Competency: Identify Household Items, Appliances, and Kitchenware

Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students will learn vocabulary so that they will be able to identify household items, appliances, and kitchenware.
This lesson plan includes:
  1. Identify Household Items, Appliances, and Kitchenware Vocabulary
  2. Identify Household Items, Appliances, and Kitchenware Sentence Matching
  3. Household Appliances Word Search (Excel)
  4. HouseholdAppliancesWord Search Answer Key (Excel)
  5. Identify Household Items, Appliances, and Kitchenware Optional Vocabulary
  6. Household Items, Appliances, and Kitchenware Bingo Cards (optional)
  7. Identify Household Items, Appliances, and Kitchenware Vocabulary Flash Cards
  8. Referenced text and materials

Approximate Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Prerequisite Skills: Students must be able to read and write simple sentences.
Prerequisite Vocabulary:
bed(s)
chair(s)
couch(es)
sofa(s)
Vocabulary:
blender(s)
coffee maker(s)
dishwasher(s)
dryer(s)
iron(s)
microwave oven(s)
mixer(s)
oven(s)
refrigerator(s)
stove(s)
toaster(s)
washing machine(s) / Optional Vocabulary:
cabinet(s)
can opener(s)
crock pot(s)
Materials Needed: Whiteboard and/or flip chart, erasable markers, handouts, flash cards, counting chips, and prizes.
Equipment Needed: none
Activities:
  1. Have the new vocabulary words written on the board when the students arrive for class.
  1. Explain the purpose of the lesson.
  1. Introduce new vocabulary.
  1. Pronounce the new vocabulary words one at a time and have the students repeat the words in unison.
  1. Pronounce the new vocabulary words one at a time and ask individual students to repeat the word. Repeat until the students can pronounce the words well.
  1. Introduce the meanings of the vocabulary words by giving students a copy of Identify Household Items, Appliances, and Kitchenware Vocabulary and carefully reviewing the meaning of each word. Orally work on pronunciation and understanding of each vocabulary word.
  1. For further vocabulary practice and development, use Identify Household Items, Appliances, and Kitchenware Sentence Matching. Have the students work on this activity individually. Review the answers orally as a group.
  1. For further vocabulary development, give students HouseholdAppliancesWord Search. This sheet asks students to label the pictures underneath the puzzle and then locate them. A Household Appliances Word Search Answer Key to the puzzle is also provided.

Assessment/Evaluation of Learning:
  1. Teacher observation of students’ participation.
  1. Evaluation of student worksheets.

Optional/Follow-up Activities:
  1. Use Identify Household Items, Appliances, and Kitchenware Vocabulary Flash Cards for further vocabulary development. Students may make their own cards using 3” X 5” index cards.
  1. Teach the following words using the Identify Household Items, Appliances, and Kitchenware Optional Vocabulary. Make sure students understand the meanings of the vocabulary words and that the students can correctly pronounce the words.
  1. Play Household Items, Appliances, and Kitchenware Bingo. 16 Bingo cards have been provided. You can choose to print all 16 at once or print 4 at a time. Print them onto index stock paper and laminate them if you wish. Provide counting chips to the students to cover the board. Explain to the students how to play Bingo. Be sure to bring small prizes to award to the winners.
  1. The Oxford Picture Dictionary, by Oxford University Press, “A Kitchen”, page 40.
This describes a simple kitchen plan to the students and uses various activities for vocabulary development.
  1. Ask the students what kitchen items they use most often.
  1. Explain some safety precautions to take while in the kitchen. For example, using potholders to remove food from the oven, keep combustibles away from the stove while it is in use, or using aprons when cooking to prevent their clothing from being damaged.

2002-2003 ESL Special Project

CaldwellCommunity College and Technical Institute

Basic Skills Department

Competency: Identify Household Items, Appliances, and Kitchenware 1