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Spanish Cuisine: Traditional Dishes from El Mundo Hispano
Noreen Peredo
Espaņol
Introduction
This unit provides us with the necessary language to examine and analyze a broad spectrum of Spanish cuisine. Your path of investigation will provide you with insights into customs surrounding traditional dishes, ingredients and methods of preparation.
Here is a short list of what you will find on this site.
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The Task
Group Assignment
In groups of four/five you will research the cuisine of your assigned country., background information. You will provide any necessary information that will help one gain an understanding of daily and seasonal practices that incorporate food and its’ preparation. A final component, peer teaching, will require students to formulate five questions to ensure audience involvement and participation. As a group you will research, consult and co-design an informative background presentation of the cuisine of your assigned country.
Individual Assignment
Individually students will select one traditional appetizer, one main plate and one desert. You will analyze each dish based on; A. ingredients and B. methods of preparation. Again students must formulate two questions to serve peer teaching component, for each dish presented.
Group members will come together once again to prepare a multi-media presentation of their group and individual projects.
Here are some questions to guide group and individual research
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Resources
Use the following Internet resources to gather information for your research:
The Process
To accomplish the task, complete the following steps:Group Process
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1.A Over the course of the next few days you will be keeping a chronological journal of your research and the information you have acquired. At the end of our research period you will work with your group to provide an introductory background in Spanish, to the cuisine and the associated customs for your assigned country. B. During this process you will pool the research acquired and together select relevant information. As a unified team you will formulate questions, write, self assess and peer-edit. As a final step in this process the group will design a media presentation to illustrate the end product.
Presentations in a multimedia presentation may include sound, pictures, video or any other element to convey your findings.Individual Process
During your initial 2/3 day period of research each student will have had an opportunity to examine a broad selection of traditional dishes . Students will select one appetizer, one main plate and one desert. Each student will then provide in Spanish, 1. the ingredients and 2. the methods of preparation for each selection.
- Each student will design a presentation in Spanish selecting the medium of presentation you prefer to illustrate your work.
Evaluation
Students will be evaluated in three main categories
A. Written language
B. Oral Language Presentation
C. Group Work
The following rubrics will provide you with an insight into the specific criteria that will be evaluated in each area.
Separate grades will be given for group and individual projects.
A. Written Language Rubric
B. Oral Presentation Rubric
C. Collaboration Rubric
Conclusion
Through your own research and that of your classmates, you now have had an opportunity to examine a variety of traditional Spanish dishes and the customs associated with them in each country. How does Spanish cuisine compare with the cuisine of your country? Is food and it's preparation a significant part of our family and national celebrations?
At a later date, students within their group will have an opportunity, to select one recipe from their accumulated work and prepare this traditional dish in our home-economics room
Student Work
Last updated September 23, 2006.