The Cooking Show

Intermediate Lesson - Teacher Page                                           These notes are for the teacher's use only. A separate section, which can be copied and given to students, follows these teacher notes Objective: to give and follow basic cooking instructions                     Time: 60 minutes                                                                 Materials needed: This lesson uses a very basic recipe (no cooking required). For the group work, you could use ingredients for similar recipes or pictures (from magazines or flyers) of ingredients glued on cardboard or construction paper. The ingredients can be for real recipes or ridiculous recipes.

A. Warm-up and Pre-Reading Exercise (10 minutes)

Demonstrate the following recipe to your students as though on a cooking show. Follow the basic script provided below. The students are to fill in the blanks on their copies. Take up the missing words with the class. Go over any new vocabulary.

Note to teachers: You can use real ingredients for this part of the lesson or photos of real ingredients from magazines or flyers. Don't forget to include a small bowl, spoon, fork, teaspoon, knife, and a cutting board, if you plan to make the dish.

Making Guacamole

You need one avocado, one clove of garlic, and two teaspoons of lemon juice. These are your ingredients. You also need a knife, a spoon, a bowl, a teaspoon, and a fork.

1. Slice your avocado in half carefully.

2. Remove the pit.

3. Scoop out the avocado with a spoon and put it into the bowl.

4. Dice the garlic clove and add it to the avocado.

5. Add two teaspoons of lemon juice.

6. Mash the ingredients with the fork.

7. Guacamole is delicious with chips!

Have the students compare their answers with each other before taking them up.

B. Reading (10 minutes)

My favorite recipes are my mother's recipes. She likes unusual recipes. The most unusual recipe she made was Baked Alaska. It looked like a snowy mountain! My mother always made my favorite dessert on my birthday. All my friends loved my birthday parties. Here's her recipe:

First, cover the bottom and sides of a medium-sized bowl with foil. Fill the bowl with softened ice cream. Cover the ice cream and freeze it. Preheat your oven to 175 degrees C. Prepare a package of cake mix. Add an egg. Pour the cake mix into a pan and bake it.

Beat 8 egg whites with one cup of sugar and a pinch of salt. Cover a cookie sheet with heavy brown paper. Place the cake in the center. Turn the ice cream onto the cake. Spread the egg whites over the cake and ice cream, all the way to the paper. Put it in the freezer for 2 hours. Preheat your oven to 220 degrees C. Bake your dessert for 8 to 10 minutes.

Now you have your own snowy mountain treat to eat!

C. Post-reading Exercise (10 minutes)

In pairs, have the students do the reading and then answer these questions. The answers are in italics.

1. What is the name of the dessert? Baked Alaska

2. What do you do first? Cover the sides and bottom of a bowl with foil.

3. What do you put in the bowl? Ice cream.

4. What do you think an "egg white" is? The white part of an egg.

5. What do you think "beat" means? Stir very quickly until thick.

6. Is "a pinch" a lot or a little? A little.

7. Where do you put the ice cream? On the cake.

8. What does "preheat" mean? Turn the oven to the correct temperature before you need it.

D. Affirmative Imperatives (5 minutes)

Imperatives look like an infinitive without the "to" (ex. to look - look). They are used to make suggestions, to give advice or instructions, to offer, and to express wishes for others.

E. Focused Practice (10 minutes)

Have the students work in pairs to complete these sentences with a command. Answers are in italics.

1. _______ a nice day! Have

2. _______ lots of water on a hot day. Drink

3. _______ to the radio for information. Listen

4. _______ for your exams. Study

5. _______ me a break! Give

Give - Drink - Listen - Study - Have

F. Activity (15 minutes)

Break your class into small groups. Give each group a set of ingredients. They can be realistic or ridiculous. Give each group an end result. For example, say, "these are the ingredients for cookies. These are the ingredients for a pie."

In their groups, the students decide how much of each ingredient goes into their recipe and how the recipe is created. They then present their recipe to the class as a "cooking show." Each student in the group should have a role. They can take turns reading or presenting. After each presentation, go over any new vocabulary for the rest of the class.

Have a class vote on the recipe they would like to try.

G. Writing Activity (optional)

Have the students write down their favorite recipe to bring to class next time to create a class cookbook.

H. Internet Activity (optional)

Have the students go to www.allrecipes.com to find a recipe to share with the class.

The Cooking Show

Intermediate Lesson - Student Page

A. Warm-up and Pre-Reading Exercise

Listen to your teacher and fill in the blanks.

You need one avocado, one clove of garlic, and two teaspoons of lemon juice. These are your ____________. You also need a knife, a spoon, a bowl, a ___________, and a fork.

1. ________ your avocado in half carefully.

2. Remove the ________.

3. __________ the avocado with a spoon and put it into the bowl.

4. __________ the garlic clove and add it to the avocado.

5. ________ two teaspoons of lemon juice.

6. ________ the ingredients with the fork.

7. Guacamole is delicious with chips!

Compare your answers with other students.

B. Reading

My favorite recipes are my mother's recipes. She likes unusual recipes. The most unusual recipe she made was Baked Alaska. It looked like a snowy mountain! My mother always made my favorite dessert on my birthday. All my friends loved my birthday parties. Here's her recipe:

First, cover the bottom and sides of a medium-sized bowl with foil. Fill the bowl with softened ice cream. Cover the ice cream and freeze it. Preheat your oven to 175 degrees C. Prepare a package of cake mix. Add an egg. Pour the cake mix into a pan and bake it.

Beat 8 egg whites with one cup of sugar and a pinch of salt. Cover a cookie sheet with heavy brown paper. Place the cake in the center. Turn the ice cream onto the cake. Spread the egg whites over the cake and ice cream, all the way to the paper. Put it in the freezer for 2 hours. Preheat your oven to 220 degrees C. Bake your dessert for 8 to 10 minutes.

Now you have your own snowy mountain treat to eat!

C. Post-reading Exercise

Read the recipe, then answer these questions. Work with a partner.

1. What is the name of the dessert?

2. What do you do first?

3. What do you put in the bowl?

4. What do you think an "egg white" is?

5. What do you think "beat" means?

6. Is "a pinch" a lot or a little?

7. Where do you put the ice cream?

8. What does "preheat" mean?

D. Affirmative Imperatives

Imperatives look like an infinitive without the "to" (ex. to look - look). They are used to make suggestions, to give advice or instructions, to offer, and to express wishes for others.

E. Focused Practice

Complete these sentences with a command.

1. _______ a nice day!

2. _______ lots of water on a hot day.

3. _______ to the radio for information.

4. _______ for your exams.

5. _______ me a break!

Give - Drink - Listen - Study - Have

F. Activity

Your teacher will give you some "ingredients." In your group, decide how to make a recipe. Prepare your "recipe" to show the class. Imagine you have a cooking show and you will show this recipe on your show!

G. Writing Activity

Write down your favorite recipe to bring to class next time to create a class cookbook.

H. Internet Activity

Go to www.allrecipes.com to find a recipe to share with the class.