Japanese Level 4, Activity #4: “Shop for a Recipe” / ” (Face-to-Face)

Description:

Short 2-3 sentence description of what students will do in the activity. (Try to cover the warm-up and wrap-up)

Semantic Topics:

Cooking

Products:

Practices:

Perspectives:

NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:

  • Bullet 1
  • Bullet 2

Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:

  • Bullet 1
  • Bullet 2

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can put ingredients together to create a recipe.
  • I can understand which ingredients are asked for in a recipe.

Materials Needed:

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Warm-Up

  1. Hand out a recipe to each student.
    Instructions in the target language.
  2. Put all the ingredient cards on the table (except for the prepared food like fried rice and cake).
    Instructions in the target language.

  3. Each student will have to go “shopping” for the ingredients listed.
    Instructions in the target language.

Main Activity

  1. Based on the ingredients the students have, they will try to guess what food they are making.
    Instructions in the target language.
  2. Once they make a few guesses, put the cards with the prepared food (fried rice, cake, etc.) on the table.
    Instructions in the target language.

  3. Have them pick which food they think the recipe is for and write it down on their recipe card.
    Instructions in the target language.

    Wrap-Up

    1. Do you often go to the supermarket?
      よくスーパーに行きますか？
    2. What is your favorite food?
      好きな食べ物はなんですか？
    3. What foods do you hate?
      嫌いな食べ物はなんですか？
    4. Do you cook?
      料理をしますか？
    5. What are your favorite dishes?
      得意料理はなんですか？

    End of Activity

  • Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate
    their confidence.
    (Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.)
  • Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
  • Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future activities!

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can put ingredients together to create a recipe.
  • I can understand which ingredients are asked for in a recipe.

 

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