Restaurant Game July 26, 2007
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Materials: none / paper
As a warm-up, have the class discuss their favorite foods and ingredients, and how to cook them.
Then, each student writes down their four favorite dishes, keeping them a secret. Then write some questions about your favorite restaurant on the board for discussion. What’s the service like, costs, type of food, location, etc.
The students will establish their own restaurant. First they must agree on a name that will attract customers. Then create a menu. One student writes down the dishes – disagreement is encouraged about which dishes to include. Work out prices and profit per dish.
After the menus are created, each group selects a waiter. The waiter goes to the other group and shows the menu so the group can order from it. The teacher can make it a bit more interesting by providing role cards to the waiters and/or customers with suggestions such as “ask for a group discount” or “you are a rude waiter”.
