Lesson Plan:
Title: Mexican Food/Dishes
Subject: Spanish
Grade Level: 9-12
Objectives:
Following a lecture on the history of Mexican food and various activities,
students will be able to recognize and order Mexican cuisine at a restaurant
using correct phrases and vocabulary.
Students will be able to:
`Identify the foods associated with Mexico.
`Compare and contrast these foods with the foods associated in the
U.S.
`Recognize that many of the foods used in the world today were developed
in Mexico
`Be familiar with and be able to order food from a Mexican menu.
Materials:
`Pictures of various kinds of Mexican food
`Construction paper
`Art supplies (paper, markers, crayons, stencils, etc.)
Introduction:
-Teacher will ask students what kinds of food they think that people
in Mexico eat and why. The teacher will ask the class to pick a
particular food that they notice is not common in their diet. The
teacher will ask the class if they can identify any of the foods in the
Spanish language. After the students respond to these questions,
the teacher will discuss what the lesson will be about. The teacher
will then tell the class that they will be developing a menu in Spanish
and that they are going to a Mexican restaurant to order lunch using the
Spanish that they have learned.
Lesson body:
To begin the lesson, the teacher will ask students the following questions:
1. Why do you think corn is so important in Mexico?
2. Are these foods similar to the ones that we eat at home?
3. What do they eat at home that is similar?
4. What foods would they eat that were shown and talked about?
5. What foods are typical in the American diet?
6. Which of these foods would people in Mexico eat as well?
7. Which of these foods would people in other countries eat
as well?
-The teacher will discuss all the questions in detail. The
teacher will discuss why there is a difference in the types of food eaten
in a particular country.
-The teacher will display the various pictures with the English name
and the Spanish name below it. The teacher will say the English version
then the Spanish version and have the class repeat it. After the
pictures have been viewed and spoken in Spanish, the teacher will show the
picture and ask the class, as a whole, to say the food in Spanish.
-The teacher will now discuss that the class will be making their
own menu, using the new words that they have learned. They can be as creative
as they wish, but they must use the new words learned in this lesson.
The class will become acquainted with new vocabulary for two class
periods, using their menus, bingo, and having vocabulary quizzes. By
the third class period, the class will go to a Mexican restaurant and order
their lunch in Spanish.
Evaluation:
-The students' understanding of the vocabulary will be informally
assessed through large group participation in a class discussion. Teacher
observation of individual participation in the class discussion will also
be evaluated. The students' understanding will also be assessed
in playing bingo. Quizzes and ordering of lunch in a Mexican restaurant
will be the formal evaluation.
Supplementary:
1. Playing bingo: using student-made bingo cards, in
which the students have written vocabulary words.
2. Internet sites for the students who choose to browse the
web for activities:
A.
http://www.funbrain.com
B.
http://www.quia.com/custom/312main.htm
C.
http://www.wordcentral.com
