French as a Second Language

Technology Project

A Visit to the Supermarket

Teacher's Notes

Overview of Activity

The students will purchase items at the IGA cyber-market. They will buy the necessary food to prepare a meal for 2 persons. Food must be purchased from the four food groups.

Learning Outcomes / Technical Skills

The students will be required to:

• use vocabulary about food from the four food groups;
• write a short paragraph;
• visit a web site;
• print a text.

Learning Scenario

IGA has a website that the students will visit. Students will visit the various departments of the IGA cybermarket and select a list of items for a meal. They click on the images to visit each department. They have $20.00 to spend. After the visit, the students make up a provisions list, including prices and the total cost. They will also write a brief description of their meal.

Extension Activities

Organize a field trip to your local grocery store. Divide students into small groups each responsible for investigating a certain agri-food topic (how foods are organized within the store, interview employees about their roles, etc).

Assessment Strategies

Questions to help direct teacher observations:

1. Is there food from the four food groups included in the meal?
2. Does the meal cost less than $20.00?
3. Is the menu well written?

A self-evaluation form is available at the end of the Student Page. It may be completed in one of two ways: you may discuss these questions orally with your students or if you prefer, your students can write out their answers to the self evaluation questions.