Pineapple pizza isn’t my thing

Inna | Sep 26, 2025Dec 01, 2025

LESSON OVERVIEW

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

• discuss dishes and foods from various perspectives;
• practise phrases for likes and dislikes;
• watch a video segment on the favourite food of some American presidents.

In this lesson, students discuss traditional dishes from their region, explore vocabulary related to dishes (e.g., pork rinds, chicken enchiladas), and their descriptions. They share their experiences, watch part of a video (from 14:47) about American presidents’ favourite foods, and discuss the influence of famous people on food choices. Students work with dialogues and practise phrases for asking about preference (e.g. How do you feel about…?), expressing likes (e.g. I’m crazy about…) and expressing dislikes (e.g. I’m not a big fan of…). They also work in pairs and role-play trying unusual foods.

WARM-UP AND VIDEO

This lesson works with phrases for likes and dislikes and begins with a warm-up. Students think of a traditional dish from their region and list ingredients that it contains. After that, they match pictures of different foods (e.g. chilli, filet-o-fish, pork rinds) with their descriptions (e.g. crispy snacks made from fried pig skin). Moving on, students say which foods from the previous task they have or haven’t tried and which ones they would or wouldn’t like to try. They explain their answers. Afterwards, students watch a video about the favourite food of some American presidents. They watch part of the video and match the names of the presidents with their favourite food. Then, students read statements and guess which American president and their favourite food each sentence is about. They watch the video again and check. Next, students discuss famous people’s influence on their food choices.

PHRASES FOR LIKES AND DISLIKES

In this part of the lesson, students read dialogues about food preferences and identify their setting: party, home, or restaurant. Moving on, they put phrases for expressing likes and dislikes from the previous task (e.g. What do you think of…?, I’m a big fan of…, I can’t stand…) in the correct category (asking about preference, expressing likes and expressing dislikes). Afterwards, students read more dialogues with missing words. They complete them to create likes and dislikes phrases. Moving on, students choose food preferences in different situations (e.g. your favourite childhood food). They talk about them using the key phrases from the lesson. Their partner listens and asks a follow-up question. They then swap roles. Finally, in pairs, students imagine they’re at a restaurant with unusual food. One shares their view on a dish, the other gives the opposite view. They continue with different dishes, switching roles.

HOMEWORK/REVISION

This lesson also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. In the task, students choose the correct word to complete phrases for likes and dislikes. They then put the lines of the interview in the correct order. The task is available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.

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