
Special Chicken Rice
To make the Special Chicken Rice……
1.
____________________
a carrot.
____________________
an apple and cut it into small pieces.
2.
3. Put the rice in a plate, place it in the wok and ___________________
for 15 minutes.
4.
_________________
the chicken into small pieces. Remove the bones.
5. Mix all ingredients together in a pan. Add half a cup of water into the pan and
_________________
them until it is cooked . You may also place all
ingredients into an oven- proof dish and _______________
oven for 40 minutes.
it in the
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Task 3 – Worksheet 2
Worksheet 2 – My favourite food
Name: ______________________ (
)
Date: ___________________
What is your favourite food? Fill in the food names and the country adjectives.
1.
pasta
burrito
crepe
kimchi
sausage
French
German
Italian
Korean
Mexican
I like ________________________.
It is _______________________ food.
2.
I like ________________________.
It is _______________________ food.
3.
I like ________________________.
It is _______________________ food.
4.
I like ________________________.
It is _______________________ food.
5.
I like ________________________.
It is _______________________ food.
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Task 3 – Worksheet 3
Worksheet 3 – Traditional country food
Name: ______________________ (
)
Date: ___________________
How much do you know about traditional country food? Fill in the blanks with the
correct adjectives. Each adjective can only be used once.
Italian
Spanish
Chinese
Thai
Korean
German
Mexican
Danish
Indian
French
e.g. The writer loves Japanese sushi. She found sushi in Japan.
1. When Ted was studying in Italy, he always had ________________________ pasta.
2. My aunt lives in Korea. Her favourite food is __________________________ kimchi.
3. The chef is from Thailand. He makes excellent _________________________ tom yum.
4. “Have you been to Mexico? ________________________ burritos are delicious!” said Li.
5. ___________________________ tapas are very popular in Spain.
6. I cannot eat spicy food so I did not try the ______________________ curry my dad made.
7. If you like sausages, you must try the _________________________ sausages from
Germany.
8. “Are you from France? The traditional _______________________ crepes you made are
so yummy!” said Andy.
9. Mary has tried all kinds of traditional country food. However, her favourite country food
is still ___________________________ food because she is from China!
10. One can tell by the name “_________________________ Pastry” that these
pastries are from Denmark.
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Task 4 – Worksheet 4
Worksheet 4 – Story (What’s your favourite food?)
Name: ______________________ (
)
Date: ___________________
Read the story “What’s your favourite food?”. Finish the sentence and draw the
picture.
1.
What’s your favourite food, Kangaroo?
“I like __________________.” said the kangaroo.
2.
What’s your favourite food, Rabbit?
“I like __________________.” said the rabbit.
3.
What’s your favourite food, Rhino?
“I like __________________.” said the rhino.
4.
What’s your favourite food, Hippo?
“I like __________________.” said the hippo.
5.
What’s your favourite food, Bee?
“I like __________________.” said the bee.
6.
What’s your favourite food, Dragon?
“I like __________________.” said the dragon.
7.
What’s your favourite food, __________________?
I like _____________________________________.
Story – What’s your favourite food? http://www.genkienglish.net/picturebookfoodanimals.htm
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