The blog that you are about to discover has been specifically designed for 2nd ESO students. The authors of this blog have prepared different online activities for the students to practise all the skills (reading, listening, writing and speaking) around the topic of food.
We hope you find this blog interesting and useful!
The authors
diumenge, 23 de febrer del 2014
dimarts, 18 de febrer del 2014
Reading skill: Shall we eat this?
Hi students!
I am Dominica Mauri and here I present you an activity that will help you develop your reading skills at home! You have been doing reading comprehensions for many years. But did you ever consider how important it is to be able to understand a text? Did you ever have to work with an authentic text from the Internet? Now it is time to go one step further and reinforce your reading comprehension with this WebQuest. All you have to do is to read the steps carefully, following the established sequence and complete the tasks described.
By carrying out this task you will attain the following learning objectives:
a) Discover how important it is to be able to understand texts.
b) Be able to work with an authentic text.
c) Gain the abilities to answer to multiple choice and true/ false activities.
d) Adopt the habit to consult dictionaries for learning new vocabulary.
e) Learn to work individually and autonomously.
f) Discover the functioning of educational tools (Popplet).
g) Reflect on what has been learnt.
h) Be able to learn collaboratively (Popplet).
The technological tools involved in this project are the following:
a) WebQuest: tool that drives to self-sufficiency of students, by means of the presentation of a guided task which is organized in different consecutive sections. It may enclose different Internet tools.
b) Popplet: it is a type of mind map. You and the people you invite can write your ideas in a white screen. Ideas can be easily linked together and complemented with Internet webpages, images and other types of files.
c) Survey Monkey: tool for creating online surveys.
Here is the link to the WebQuest, I hope you find it useful:
WebQuest
I am Dominica Mauri and here I present you an activity that will help you develop your reading skills at home! You have been doing reading comprehensions for many years. But did you ever consider how important it is to be able to understand a text? Did you ever have to work with an authentic text from the Internet? Now it is time to go one step further and reinforce your reading comprehension with this WebQuest. All you have to do is to read the steps carefully, following the established sequence and complete the tasks described.
By carrying out this task you will attain the following learning objectives:
a) Discover how important it is to be able to understand texts.
b) Be able to work with an authentic text.
c) Gain the abilities to answer to multiple choice and true/ false activities.
d) Adopt the habit to consult dictionaries for learning new vocabulary.
e) Learn to work individually and autonomously.
f) Discover the functioning of educational tools (Popplet).
g) Reflect on what has been learnt.
h) Be able to learn collaboratively (Popplet).
The technological tools involved in this project are the following:
a) WebQuest: tool that drives to self-sufficiency of students, by means of the presentation of a guided task which is organized in different consecutive sections. It may enclose different Internet tools.
b) Popplet: it is a type of mind map. You and the people you invite can write your ideas in a white screen. Ideas can be easily linked together and complemented with Internet webpages, images and other types of files.
c) Survey Monkey: tool for creating online surveys.
Here is the link to the WebQuest, I hope you find it useful:
WebQuest
dilluns, 17 de febrer del 2014
Writing activity: "Write your own yummy recipe"
Hello Bloggers,
My name is Olga Boluda and this activity has been created to help students
practice and improve their writing skills as well as to increase their
vocabulary related to food. Students will be given examples of different
recipes and will have to create their own while practicing vocabulary through a
game.
Learning objectives:
- Learn food related vocabulary.
Students will start by watching a YouTube video where the written
instructions and the images are combined. This will enable students to learn
new vocabulary. Another recipe, now written in the format they should follow, is
also given as an example. This will be used as scaffolding in order to give
vocabulary and a structure format for students to write their own recipes.
In order to increase students vocabulary related to food they should play
in pairs or groups of four the game Yummy Recipes Blockbusters Quiz. The quiz has been created through the www.teachers-direct.co.uk free resources.
This activity is done through Padlet as it enables students to be creative, upload
their recipes and share them, as well as to do other complementary activities.
It is also used as it allows students to review as many times as they need the
material worked outside the classroom helping them to be autonomous in their English learning.
Yummy recipes
Language in Use activity: "Food is delicious"
Hello, everybody!
My name is Eva de la Fuente and I have created a wikispace. The purpose of this wikispace is to work the language in use skill on the topic of food. This activity is designed to make students work not only individually but also in pairs and in groups. This wikispace is divided into three steps:
1)First of all, there is a very brief introduction of the topic.
2) Afterwards, in the first step, the students are asked to work in pairs to practise some food vocabulary as well as the present simple of verb like. The activity consists of asking questions to each other and writing down the answers they get from their partners. Besides, I have also uploaded a youtube video to refresh some food vocabulary.
3) Then, in the second step, the students are asked to use some expressions on food. They have to share their likes and dislikes on food by using the expressions showed in this step. This activity must be done individually.
4) Finally, in the third step, the students have a brief explanation about countable and uncountable nouns. In groups of 4-5 people, they have to work on the worksheet uploaded. The activity created is about writing down which nouns are countable and which are uncountable.
Therefore, the learning goals of this wikispace are:
- Learn food vocabulary.
- Learn countable and uncountable nouns (brief introduction).
- Use and practise affirmative, negative and question forms of the verb like (present simple).
- Be able to use and practise some expressions about food.
- Be able to share likes and dislikes about food.
- Be able to work in pairs and in groups.
As stated before, wikispace is the technological tool that I have used to develop my activities. It is a very engaging tool as students learn English in a much more entertaining way. Its main advantage is that it boosts collaborative learning and independence on students.
Here, I post the link so you all could access to the wikispace. I hope you enjoy it!
Food is delicious!
My name is Eva de la Fuente and I have created a wikispace. The purpose of this wikispace is to work the language in use skill on the topic of food. This activity is designed to make students work not only individually but also in pairs and in groups. This wikispace is divided into three steps:
1)First of all, there is a very brief introduction of the topic.
2) Afterwards, in the first step, the students are asked to work in pairs to practise some food vocabulary as well as the present simple of verb like. The activity consists of asking questions to each other and writing down the answers they get from their partners. Besides, I have also uploaded a youtube video to refresh some food vocabulary.
3) Then, in the second step, the students are asked to use some expressions on food. They have to share their likes and dislikes on food by using the expressions showed in this step. This activity must be done individually.
4) Finally, in the third step, the students have a brief explanation about countable and uncountable nouns. In groups of 4-5 people, they have to work on the worksheet uploaded. The activity created is about writing down which nouns are countable and which are uncountable.
Therefore, the learning goals of this wikispace are:
- Learn food vocabulary.
- Learn countable and uncountable nouns (brief introduction).
- Use and practise affirmative, negative and question forms of the verb like (present simple).
- Be able to use and practise some expressions about food.
- Be able to share likes and dislikes about food.
- Be able to work in pairs and in groups.
As stated before, wikispace is the technological tool that I have used to develop my activities. It is a very engaging tool as students learn English in a much more entertaining way. Its main advantage is that it boosts collaborative learning and independence on students.
Here, I post the link so you all could access to the wikispace. I hope you enjoy it!
Food is delicious!
diumenge, 16 de febrer del 2014
Listening activity: "What about fast food?"
Good afternoon, everybody,
my name is Eunice Linares and this is the activity that I have designed in order to develop listening skills. Since the topic of our blog is food, this activity deals with fast food, that kind of food that is usually branded as a bad one.
The learning objectives of the activity are:
a) Be able to understand the main ideas of the video
b) Be able to reflect on what the video says
c) Be able to answer some questions
d) Be able to summarize what they learnt/ felt in a few words
c) Be able to answer some questions
d) Be able to summarize what they learnt/ felt in a few words
The activity consists of two parts: watching a video and answering some questions, and giving some words that describe what students have felt while they were working with that topic. Students will work individually all the time, but, in the second part with Answergarden, they will share their impressions through the Internet.
The activity has been developed by using Youtube and Answergarden, two great technological tools. The first one to show a video and the second one to collect students' opinions.
And now here you have the activity:
What about fast food?
As it is well known, fast food is not really healthy, but, do we really care about what we are eating?
What about fast food?
As it is well known, fast food is not really healthy, but, do we really care about what we are eating?
Watch the following video:
Now answer the questions:
1. What does the video say about Americans and fast
food?
2. What can also be found with the cow's meat?
3. How much lighter fluid do we find in the oil they use to fry nuggets?
4. What kind of “special” component is also used in Burger King’s food?
5. What does the video say about titanium oxide?
2. What can also be found with the cow's meat?
3. How much lighter fluid do we find in the oil they use to fry nuggets?
4. What kind of “special” component is also used in Burger King’s food?
5. What does the video say about titanium oxide?
After having watched this video, do you still think that calories are
the worst part of fast food?
Finally, go to http://answergarden.ch/view/83310 and add some words that this video has made you think of.
dissabte, 15 de febrer del 2014
Speaking activity: "Going to a Restaurant in the UK"
Hello, everyone!
My name is Sergi Dot and this is the activity I have designed in order to develop speaking skills. Since the topic of our blog revolves around food, this activity aims at giving the students the necessary tools to be able to go to a restaurant in an English-speaking country and order their food, book a table, ask for the bill, etc. This is vocabulary that the students are likely to know already, but the idea is that the students put everything into practice.
The learning objectives of the activity are:
a) Be able to book a table in a restaurant.
b) Become familiar with the most recurrent sentences used by waiters.
c) Be able to order their food in an appropriate way.
d) Be able to follow and hold a conversation with a waiter in the appropriate register.
The activity has been developed by using Audacity, which is a great technological tool for students to practise both their speaking and listening skills.
"Going to a Restaurant in the UK" consists of two parts:
1) Listen and repeat part: The students are presented first with some of the most typical sentences used when booking a table, then they listen to some sentences that waiters usually use in the context of a restaurant, and finally they are provided with sample sentences that customers use when ordering their meals. The students are required to listen to the sentences carefully in order to get the correct pronunciation, and then they have a few seconds to repeat what they have listened to.
2) The idea is that students work in groups of 3 or 4 so that one of them has to act as a waiter or waitress, another student has to talk on the phone to book a table, and the others have to order their food. Below you can access the recording, which contains the first part and the instructions for the students to carry out the role-play activity.
We hope you find this activity useful!
My name is Sergi Dot and this is the activity I have designed in order to develop speaking skills. Since the topic of our blog revolves around food, this activity aims at giving the students the necessary tools to be able to go to a restaurant in an English-speaking country and order their food, book a table, ask for the bill, etc. This is vocabulary that the students are likely to know already, but the idea is that the students put everything into practice.
The learning objectives of the activity are:
a) Be able to book a table in a restaurant.
b) Become familiar with the most recurrent sentences used by waiters.
c) Be able to order their food in an appropriate way.
d) Be able to follow and hold a conversation with a waiter in the appropriate register.
The activity has been developed by using Audacity, which is a great technological tool for students to practise both their speaking and listening skills.
"Going to a Restaurant in the UK" consists of two parts:
1) Listen and repeat part: The students are presented first with some of the most typical sentences used when booking a table, then they listen to some sentences that waiters usually use in the context of a restaurant, and finally they are provided with sample sentences that customers use when ordering their meals. The students are required to listen to the sentences carefully in order to get the correct pronunciation, and then they have a few seconds to repeat what they have listened to.
2) The idea is that students work in groups of 3 or 4 so that one of them has to act as a waiter or waitress, another student has to talk on the phone to book a table, and the others have to order their food. Below you can access the recording, which contains the first part and the instructions for the students to carry out the role-play activity.
We hope you find this activity useful!
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