Sunday, May 22, 2011

2m, 3m, 4m Activity - Pancakes Recipe - Week of May, 23rd

"Some nice food for some nice breakfast"

Presentation:
-Ask the students what they usually eat for breakfast.
Make a list on the board.
-Ask what kitchen utensiles are usually needed for cooking.
-Introduce new vocabulary on cooking:
-Verbs: to cook, to bake, to heat up, to add, to pour, to beat, to stir, .....
-Utensiles: a mixing pan, a griddle/frying pan, a wisk, a spatula, a plate, a cup, a teaspoon, a tablespoon, a glass,....
-Ingredients: oil, vinegar, salt, sugar, vamilla, cinamon, pepper, sausages, bacon, eggs, meat, fish, vegetables (zucchinis, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, garlic, ....) fruits (oranges, lemon, apples, banana), pizza croust, batter/dough, .....
-Ask students if they know what pancakes are and how one can make them (what are the ingredients?)
-Write down the prediction list on the board
-Have the students watch the video of the recipe for  homemade pancakes:


Practice:
-Resume what is needed for cooking pancakes/Reconstruct cooking instructions, quantities and ingredients needed.

-Recipe:

For a fast, easy PANCAKE recipe which ingredients can always be found in the kitchen!

Utensiles:
-Frying pan greased with butter or some non-sticking spray
-A mixing bowl
-A wisk

Ingredients:
-Beat one 1 egg into fluffy
-Add 3/4 cup of milk
-2 tablespoons of melted margarine
-1 teaspoon of vanilla
-1cup of flour
-1tablespoon of sugar
-3 teaspoon of baking powder
-Half a teaspoon of salt

-Mix until well-combined

-Tip:
The frying pan or gridle is hot enough when a drop of water  breaks on it, denses and then evaporates

-Pour on some dough/batter to make the size of pancake you like.
-When bubbles appear on the top and break, then it's time to flip it and to cook the other side
until it's golden brown.

And here they are: light and fluffy homemade pancakes!
These are also good with chocolate chips and/or fruits added to the dough/batter.


Production:
-Have students work in pairs and write down the ingredients and what is needed to make their favorite dish.
-Have them explain it to the class:

Ex: To make an avocado sandwich, pizza, omelette, salade nicoise, hot dog,.... we need:
Utensiles:
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Ingredients:
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Instructions (using the new verbs seen at the imperative) :
-Heat up .....
-Add......
-Cut/Chop .........
-Beat.............
-Pour...........
-Stir............
-Bake................
-...........

Students' recipes from 2medio:
By Javiera Valladares and Tamara Vargas (2medio A):

I. To make Chacarero:
1) Ingredients:
-1/2 kilo of green beans
-1/4 kilo of meat
-2 tomatoes
-1 teaspoon of mayonnaise
-oil
-1 teaspoon of salt
-1/2 kilo of bread
-1/2 kilo of avocado
-Bread

2) Utensiles
-A teaspoon
-a pan
-a knife

3) Instructions
-Peel the tomatoes
-Open the bread in two
-Fry the meat and add it to the bread
-Peel and smash the avocado and add salt on it
-Add the avocado and tomatoes on the bread
-Cook the green beans and add them onto the bread
-Add some mayonnaise

Bon apetit!

II. To make Americano (Ignacio, 2medio A):

1) Ingredients:
-1egg
-meat
-oil
-cheese
-salt
-bread
-jam

2)Utensiles:
-A pan

3) Instructions:
-Pour the oil onto the pan
-Fry the bread and add salt
-Fry the egg and add salt
-Put into the bread: the fried egg, the meat, the cheese and the jam.
-Heat up the sandwhich

If you want, you can melt the cheese a bit before!
Bon apetit!

Thursday, May 19, 2011

1m, 2m Activity - May 15th

Activity based on physical description and psychological description - mood/ professions
 
Vocabulary – lesson on Physical/Personal descriptions :
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
1. Hair:
COLOR: blond, ginger (canella), brunette (dark hair for a girl), dark, grey,
SIZE: long, short, curly (ondulado), straight (lisso),
-bald (calvo)
Ex: Catherine is brunette/Rachel is blond; Tom has dark, long and curly hair.
2. Eyes:
COLOR: blue, green, brown
Ex: he has blue eyes
3. Size:
Tall (alto), small (pequeno), medium-size, big (grande), short (pequeno), petite (pequena), fat (gordo), skinny (delgado), strong (fuerte), weak (debil)
Ex: She is really skinny – he is a big man!
4. Skin:
COLOR: dark-skinned (moreno), white (blanco), tanned (bronciado), pale
Ex: Bob is a dark-skinned boy/ Kelly is white
5. General:
Ugly (feo), beautiful (hermosa), pretty (bonita), handsome (hermoso), cute (carinoso)
PERSONALITY
1.Mood:
Happy, sad, angry
1.
Ex: I am really happy/sad, angry
 
2.Others:
confident, funny, boring (aburrido), nice, mean, loud, annoying (molesto), talkative, caring, wise, smart

JOBS
Teacher, engineer, social worker, policeman, detective, fireman, architect, graphic designer, day-care assistant, nurse, doctor,…
Artist: actor/actress, singer, musician, comedian, painter, ...


 
What does he look like?
Hair? Eyes? Size? What can you say about
 his expression?
Imagine what he is trying to do!

 
What does she look like? Hair , eyes? Can you guess her size?
What can you say about her
  expression?? Imagine why she looks happy.

  What does Jane look like? Does she look happy?
Imagine why.

What does she look like? Is she having fun? Imagine why.

 
What does John look like?Does he look sad? Why? Describe.


Activity based on descriptions:

Review again the vocabulary of physical and psychological descriptions and have the students (in  
pairs) describe their partner.
 
Example:
-What does D. look like?
D. is brunette, she has long and curly hair.
-What does D. like?
Also, she likes to study and watch TV, she is funny and very talkative.

Game: each student writes the name of someone famous on a piece of paper and passes it to the teacher.
The teacher divides the class in two teams.

Each team's member has to come to the board and with the help of the teacher has to make his/her team guess as many famous people/papers as possible in one minute.
The team which wins is the one managing to make its team guess as many famous people as possible using the vocabulary covered in class.

3m, 4m Activity - May, 9th/May, 13th 2011

TEN THINGS TO DO IN NEW YORK CITY


Useful Vocabulary to understand he documentary/video:
The City: the "Big Apple," streets and avenues, North/South – East/West, New York shopping
Transportation: Taxi cabs, New York City subway, Staten Island Ferry
Food: Pizza, Pretzels, Pastrami, hot-dogs
Boroughs: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island,
Manhattan: Central Park, West Village, East Village, Lower East Side, Midtown, Greenwhich Village, Business District, Comedy Club, Broadway, Empire State Building, The Chrysler Building, Time Square, the Rockefeller Center, Grand Central Station, Brooklyn Bridge, Saint Patrick Cathedral, the Statue of Liberty, , the “Met”= the Metropolitan Museum, the Guggenheim, the MoMA, the New Gallery,
the Museum of Natural History,Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Century 21.

-What is the other name for NYC??
-Which color are the taxi-cabs??
I.
How many boroughs are there in NYC?
What are their names?
Which one is the most famous?
What are the main tourist attractions in Manhattan?
II.
What can you find in the Bronx?
What can you find in Staten Island?
What can you find in Brooklyn?
III.
How is Manhattan divided?
How can you navigate in New York?
IV  
What things are for free in New York?
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V.
What are the main museums cited?
On which avenue are they located?
VI.
What can you find in Central Park?
VII.
What is the main avenue for shopping in Manhattan?
What is the name of the most famous shop on this avenue?
VIII.
What are the three main food specialties you can find in New York City?
IX.
      1. What is it possible to do at night in New York City?



Give students some more information about New York City


Activity based on New York City - recompose the lyrics of a song
Listening Activity:
With a song by Alicia Keys: "Empire State of Mind" (2009) - about N.Y.C.



Alicia Keys Alicia Keys, accompanied by Jay-Z, films the "New York" music video in Times Square.
Song extracted from YouTube:

Questions:
Pre-gist
1.    Which words are NOT going to appear in the song? Guess!

a)    Countryside
b)    Town
c)    Chicago
d)    Broadway
e)    Sirens
f)     Melting-pot
g)    Jungle
h)    Silence

2.    Which places are not mentioned in the song:

Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Harlem, Central Park

Word bank: sirens, Brooklyn, avenue, Broadway, Jungle, lights, cab, melting-pot, dreams, city, concrete, town,  pretty, famous, New York


3. Fill in the blanks using the word bank


Grew up in a ………………..(a)
That is……….. (b) as a place of a movie scene,                    

Noise is always loud,            
There are ……….. (c) all around,
And the streets are mean

If I could make it here,
I could make it anywhere,          
That’s what they say.

Seeing my face in lights
Or my name in marquees
Found down on …………...(d)

Even if it ain’t all it seems,
I got a pocketful of dreams
Baby, I’m from …….., (e)            

Chorus:
Concrete …………..(f) where dreams are made of,              
There’s nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York

These streets will make you feel brand new,
The ………….. (g) will inspire you.
Let’s hear it from New York, New York, New York


On the ………….(h)
There’s never a curfew,
Ladies work so hard.

Such a ……….-……..(i)
On the corners selling rock,
Preachers pray to God.

Hail a gypsy …………(j)
Takes me down
From Harlem to the ……………(k)Bridge.

Someone sleeps tonight
With a hunger for more than
An empty fridge.


I’m going to make it by any means,
I got a pocketful of dreams,
Babe I’m from New York,

Chorus:
Concrete Jungle where …………. (l) are made of
There’s nothing you can’t do
Now you’re in New York,

These streets will make you feel brand new,
The lights will inspire you,
Hear it from New York, New York, New York,

One hand in the air for the big …………(m),
Street lights, big dreams,
All looking ………………(n),

No place in the world that can compare,
Put your lighters in the air
Everybody says yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

New York,

…………(o) Jungle where dreams are made of,
There’s nothing you can’t do
Now you’re in New York,

These streets will make you feel brand new,
The lights will inspire you,
Hear it from New York, New York, New York,

Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There’s nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York,

These streets will make you feel brand new
The lights  will inspire you,
Hear it from New York, New York, New York.


To further the activity if possible (with extra-time):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emLezXjWAjw (Jay-z's version with lyrics)


Speaking activity: In pairs, try to plan a trip to New York answering the following questions:

-What would you bring with you to New York (camera, cell-phone, pc,  tennis shoes, ...)?
-How much money would you bring? What would you buy with it?
-How long would you stay?
-What would you eat?
-What would you visit?