Life Skills Arcade Middle school Family and Consumer Sciences, grades 6 to 8

Handout 1.21

Handout 01.21: Menu Card Template and Pitch Planner

Unit
Unit 1: Kitchen Skills and Smart Eating
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1.21

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Team: ______ Family card: ______ Date: __________

Part 1: The menu card

Copy this onto card stock. Every box has to be filled. The example in each box is from a made-up team; do not copy it.

Part of the cardOursExample
Restaurant or team name (optional)The Tuesday Table
The family we planned forFamily C: two adults and 11-year-old twins, no pork, 25 minutes
Dish names (the whole dinner)Chicken and bean quesadillas, corn and salsa cups, apple slices, water
Total cost for four$______$34.80
Cost per person (total divided by 4)$______$8.70
One nutrition claim we can proveFour MyPlate groups on one plate: protein (chicken and beans), grains (tortillas), vegetables (corn), fruit (apples)
The proof (which item, which number)Beans: 7 g protein per half cup on the label; corn: 12 oz bag makes four half-cup servings
Why this family would like it (use the card)The twins can shred the chicken and fill the tortillas before 6:00 with no stove; no pork anywhere on the plate
Allergens in the tasting item (circle)wheat, dairy, egg, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, sesame, nonewheat, dairy

Sentence starters (Turkish, Portuguese, and Spanish versions are on the project sheet):

  • Our dinner costs ____________ for four, which is ____________ per person.
  • Our plate has ____________ groups: ____________.
  • This family would like it because ____________.

Part 2: The pitch planner (60 seconds, every teammate speaks)

Order the lines however you want. Each line is one speaker. A jingle can replace any line as long as the number in it is true.

#LineWho says itWritten out
1Our family is ___. (Say who they are and one rule.)
2Our dinner costs ___ for four, which is ___ per person.
3On the plate: ___ groups, which are ___.
4This family would like it because ___. (Use the card.)
5Choose our dinner because ___. (One reason, one sentence.)
6Optional: the swap we made and what it saved.
7Optional: the jingle.

Rehearse once at the station. Time it. If it runs over 60 seconds, cut words, not numbers.

Product choice: ☐ spoken ☐ sung ☐ a recorded 60-second video ☐ read from a script ☐ a drawn menu poster explained by a teammate

StationTheir familyTheir cost per personOne kind and true thing we saidDid the card prove the claim?

Part 4: Vote slip (cut off and turn in)

The meal that best fits its family and its budget is team ______ because ________________________________.

Part 5: Exit reflection (individual, on the back of the vote slip)

3 numbers from my team's plan I can say from memory: ______ ______ ______
2 things another team did that I would copy: ______________________ ______________________
1 thing I would do differently with my own $40: ______________________