Lesson plans:
TOPIC: GOOD MANNERS
Age: grade 4
Number of students: 15
AIMS:
to know how to set the table
to know how to behave during the meal
to know how to use cutlery
to count and compare data
LANGUAGE:
to have simple conversation in English
to order food in a restaurant
to know what is polite and impolite
to recognize simple words and match them with pictures
VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES :
food vocabulary,
cutlery,
I like/ don't like,
polite words & expressions
CROSS-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES :
1. Favourite food (table)
2. Setting the table worksheet
3. Waiter game
4. How to order your meal.
Using…
Interactive whiteboard (ActiPrimary)
youtube.com
PowerPoint presentations
slideshows
games
flashcards
Procedures:
Lesson 1. My favourite food
General aims:
-getting to know one another
-teacher and students bonding
-to introduce the subject of FOOD
-to find out what food vocabulary the students already know
-to revise food vocabulary
Cross-curricular links
Maths:
-categorizing
-comparing
-sorting
-creating a bar chart
-counting
-basic addition
Vocabulary:
Revision: food, I like/I don’t like structure, numbers
What/ who/where questions
Materials:
ball, paper, chalk/whiteboard markers, blutack/magnets, crayons for the students, My Ideal Meal quiz handout (appendix 1)
Task / Materials needed / Time1. / Introduction
Getting to know each other – ball game
Teacher and students sit on the floor in a circle. After the ball is thrown, the one who catches it has to present himself/herself using the structure “My name is …. I like…. I don’t like…” / ball / 5min
2. / Draw your favourite food
Students go back to their desks and are given 3 pieces of paper. They are to draw 3 of their favourite food on them and write the names of the items on the other side of the papers. / paper cards
crayons / 10min
3. / Board chart
Students (one by one) come to the board and stick their drawings in the proper places (the aim is to figure out how to categorize the food by themselves), creating a bar chart.
When each student comes to the board he or she has to present their drawing to the class and the other students guess what he or she drew.
After this is done, students write the names of food products under each bar. / students’s drawings
Blutack
chalk / 8 min
4. / Our preferences
Teacher asks questions that are to practice students’ Maths skills.
Sample questions:
What’s the favourite food in our class?
How many children like (apples)?
How many children like (bananas)&(chips)?
How many (pizzas) can you see?
Is there more (ice-creams) or/than (tomatoes)?
Is there more (fruit) or/than (vegetables)?
How many people like fruit/vegetables/sweets, etc? / blackboard with students’ chart / 10 min
5. / Quiz introduction
Teacher presents the subject of going to the restaurant
and asks students:
WHAT can you find in a restaurant?
WHO can you go there with?
WHERE can you eat?
What can you HEAR there?
Teacher does this by writing the key words (in italics, above)
on the board, one by one and noting students’ answers, creating a mind map. / blackboard
chalk / 7 min
6. / Homework – “Perfect food” quiz
Students are given a quiz and answer the questions in it (with the help from the teacher, if necessary).
At home they have to count their score and find out what their perfect food is. / “My Ideal Meal” quiz handout
(appendix 1) / 5 min
Lesson 2. In the restaurant
General aims:
-to learn the names of objects that can be found on a table
-to recognize people of the restaurant
-to develop listening skills: listening for particular information
Cross-curricular links
Citizenship:
-to know what good manners are
-to be able to set the table
Vocabulary:
Waiter, plate, knives, spoon, glass, forks, napkin, customers, smaller, smallest, outside,
Materials:
“How to set the table” handout (appendix 2), Restaurant presentation (appendix 3), “Good manners” video (appendix 4), scissors, crayons,
Task / Materials needed / Time1. / Introduction
Students are given a handout with a plate, glass and cutlery drawn on it.
They are to cut the items out and place them on their desks the way they think is appropriate. / “How to set the table” handout (appendix 2),
scissors / 7 min
2. / Basic vocabulary introduction – a presentation
Children watch a PowerPoint presentation with the key vocabulary of the lesson. Some pictures are covered, so they have to guess what is behind. / Restaurant presentation (appendix 3) / 5min
3. / Basic vocabulary introduction – a game
Using the PowerPoint presentation the students play a “missing game”: all the items are shown on the Interactive Whiteboard and students, together with the teacher, name them one by one a few times. At one point they have to close their eyes and one item disappears. After they have opened their eyes they have to figure out what is missing. The procedure continues with other items. / Restaurant presentation (appendix 3) / 5min
4. / The restaurant - film
Teacher explains what good manners are and that knowing how to set the table is important if we want to be polite.
He or she says that now the children will visit the School of Good Manners and that they have to pay attention how to set the table properly. Students watch the film and discuss where to place each item afterwards, correcting – if necessary – their ideas as how to set the table. / “Good manners” video
(appendix 4) / 10min
5. / How to set the table?
Teacher draws students’ attention to the fact that one thing that appeared in the film is not present on their ‘tables’. The students are to draw a napkin and place it where it should be. / crayons / 13min
6. / Homework – my table
Students are to glue the outcome of the lesson – that is the correct order of the items on the table – into their notebooks.
They also should stick a note saying how to set the table in it. / 5 min
Lesson 3. In the restaurant 2
General aims:
-to revise last lessons’ vocabulary,
-to develop listening skills: listening for particular information
-to learn how to order a meal in English
Cross-curricular links
Citizenship:
-to learn how to eat properly
-to learn what’s polite and impolite in the restaurant
Vocabulary:
Polite/ impolite
Statements:
Would you like to order now, sir?
I’d like fish, please.
I’ll have a pizza, please.
What would you like for your main course, sir?
How would you like your steak, sir?
Yes, please.
No, thank you.
Would you like something to drink, sir?
Materials:
Interactive whiteboard, “Good manners” video (appendix 4), flashcards with polite&impolite sentences, Power point presentation (appendix 5)
Task / Materials needed / Time1. / Revision of the lessons so far
Checking of last two homeworks helps students revise and recall what has been done so far. / 10min
2. / What is it? - game
Teacher draws an item (from last lessons) on the interactive whiteboard, slowly and piece-by-piece. Students guess what it is. / Interactive whiteboard / 5min
3. / How to order your meal? – film
Teacher welcomes students again to the Good Manners school This time they are going to learn how to order their meals.
After watching the first part, teacher asks students if what they saw was polite. He or she explains the need of using words “please” and “thank” you if we want to be polite.
Students then correct the people in the video reminding them when to say “please” and “thank you”. / “Good manners” video
(appendix 4) / 10min
4. / Polite or impolite? - game
Teacher explains the meaning of words: “polite” and “impolite” to students. He or she introduces a game and explains that students’ task is to judge whether a certain way of speaking is polite (thumbs up or the word “yes”) or impolite (thumbs down/”no”).
Teacher then gives out flashcards with polite/impolite statements and the children volunteer to come to the board, read out the statement and stick it on the appropriate – “polite” or “impolite” side of the board.
Sample flashcard statements:
Would you like to order now, sir?
Give me fish.
I’d like fish, please.
I want a pizza.
I’ll have a pizza, please.
What would you like for your main course, sir?
How would you like your steak, sir?
Yes, please.
No, thank you.
Would you like something to drink, sir? / Flashcards with polite&impolite sentences / 10min
5. / How to eat properly?
Teacher shows the part of the film where people eat their meals. Students’ task is to decide who eats properly and who is being rude. They have to say YES when they think the behaviour is good or NO when it’s bad. / “Good manners” video
(appendix 4) / 5min
6. / TPR game – REMEMBER
Teacher talks with children about the video. He or she asks them to pretend to be in a restaurant and eat dinner. They have to react when they see a rule on the board.
RULES:
- Place your napkin on your legs.
- Keep your elbows down while you’ re eating.
- Break off a piece of bread before buttering it.
- Chew with your mouth closed.
- Always use your napkin to clean your mouth only.
(appendix 3) / 5min
Lesson 4. In the restaurant 3
General aims:
-to revise last lessons’ vocabulary
-to develop speaking skills
-to learn how to order a meal in English
-to learn how to take an order
Cross-curricular links
Citizenship:
-to know how to behave in a restaurant
Vocabulary:
Game vocabulary:
Menu:
Breakfast: Eggs with ham, cornflakes with milk, bread with honey and jam
Lunch:Chicken soup, chicken sandwich, tuna sandwich, cheese sandwich
Dinner: Tomato soup, fish with potatoes and salad, chicken with peas and rice, spaghetti, pizza
Desserts: ice cream, apple pie,
Drinks:water, orange juice, apple juice, coca-cola
Cook’s part: “I’m sorry, we’re out of chicken soup.”, “Here you are.”
Waiter’s part: “May I help you?”, “Give me chicken soup, please.”, “I’m sorry, we’re out of chicken soup. Can I get you something else?”, “Here you are.”, “Enjoy your meal.”
Customer’s part: “Yes, I’d like chicken soup, please.”, ”Yes, I’d like spaghetti, please.”, “Thank you”
Materials:
PowerPoint presentation (appendix 3), The English Restaurant menu (appendix 5),
Task / Materials needed / Time1. / Yes I’d like
Teacher revise with students food vocabulary and presents them “I’d like structure”. They watch PowerPoint presentation and name the meals. / PowerPoint presentation (appendix 3) / 5min
2. / Introduction to the game
Teacher divides class into groups. In each group there have to be 4/5 students: one cook, one waiter and customers. Everyone gets The English Restaurant menu. However, in cooks’ menus some dishes have been crossed out. Those dishes are not available in the restaurant. Teacher explains how the game will look like. / The English restaurant menu (appendix 5) / 5min
3. / May I help you? Game
The game starts when the waiter goes to the customers’ table and asks: “May I help you?”. Customers order their meals: “Yes, I’d like (chicken soup), please.” The waiter goes to the cook’s table and says “Give me (chicken soup), please.” If it’s not available, the cook says: “I’m sorry, we’re out of (chicken soup).” The waiter runs back to the customers saying: ”I’m sorry, we’re out of (chicken soup). Can I get you something else?”. The customer: ”Yes, I’d like (spaghetti), please.” Waiter goes back to the cook: “Give me (spaghetti), please.” The cooks says: “Here you are.” The waiter goes back to the customers with the meal: “Here you are.” Customers thanks for the meal and the waiter says: “Enjoy your meal.”
After every customer eats their meal children can switch roles. The teacher monitors all the time if they are using polite structures and say everything properly. / The English restaurant menu (appendix 5) / 20min
4. / Who said it?
The teachers shows children the next part of the presentation with sentences from the game. Students have to guess who said it. / PowerPoint presentation (appendix 3) / 5min
List of appendixes:
- “My Ideal Meal” handout (excerpt from Timesaver Personality Quizzes, Mary Glasgow Magazines)
- “How to set the table” handout (found on
- Restaurant – PowerPoint presentation
- “Good Manners” video (found on youtube.com: )