2. Background Since 2002, our school has developed our school based curriculum.

3. Level : P.5 Text Type: Recipes Number of students involved: 20 Number of teachers involved: 4 Time: Saturday morning (9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) Brief Description: Teachers will explain the importance of balanced diet in daily life and steps in doing simple cooking. Teachers will explain the importance of balanced diet in daily life and steps in doing simple cooking. Students are required to create a recipe for the ‘Healthy Eating’ theme for the class party and produce a ‘Cooking Fun Show’ to record the process of cooking and to explain to others how to prepare healthy food for the party. Students are required to create a recipe for the ‘Healthy Eating’ theme for the class party and produce a ‘Cooking Fun Show’ to record the process of cooking and to explain to others how to prepare healthy food for the party.

4. Aim: Students can do simple cooking with their creative recipes so they can apply different generic skills, like reading skills, numeracy skills, problem-solving skills and collaboration skills to complete the task. Students can do simple cooking with their creative recipes so they can apply different generic skills, like reading skills, numeracy skills, problem-solving skills and collaboration skills to complete the task. Language Focuses : Vocabulary: verbs related to cooking Vocabulary: verbs related to cooking Use imperatives to give instructions Use imperatives to give instructions

5. Tasks: Write recipes in groups. Write recipes in groups. Shop for the ingredients. Shop for the ingredients. Prepare the food Prepare the food Cooking (Video taking / photo taking) Cooking (Video taking / photo taking) Share the food. Share the food. Edit the product, the video/ booklet/ slideshow, using the online movie maker or other software before the presentation. Edit the product, the video/ booklet/ slideshow, using the online movie maker or other software before the presentation.

6. Task – Implementation Pre – Task (Teaching) Steps: I Can Cook – learn the verbs related to cooking and the ingredients. Play the game ‘I Can Cook’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/icancook/I Can Cook http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/icancook/ Check the recipes recipes http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/icancook/makes/ Students are required to prepare a list of verbs related to cooking and a list of ingredients for reference in writing the recipe.

7. Task – Implementation While – Task Steps: Task Description – explain the details of the task Show the PowerPoint (Task instructions) to explain the task to students.PowerPoint (Task instructions) Write the recipe – group work (recipe template) Prepare the shopping list and shop for the ingredients (Source: purplemash.com)shopping list Prepare the food – group work Cooking (Video taking / photo taking)

8. Task – Implementation Post – Task (Create a project) Steps: They need to edit the product, the video/ booklet/ slideshow, using powerpoint or other software before the presentation. (Source: www.voicethread.com )www.voicethread.com Students can share the food.

9. Outcomes

11. Students find the task interesting. The task attains social purpose, writers would have real interaction with their audience. Enhance and promote peer learning and collaboration involve students in expanding ideas and reorganizing ideas. allows students to show their appreciation and to make constructive feedbacks to each other. The task enables pupils to develop a sense of belonging, as they can create a group project by themselves. Reflections