Immerse VR Lesson

Author names:  Kseniia Mikhailova & Sasha Radford

Preparation For Teachers

• Create an account in Immerse: https://www.immerse.com or use an access code

• Complete the 4 tutorials in the Help menu to learn to navigate in Immerse and what teaching opportunities and tools it offers (30-45 min)

• The students will also need to watch the tutorials so that that can learn how to navigate in Immerse prior to the lesson (30 min)

• The teacher can create their own activities in Immerse (1 hour) or can use lesson plans made by other teachers

Short description

In this lesson, students will learn vocabulary for common foods, ingredients, utensils, and kitchen tools; speak about their preferences for food; and interact with other students to find out what certain recipes consist of. 

Target Group

• Target Age: 10 and up

• Target Language Level (based on CEFR): A2

• Actual Location: Indoors, Classroom

• Virtual Location: Immerse Kitchen space

Lesson Aims based on CEFR Competencies

• Interaction:  Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters and can handle very short social exchanges. (p. 83)

• Production:  Can give a simple description of an object or picture using basic words, phrases and formulaic expressions. (p. 71)

• Communicative Language Competences (Linguistic): 

  • Has sufficient vocabulary to conduct routine, everyday transactions involving familiar situations and topics. (p.132)

  • Has a basic vocabulary repertoire of words and phrases related to particular concrete situations. (p. 132)

How this fits into a larger lesson or unit

This lesson can be used as one of the lessons on the topic "Food".  It can be utilized at the end of the unit as a way to asssess students and to activate their porductive skills.

Learning Objectives - SWBAT:

• Identify common foods, utensils, and kitchen tools

• Produce simple present tense sentences pertaining to food and other kitchen vocabulary

  • food preferences

  • recipe ingredients

Materials Needed: 

• Navigating the Kitchen Presentation with Instructions (Google Slides)

• Immerse --> Kitchen --> Navigating the Kitchen program

Brief description of each phase of task cycle 

• Pre-task (7 min):  

  • Review slides - Prior to going into the VR Kitchen space, briefly review slides so they understand the tasks involved

  • Scaffolding vocabulary - Individually, learners will use the Scanner to identify various foods (those that have question marks over them) in the kitchen.

• Main tasks (15 min):  Arrange students in pairs.

  • Task 1:  On the whiteboard, pairs will sort words into four categories (sandwich, pizza, burrito, sushi roll). Once complete, they will take a picture of the board. Let students know there may be more than one correct answer.

    • The teacher will need to clear the whiteboard between pairs. by toggling the on/off button for Graphic Organizer.

  • Task 2:  In the same pairs, students will draw a card from one of the Prompt Card stations, find the item on the card, then use the item in sentences to convey their likes and dislikes and what recipe that item can be used for. They will repeat until they've completed at least 10 cards.

  • Task 3:  Individually, students will spin the wheel to get a random recipe, then take a picture of its contents to refer back to if needed. In pairs, they ask each other what is in their recipes to practice using the items in questions and answers.

• Post-tasks (7 min) and assessment:

  • Task 1:  Individually, students will search the room for their recipe ingredients, put them in a group on the counter and take a picture to show they have selected the correct items.

  • Task 2: Students will find the finished version of their recipes on the kitchen counter, put the finished item on the tray, and take a picture to show they have selected the correct item.

Assessment Ideas

Assessment can be performed by listening to students' production during class activities and by checking the photos they take of the whiteboard, recipe ingredents, and the final recipe item.

For Students 

Students may refer to the Slides on the screen in the kitchen to review instructions for tasks as needed.

Example screenshots of activities: