Restaurant Language and Drama Activity Pack

Dynamic and engaging crafts, worksheets, games and flashcards to help kids learn and practise language and skills for a fun restaurant performance. They make their own props as they go too!

What is included?

This 132 page Activity Pack contains 10 different resources. Each resource contains several different variations. You can choose the most suitable for the age and level of your young learners, and the skills you want to practise.

Watch the complete video with me talking you through the activities HERE.

What will my students learn?

The activities create opportunities for children to build vocabulary and:

express wants, preferences & desires
express likes / dislikes
talk about frequency
ask for information and make requests
make complaints

You can easily prepare for a school show without the stress and really showcase what your students can do in English. The activities can be used independently, however, and do not necessarily have to end in a performance.

SEE the Preview for full details of the vocabulary and structures targetted.

Comprehensive Activity Suggestions provide lots of ideas for activities to do before and after, and also give you ideas for interactive ways to conduct the activities for effective language practice.

What are the resources?

The activities in this pack include:

Restaurant Menu Craft

Follow the suggestions for fun interactive ways to complete the cut and paste matching activity or simply print completed versions for use in other games and roleplays.

Restaurant Specials

Use these sheets to include personal favourites or get create and invent dishes. Great for building vocabulary that comes from the students needs. Useful for creating a Specials board to include in the final performance.

Disappearing dialogue (Powerpoint included in download)

Perfect for introducing and practising ordering language in a fun and dynamic way. Follow the suggestions for our top tips for use either with the powerpoint or with the printable sheet.

Construct the dialogue

Consolidate the ordering dialogue with one of the gapfills or cut and paste activity. Great for the kids to have a reference for use with the Board Games, Menus, Mini-card games or in the roleplay drama itself.

Board Games Craft

Print and play one of the smaller or bigger boards or use the blank templates with the cut and paste pictures. Follow the suggestions for ways they can practise the target language in a dynamic way.

Problem cards

Use independently to introduce and practise the complaint and apology language . They can then be used in conjuction with the Board Games. Some of the complaints are a little exagerrated and not realistic in most restaurants but they add an element of humour for the final restaurant performance at the end of the unit.

Listen and Order dialogues (Audio 1 included in download)

Use Audio 1 and one of the sheets: Picture boxes, text boxes or the worksheet. Includes two differernt audio files to differentiate the level of difficulty. These sheets introduce and practise exchanges for various parts of the performance. Follow the suggestions for fun follow-ups.

Listen and Practice sheets and Gapfills (Audio 2 included in download)

Great for practising the dialogues introduced in the Listen and Order activities. Help learners get confident with practising the exchanges.

Mini-cards

36 picture cards and corresponding text cards. These focus on restaurant dishes and other key people, place and object vocabulary. Includes several suggestions on game you can play to practise the language.

Flashcards

Designed in A5 format, these are the same images as in the picture cards. Perfect for whole class presentation and practice activities and as props for your roleplay.

Please note that the files are included in a ZIP file. After downloading unzip with your favourite ZIP software.

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