Remember our first visit to Spain October 22 to 26, 2012

We made ​​a short film with Jose (35 min) This first Comenius exchange in October 2012 in Alcala la Real you can see by copying the link :  http://youtu.be/tIfldGkKHr4%

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Remenber our first visit to Spain October 2012

Good travel...

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT.

INTRODUCTION

Have you ever heard the English proverb "You are what you eat" ("Somos lo que comemos" in Spanish?). A proverb is a short saying which intends to express a basic truth. We have lots of this type of sayings in Spanish, but it will be interesting to learn some of them in English; and we'll focus in the specific sayings we can relate to food and gastronomy.

OBJECTIVES

- To learn English traditional sayings and revising and learning basic vocabulary used in them.

- To revise different verbal tenses and linkers used in English to write a narrative text.

- To work in grammatical and lexical error correction, and in the creation of different drafts to improve the students’ writing skills.

LEVEL OF THE PUPILS THAT WILL CARRY OUT THE ACTIVITY

- This activity will be done by students in the third year of Compulsory Secondary Education. 

MATERIALS NEEDED TO DO THE ACTIVITY

- We will need a computer with internet connection.

PARTS OF THE ACTIVITY

1. We'll visit the webpage:

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/proverbs.html

and we'll make a list of all the proverbs including words related to food or gastronomy.

2. We'll translate all these proverbs and make sure we know what they really mean. In some cases, you can find a Spanish equivalent for a particular proverb. If there is a Spanish equivalent, we'll write it next to the English proverb.  Let's take, for example "Revenge is a dish best served cold”. In Spanish we say: "La venganza es un plato que se sirve frío".

In some other cases, it's difficult to think of an equivalent proverb, but it is important that we understand what the proverb implies. Thus, "Don't teach your grandma to suck eggs", means that it's better not to give advice to someone who is more experienced than you. We don't have a similar proverb in Spanish including a grandma and eggs, if we do and I'm not aware of this, please tell me ;-)

3. Now, we'll choose a proverb and we'll write a story. In this story:

- We'll use the proverb we have chosen in a meaningful way

Or

- The chosen proverb will act as a conclusion of the story we write. To do this, we'll carefully plan our writing:

A. Thinking about the verbal tense it's more adequate. Do we remember the uses and form of the verbal tenses we have studied so far? If not, have a look at

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html

You can also practice doing different exercises to check that you remember.

B. Considering using convenient linkers that we'll help us to organize what we want to write about. You can check:

http://www.pronunciandoeningles.com/gramatica/los-conectores.html

 

When we finish, we'll check that there aren't any grammatical or lexical mistakes. We'll revise it again after some time, and we'll submit it to the teacher's mail. All the essays will be marked by the teacher and the best of them will be read in class.

C. Each student will create a list in which they will capture the mistakes they made and they will revise that list before writing some other essay for the teacher. In doing this they will be more conscious about the mistakes they make.

RESULTS OF THE ACTIVITY

The activity was fun and interesting. Some of the stories were really imaginative and creative and the activity contributed to make the students more aware of the things they need to improve when they create a text.

By Belén Ortega

Food collection campaing for Caritas.

I am going to tell you the activity solidarity of Caritas that we did in my secondary  school.

This is  a campaign to help people with economic problems .The people who are participing in  the project of gastronomy ,we were who went through all the class of my school,to say that the campaign consisted.

The campaign consisted in to bring all the food we can to school to collect food for people who need  help in Alcalá.

 

One week after informing all,we went for all the class again, to collect the food that they had brought.The first day, Tuesday, we went to collect the food of 1ª and 2ªof secondary,the second day,Wednesday,the  day we went to 3º and 4ªof secondary,the third day,Thursday, we went to 1ª and 2º of baccalaureate,and the last day,Friday, we went to training cycle. While we were doing the activity,we counted  how many kilos we have collected in each class,we colleted 256 kilos. 

This 256 kilos of food is going to help a lot of people of Alcalá,so we are going very satisfied.

Judit Gutiérrez Gámiz.

Where do you come from...

Introduction

In this activity we try to meet a little bit more about every innmigrant student in our school. Sometimes they're with us but we don't know many things about them. So our intention is that, they feel more confident themselves and of course they show using gastronomy and traditions things about their countries.

 

Objectives:

• Meet students from other countries studying in our school
• Knowing some aspects of gastronomy, customs and traditions of the countries which students come from
• To promote the participation of parents / mothers of our students in school activities
• To practice english

Phases of the work:

1st To find out the name / s of immigrant students in the school we will interview
2nd to meet them, arrange a time / date of the interview, explain to the interviewer which is all about.
3rd To prepare the interview based on the following points:
- Find in a map the country of your interviewer
- Find information about the country, language spoken, population, economy, education, food, traditions, things you know (For this part of Wikipedia is usually a good choice)
- The interview will have several parts:

a) Personal: Prepare 4 or 5 questions to learn something of the student / a (name, course studying, place of birth, country of origin of your family, time taken in Spain, why his parents came to Alcala la Real , his favorite food ...)
b) Discover the country: To ask some questions about the city where he/she lived, on his/her memories of things he liked in his/her country, ...
c) Discover the traditions of the country: Try to find some typical tradition of the country related to food, that is, a special product to be prepared for certain celebrations (Christmas, Easter, Carnival ...)
d) Discover some recipes in the country: Ask the interviewer to bring you the recipe of two dishes from their country.

4th To write eveything you got it and translate to English. Review your mistakes, show it to your english teacher
5th Prepara a post in the blog of our Solidarity Line http://gastrosolidaria.blogspot.com.es

Title: Meeting ...
The post will have several parts:
1. - Introduction
Copy the following and change what you need
In this post, we want to meet a little bit more of our innmigrant students in our school through gastronomy and traditions of immigrant students who are currently studying in school IES Alfonso XI. In particular in this case, we study....
2. - Country Information
Write 5 lines about the country of the students who you've interviewed, add a photo, map, etc ...
3. - Interview
Write the interview
4. - Recipes
Write the recipes given by the students
5. - Find a video online showing the preparation of these dishes, or if you can not find any, add a photo

Prepare a post in the blog of our Comenius Partnership (same points as in the previous blog but in English). You can find the blog in this direction http://gastroeurope.blogspot.com.es

 
NOTE: If you have several people to interview, do not limit yourself only just person, the work is more complete information if you get information of more people.

"Alcalaínas" Porridge

This dish is prepared for the feast of All Saint's day (1st November)

Ingredients:

- 1/2 hard bread.
- Some Olive oil.
- Some flour.
- Some sugar.
- Some honey.

How make it:

We cut some bread in cubes of approximately 2 centimetres and fry it in plenty of olive oil.
When they are toasted, we put out it of the pan and we leave it in a dish.
We put in the pan with the oil 1/2 litre of water and we throw in the flour moving it with the palette to prevent the formation of lumps until it thicken.
Then we put the fried-bread in the pan and mix it with the porridge. We boil the mix.
Finally we serve the hot porridge and we can add sugar or honey according to taste.

Jose Carlos Cervera López 4ºC
Angela Baeza López 4ºB
Noemí Álvarez Cano 4ºB

Sighs of fiancé

1.- Introduction


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This recipe sighs wedding this from the book of the traditional cuisine of Alcalá la Real and is written by Bernardo Jurado and Maria Aurora Liranzo Canovaca.

2.- Ingredients
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· A dozen eggs

· A kilo of sugar

· A lemon

· A stick of cinnamon is ground completely

· Roasted almonds

3.- How to prepare it

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They mount the egg whites until meringue. You add the lemon juice and cinnamon. You check the sugar and continue beating. Once having consistency is achieved, is cast in a pastry tube and a can with a white paper, are becoming cone shaped in the center is placed an almond everyone and gets into the oven for about five or six minutes, taking off before burning.

Caramel-Coated Almounds

Ingredients:

 - 1/2 kg of almonds
 - 1/2 of sugar
 - Some olive oil
 - Some salt


How make it ?:

We pour the almonds without peel the day before in water and salt, We put out the almonds and toast it in hot oil. Then we put all the almonds out of oil and drain it.
In a copper saucepan, we put all almonds and some sugar.We remove it with a wood spoon, until sugar becomes caramel trying toloosen them, and aroiding the formation of lumps.When they are in their point, we pour them in a marvle stone to perent it sticking.Onee they habe cooled we peel off the marblewith a spatula.

Noemí Álvarez Cano
Jose Carlos Cervera López
Angela Baeza López - 4ºB

Cupcakes

1.- Introduction

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The homemade cupcakes recipe milk is taken from the book of traditional cuisine Alcala and is written by Bernardo Jurado and Maria Aurora Liranzo Canovaca.

It is a traditional dessert of the Lorraine region in France, which has spread throughout France, Spain and Latin America consistently. The cupcakes are shaped like a small shell, obtained by cooking in the oven in a metal plate shaped hollow shell.

2.- Ingredients
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· A dozen eggs

· One liter of olive oil

· A kilogram of sugar

· A liter of milk

· A box of 8 sachets of fermentation "the tiger"

· The scrape of a lemon

· A teaspoon ground cinnamon

· Two kilos of flour

· 16 cupcakes molds.

3.- How to prepare it

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Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites. In a bowl, beat the egg whites until they are stiff. Next add the sugar, egg yolks, milk, oil, grated lemon peel, cinnamon, and flour fermentation. Mix the dough well and spoon molds are filled with cupcakes. Place on a platter, sprinkle it sugar and put in the oven until cooked.

Fruit salad

Fruit salad

Introduction: A refreshing and healthy desert 

1.     Ingredients:

1)    apple slices

2)    pineapple chunks 

3)    1 lb strawberry, stemmed and quartered

4)    1 banana, sliced

5)    stewed cherries

6)     2 oranges, sliced

7)    1 bunch grapes (I used the red ones)

8)    1 -2 tablespoon sugar (optional)   

9)    whipped cream

2.     Tools: cutlery

3.     Stages of work:

-selecting the fruit

-washing the fruit and peeling them, removing any unwanted parts (seeds,skins,etc.)

-mincing the fruit

-mixing them in a bowl

-preparing the whipped cream using natural ingredients

-introducing natural juice

-decorating the salad

By Lisenche Mihaela - Claudia

Fast food

Fast-food

Nowadays, more and more people prefer eating fast-food because it is more accessible and in a world in which people are too busy to cook or to have lunch and dinner like a normal family it is very important to have food already prepared and ready – to – go for you. Thus they save the time and the energy.

But nobody really stops to think whether this food is healthy or not. Most of the teenagers realize that it is damaging for their body but they still eat it because it is tasty. Fast-food is junk food. The level of carbohydrates and fats is high and this might bring about obesity and diseases if eaten daily on a regular basis without having anything else to eat. The food contains many calories so it is not recommended especially for the girls and boys who like to keep fit.

In conclusion, fast-food has good and bad points. People must be moderate and learn to eat it only once in a while. In the mean time they should eat as many vegetables and fruit as possible and avoid dangerous food combinations.

Student: Solomon Vasilica (VIIIth grade)

Teacher: Filip Lacramioara - Petronela

Moldavian sponge cake recipe

Moldavian Sponge cake recipe

Ingredients: 1.5 kg flour, 60-80 g yeast, 15 eggs, 400-500 g sugar, 300 g butter, a few tablespoons of oil, 1 tablespoon of rum, ½ l of milk, 1 tablespoon of salt, 1 pack of vanilla sugar, lemon and orange flavor, walnuts and cocoa to taste.

Method:

Put 300g flour in a bowl, add boiling milk and mix it with a wooden spoon. Cool it a bit and then add yeast after you dissolve it in warm milk, 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1 tablespoon of flour. Mix them well and then cover the mixture with a cloth and then let it rise. Separate yolks from whites in different bowls. Mix the yolks with salt, gradually adding sugar. After the dough has risen pour over the yolks, add spices, flour and milk, and knead it well adding warm butter. This operation should take about an hour. The resulting dough should be mellow. Spread butter on top and cover it with a warm towel and let it rise two times its amount. After the dough has risen cut it and place each piece of dough on a board greased with butter or oil and gently stretch the piece so that it remains 1 inch thick. On the dough spread gently the filling of nuts with cocoa and sugar. Roll the dough, place it in forms and then brush the top with butter. Let it rise again and then put it in the heated oven. After an hour check it with a thin stick. Bon appetite!

Student: Molcalut Tudor - Andrei

Teacher: Filip Lacramioara - Petronela

Students' projects on food

FOOD – An intelligent or instinctive choice

In teams students have created their own projects:

 

These projects were presented in front of an audience and a jury:

In order to be more eloquent, students have made their own costumes wearing the brands of the products they were representing:

They brought samples of their products so that everybody could taste them and make the difference:

By Filip Lacramioara - Petronela

Songs with foods in their lyrics. A2 level

Topic/Task: Songs with foods in their lyrics

Portfolio task: Interculturality through listening.

http://www.oapee.es/e-pel/

You will evaluate your linguistic competence in a skill: listening. This activity is prepared for a A2 level

The specific learning goals you have to get,  related to interculturality  are:

Having interest in the details of other cultures, such as daily life (food, drink, festivals, etc.)

Being tolerant with a different culture, regardless of your own moral and ethic convictions.

Promoting interest and respect to different eating habits.

Listening

General descriptor A2

Provided they speak slowly and clearly, and the sound quality is very good...

I can understand phrases and the highest frequency vocabulary related to areas of most immediate personal relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local area, employment). I can catch the main point in short, clear, simple messages and announcements.

Specific descriptor:

I can understand some parts of songs I listen to on the radio or TV.

Descriptors of interculturality

Reflect with the help of these descriptors about your intercultural competence and what you can do to improve it.We enhance in red the two descriptors you need to evaluate in this task. All the portfolio , and as a consequence , the intercultural reflection is presented as  a process,  which may include your changes as you grow older and get to know other cultures. So, remember to write the date.

Activities:

The activities with the song are suggested for two different levels:

A2 students may go through the listening, but also with the teacher´s guidance can have a reflection in their own mother language.

Advanced students may also go through the listening, but the reflection process should be in English.

• Activity for the lowest level:

1. Listen and complete the missing parts of the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=n6Jds2NURkc

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Cheeseburger in Paradise Jimmy Buffet Tried To Amend My Carnivorous Habits Made It Nearly Seventy Days, Losin' Weight Without Speed, Eatin' Sunflower Seeds, Drinkin' Lots Of Carrot Juice And Soakin' Up Rays But At Night I'd Have These Wonderful Dreams Some Kind Of Sensuous Treat Not--------------, Fettuccini, Or Bulgur----------------, But A Big Warm Bun And A Huge Hunk Of ---------------- Cheeseburger Is Paradise Heaven On Earth With An Onion Slice Not Too Particular, Not Too Precise I'm Just A --------------------In Paradise I Like Mine With ----------------And--------------------, Heinz Fifty-seven And -----------    -----------------   ------------- Big Kosher Pickle And A Cold Draft Beer Well, Good God Almighty, Which Way Do I Steer For My --------------------In Paradise Heard About The Old Time Sailor Men, They Eat The Same Thing Again And Again Warm --------------And ------------They Say Could Raise The Dead Well, It Reminds Me Of The Menu At A Holiday Inn But Times Have Changed For Sailors These Days When I'm In Port I Get What I Need Not Just Havanas Or --------------Or----------------------, But That American Creation On Which I Feed! Cheeseburger Is Paradise Medium Rare With ---------------Be Nice Not Too Particular, Not Too Precise I'm Just A ------------------In Paradise I Like Mine With Lettuce And Tomato Heinz 57 And ---------------  ------------------  ---------------- Big Kosher Pickle And A Cold ------------   ----------------- Well, Good God Almighty Which Way Do I Steer For A Cheeseburger In Paradise Makin' The Best Of Every Virtue And Vice Worth Every Damn Bit Of Sacrifice To Get A Cheeseburger In Paradise To Be A Cheeseburger In Paradise I'm Just A Cheeseburger In Paradise

2. Suggested reflection:

Before answering the questions read the translation of the song in your own language. 


We include the Lyrics and the Spanish version 

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the most typical American food according to the song?
2. What is the most typical food in your own country? Ask several partners. Do they all agree?
3. Do all the people in a country like the same foods?
4. Do you like foods from other countries? Which ones? Do you think these foods are better/ worse that the ones in your country or they are just different?
5. Which food do you think is the most popular in the world? From which country does it come from?

 Evaluation

By María Caballero Cobos

Songs with foods in their lyrics B2 level

Topic/Task: Songs with foods in their lyrics

Portfolio task: Interculturality through listening.

http://www.oapee.es/e-pel/

You will evaluate your linguistic competence in a skill: listening. This activity is prepared for a B2 level-

The specific learning goals you have to get,  related to interculturality  are:

Having interest in the details of other cultures, such as daily life (food, drink, festivals, etc.)

Being tolerant with a different culture, regardless of your own moral and ethic convictions.

Promoting interest and respect to different eating habits.

Listening

General descriptor B2

Provided they speak slowly and clearly, and the sound quality is very good...

I can understand extended speech and lectures and follow even complex lines of thought provided the topic is reasonably familiar. I can understand most TV news and current affairs programmes. I can understand the majority of films in standard dialect.

Specific descriptor:

I can understand most radio programmes such as news, interviews, songs, or sports commentaries and identify the speaker's tone, mood, etc.

Descriptors of interculturality

Reflect with the help of these descriptors about your intercultural competence and what you can do to improve it. We enhance in red the two descriptors you need to evaluate in this task. All the portfolio , and as a consequence , the intercultural reflection is presented as  a process,  which may include your changes as you grow older and get to know other cultures. So, remember to write the date. Activities The activities with the song are suggested for two different levels: A2 students may go through the listening, but also with the teacher´s guidance can have a reflection in their own mother language. Advanced students may also go through the listening, but the reflection process should be in English. Activity for B2 students: Listen and complete the missing parts of the song: . http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=n6Jds2NURkc Cheeseburger in Paradise Jimmy Buffet Tried To ------------My --------------Habits Made It Nearly Seventy Days, ------------ ---------Without Speed, Eatin' Sunflower Seeds, Drinkin' Lots Of --------- -----------And Soakin' Up Rays But At Night I'd Have These ------------- ---------------- Some Kind Of Sensuous Treat Not--------------, Fettuccini, Or Bulgur----------------, But A Big Warm Bun And A Huge Hunk Of ---------------- Cheeseburger Is Paradise ----------- -------- -------------With An ---------- ---------- Not Too Particular, Not Too ------------ I'm Just A --------------------In Paradise I Like Mine With ----------------And--------------------, Heinz Fifty-seven And -----------    -----------------   ------------- Big Kosher Pickle And A Cold Draft Beer Well, Good God Almighty, Which Way Do I Steer For My --------------------In Paradise Heard About The Old Time Sailor Men, They Eat The Same Thing Again And Again Warm --------------And ------------They Say Could Raise The Dead Well, It --------- ---------- -----------The Menu At A Holiday Inn But Times Have Changed For Sailors These Days When I'm In Port I Get What I Need Not Just Havanas Or --------------Or----------------------, But That American Creation On----------- ------- --------! Cheeseburger Is Paradise ------------ ----------------------With ---------------Be Nice Not Too Particular, Not Too Precise I'm Just A ------------------In Paradise I Like Mine With Lettuce And Tomato Heinz 57 And ---------------  ------------------  ---------------- Big Kosher Pickle And A Cold ------------   ----------------- Well, Good God Almighty Which Way Do I Steer For A Cheeseburger In Paradise Makin' The Best Of Every Virtue And Vice Worth Every ---------- -------------Of Sacrifice To Get A Cheeseburger In Paradise To Be A Cheeseburger In Paradise I'm Just A Cheeseburger In Paradise 2. Work on colloquial expressions. Find and translate them. 3. Notice the influence of famous brands all over the world. 4. Find in the song details of other cultures, such as daily life (food, drink…) 5. Promote tolerance to a different culture though a final reflection. We suggest going through the reflection included in the activities for the A1 students, but it should obviously be done in English. What is the most typical American food according to the song? And in your opinion? What is the most typical food in your own country? Ask several partners. Do they all agree? Is there any influence of culture in the taste for foods? Which food do you think is the most popular in the world? From which country does it come from? Do you like foods from other countries? Which ones? Do you think these foods are better/ worse that the ones in your country or they are just different? To finish the activity we suggest a final personal reflection in English. We include the link of some other Songs with foods in their lyrics http://www.dailyfork.com/2009/06/15_food_related_song_lyrics.php?page=2 By María Caballero