A DETAILED LESSON PLAN

IN TECHNOLOGY AND LIVELIHOOD EDUCATION

I.OBJECTIVES

After completing the lesson, the students will be able to:

1. Define what is meal planning

2. Create a menu plan
3. Appreciate the importance of Creating a menu plan

II.SUBJECT MATTER
Title: Meal Planning

References: Technology and Livelihood Education Book by Gee E. Velasquez

Instructional Materials: Visual Aids, printed photos, stickers

Teaching Strategies: Collaborative Teaching Strategy

III. LESSON PROPER

Teacher’s Activity Learner’s Activity
A. PREPARATORY ACTIVITY

Routine

Good Afternoon Class! (lively voice) Good Afternoon Teacher!

Before we are going to start our class discussion,

may I ask Ms. ____ to lead the prayer?

Now let us all please stand. (Learners stand and begin praying.)
A M E N.........

(After the prayer)

Thank you student A

Once again, GOODAFTERNOON CLASS! GOODAFTERNOON TEACHER VAN!

Please pick up pieces of paper first under your chair

(if any) and You may now take your sit. (learners taking their sits)

Now, let me first check your attendance…please let

me know who’s absent. (learners checking their seatmates presence)

For row 1?
Row 2? (Nobody’s Absent)

Very Good. I’m glad no one’s absent.

Reminding you all to our class rules:

1. Respect one another (NO Phones , talking, (Learners listens attentively)
eating during class hours)
2. No profanity will be tolerated (irrelevant
behaviour)
3. Participate and listen attentively

B. COLLECTING AND CHECKING OF ASSIGNMENTS

Did I give you homework last meeting?

Yes teacher chel!
Yes I did,

Let us first check your assignments before

submitting. Exchange your paper on your seatmates.
(learners exchange papers)
I want a hand in answering the following questions.
Your participations would give you STICKERS.

(Note: Stickers will serve as a reward on their

participations. These stickers are equivalent to
points that could save them from ambush quiz and
could give them clues during long tests. The more
stickers, the more points will gain)

The First question would be:

What is a Meal?
(A student raising a hand)
Chana: A meal is an eating occasion that takes
place at a certain time and includes specific,
prepared food, or the food eaten on that
occasion
Very good! Thank you Ms.Chana

Now, lets proceed to the 2nd question:

When is a meal served or eaten each day in today’s
modern culture?
Yes Mr. Jaime?
Jaime: three main meals are eaten: in the
morning, early afternoon, and evening.
Very Good! Thank you Mr. Jaime.
So basically, these meals are what we call Breakfast,
Lunch, and dinner or supper.
I Hope everyone got the correct answers
(submitting their assignments)
now pass in front your assignment.

(start collecting assignments)

C. REVIEW
Now, before we’ll proceed to our lesson proper, let
us review first our past lesson. Last meetings
discussion was all about the “basic principles of
good nutrition”. This includes the 3 classification of
nutrients: the Go, Grow, and Glow foods.

Now, for 2 stickers. Again, What is nutrition? (Learners raising their hands for participation)
Vanessa: Nutrition is the determining factor in
Yes Ms. Vanessa? the total health of the individual.

Thank you Ms. Vanessa. Here’s your sticker.

Who can give me an example of Go foods?

(energy & heat-giving foods CARBOHYDRATES) Ashmonree: rice, corn, bread ma’am.

Very Good Mr. Ashmonree!

How about Grow foods? Student: meat, egg, milk, fish....

(Body building & repairing foods )

Very good again.

Lastly, Glow foods?

(Body regulating ang protective foods VITAMINS & Student: fruits and vegetables like banana,
MINERALS) malunggay......

Very good & Thank you Mr.___

(students clapping their hands)

You really did listen the lesson last meeting.

D. MOTIVATION

Today, we are going to have a game! This game is

called “QUESTION RELAY”

Familiar about a game, Message relay? Yes maam!

• Under your armchairs is where a colour

paper is hiding.
• The color you get indicates your group team
• Find your mates with your same paper
color ,form a line (Hand’s forward) & finalize
your line position

Mechanics of the game:

1. I am holding a flash card which contains
Questions for the Game.
2. The last person in the line will going to get a
CARD and will going to read silently the question in
it. (Learners were listening to the instructions)
3. After reading, he will going to pass the question
to the person in front of his/her line (basically the
4th person), and vice versa till the question will reach
the 1st person.
4. Once the question will reach the 1st person in
the line, he will going to choose an answer on the Yes ma’am!
CLUES provided by the teacher. (learners having the activity)
5. After Choosing an answer, the 1st person will
going to write the answer on the paper provided. 6.
After his/her job in answering, he will going to get a
new set of question and turn at the back to whisper
the question next to her/him & vice versa. (learners excitedly wanted to know the right
answers)
Once every member of a group has already
participated/answered in the paper, the game is
OVER.

Rules:
• Minimize your voice
• Time allotted: 2mins

Prizes:
1st group to finish: 3 points
Group with high score: (depend on their scores) YES MA’AM!

ARE YOU READY CLASS? (Students executing for the game)

Now let’s begin our game.

(AFTER THE GAME) (Students were excited to bring prizes)

Now let’s check your answers.

(CHECKING OF ANSWERS)

Congratulations everyone! You did an excellent job!

And congratulations to the group who won the
game!

E.Presentation of objectives Ma’am our lesson for today is about “Planning

and Preparing Meals”
So class, who has the idea of what lesson we have
today?

Yes, very good!

Thank you.
Specifically, we are going to discuss about Meal
Planning.
(Students Reading the Objectives presented)
And my objectives for today’s lesson are.
Kindly, read everyone!

After completing the lesson, you are expected to :

1. Define what is meal planning
2. Create a menu plan
3. Appreciate the importance of creating a Menu
plan

F. UNLOCKING OF THE DIFFICULT TERMS

During our discussion, we might encounter some

difficult words. Let us first define what are these
words:

Meal management – is a series of events concerned

with menu planning, food purchasing, preparation
and serving meal.

Menu- a menu is a presentation of food and

beverage offerings

Main Dish - The main course is the featured or

primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses.
Beverage - a drink, especially one other than water.
Dessert - the sweet course eaten at the end of a
meal.
Appetizer - a small dish of food or a drink taken
before a meal or the main course of a meal to
stimulate one's appetite.

G. LESSON PROPER
ACTIVITY

For our lesson proper activity, you are going to

create a “menu plan”.

Do you know how to create a menu plan?

I have here group of words in no particular order. No ma’am.

These words are found in menu plan for today’s
(learners listening for instructions of the
activity. This serves as a clue for you to start with.
activity)
But, be careful because some words written in this
paper is/are not included.

I have here an envelope that provides all the

materials for the activity. All you need to do is just to
make a menu plan (that would depend on your
stock knowledge during grade school days.)

Also, inside the envelope is a piece of paper for

more directions in making a menu plan.
After making, post your work in front and choose a
representative to present your work and answer the
question: “What’s the importance of creating a
menu plan?

I’ll be giving you 4 minutes for this activity. Work

with the same group in the recent activity we’ve
done.

And before I forget, here is a rubric for this activity.

Are you all ready?

Are my instructions clear? Yes ma’am!
Do you have your group now?

Timer starts, NOW!

(Learners started to collaborate for the
activity)
(Check the students collaborative work)

(after the collaboration)

Now, let’s see if you’ve created the menu plan

correctly.

Representatives for each group you may start

presenting your work in front and answer the
question written on the paper.

Let’s start with the yellow team first and so on.

ANALYSIS
For the yellow team. Are you sure with your
answers? Are you confident in choosing the words
to put in a menu plan?
Yes ma’am!
How about the blue team? Is this your final answer?

The green team? Do you think this is the right We’re very sure on our final answer ma’am!
format in making a menu plan?

Yes ma’am!
H. Abstraction
Very good class! You did a Great job!
So now let’s check if the answers of your group are
correct.

Here are the correct answers:

(Shows the correct answer)

Everybody clap your hands to the blue team who

got the highest score! And of course the green and (Everybody we’re clapping their hands.)
yellow team for giving their best shots!

I. Lecture
Have you learned something in our activity?
Yes ma’am!
On your assignment, you have defined what a meal
is.
So meal is the food eaten on regular occasions.

Now, everybody Lets define Meal planning – Meal

planning is the method of thinking, choosing,
planning, and deciding the series of activities in
meal management. (all students reading)

Discussion

1. Planning meals
*planning meals includes not only the listing of
foods to serve during a meal, known as the menu
but also these activities as well.

May I ask anyone to read?

1. Planning the food budget

2. Planning of food purchase, choosing the (A learner stands and is reading what is ask)
market, buying and storing supplies, and-
3. Planning for preparing and serving meals.

Thank you.

Now in planning meals, the ff. factors should be

considered:

“Factors to consider in planning meals”

1. Nutritional adequacy
2. The food budget
3. Differences in food habits
4. The time and skill of the food manager
5. Suitability, availability, and quality of the
food to be served.
6. Aesthetic and psychological aspects of food
7. Equipment available for food preparation.
Preparing Meals
“Menu Pattern”

A simple, one-day menu pattern for an average

family is as follows:

The meal pattern is an outline of the menu item

categories.

The sample menu is the extent of selection of dishes

within each category of the meal pattern.

Preparing a simple Family breakfast

“Types of breakfast”

*the type of breakfast that one eats will depend

upon his activities, the hour of the day at which
breakfast is served, and the number of meals of
which he has daily.

1. A very light breakfast usually consists of a

fruit, a beverage, and bread
 2. A light breakfast usually includes fruit,
beverage, bread, and a native delicacy

3. A heavy breakfast has a protein dish added

to the light breakfast

4. A very heavy breakfast may have one or

more protein dish added to the heavy
breakfast (provide examples)

What type of breakfast do you have this morning? (Students answering in chorus on their
response to the question) A
very light breakfast ma’am!
J. Generalization
Therefore, what people eat and the conditions
under which the meals are served should always be
considered to realize the goal of meal management.
To be exact, the goal of meal management is to
provide food that will ensure the physical and
mental growth of a person, his social development
and well-being, with a reasonable expenditure of
available resources.
K. Application

Now, I want you to prepare a ½ crosswise of a

yellow paper or any scratch paper and make a menu
(learners started to make their familiesmenu
plan of your respective family. I want it done in 5
plan)
mins. And pass.

L. Evaluation

I’ll give you stickers if you answer correctly in my

questions we have discussed lately. Are you ready?
(Learners starting to raise their hands to
1. What is meal planning? answer the questions given)
2. Who can give me examples of item found in
menu pattern?
3. Give me an example of the factors that should
be considered in planning meals?
4. What is a meal pattern?
5. What is a sample menu?
6. What is in the sample menu?
7. What are the 4 types of breakfast?
8. This type of breakfast consists of fruit, beverage
and bread.
9. This type of breakfast usually includes fruit,
beverage, bread, and a native delicacy. 10. What
have you learned in today’s lesson?

M. Assignment

Homework for next meeting. Kindly copy.

“Research about table appointments and identify
the different styles of table service.”

This will serve as your advance reading.

The end of the lesson for this day. Did you enjoy the
activity? Yes teacher chel!
(learners starting to write their homework)
Goodbye class!
God bless everyone. Goodbye teacher chel! God bless you!