Publish a family recipe

Publish a class family recipe anthology, with a page created by each student.

This activity is linked to the Eating in inquiry unit and is targeted at Years 3–6 students.

Tuning in

• Tell the class they are going to create a family recipe anthology.
• Students look through a variety of cookbooks, magazines and online resources.
• Brainstorm some of the devices successful authors use to publish appealing recipes.
• Use these elements to work together to create success criteria for this task.
• Read quotes from a children's story book that describe food (for example, use an excerpt from Roald Dahl's Charlie and the chocolate factory).
• Ask the students to recall their most memorable home cooked meal. Use a Y chart template to extend their description of the sensory experience.
• Students close their eyes and visualise as their peers read out their description of their favourite home cooked meal.

Going further activity

• Students obtain the recipe for their favourite home-cooked meal.
• Students plan the layout of their family recipe page, which will include an explanation of why they chose this particular recipe.
• Students present their plan to a peer and seek feedback.
• Students publish their recipe using a variety of collage materials.

Reflection

• Scan each student's recipe page to compile a class family recipe anthology.
• Publish the anthology and host a book launch, with tasting plates, to celebrate what students learnt through the activity.