Students first learn some vocabulary related to the 5 senses and then apply it to describing food
GENERAL AIMS
- To introduce different vocabulary used in making descriptions relating to the 5 senses
- To have students use the vocabulary and structures when describing food
RECOMMENDED LEVELS
Intermediate / Upper Intermediate
ACTIVITY TIME
60 minutes
Descriptive Vocabulary: Food – – lesson plan
Lesson plan where students learn vocabulary and use it when describing food
Descriptive Vocabulary: Food – – worksheet
Handout for students going over useful structures and vocabulary for making descriptions of food
Descriptive Vocabulary: Food – – answer key to worksheet
Answer key to worksheet on descriptive vocabulary for food
FINAL WORDS:
Students really enjoy this class and it’s not unusual to hear them ask at the end of the class if today is my birthday, wondering what the special occasion might be. This is a shorter version of a more detailed exploration as presented in Lessons / Main Course / Smooth n Sticky, but is equally successful. You have to make sure to get through the worksheet quickly enough to squeeze everything in an hour. There’s sufficient time if you are on top of it. If you feel you won’t have as much time as you’d like in the second part of the class, you can cut out the practice sections in the first part (where they quiz each other and try to describe imagined food).
You’ll have to not only bring the food to be explored, but bring paper towels (at least one for each student), a knife (I stick the point into a cork and wrap it in paper towels) for each group of 3 or 4 students, and a few pages of an old newspaper or more paper towels for the students to place the food or cut it.