ENJOY YOUR MEAL: CUCUMBER TEA SANDWICH

 

Shared by Yolanda Núñez: 

SCHOOL YEAR: Primary

SUBJECT: English

TOPIC: Enjoy your meal!

Estimated TIME/SESSIONS: one session 1 hour

LESSON OBJECTIVE:

- Learn vocabulary about food

- Learn expressions related to food

- Use instructions to make a recipe

- Value healthy food

- Cooperate between students

CONTENTS/SKILLS:

- Learn about the benefits of healthy food using vocabulary related to food

- Cooperation to create a healthy recipe

DESCRIPTION:

We introduce vocabulary about healthy food with flash cards or toys playing games with them.  (15 minutes)

Then we introduce some healthy ingredients: tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce, cheese, ...and

The teacher shows the students how to prepare a tea cucumber sandwich (the recipe is included at the bottom of the page), and we explain that is a typical sandwich that British have at teatime.

Then we choose a volunteer to prepare a different sandwich. (This student is going to be a robot and the rest of the students are going to give the robot instructions about how to make the sandwich correctly. (15 minutes).

We can repeat the activity with some students if we have time.

After that the children are going to work in groups to make the best tea sandwich they can. Each group will have a card with two healthy ingredients that must be included in their recipe. (15 minutes)

The sandwich must be creative. (we can plan this type of activity by Halloween so they can create a scary sandwich)

Then each group will explain the recipe to their partners (15 minutes)

RECIPE/s:  CUCUMBER TEA SANDWICH

INGREDIENTS

2 Slices of bread

Cheese cream

Lemon juice

Salt

Black pepper

Slides cucumber

Fresh herbs

 

STEPS TO MAKE A CUCUMBER TEA SANDWICH

1.Lay two slices of bread flat and spread with cream cheese

2. Cover one side of the sandwich with sliced cucumber

3. Season with a squeeze of lemon juice, salt, pepper and fresh herbs

4. Cover the cucumbers with the other slice of bread, cream cheese side down

5. Cut the sandwich diagonally twice to create four triangular finger sandwiches.

6. Serve and enjoy!

VOCABULARY:

 Different types of food

Expressions to give instructions

MATERIALS:

What we need for making sandwich (knifes, spoon....), apron, napkings.

Cards

Toys