Meal Service and Entertainment II – Good Eating Habits (Primary 6)
HOME ECONOMICS
FIRST TERM
NINTH WEEK
THEME: FOOD AND NUTRITION
BASIC 6
TOPIC: Good Eating Habits
Meal service is a meal served at any regular occasion such as breakfast, lunch and dinner.
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
- By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and be able to:
- state and practice good eating habits;
- mention ways of receiving and entertaining guest.
ENTRY BEHAVIOR
- The pupils are required to already have learned
- major meal of the day I
- meal of the day II
- special dishes and drinks
- cooking tradition dishes and drinks
- Meal Service and Entertainment
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
- The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of table
METHOD OF TEACHING
- Explanation
- Discussion
- Demonstration
- Questions and answers
REFERENCE MATERIALS
- Scheme of Work
- 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum
- Course Book
- All Relevant Materials
- Online Materials
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CONTENT OF THE LESSON
GOOD EATING HABITS
- Washing of hands before meals.
- Chewing with mouth closed.
- Taking little portion at a time.
HOW TO RECEIVE AND ENTERTAIN GUESTS
- Welcoming guests warmly.
- Serve guest correctly.
- Being a good hostess or host.
TABLE LAYING TECHNIQUES
- Formal Dinner Table
- Put down a placemat in front of each chair.
- A napkin on the left beside the placemat.
- A plate in the center of the placemate.
- Fork on the napkin, knife and spoon on the right.
- A glass wine at the right corner of placemat.
- Casual Dinner Table
- Put down a placemat at the centre of the table.
- A napkins on the left of the placemat.
- A plate in the center of the placemate.
- Fork on the napkin, knife and spoon on the right.
- A glass water and wine at the right corner of placemat.
PRESENTATION
- To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:
- To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;
- Prepares for practical work;
- Pupil’s Activities – Discuss and enumerate the type of meal service used in their home, Discuss and list materials required for meal services, Discuss good eating habits.
- Role – plays most of the activities;
- Pupil’s Activities – Discuss and state how to receive and entertain guests.
- Practices tray service and table laying;
- Pupil’s Activities – Role – play reception of the guests.
- Pupil’s Notes – Write short notes written by the teacher.
CONCLUSION
- To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson – meal service and entertainment II.
LESSON EVALUATION
- Pupil to:
- state and practice good eating habits;
- mention ways of receiving and entertaining guest.