You will explore food names from different languages that you can see and buy around our town. You will learn to spot words that look almost the same across languages, underline the letters they share, and notice how shop signs and menus can tell us who lives nearby.
Name a food you can buy in this town whose name is not an English word. Pizza counts. How many can we collect on the board in one minute? By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:Spot food words that look almost the same across languagesNotice languages on shopfronts and menus outside school
2 - Three Foods, Five Languages
~10 mins
Listen as we tap each word, then say it back together. We will look at one food at a time across five languages. Only one row is in focus on the board; the others stay hidden until we need them. Watch which spellings stay almost the same and which change a lot.
3 - Food Word Cousins
~10 mins
Key pointCousin words are words that look or sound alike because they come from the same place long ago. Others only look alike by chance. We will vote with hands up: true cousin or only a lookalike, then hear a short story about the word. Watch for any pair that shares letters with today's foods.
4 - Shared Letters in Your Copy
~3 mins
COPYBOOK MOMENT
Pick one food. Write it in three languages, one under the other. Underline the letters that match in every line you wrote. Best picks for shared letters: pizza (English / French / German / Spanish) or salad (English / Irish / French / German). If you pick soup, choose three of: soup, la soupe, die Suppe, la sopa. Skip anraith for this underline task (different letter family). Example (already done for you): pizza (English)la pizza (French)la pizza (Spanish)Shared letters to underline: p · i · z · z · a Only underline a letter if you can see it in every line you wrote. Capital and small letters count as the same (P and p both count). Soup micro-example (if you choose soup): soup · la soupe · la sopa. Shared letters include s · o · p. Your turn: pick one food. Copy three language forms from the word-table still on the board, then underline the shared letters.
5 - Food Bingo: Whole-class Listen and Point
~10 mins
Default game: whole-class 3×3 listen-and-point on the board. We listen for today's food words in five languages. Point to the matching square when you hear that form. The first full line (row, column or the pattern we agree) wins with silent jazz hands, then the winner reads the line back like a menu. Printed bingo cards are optional support only if you already have them. We will practise one slow call first, including two close pizza forms back to back, so you can hear the short language cue before the real game.
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