Topic ----Lets make Chinese food

Stage 1 Desired Results

ESTABLISHED
GOALS
Standards for
foreign language
learning
1.1 Interpersonal
Communication
1.2 Interpretive
Communication
4.2 comparing
culture
2.1 culture
understanding
Communities
5.2 Personal
Enrichment

Transfer
Students will be able to make one type of Chinese food by their own.

Meaning
UNDERSTANDINGS
Students will understand the basic
fact about Chinese cuisines flavor
features, ingredients varieties,
spices, cooking methods,etc.

ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS
1Why does Chinese
food taste good?
2What make Chinese
food taste different from
western food?

Acquisition

Students will know :

Students are skilled at:

1) Comparing daily meals
1Terms of different ways of
Chinese cooking;
between Chinese and
American;
2Vocabulary of daily meals of
Chinese and American;
2) Cooking one Chinese
food;
3Expressions of peoples food
allergies.
3) Claiming food allergies;
4) Ordering food at a
Chinese restaurant.

Stage 2 - Evidence
Evaluative Criteria

Assessment Evidence

Performance
assessment

1Chinese buffet---- bring your home-made Chinese food to

the class and share with one another.
2Chinese field trip---- a local Chinese restaurant and
Chinese grocery store.
3A role play (an interesting thing happen at the restaurant)

Other
assessment

1Online review and self-evaluation (www.quizlet.com)

2Listening and speaking test
3Test/quiz
4Chinese restaurant flier

Stage 3 Learning Plan

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Lesson
12-2
study
Listen to the
record and read
the conversation
Students practice
read aloud in
class.
Listen again and
complete
WB
listening
questions
HW: read the
conversation and
answer the
questions on TB
P 56- I

Check
answer
P56- I
Listening on WB
P 33
Speaking
practice sheet 1
bonus points
HW: copy and
translate TB pp.
57

p44 G. They should

make go Internet and
search Chinese food
and complete the flier.

Writing class. WB pp45

Pass out lesson 12 test
review sheet
Students complete the
worksheet

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Go over the
answer of
worksheet
Pass out
grammar review
sheet, go over all
the questions in
class

Review lesson
12 using the
website
Take
notes,
answer
the
questions

Lesson 12 test
Group present the skit
Pass out the test
paper and correct
paper
A role play (an
interesting
thing
happen
at
the
restaurant)

Day 9

Day 10

Chapter project ---- Chinese grocery store AD

Extra
study
package
Students are
studying about
the extension
words and

Students are
studying about
the extension
words and
phrases for
cooking

Students start work on the grocery store AD

make a Chinese grocery store promoting
advertisement. Everything is in Chinese, it covers
the following things:
Give the name for your store in Chinese.
Cover 20+ different types of food selections,

phrases for
cooking

including color pictures of item, price, name

Note: this is a neighborhood grocery store, thus
make your AD more attractive and nice way, and
different sections should be mentioned, like meat,
vegetable, fruit, etc. Be creative and attractive!

Chapter project----Chinese buffet

Every one learn one type of Chinese food, cook it at home and bring it to the class.
It is graded by students participation, engagement, food quality, preparations, etc.
Chapter project----Chinese field trip---- a local Chinese restaurant and Chinese
grocery store.
After experiencing the home-made Chinese food cooking, students will obtain the
chance to held a field trip to a Chinese restaurant and grocery store.
They will embrace the local overseas Chinese culture, meanwhile take some
challenges to their Chinese language proficiency. They are expected to order the
food by themselves in the restaurant, and shopping at grocery store, completing
everything in Chinese language with the supervising of teacher.
This is a good experience as a year-end project and self achievement of Chinese
study.