• Theme: Cooking
  • Genre: Recipe

A recipe lists the ingredients and the procedure of how to prepare and cook a dish.

  • Details of Writing Task

Rubrics:Your class is going to compile a class cook book. Everyone in the class has to send in a recipe of his or her favourite dish.

  • Features
Context: A class cook book
Writer: Asecondary one student
Audience:Secondary one students
Target Language:i)Imperatives
ii) Verbs describing cooking methods
  • Pre-writing Activities
  1. Structure of a Recipe

1A:Fill in the blanks with the words given that indicate the structural elements of the recipe of crunch cookies.

Cooking steps Ingredients Name of the dish
Crunch cookies ______
Ingredients ______
1/2 cup of shortening
1/2 cup of sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons of milk
11/2 cups of sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of soda
1 cup of wheat cereal, crumbled
1/2 cup of chopped walnuts
1 cup of raisins
Steps ______
1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Cream shortening, sugar, egg and milk together.
3. Mix flour, salt and soda.
4. Slowly add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture until a dough is formed.
5. Stir in wheat cereal, walnuts and raisins.
6. Grease cookie sheets with cooking oil.
7. Roll the cookie dough into little balls.
8. Put the cookie balls on the greased cookie sheets.
9. Bake for 12 to 13 minutes.
10. Cook for five minutes before removing the cookies from the cookie sheet.

1B: Fill in the blanks with suitable words that you found in the structural elements of the recipe in 1A.

  1. The food items needed to prepare a dish are called______.
  2. The exact ______of each food item required to prepare a dish is clearly stated in a recipe.
  3. There are ______steps in making crunch cookies.

2. Language Features

When writing the cooking steps of a recipe, we have to use a lot of verbs that describe the cooking methods. We also need to use imperatives (base form of the verbs) when we write the cooking steps. For example:

-Cream shortening, sugar, egg and milk together.

-Roll the cookie dough into little balls.

2A: Match the verbs that describe the cooking methods provided in the box with the correct meaning given in the table.

Verb / Meaning
e.g. Dissolve / to make something into liquid
to cook food by heating with steam
to fry food with oil completely covering the food
to cook something in an oven
to turn something solid into a liquid
to mix something with regular movements by using a spoon, a fork etc.
to thicken something into a creamy mixture
to cook food by placing it over direct heat
to cook by dry heat in an oven or an open fire
to fry food by mixing it around in very hot oil for a short time
to cook something slowly in a liquid
to mix food with seasoning to give it a special taste
to cut something into slices
to put something through a sieve

2B: Below is a recipe. Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box. Some verbs can be used more than once.

Cook Place Put Stir Mix Add Marinate Slice Fry Boil Drain

  • Writing Task

Now create a dish on your own and write the recipe. Consider the following writing tips before you write:

Writing Tips 
You can create an interesting name for your own dish.
Remember to provide the names and the amount of ingredients required to make the dish.
The cooking steps should be clear, sensible and well-sequenced. For example, you can’t bake the cake for ten hours before you mix the eggs into the cake!

Name of the dish:

Ingredients

Steps

  • Post-writing Evaluation

Evaluation Form

Content and structure

Excellent
 / Pretty
Good
 / Average
 / Needs Improvement

1. The name of the dish is included.
2. The ingredients and the quantity of each item are clearly stated.
3. The cooking steps are clear, concise and well-sequenced.

Language Use

Excellent
 / Pretty
Good
 / Average
 / Needs Improvement

  1. Vocabulary items about cooking are used correctly.

  1. Imperatives are used correctly.

  1. Grammar is mostly correct.

  1. Words are of a wide range and generally accurate and appropriate.

  1. Punctuation and spelling are correct.

Genre

Excellent
 / Pretty
Good
 / Average
 / Needs Improvement

The general tone and style of the recipe show that the writer is aware of the purpose, context and audience of the genre.

  • Suggested Answers

1A:Fill in the blanks with the words given that indicate the structural elements of the recipe.

Cooking steps Ingredients Name of the dish
Crunch cookies name of the dish
Ingredients ingredients
1/2 cup of shortening
1/2 cup of sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons of milk
11/2 cups of sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of soda
1 cup of wheat cereal, crumbled
1/2 cup of chopped walnuts
1 cup of raisins
Steps cooking steps
1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Cream shortening, sugar, egg and milk together.
3. Mix flour, salt and soda.
4. Slowly add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture until a dough is formed.
5. Stir in wheat cereal, walnuts and raisins.
6. Grease cookie sheets with cooking oil.
7. Roll the cookie dough into little balls.
8. Put the cookie balls on the greased cookie sheets.
9. Bake for 12 to 13 minutes.
10. Cook for five minutes before removing the cookies from the cookie sheet.

1B: Fill in the blanks with suitable words that you found in the structural elements of the recipe in 1A.

  1. The food items needed to prepare a dish are called ingredients.
  2. The exact quantity/amount of each food item required to prepare a dish is clearly stated in a recipe.
  3. There are 10 steps in making crunch cookies.

2A: Match the verbs that describe the cooking methodsprovided in the box with the correct meaning.

Verb / Meaning
e.g. Dissolve / to make something into liquid
1. Steam / to cook food by heating with steam
2. Deep-fry / to fry food with oil completely covering the food
3. Bake / to cook something in an oven
4. Melt / to turn something solid into a liquid
5. Beat / to mix something with regular movements by using a spoon, a fork etc.
6. Cream / to thicken something into a creamy mixture
7. Grill / to cook food by placing it over direct heat
8. Roast / to cook by dry heat in an oven or an open fire
9. Stir-fry / to fry food by mixing it around in very hot oil for a short time
10. Stew / to cook something slowly in a liquid
11. Marinate / to mix food with seasoning to give it a special taste
12. Slice / to cut something into slices
13. Sieve / to put something through a sieve

2B: Below is a recipe. Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box. Some verbs can be used more than once.

Cook Place Put Stir Mix Add Marinate Slice Fry Boil Drain

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