This lesson is designed to be taught over the course of seven days. Students will be introduced to the lesson on the first day. It will begin with my presentation of the lesson and my goals for the lesson which include expanding the student's vocabulary while introducing them to new cultures. On the first day I will begin the introduction of the lesson with a presentation on the culture and tradition of food from Costa Rica. I will share personal experiences with the students while showing them pictures and videos. I also have money and other things to pass around to the students. In my presentation I will highlight new vocabulary words pertaining to food. This will introduce the vocabulary aspect of the lesson to the students. After my presentation I will put students into groups and assign each group a country (Mexico, Argentina, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Spain, etc.) to research their food traditions. I will ask them to highlight unfamiliar vocabulary words as well. This presentation will be given later in the week towards the end of the lesson. The presentation should include some type of visual representation of the country, culture and food. Students are free to choose whichever medium they wish to use. (Facebook, Vuvox, Zooburst, Prezi, etc). The teacher will show them examples of medium that they may use.
The second day I plan to Skype with the third grade class from La Paz in Costa Rica that I worked with while living there. The children from La Paz will share with us what some of their traditions and customs are that pertain to food. They will also share with us some of their traditional dishes. My students will share the same with the other students so that both classrooms are learning about different cultures. After Skyping, I will introduce food and restaurant vocabulary words via Quizlet online. We will review the vocabulary and repeat each word out loud so that students can learn to pronounce the words correctly. I will explain to the children that tomorrow will be our visit to a local Spanish speaking restaurant. Each student will be expected to order their meal in Spanish. We will learn basic vocabulary and sentences pertaining to restaurants. After learning the vocabulary, students will work in groups simulating a restaurant scene. Students will take turns being the waiter/waitress while the others order.
The third day is the field trip to a local restaurant. Before leaving for the field trip, students will have time to review their new vocabulary that is necessary to order food in Spanish. At the restaurant I will ask students to tweet their order in Spanish to a class Twitter account. I will also introduce to them their final project which will be used to assess them on the 5th day. The finals assessment will be for students to make a "Recipe Video". I will show them an example video for this assignment. Students will be asked to choose a simple recipe and bring it into class the next day.
The fourth day is the field trip to a local restuarant so that students can practice vocabulary by ordering in Spanish. Before leaving we will review online flashcards via Quizlet. Students will be reminded to bring their simple recipe to class the next day.
On the fifth day students will translate their simple recipes into Spanish. Students may work in groups to help each other or alone. I will give them online resources to use to aid in their translation such as spanishdict.com and studyspanish.com. Students may use school computers or their own technological devices to do this research. Students will need to research the Spanish names for their ingredients and find the appropriate verbs to use to create cooking or baking instructions for their recipe. The teacher will walk around to observe the student's research and aid in translation of their recipes.
If time allows, after translation work students will be allowed to work on their country presentations. Students should explore the different mediums that they can work with and the teacher should aid with questions related to these mediums.
On the sixth day students will present their research of their particular country. Students will be asked to show a short video clip relating to culture and food of that country along with photographs.
After presentations students will be informed that the next day they will be creating "Recipe Videos". Students will be told to bring in any props they may need and will be asked to create a video to go along with their translated recipe. Students will be asked to make this video in Spanish. Students may use video cameras from the school or their own cameras (digital cameras, iPhones, etc).
On the seventh day students will have most of the class period to create their videos. Before making their videos, students will be asked text a paragraph using as much new vocabulary as possible to the polleverywhere.com website. After that, students will be allowed to record their videos wherever they see necessary as long as it is permitted by the instructor. Students can choose whichever technological device they wish to record their videos. The teacher will walk around to observe the class, answer questions and aid students with any problems that might arise. Once they videos are recorded, students will be asked to upload them to a youtube account provided by the teacher. If time permits, we will view them in class or students can view them at home. Students will be assessed on their usage of new vocabulary and verbs pertaining to cooking, food and resturants.
