Since I had certification and experience in cooking and baking classes, I was given a class load in home economics for junior high school. What I would do in my class is that I would first make a classroom discussion using a PowerPoint presentation to educate them about the keywords, kitchen terminologies, and procedures. After classroom instructions and discussions, we would schedule a hands-on kitchen activity like making clubhouse sandwiches, baking cookies and letting them craft their sandwich.
To test their understanding of the procedures and to help them remember the English terms of the ingredients/tools we used in the kitchen, I would let them make a poster of the steps on how did they created their sandwiches and have them present in front..
To educate students about widely celebrated traditions and holidays around the world, I make it a point to integrate these themes into our lessons. In a typical classroom discussion, I begin by showing a picture and encouraging students to describe what they see, share words that come to mind, and guess what the lesson might be about. When necessary, I include video clips to provide more context, especially if the topic is unfamiliar, helping them expand their vocabulary.
Additionally, we ensure that at the end of each topic or lesson, students produce an output to demonstrate what they have learned.
During the second week of May, in celebration of Mother’s Day, the students created cards and wrote heartfelt letters to their beloved mothers. To begin the lesson, I showed them a video clip titled "The Unique Connection." After watching, we had a sharing session where students expressed how they felt and discussed the message of the video. My co-teacher, Sherry, helped by translating words or phrases the students found difficult to express in English. Following the discussion, the students created their own pop-up Mother’s Day cards as their final output.
Students are divided into two groups, each provided with a poster featuring a large tree at the center. Each tree has a specific task: the first focuses on what trees provide for humans, while the second highlights what humans can do to protect trees. Students are given 10 minutes to write their ideas on paper leaves, which they then paste onto the tree. After 10 minutes, the groups exchange posters and add more ideas to the other group's tree, making sure not to repeat any previously written responses.