UNIT 2 A LESSON PLAN
-WARM-UP Show the students photos/pics of easy menus from the internet and ask about their favorite food/drink/restaurant in town. Students are probably familiar with restaurant menus. They may have seen school lunch menus, fast food restaurant menus, or local family restaurant menus. Explore the genre of menus together by analyzing existing menus from their favorite restaurants. Write some of the words on the board to start using and learning vocabulary.
-MAKE COPIES of the text (ticket) and give them to the students. Explain that two friends had a meal at the restaurant and that they have to answer the questions (also written on the page)
1 What is the name of the restaurant?
2 Where is it?
3 What was the date?
4 What was the name of the waiter/waitress?
5 How many people ate at the restaurant?
6 How much was each dish/drink? What was the total price?
7 Is there any way to contact the restaurant?
Check and correct answers.
-ASK and PRACTICE WITH STUDENTS (questions are also written on the worksheet)
1 When was the last time you went to a restaurant and who did you go with?
2 Did you go to the restaurant for lunch or for dinner?
3 What did you eat? What did you drink?
4 How much did it cost?
5 Did you enjoy the food?
Check answers and write some examples on board. Underline verbs and explain the use of Past Simple. Sometimes I use videos to explain grammar structures, I find they are more receptive with videos. Learn English with Skype is a good website to use.
-PREPARE Role play activity between a waiter and two customers. (We work in groups of 3).
Target Language. Give them the following dialogue
Waiter: Welcome to Hannah's. Here are your menus. Today's special is grilled steak. I'll be back to take your order in a minute.
Waiter: Are you ready to order?
Customer 1: I'd like the grilled steak.
Waiter: And you?
Customer 2: I'll have a hamburger and fries.
Waiter: Would you like anything to drink?
Customer 1: I'll have a coke, please.
Waiter: And for you?
Customer 2: Just water, please.
Waiter: OK. So that's one grilled steak, one hamburger and fries, one coke, and one water. I'll take your menus.
Waiter: Here is your food. Enjoy your meal.
Waiter: How was everything?
Customer 2: Delicious, thanks.
Waiter: Would you like anything for dessert?
Customer 1: No, just the bill please.
Now with models of menus from local restaurants (they also have the English version) kids prepare their own dialogues and perform them in the class. We can record them and then watch the videos together.
-COMPOSITION Write about the last restaurant meal you had answering the following questions (50 words)
Where did you go and when?
What did you have?
Who did you go with?
How much did it cost?
Details about the restaurant itself, such as history of the restaurant or background on the food can also be checked online if we want the composition to be a little longer or for advanced students.
-Extra activities can be added if we want a second day (I do not think we would have time for the survey).
Conduct a survey about good restaurants in your city.
Students can also create their own custom menus
Extra practice
Learn English teens from the British Council has an activity about restaurants and menus.