Lesson Plan: Ice-Cream Sundae

Lesson Level: Senior 1 (Grade 11) Duration: 45 Minutes

Lesson Title: Ice-Cream Sundae (Lesson by Carole Daley)

Grammar and Vocabulary

Instructions.

Following instructions.

Vocabulary of ingredients and cooking

Lesson Objectives

Students to understand and practice following instructions and giving instructions in a sequence, then to put together a recipe; putting the method in the correct order.

Materials Required

Ice-cream sundae image (optional, can draw or obtain from internet)

Envelopes with method sentences¹ inside each one. Enough for 12 groups.

Recipe: ingredients, method (step by step instructions)

Preparation

Prepare materials.

Write “Move, Left, Right, Forward. Backward, Turn, Sit, Pick up pen, Write on board” on the board

Procedure

1

Warm up: Sequence Game

Check comprehension of words on board.

Get a student to stand at the front of the class. Other students have to give direct instruction to:

1. Get them back to their seat
2. Pick up a pen
3. Write their name on the board
   (5 Minutes)

2

Introduce topic – Foods for a Recipe. Q & A about different recipe ingredients :

Beef Noodle: Noodles, beef

Cake: eggs, flour, milk, sugar

Roast dinner: potatoes, chicken, carrots, broccoli

(5 Minutes)

3

Write recipe example on board and explain how to make a pizza getting students to help with the sequencing and ingredients

Ingredients: Pizza base, tomato sauce, cheese, pepperoni

Method:

1. Put tomato sauce on pizza base
2. Sprinkle with cheese
3. Add pepperoni
4. Place in oven for 15 minutes
5. Slice and serve

(10 Minutes)

4

Put ice-cream sundae image on board.

Explain ice-cream sundae.

5

Build a recipe for an ice-cream sundae

Put class in groups.

Give each group a set of method sentences in an envelope.

First students need to work out what ingredients are needed by picking out the ingredients from the sentences which make up the method?

Students to rearrange the sequence to form the method for creating an ice-cream sundae

(10 Minutes)

6

Students from one group to stand up and describe list of ingredients and the sequence of instructions.

Repeat with another group.

(5 Minutes)

7

Alphabet game.

Whole class to play alphabet game – saying I went to the shop to buy…..Then each student in turn as to say a food item beginning with a letter from the alphabet. Keeping to alphabetical order. Each student has to say the whole shopping list from a – which ever letter they are on. It is a memory game plus it helps them with food items and the letters of the alphabet.

(10 Minutes)

Notes

1. Method sentences

Place one scoop of Chocolate ice-cream in a sundae glass
Add some chocolate fudge cake
Poor on some chocolate sauce
Add a scoop of vanilla ice-cream
Add some more chocolate sauce and fudge cake
Add another scoop of chocolate ice-cream
Add some more chocolate sauce
Sprinkle with chocolate