The Process
“First
prepare the soup of your choice and pour it into a bowl. Then, take the bowl
and quickly turn it upside down on the cookie tray. Lift the bowl ever so gently
so that the soup retains the shape of the bowl. Gently is the key word here.
Then, with the knife cut the soup down the middle into halves, then quarters,
and gently reassemble the soup into a cube. Some of the soup will run off onto
the cookie tray. Lift this soup up by the corners and flod slowly into a cylindrical
soup staff. Place the packet in your purse or inside coat pocket, and pack off
to work.”
Steve Martin
Steps
I
- Pre-Activities
(language and vocabulary)
- Before you
actually start your task, you will do a series of exercises in class with
your teacher. You
should keep a portfolio folder which you will name Copabacana Restaurant.
Keep the printed material in a paper folder or store it in a folder on your
computer.The graphs, charts and exercises distributed in class may also be
found online so you can save them on your computer and complete them again
at home. By copying again what you have noted down in class, you revise what
you have done, organize it and have the content to write your final report.
You will be marked on the content of your portfolio.
- KWL
Chart
(enter here, all vocabulary you know that is related to food)
- Graph
Eating
(which Wh-question is more important and justify why...discuss in class
then click here for the exercise
to recall what was done in class)
- Nationalities
grid / present perfect
- Recipe
Game
- Graph
Food (here, you classify the vocabulary you have collected in class and
from the book). Click here for a matching exercise or a crossword
puzzle to remember what you did in class. If you feel a bit stronger
you can always try the following text based on the food
pyramid.
- Choose among
the exercises suggested below. After completing as many as you wish, write
a short review, saying what you liked or not and why and what you have learnt.
You can type your paragraph on Word and include it in your portfolio or use
Project Poster (do
not forget to keep the ID number of your page). For each review, remember
to mention the name of the exercise you did and copy the url.
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II
- Task
- Together in
class have a look at the Copa diagram and discuss
the type of restaurant you want the Copa to be, the kind of clientele you
will deal with, the kind of dishes/drinks to be offered on the menu , the
staff needed...
- Choose a type
of restaurant you favour, get together with two other students and prepare
your arguments using one of the charts below. You will have to defend your
point of view.
- Based on the
option you have chosen, decide on the menu you are going to have and find
the corresponding recipes.
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III
-Task Extension (some
of the roles are still being designed)
- Once you have
come to a consensus, your task will be to staff the restaurant and decide
on the menu and what you need to get the restaurant going. Choose one of the
tasks provided. Remember that depending on your decision, some of the tasks
will have to be left aside.
- Form groups
of maximum 4 people according to your preferences and elect a manager to represent
your group.
IV
- Presentation
- Together
present orally the chosen option, comparing and contrasting it to the others.
Each group should explain their point of view, their difficulties and what
was done to reach a solution and consensus. You may want to record your opinions
in the Copabacana
Restaurant Forum
-
Present the menu for the restaurant and the corresponding recipes. You may
do it on paper or use Powerpoint
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