Kitchen Lesson Plan

Comfort Food Cookbook

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Students will be working in small groups to create a cookbook of 8-10 comfort food recipes.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.4

Structure:

Students will be working in small groups to create a cookbook of 8-10 comfort food recipes over the course of the week. The cookbook should be completed by and turned in on Day 5.

Group Discussion (10-15 minutes)

Divide the class into groups of four and have them discuss what the term "comfort food" means to them. Gather the class back together to decide collectively on a definition, something along the lines of: A food...