A Tasty Film

Language level: Elementary (A1) - Advanced (C1)

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 110 minutes

Topic: Food and drinks

Skills: Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing

Materials: Love Sarah (scenes where baking takes place), Around the world in 80 bakes

Steps: 

• Step 1: Watch the film with advanced students. If your students are intermediate or lower, focus on scenes where baking is happening or use Spanish subtitles if you want them to watch the whole film. Ask them to focus on the baking and cakes, the ingredients, where the cakes come from, and to pay special attention to ‘Around the world in 80 bakes’.

• Step 2: Next, each student chooses one of the cakes or pastries that Love Sarah sells, searches for the ingredients and as many details as possible, and writes the version of the recipe. You can use the link above for inspiration.

• Step 3: ask students to swap recipes so that each one ends up with a recipe that has not been created by themselves. Next it is their turn to bake. Give them these instructions:

• Give your classmates a taste of the world by baking the recipe you have received from your partner and which is inspired by the film. In 10 minutes or less, show yourself creating the cake/pastry while talking about the story. Have fun & use your imagination!

• Take into account these tips for successful baking and recording, too!

Before recording:

Think of how you can demonstrate your baking easily & safely.

Plan to record your video in a kitchen.

Check with an adult before cooking.(for under age students)

Remember your time limit is 10 minutes.

Practise with a timer before recording.

Get all the ingredients out & have them handy.

While recording your video:

Introduce yourself & the dish you will be making.

Say the original author of the recipe, that is, your partner.

Talk about the film.

Pause the video when you need to, such as while mixing ingredients or while baking in the oven. Remember, you only have 10 minutes!

End your video by tasting your awesome dessert.

Don’t

Skip the preparation! The more you plan out your video and practice, the better it will be!

Forget to say what you liked about the film and who else might enjoy it.

Forget to cook or bake only with an adult's permission if you are under age.

Who is who?

Language level: Elementary (A1-A2) - Intermediate (B1)

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 50 minutes

Topic: Describing people

Skills: Speaking and writing

Materials:

Steps:

• Step 1: Show the picture above on your whiteboard or give a copy of the picture to each student.

• Step 2: Ask each student to choose one character and describe him/her physically, personality, clothes, age, and so forth. They should not tell anybody who they are describing.

• Step 3: When they are ready, take it in turns for students to share their descriptions with the rest of their peers, without telling the name of their chosen character. The class must guess who their mates are describing. The first who guesses is the next to share his/her description. 

 

Story and characters

Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Advanced (C1-C2)

Learner type: Teens and adults

Time: 120 minutes aprox.

Topic: Relationships and storytelling

Skills: Listening, speaking and writing

Materials: Official UK Trailer 

Steps:

• Step 1: Give your students the following questions and watch the film trailer:

• Who are the women in the film?

• What relationships do you think they have?

• What role might the men in the film play?

• Would you like to learn more about the film now that you have watched the trailer?

Ask your students to share their answers with the rest of the class. Elicit answers and foster conversation.

• Step 2: Now it is your students' turn to create their own story about the characters in the film.

• Step 3: Then watch the film and compare their stories with the story they see in the film.