Cjelina 8: Tradicionalna hrana

A philosophical narrative poem [published in 1568] was written by Petar Hektorović (1487-1572). It is one of the most important literary works of the Croatian Renaissance. In his work, Hektorović describes his three-day boat trip from Hvar to Brač and Šolta, accompanied by Hrvar fishermen. For this unit symbol, we see traditional fishing tools from Hektorović’s time. Over the centuries, this tool has been modernized, but in its core it still remains the same and used in present day Croatia. Read more  

Modul 1: Kvaliteta života	[Quality of Life]
Lekcija 1: Idemo na kavu	[Coffee Time]
Lekcija 2: Nešto na brzinu	[Just a Bite or Two]
Lekcija 3: Večera za prijatelje	[Dinner For Friends]
Modul 2: Internet kupnja	[Online Shopping]
Lekcija 1: Moja košarica	[My Cart]
Lekcija 2: Pripreme za put	[Travel Preparations]
Modul 3: Ljubav prolazi kroz želudac	[Love Enters Through the Nose]
Lekcija 1: Ne jedi rukama	[Don’t Eat With Your Hands]
Lekcija 2: Večera	[Dinner Party]
Lekcija 3: U restoranu	[At a Restaurant]
Modul 4: Ponavljanje je majka znanja	[Practice Makes Perfect]
Lekcija 1: Ponavljanje	[Review]
Lekcija 2: Razgovor	[Conversation]

1. Overview and Goals for Unit 8

By the end of this Unit, you will be able to:

1	Name basic food and drinks.
2	Talk about food items.
3	Understand the names of typical dishes served in the area.
4	Know more about traditional food and whether you would like to try it or not.
5	Know food ingredients.
6	Ask specific information about a certain dish.
7	Do grocery shopping and buy necessary items/products.
8	Discuss your eating habits and dietary needs.
9	Talk about what you eat and drink.
10	Discuss the food pyramid and healthy eating.
11	Talk about allergies and food restrictions.
12	Make arrangements for dinner plans.
13	Order a meal in a restaurant, order coffee in a coffee shop.
14	Place an order online or on the food delivery app.
15	Understand different payment methods.
16	Give comments/compliments about food.

To achieve these outcomes, you will learn the following grammar structures:

1	Present Tense More about the verbs in -ći
2	Verbal Aspect Imperfective and perfective verbs
3	Imperfective Verbs Using imperfective verbs in the past, present of future tense Repeated or regular actions
4	Perfective Verbs Using perfective verbs in the past, present of future tense One-time action, emphasizing the completion
5	Instrumental Case More about the Instrumental Case With and without the preposition s/sa
6	Genitive Case Nouns in the Genitive Case Basic prepositions with the Genitive case Quantifiers (puno/malo) with the Genitive case
7	Irregular verbs Jesti (to eat) Piti (to drink)

Vocabulary covered in this Unit relates to:

1	Fruits and vegetables
2	Dairy products
3	Spices and flavors
4	Allergies and dietary needs
5	Grocery shopping
6	Traditional cuisine
7	Kitchen utensils and dishes

2. Outline

At/by the end of the unit, what do you want the student to be able to do with the language?

Final assessment (Scenario):

Ordering food in a restaurant. Your instructor will play the role of a waiter and you will be a guest in a restaurant. You will use the menu that your instructor will give you for the dialogue. As the waiter shows you the menu, ask intelligent questions about dishes of your interest. The role of a guest - You are in Croatia and you have decided to go out for dinner. You are not very familiar with the local food. Ideas for the dialogue: You will need to ask the waiter for some clarifications and recommendations. Mention your possible food allergies, ask more information about specific dishes of your interest. Ask about house recommendations on what to eat and drink at the restaurant. Give a compliment or make a comment on the food. Ask for the check and about payment methods.

  Break the goal down into smaller learning targets.

Module 1:	I can talk about food items, eating habits, healthy living, and dietary needs.
Module 2:	I can do in-person or online shopping and buy necessary ingredients.
Module 3:	I can talk about food and necessary ingredients in a recipe.
Module 4:	Performance-based final unit assessment

  For each learning target (Modules 1-3), determine a concrete task that will demonstrate that the students have reached it.

Module 1:	In a dialogue, one of you will invite a friend and their family for dinner, the other one will have to present the eating habits of each family member. Be sure to include the following: express the idea that you want to have your friend and his/her family for dinner; say when you want to have them over; say that you want to know more about what they eat; ask about what they like to eat, do they have any allergies, and what they like to have for dessert. Finally, create a menu according to the information your friend provided.
Module 2:	Croatian food is based on meat and seafood. Your task is to: (a) search online for two traditional Croatian dishes. One dish has to be a meat dish and the other one has to be based on seafood or even a vegetarian dish; (b) search online for one traditional dessert BCMS recipe.  Buy all the ingredients for chosen dishes. Calculate how much you will be spending on making the food.
Module 3:	Work with two other classmates. Create a Google Doc and enter the information for the following rubrics according to your likes: predjelo, prilog, glavno jelo, desert, piće. Each of you need to prepare something for dinner Scenario: While at the dinner table, make a dialogue about food that you made/brought for dinner. Make comments about the food, ask about ingredients, give compliments. A person who brought/made specific food items should provide comments/answers.

 

3. Specific Components and Final Tasks for Each Module

Module 1. Kvaliteta života [Quality of life]

1	Fruits and vegetables
2	Dairy products
3	Favorite food
4	Food allergies and dietary needs
5	Food we like and don’t like
6	Food pyramid and healthy eating
Final Task, Module 1:
Make plans for dinner with your friend and their family. Discuss likes and dislikes, possible allergies and make a dinner menu.

Module 2. Internet kupnja [Online Shopping]

1	Recipe ingredients
2	Shopping list
3	Food costs
4	Types of shopping places
5	Things we buy in different (food) stores
Final Task, Module 2:
Your fridge is empty and you need to do some shopping. What do you need to buy based on your eating habits? While living in Croatia you also want to eat more appropriate dishes that are present in the area. What would you like to make? Find some recipes and buy all necessary ingredients online. How much will you spend?

Module 3. Ljubav prolazi kroz želudac [Love Enters Through the Nose]

1	Dinner plans
2	Inviting a guest for dinner
3	Ways of eating food
4	Traditional food and recipes
Final Task, Module 3:
While having dinner with friends, discuss the food you all prepared. Ask questions about the recipes, give comments/compliments about the food. Will you try everything or will you skip some food based on your likes/dislikes and allergies?