German Restaurant/Menu Activity
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German Restaurant/Menu Activity 2019 by Cassie Shelton
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German Restaurant/Menu Activity
Proficiency Level:
Novice High
- Keywords: Restaurant, Menu, Food, Paying Bill
Relevant NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements: (SPECIFY THE LEVEL OF THE CAN_DO STATEMENT AFTER EACH ONE)
- I can talk about restaurants and foods in German (novice high)
- I can order food at a restaurant, including items such as drinks, entrees, and desserts (novice high)
- I can ask for the bill/check after I have finished eating (novice mid)
- I can talk about how food tastes (novice high)
Relevant ACTFL World-Readiness Standards
Communication
Standard 1.1
Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
Materials Needed:
- Cards for Play-doh Pictionary (Warm-up)
- Play-doh (Warm-up)
- Timer for Pictionary Game (Warm-up)
- Cafe Flamingo Menus (Main Activity)
- Restaurant Phrase Cards (Main Activity)
Warm-up
1. Print off Pictionary cards, cut up and stack into one deck of cards. Divide students into 2 teams. Students must sculpt the vocabulary word on the card. Students draw cards 1 at a time and must sculpt as many words as they can in 1 minute. The opposing team may guess and steal a point if the team cannot correctly guess what has been sculpted in the allotted time. The team with the most correct guesses (points) wins.
Main Activity
1. Print, cut up and mix up restaurant phrase cards. Give a set of phrase cards to each pair of students.
2. Students will pair off and arrange the restaurant phrase cards in the proper order to simulate a conversation between a waiter and customers.
3. When students are done arranging the restaurant phrases, they should practice the phrases with each other without the phrase strips.
4. Review as a group the correct order and make sure the students understand what each phrase means.
5. Review cultural differences. Cultural Differences:
Tipping--not expected, but up to the customer. Often a tip (Trinkgeld) is rounded up to the next euro on a bill. Water is not free or complimentary--it must be ordered and paid for. Customers must ask for the check. Waiters allow you to take your time with your meal. It is expected that the customer will sit and converse for a while. To get the check, you must get the waiter's attention and ask for the bill.
5. Each student gets a menu. Go over menu items and make sure students understand the vocabulary.
6. Students take turns role playing being the customer and being the waiter. Students should think back and use the restaurant phrase vocabulary they worked with at the beginning of this activity, after the Play-doh warm-up.
Wrap-up
Wrap up Questions:
1. Was hast du im Cafe Flamingo zum Essen bestellt?
2. Was hast du im Cafe Flamingo zum Trinken bestellt?
3. Was hast du als Nachtisch bestellt?
4. Wie hat das Essen geschmeckt?
5. Wie viel war die Rechnung?
End of lab:
• Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate their confidence.
- I can talk about restaurants and foods in German (novice high)
- I can order food at a restaurant, including items such as drinks, entrees, and desserts (novice high)
- I can ask for the bill/check after I have finished eating (novice mid)
- I can talk about how food tastes (novice high)
• Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
• Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future labs!