Daily Lessons for Teaching The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: In chapter 1 Michael becomes a student at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). The objective of this lesson is to discuss Michael's first experiences at the CIA.

1) 1) Class discussion: How did Michael feel when he first entered CIA? What were Michael's goals while at CIA? Did Michael go to CIA as a student? Why or why not? What was the first class that...
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