Student Instructions |
Name __________________________________ |
Dictionary Stew
Use a dictionary to help you complete the items below.
1. Place the following words in the proper category below: colander, coriander, cruet, citronella, chintz, carafe, cardamom, cinnamon, cumin, caraway, columbine.
Spices |
Cooking Utensils |
Other |
2.Alphabetize the words in exercise #1.
3.What is the difference between canapé and canopy, funnel and fennel, bouchée and bushel? Use each pair in separate sentences.
4.Would you make tea from belladonna or bergamot? Why or why not?
5.Would you serve prosciutto to a vegetarian? Why or why not?
6.What does one do with crudités?
7.What is the difference between bouillabaisse and bouillon? Use both words in a sentence that demonstrates their meaning.
8.The following words have a food-related meaning and a non-food meaning. Use each word twice in the same sentence, once with the food-related meaning and once with the non-food meaning. (Example: You can dip into your allowance to pay for the dip for the party.)
Did you know that there is no word in the English language
that rhymes with orange?
dash, dash dice, dice pinch, pinch
words doesn’t belong: bisque, slumgullion, borscht, fricassee,
list of “B” words are all processes used in cooking. Put the alphabetical order.
braise, blanch, brew, barbecue, blend, blacken, beat, broil, boil, baste, bake
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Student Instructions |
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More Dictionary Stew
Use a dictionary to help you complete the items below.
1.Use the words baguette and briquette correctly in the same sentence.
2.Use the words cinnamon and cinnabar correctly in the same sentence.
3.If someone says something is a gustatory delight, what do they mean?
4.If you blanch some almonds, what do you do to them?
5.Use pasta and hosta correctly in the same sentence.
6.Use the word piquant in a sentence about food.
7.Use the words pullet, palette and palate in a sentence about food.
8.In a sentence, disparage your least favorite food.
9.Rewrite this sentence so that it is easier to understand: Each ramekin contained a copious quantity of succulent drupelets combined with julienned bananas and a dollop of cream.
10.Alphabetize the following drinks:
cocoa, soda, root beer, milk, juice, water, sparkling water, malt, milk shake, tea, coffee, iced tea, lemonade, spritzer, tonic, punch, java, espresso, cappuccino
“Great eaters and great sleepers are incapable of anything else that is great.”
—Henry IV of France
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Student Instructions |
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key ingredients
Every ingredient is important in a recipe. If the cook leaves something out, the results are often pretty strange. Imagine brownies without the chocolate, omelets without the eggs, or pizza without the crust.
Writing can also sound pretty strange if a key ingredient is left out. A sentence without a verb just doesn’t work, for example. Neither does a sentence without a noun.
Some parts of speech can be left out. However, these parts of speech are so common in our language that leaving them out is actually hard to do. To show you how hard, follow the instruc-
tions below. Each answer should be at least three sentences long.
1.Write a description of your delicious meal last night at Food Heaven. Use no adjectives at all, except for the articles a, an and the.
2.Write a paragraph describing a parent and a child you saw eating at Food Heaven, but use no pronouns.
3.Write a description of a family eating dinner together in a booth at Food Heaven, but use no prepositions.
4.Write a description of what two servers did to try to please a demanding couple, but use no conjunctions.
“Strength is the capacity to break a
chocolate bar into four pieces with your
bare hands—and then eat just one of the pieces.”
—Judith Viorst
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Teacher Instructions
Coffee or a Roller Coaster
s t r e t c h i n g t h e i m a g i n a t i o n
To encourage them to stretch their imaginations and exercise their creativity, try asking your students questions with no right or wrong answers. Any answer is acceptable, so long as students explain their reasoning.
Don’t worry if you can’t think of an answer to some of the questions. Often students will surprise you by coming up with answers you wouldn’t have dreamed of in a million years. In fact, knowing that you can’t think of an answer may encourage them to try even harder!
Example: Which is sadder, a cup of coffee or a roller coaster? Answer: A cup of coffee is sadder. A roller coaster has its ups and
downs, but coffee is always in a dark mood.
1.Which weighs less, a brownie or a smile?
2.What does broccoli have in common with a cell phone?
3.How is bread like a stapler?
4.Which is happier, a pepperoni pizza or a baseball cap?
5.Which is lonelier, a bowl of oatmeal or a hangnail?
6.Which is crazier, a salad or an eyebrow?
7.How is spaghetti like a motorcycle?
8.Which is funnier, a marshmallow or a fork?
9.Which is stronger, strawberry jelly or a butterfly?
10.What do an accordion and a tube of toothpaste have in common?
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