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4A Chapter 4
Rewriting the play ‘A surprising meal’
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Do you remember the play ‘A surprising meal’?
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Why is the meal surprising?
Linda’s soup is inside a loaf of bread.
Joseph’s seafood looks like an underwater world.
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You’re going to rewrite the play using your own ideas.
All the characters and Scene 1 will remain the same.
But you’re going to design a new menu and the Ho family will choose dishes from the new menu.
That means you’ll decide what the surprises are and rewrite Scenes 2 and 3.
Same
Design a new menu
Rewrite Scenes 2 and 3
Okay. First you have to design a new menu.
On the new menu, there are also three sections.
Main courses
Desserts
Kids’ specials
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There are four kinds of food under ‘Main courses’.
Do you remember the four kinds of food on the original menu?
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2
3
4
You can use these four kinds of food or change some of them.
Then think of two dishes for each kind of food.
kinds of food
names of dishes
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You can create some funny dishes using some unusual ingredients.
spaghetti with raisins
soup noodles with nuts
banana curry
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You can create some funny dishes using some unusual ingredients.
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Italian food: mixed fruit pizza
Chinese food:
fried noodles with potato chips
Japanese food:
sashimi with honey sauce
Indian food: naan bread with peanut butter
You can also use words to make your dishes sound great.
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Positive adjectives
Yummy candy pizza
Crunchy chicken wings
Alliteration
A
a
Cool cupcakes
Magic meatballs
Perfect pancake
Remember to draw a next to the bestseller and a next to the chef’s recommendations.
You can also use words to make your dishes sound great.
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Catchy dish names
Rainbow pasta delight
You-gotta-love-it pizza
Super long hot dog
Alliteration
A
a
Delicious deep-fried dumplings
Marvelous
mac ‘n’ cheese
Best beef burger
Now design your own menu.
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You can do this in groups and think of new dishes with your group members.
Do you remember how to make and respond to suggestions? Let’s read what this group say.
Remember to respond politely when you don’t like a suggestion.
Sorry, I don’t like …
I’m afraid I don’t like …
Look at your new menu. What do the characters order? How does the food turn out? Record your ideas using this table.
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Here are some words for describing food.
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Positive words
lovely
yummy
delicious
wonderful
fantastic
great
Negative words
terrible
awful
horrible
disgusting
tasteless
Which dish does Linda / Joseph choose from the Kids’ specials? What is the surprise?
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You can draw the surprises on a separate sheet of paper.
Here are some ideas for Linda’s / Joseph’s surprise.
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It can come with something special, e.g. a toy, a dessert, a snack, a sticker.
It can have special ingredients, e.g. ice cream on pizza.
It can look special, e.g. in a funny bowl / plate, look like something.
Chinese food
Indian food
Italian food
American food
Soup noodles with nuts
Soup noodles with seaweed
Chocolate curry
Jam curry
Spaghetti with raisins
Spaghetti with peanut butter
Tuna burger
Beef burger
Banana pie with ice cream
Mango mousse
Sweet surprise
Happy pizza surprise
Now you’ve got a new menu and some ideas for Scenes 2 and 3. You’re ready to rewrite the play.
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Before you start, let’s look at an example.
What dishes do the Ho family order?
soup noodles with nuts, looks lovely
jam curry with rice, tastes lovely
Sweet surprise – a bag of sweets with seafood
Happy pizza surprise – a happy face pizza
These are the dishes that the Ho family choose. Let’s see how we can use these ideas to rewrite Scenes 2 and 3.
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soup noodles with nuts, looks lovely
Does Mr Ho want something hot, cold, spicy or sweet?
Which kind of food does Mrs Ho suggest then?
Soup noodles are hot.
hot
some noodles
soup noodles with nuts, looks lovely
What are the choices for this kind of food?
would you like, soup noodles with
Soup noodles with nuts, please.
Which dish does Mr Ho choose?
Chinese food
Soup noodles with nuts
Soup noodles with seaweed
nuts or seaweed
jam curry with rice, tastes lovely
spaghetti
most popular dish
spicy
curry
I’d like jam curry with rice
Is curry spicy?
What is the most popular dish on the menu?
What does Mrs Ho want instead?
What does Linda suggest then?
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Which dish does Mrs Ho choose?
Which dish does Linda / Joseph choose?
I’d like Sweet surprise, please.
Happy pizza surprise for me.
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Sweet surprise – a bag of sweets with seafood
Happy pizza surprise – a happy face pizza
What is Linda doing?
waving
Waiter
Who is she calling?
Words in brackets ( ) are called stage directions. They show what the characters are doing or how they feel, e.g. (eating), (surprised).
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soup noodles with nuts, looks lovely
How does Mr Ho’s dish look / taste?
What is Mrs Ho doing? How does her dish taste?
looks lovely
eating
It tastes
lovely too
jam curry with rice, tastes lovely
How does Joseph feel?
surprised
My food looks like a
happy face! I love my surprise.
How does Linda feel? Describe her dish. Does she like her surprise?
excited
I have a bag of
sweets with seafood spaghetti!
Describe his dish. Does he like his surprise?
Sweet surprise – a bag of sweets with seafood
Happy pizza surprise – a happy face pizza
Vocabulary for describing feelings:
surprised, excited, amazed
disappointed, upset
Wow!
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What do the characters say in the end? Here are some ideas.
What a cool surprise!
Oh! Your surprise is better than my surprise!
Can we come here again?
I expected something better.
I don’t like this surprise!
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Check your writing using the checklist below. Tick ( ) or cross ( ).
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Then swap with another group and check each other’s writing. Correct your mistakes.
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Now rewrite Scenes 2 and 3 using your own ideas.
Finally act out your play with your group members.
Acknowledgments
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