Organizing A Meal

Organizing a meal Activity 4th grade

Plan the menú
Grocery list
General shooping
Activities
Noncount and Count Nouns
• Write a list of some food items onto the board. Make sure you write avariety of foods such as fruits, vegetables and drinks. You will now get the students involved by giving one person a chalk or a marker and asking him to draw a circle around one count noun food such asan apple or banana. After the student is done making the circle, he will then pass it to the other side of the room where the next student in line will drawl a square around one noncount noun such asmeat and tea. When everyone has marked the food items on the board, ask the class if there are any errors and let them come up to fix them.
Restaurant Menu
• Ask the class to break into partnersand write a menu for a restaurant. Make sure that they are only writing items for a western-style menu with the foods written in English. Do not let them write, say, a Korean food menu. The partnerswill then alternate between ordering the food and taking the order. When ordering, make sure that you emphasize "I would like to have..." The person who is taking the order should practice saying "Whatwould you like?" Depending on how high the level of the class is, you can get more in depth by asking "How well do you want it to be cooked?" and giving a reply.
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Grocery Store
• Set up a scenariowhere the class acts out as if they are in a grocery store. One person will play a customer; another will be the clerk. To begin, distribute handouts to the students that have one column of countnouns (such as newspapers) and one of noncount noun items (such as milk). The customer will then ask "How much milk is left?" or "How many apples are left?" The clerk will then say "There isn't muchleft" or "There are many left." Make sure that you establish the connection between "much" and noncount nouns and "many" and count nouns. Have the partners switch roles when they have completed their...