Category Food

Seeing Healthy Answers

Kevin McCaughey’s article “Practical Tips for Increasing Listening Practice Time ” in English Teaching Forum (Vol. 53, No.1, 2015) points out that students often don’t get much listening time in what teachers think are listening-focused activities. He offers tips on managing classroom listening activities where teachers canĀ “see it” happen. This lesson uses a healthy eating […]

Live English

At Unidad Educativa Riobamba, Ecuador TEFL PCV Erin Fischer is bringing English to the classroom through cooking and recipes. The project goal is to have students interact with the language in a practical, hands-on way that mimics real life situations.

Chicago Food Tour Cultural Exchange

We love food, especially food that stimulates and surprises! EFL students and teachers are usually surprised to learn that the US population comprises every nationality on Earth. Realizing how diverse our country is–waves of immigration have been our history–many EFL learners understand that our language varies across the nation, not to mention internationally. This lesson […]

Cooking to Learn Unit Project

This is a final project for a Backward Design unit lesson plan focused on food vocabulary and giving instructions. Groups of three to four students record videos in which they prepare culinary treats they will bring to class.

Memory Challenge

A great game to review vocabulary for a unit or a specific topic. The more “meetings” students have with vocabulary words, the better they remember.

The Kindergarten Project

We are proud to present The Kindergarten Project! In one simple 1.57 GB zip file, you will find an entire school year’s TEFL curriculum for kindergartners, featuring games, activities, coloring pages, songs, and even videos demonstrating the lessons themselves. This curriculum was developed by Peace Corps Volunteers teaching English in Romania from 2011-2013. Ā The curriculum […]

Fruit and Vegetable Bingo Cards

Bingo! Use these pre-sorted and printable bingo cards as a quick game in a pinch or just to teach about food. Made by Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.

Fruit Flashcards

These fruit images are good for flashcards or print out the sheet for a good game Slap!

How Much vs How Many – Countable/Uncountable Noun Worksheet

Students are asked to fill in the blanks with either “How Many” or “How much” to complete the questions about food.

Fruit and Vegetable Coloring Worksheet

Kids love to color. Exploit this to teach them fruit and vegetables. They write the name of the item, then the crayons come out. For primary-level kids.

Food Review Worksheet

Two-page worksheet for 1) identifying fruits and vegetables by picture and 2) translating them from Romanian. You can of course change it to your own local language. It is designed to be printed double sided and cut to make two double-sided worksheets.

At the Supermarket Worksheet

Use this worksheet to practice food and containers. There are two worksheets per page.