I.

Objectives

With the use of pictures of the different kitchen designs, the Grade 5 pupils with 70% accuracy are
expected to:

a. give the five types of kitchen designs;

b. share the importance of preparing a well-designed kitchen; and

c. draw one kitchen design with work centers properly arranged.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Food Preparation and Service Kitchen Designs

References: Home Economics and Liveliood Education V by M. Fulgencio, et.al, pp. 114-117

http://www.ezinearticle.com.ph/kitchen-designs:wK4078

http://www??K-12reader.com/kitchendesigns

Concepts: There are five kitchen designs- One wall, Parallel, L-shaped, U-shaped, and island-type
kitchen. All of these designs vary in sizes, shape and they matter as to the number of people who will
use the kitchen, size of the house and types of meals to prepare

Materials: Large pictures of the five kitchen designs, dice, strips of papers with answers, square
strips or blocks

III. Procedure

A. Review

Using a dice, with ⁄ or x, the class will have a game. If the selected pupil rolled the dice and the side
facing him/her is a ⁄, then she/he has the chance to answer the questions raised by the teacher; if
she/he gets an x, then she/he will lose a turn.

Questions:

1. How can preparing a food be a lot of fun to family members?

2. What are the basic kinds of kitchen equipment?

4. Enumerate the 3 basic work centers.

5. What materials are found in the food preparation and cold storage center?

B. Lesson Proper

1. Awareness

Riddles are to be answered by the pupils:

- I am big, I am small. I store food, I cool them all (Refrigerator)

- You use me when you cook, by mixing the ingredients whatever they look (Laddle)

- You depend on me when you wash dishes, drain food and wash ingredients (Sink)

- I may be spherical, oblong, or elongated, you place food on me and in the table you’re seated (Plate)

- We come in pairs. You can’t eat formally without us. We transmit food from plate to mouth (Spoon
and Fork)

Follow-up Questions:

1. With your answers to the riddles, where can we usually find those objects?

2. Do you know how a kitchen looks like? How?

(Show pictures of well-designed kitchens)

3. What do you see in these pictures?

4. What would be the advantages of a well-designed kitchen like these?

2. Activity (Kitchen Designs)

Lesson 1. U-shaped Kitchen

A. The pupils will connect the broke lines in a given illustration where a u-shaped kitchen is seen in
broken lines.

Follow-Up Questions:

1. What picture have you formed?

2. What is its shape and what do you think is the name of this kitchen design?
3. Describe a U-shaped Kitchen Design and why do you think we have this kind of design.

(A discussion on the 3 basic work centers with equipment under each working centers will follow)

B. Show a big picture of the U-shaped Kitchen Design with materials properly arranged.

Follow-Up Questions:

1. What are the advantages of a U-shaped Kitchen Design?

2. Do you like to have a kitchen like this too? Why/Why not?

Lesson 2. L-Shaped Kitchen Design

From the four groups in class, seven pupils will be given blocks or square papers. In 5 seconds, the 7
pupils in each group will have to paste those blocks on the board by forming an L-shape.

1. What shape have you formed?

2. This is another design of a kitchen. What do you think is its name?

(A picture of an L-shaped Kitchen is shown)

Follow-Up Questions:

1. Describe the kitchen. What can you say of its arrangement?

2. Where are the working centers placed?

3. What are the advantages of an L-shaped Kitchen?

4. Which do you think needs more space, the U-shaped or the L-shaped Kitchen Design?

Lesson 3. Parallel-Wall Kitchen

Two volunteers from the class will go to the board and illustrate the description that the teacher will
give.

Description: This is also known as the Two-wall kitchen where work centers are placed along one wall
while the third work center is on the opposite wall. This kitchen is suited to places with limited spaces.

1. With the illustration that our volunteers have drawn, which do you think resembles my description?

(A picture of a Parallel-Shaped Kitchen is shown)

2. Why do you think this design is suited for limited space kitchen?

Lesson 4. One-Wall Kitchen Design

1. What do you think is the name of the design?

(A puzzle of the One-wall Kitchen Design will be solved by the pupils)

2. Why is it called a one-wall kitchen and what are its advantages if we choose this design?

Lesson 5. Island-Type Kitchen Design

From the name itself, Island-Type Kitchen Design, what kitchen can you picture out?

Three volunteers are asked to illustrate on the board what he/she imagines of an island-type kitchen
design and the rest of the pupils will chose whose drawing is likely to resemble the kind of design.

(A picture of an island-Type Kitchen Design is shown)

Follow-Up Questions:

1. What is the advantage of this kind of kitchen?

2. What kind of house can this design be built? Why do you say so?

3. Analysis

Pictures of kitchen utensils will be presented in class. These pictures contain questions. The pupils will
pick a utensil, read the question and answer right away.

Questions:

1. What are the factors to consider in choosing the kind of kitchen design for a home?

2. What’s the basic for \choosing the shape of the house? Can anybody choose the one that he/she
likes?

3. What do you call to the simplest and most common type of kitchen design?

4. What kitchen design that has the 3 sides of the kitchen with the sink at the center?

5. The house has many parts. What part of the house are good foods prepared?

6. One-wall kitchen is considered as the simplest, why do you think so?

7. Among the 5 Kitchen Designs, which would you like to have in your own house in the future and
why?

8. Why is the size of the family considered as one factor in choosing for the design of the kitchen?
 4. Abstraction

Why do we need to know about kitchen designs as early as Grade 5?

5. Application

The four permanent groups in class are tasked to make/create a 3-minute role-play showing a
family deciding on what kitchen design to have in their house. The factors in choosing the kitchen design
should be evident in each group’s presentation.

Criteria:

Content -------- 20

Delivery -------- 10

Teamwork -------- 5

Originality -------- 5

Total 40 points

C. Evaluation

DIRECTIONS: Read each item carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. This design is the most commonly used by the Filipino families because it utilizes a limited space in
the home.

a. Parallel-wall kitchen c. L-shaped kitchen

b. One-wall kitchen d. U-shaped kitchen

2. A type of kitchen which is also known as “Two-wall Kitchen”.

a. U-shaped Kitchen c. Parallel-shaped Kitchen

b. L-shaped Kitchen d. One-wall Kitchen

3. How can a preparation of food be made easy and efficient?

a. By preparing the equipment ahead of time

b. By having a well-planned, well-arranged counters, storage spaces, cleaning and washing areas and
location
c. By making sure that the kitchen is clean and arranged every month

d. By always monitoring the equipment every after use

4. Which design includes one or two work centers located in the center of the room?

a. Parallel-wall Kitchen c. Island-Type Kitchen

b. One-wall Kitchen d. U-shaped Kitchen

5. This arrangement is practical because the dining area can be placed at one side of the kitchen.

a. L-shaped Kitchen c. One-wall Kitchen

b. U-shaped Kitchen d. Island-Type Kitchen

IV. Assignment

Answer the following questions. Write your answers in a one whole sheet of paper.

1. How should work centers in the kitchen be arranged?

2. How does family service differ from plate service?

3. Identify the two benefits of a pleasant meal-time atmosphere.