INTERNATIONAL SUPER CHEF: May 2021

Curriculum for Optional class

Grade 6

Title: I’m a Super Chef

School year: 2021-2022

1 hour per week

Teacher: Daniela Buda

Școala Gimnazială „Vasile Alecsandri” Baia Mare, Romania

Argument

The optional class curriculum ”I’m a Super Chef”, for Grade 6 – English – first foreign language, aims to develop in the students new competencies which will lead to language acquisitions specific for level A2+ at the end of gymnasium cycle.

This optional course has been created at the request of the students and to answer their needs for the 6^th grade, and it is correlated with the training profile for the students graduating 8^th grade.

Through the activities proposed in it (online research, watching thematic videos, discussions on the proposed themes, photo/video recordings, preparing certain food recipes, making virtual restaurants – website, promotions, advertising, posters, etc. – making e-books with menus, cook books, bilingual dictionary of terms used in the food processing in the kitchen, researching the ways of recycling foods and old kitchen utensils into artistic objects, writing articles for the class blog, establishing the Netiquette rules and the kitchen safety rules to be observed, etc.), this optional proposes to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for the 21^st century youth. These knowledge, skills and attitudes can be found in the European Key Competences: Literacy, Multilingualism, Mathematical competence and competence in science, technology, engineering, Digital and technology-based competences, Interpersonal skills and the ability to adopt new competences, Active citizenship, Entrepreneurship, Cultural awareness and expression.

In designing the optional course I consulted, as reference, the following documents:

-Programa școlară pentru Limba engleză 1 (nr. 3393/28.02.2017) – The Romanian School Curriculum

- -Key Competences for Lifelong Learning - a European Reference Framework, Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006, in Official Journal of the EU, 30 dec. 2006;

- -The Common European Framework for Languages (for the reference levels),(Cadrul European Comun de Referinţă pentru Limbi (nivelurile de referinţă).

From the structural point of view, the present curriculum contains:

- - The Argument

- - General competencies:

- - Specific Competencies

- - Learning activities

- - Contents

- - Teaching methodologic suggestions

- - Bibliography

General competencies:

1. Listening to oral messages in usual communication situations

2. Speaking messages in usual communication situations

3. Reading messages in usual communication situations

4. Writing messages in usual communication situations

Specific Competencies:

1. Listening to oral messages in usual communication situations

Specific Competencies	Learning activities:
1.1. Identifying essential information from a video clip (The Eatwell guide)	Filling in words in a text based on the video clip True/ False exercises Selecting video materials about healthy habits ( foods, sports, etc.)
1.2.Identifying essential information from a video clip and discussing the concepts of Media Literacy and Disinformation	Filling in words in a text based on the video clip True/ False exercises
1.3.Identifying some cultural elements specific to the English speaking countries	Researching for video/audio information about food recipes specific to English speaking countries (UK, USA, Canada, Australia, etc) on www.youtube.com or other apps. Making posters after viewing video clips

2. Speaking messages in usual communication situations

Specific Competencies

Learning activities:

1. Making short presentations (PPT, poster, video clip, etc) on the topic of healthy food/ healthy life habits

- Presenting a poster/ PPT/ video clip

- oral presentation of a topic prepared individually or in group.

2. Participating in short verbal interactions on the topic of healthy food and as role play “At the restaurant”

-Offering answers and reactions to questions on the topic of healthy food

- asking questions and answering questions to find out/ offer details about the foods available in the restaurant menu and their prices

- Role play “At the reastaurant”

3. Expressing opinion about healthy food or the quality of certain food recipes

- Expressing approval/disapproval or likes/ dislikes regarding certain food recipes and / or sentences about healthy lifestyle

- Offering explanations, such as: It’s good/ It’s difficult/ It’s easy. / It’s interesting/ It’s agreeable in preparing the restaurant menu

-Role play

3. Reading messages in usual communication situations

Specific Competencies	Learning activities:
3.1. Identifying specific information from leaflets, menus, schedules, advertisments	- Online research exercises (websites of restaurants, touristic websites) - Finding a menu appropriate according to a diet from the menu of a restaurant. - Finding healthy food recipes to fit the menu they make for their restaurant.
3.2. Identifying the Netiquette and kitchen safety rules	-Marking the Safer Internet Day by online research about the Netiquette -Establishing basic rules for online safety and posting them on the class blog. Online research about kitchen safety rules and posting them on the class blog.
3.3. Showing willingness to research through reading	- Doing research to make a viortual restaurant and its menu

4. Writing messages in usual communication situations

Specific Competencies

Learning activities:

1.Making the restaurant website, the class blog, advertisements and a menu for their restaurant and an e-cookbook

- Team work to establish the name, location, and other details for the virtual restaurant (bilingual presentation, menu, take away service, and/ or catering

- Making a restaurant logo and advertisements (posters, leaflets, video clips, etc.), including the schedule, take out , etc., and the restaurant website; making the menu (lists with the cooked dishes, deserts, drinks, etc. and their prices.

- Taking photo/video recordings of the recipes in the menu and to promote the restaurant.

- Making a bilingual (English- Romanian) e-cookbook and publishing it using Story Jumper

- The blog will be the class diary for their journey in the world of healthy food and lifestyle.

- They will write feedback articles about their experiences during the optional course: what they liked/disliked, obstacles they met and overcame, about safety on the internet and in the kitchen, etc.

- They will use web 2.0 tools to publish their materials.

Story jumper (https://www.storyjumper.com/)

Canva (https://www.canva.com/ro_ro/)

Kahoot (https://kahoot.com/) – pentru jocuri didactice

Mentimeter (https://www.mentimeter.com/) pentru chestionare si prezentări

Jamboard, on google, for brainstorming

Google docs & drive

They can use WhatsApp and Meet for oral communication

2. Making reference books: a dictionary with kitchen vocabulary (food items, cooking verbs and tools, quantifiers, etc.); a food and kitchen tools recycling guide

Making a bilingual dictionary with kitchen vocabulary (food items, cooking verbs and tools, quantifiers, etc.); a food and kitchen tools recycling guide.

Writing lists of words with images.

Publishing the books using Story jumper

Recycling foods and repurposing old kitchen tools.

Making an acrostic. The initials will be: RECICLING FOOD.

Contents:

1. Learning material support:

- Video clips: The Eatwell Guide; Media Literacy and Disinformation; food recipes from www.youtube.com and other sources

- Webpages about Netiquette, and kitchen safety rules;

- Leaflets, schedules, menus, digital food recipes

- Restaurants advertising pages

2.Communication and vocabulary contexts

- Netiquette & Media Literacy and Disinformation

- kitchen safety instructions

- Famous chefs

- Numbers/ dates/ prices

- Menus, food recipes

- food recycling and kitchen tools repurposing

2. Functional grammar (including socio-cultural conventions)

- Give instructions to prepare foods

- Give instructions for the online and kitchen safety

- Agree/disagree

- Express likes/dislikes

- Use Past Tense simple to present activities in the past

- Make invitations

- Comparing things

- Methodologic suggestions:

Themes:

- Netiquette

- Media Literacy and Disinformation

- Safety rules in the kitchen

- Foods and drinks

- Food recipes

- Restaurants and their Menus

- At the Restaurant

- Advertising for our restaurants

- IT World

- The Eatwell Guide

Grammar elements :

- Giving instructions – the Imperative

- Expressing timetables, schedules, programs – Present Tense Simple

- Expressing past events – Past Tense Simple

- Expressing agreement/ disagreement – Tag Questions

- Expressing time, prices – the Cardinal Numbers

- Expressing quantities: much, many, a lot of, lots of, some, any, no

- Comparing objects, people – comparative and superlative of adjectives

- Expressing likes and dislikes – like/ love/ hate + verb-ing

- Expressing details: time, place adverbs

- Connecting ideas, giving instructions and explanations – connectors

- Asking for and giving information about foods, prices, etc. – polite questions and answers (can/ be able to/can’t, may/ may not, should/ shouldn’t, must/ mustn’t)

Examples of learning activities:

- Read and discuss the Netiquette. Decide which 10 rules work for your safety online. Post them on your class blog.

- Solve the exercises on your handout: Fill in with the missing words; Answer True/ False

- Watch the video about Media Literacy and Disinformation. Discuss about the concepts and write your opinions on the blog.

- Work in small groups and brainstorm your ideas about the restaurants and menus. You can use Jamboard and google docs for it.

- Use WhatsApp and Meet to communicate easier within the groups.

- Research and discuss about the most important instructions for safety in the kitchen while cooking. Decide which 10 rules work for your safety in the kitchen. Post them on your class blog.

- Watch the Eatwell guide and discuss which are the healthy foods and habits. Post your opinions on the blog.

- Research about recycling foods and kitchen tools and write your opinions on the blog. Take photos of the old kitchen tools that you have recycled and explain how you did it in articles on the blog.

- Research for food recipes which you want to have in the menu of your virtual restaurant.

- Cook some of the recipes from your menu. Take photos of them and post them on the website and blog. Video record them and give the ingredients and instructions in English. Post them in the cookbook and on the website and blog.

- Organize a food art exhibition with your products and take photos/video record and present it on the blog. Give your creation and title and explain what food items you used and in what quantities.

- Make a cookbook containing the recipes from your menus. Use Story jumper to publish it.

- Make a mini dictionary with the cooking terms and tools. Use Story jumper to publish it.

- Make posters and video clips to promote your virtual restaurant. Post them on the blog.

- Gather information from various sources to make your virtual restaurant.

- Make your restaurant website and present it on the blog.

- Make the logos for the restaurants and optional course and post them on the websites and blog. You can make a contest for the optional course logo. The logo with the most votes will win the competition.

- Make canva/ PPT or other types of presentations to present your restaurants and menus/ cookbooks, dictionary.

- Make photo/video recordings of your recipes and use them on your websites and blog.

- Make and fill in questionnaires and quizzes using Kahoot, google forms, etc.

- Give feedback to the articles of your colleagues on the blog.

- Role play “At the Restaurant” – make the play script, play the roles of customer and waiter and video/photo record it and post the recordings on the blog and websites.

- Read the menu of the restaurant and decide what the best choice is for you. Express your likes and dislikes.

- Try to contact famous Romanian or international chefs and ask their opinion on your restaurant website and menus or food recipes. Write about it on the blog.

Means of evaluation:

- Restaurants’ websites

- Articles on the class blog

- Quizzes and questionnaires

- Posters, PPT/canva, etc presentations

- digital books: the cookbook, the minidictionary of cooking terms, the guides

- Photo/Video recordings of role plays

Bibliography

XXX - Programa şcolară pentru disciplina LIMBA MODERNA 1 Clasele a V-a – a VIII-a, Anexa nr. 2 la ordinul ministrului educaţiei naţionale nr. 3393 / 28.02.2017, MINISTERUL EDUCAŢIEI NAŢIONALE, Bucureşti, 2017 (The Romanian school Curriculum)

The Eatwell Guide:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MlE4G8ntss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4f7mZug_s4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaILk3SQfhw

Healthy foods vs. junk foods:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvy-RDQz-Dw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dR22hbln6w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKuYfLM0yDc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBEVc_9j1k4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE8lezHs19s

How to create a healthy plate?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmh_xMMJ2Pw