Lesson for students: How to make a fruit salad videocast
During the last lesson you learned a lot about fruit, the names of different fruit, and where to find it in the supermarket or the produce store.
As a part of the lesson, we will now watch a video of how to make a fruit salad. We will learn how to make a shopping list in order to buy the ingredients for the fruit salad.
We will also learn how to spell the words and recognize them at the store.
Follow these steps to complete this assignment:
Use the Internet browser to go to this website to view the video:
http://www.howcast.com/videos/87636-How-To-Make-Fruit-Salad
1). View the entire video before you make any notes in your worksheets.
2). View the video once again and mark the ingredients you see or hear in you worksheet. You will use these ingredients to make a grocery shopping list.
3). Notice that the steps of how to make the fruit salad are also listed below the video for your review.
4). At the end of the video, you can discuss the items you chose to write down for the shopping list with your small groups, as assigned in your handout.
5). Within your small groups, choose one person to share the list you decide upon, with the rest of the class.
6). You are welcome to bring your own recipe using fruit to share with the class the next time we meet.
Students: Adult students who are Hispanic and Asian in low intermediate level who are learning English as a second language.
Lesson: 45 minutes in a computer lab
Classroom environment: This activity will take place in a computer lab and it is a part of a three part lesson on learning the words for fruit, learning spell and recognize an to use these words for making a salad, as well as how to make a shopping list for the supermarket or produce store.
How will I use this to meet my instructional purpose?
This activity is an extension of the lesson on fruit, how to use the information from the video to create a shopping list and learn to spell the words and recognize them at the store. It is also a bridge to our next lesson on nutritional value of fruit, and how good it is for our health.
Why is this topic, information or content appropriate for the lesson you plan to create (e.g. level of authenticity, relevance to target language, register, accuracy, interest level, and motivation)?
I think this is a great extension on the new vocabulary the students just learned in the previous lesson, the content is relevant to our lesson with the objective of creating a shopping list by viewing the how to.. video as well as learning to spell and recognize the items in the store. It is motivating because it can be something they can try at home and something they are welcome to share with others. In addition, I give them the opportunity to share their own recipe with fruit next time we meet in class and usually they like to share their own cultural things withthe class.
What handouts or directions you will provide students to focus learning and adapt this resource for your instructional goals?
I will provide a handout in which I will have the steps and the ingredients so that they can actually take home and perhaps make it at home. I will provide them with a worksheet in which they will be asked to write the words of fruit they will hear and see in the video so they can compile the shopping list of ingredients. They will be asked to discuss it within their assigned small groups and a designated person will present the list to the class.
What are the format, organization, design and language level of this resource appropriate for your instructional goals?
I believe that the design of this videocast is great because it allows viewers to actually see the steps of how to make the salad, it is done in very clear steps which are easier understood by all viewers, it also includes written text but the visual effect of seeing someone actually making the salad will be better remembered than just listening or just reading the steps alone.
The language and the speed of the video is clear and slow enough and the content is relevant with our lessons as it is something the students may use outside of the classroom.
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ORGANIZATION: This is a solid Lesson Plan and well thought out. No stone is left unturned.
ReplyDeleteRELEVANCY: Very! Who doesn't eat fruit? Every one of us does. This is even more relevant than teaching how to cook. One of my lessons on cooking was once a hit but one of my SS actually walked out. He was totally bored by it. But I can't see anyone being bored by a lesson on fruits. Also, the vocabulary is easy. All students should have a grasp of words related to fruits. The video is beautiful and the person who speaks enunciates well. It's vivid, so they will like it.
POTENTIAL PROBLEMS: Because they are low-intermediate they may not understand the video fully, so you are really going to have to build their schema, but it seems that you are saying that you did that in a previous lesson, so that allays my fears.
REALIA: Have you thought about bringing realia into the classroom. It would be so easy. Even if you brought in 3 different fruits and you can create the fruit salad right there. Everyone can have a spoonful. I think it would create excitement in the class.
CONCLUSION: I will give you an A+ for this one. Thanks for sharing. ARAMIS
I liked several things about the lesson. First, the subject matter is very concrete, and hopefully everyone will be able to identify with it. I think process projects are usually successful because it is easy to focus on them, and people can give very clear answers about something so rooted in the real world.
ReplyDeleteI can think of at least one potential problem with the exercise, depending on your students. First, some cultures and some individuals don't think that men should be involved with food preparation. (I strongly disagree, but that might cause reluctance on the part of some.) Maybe schema showing iron chefs or something equally macho could help.
I think one way to expand the exercise (and to make it even more authentic) is to actually make the fruit salad in class. It would be a perfect (and relatively easy) way to bring reality into the classroom. I think it would provide a good opportunity to give students a common experience to discuss.