UNIVERSITY OF CALOOCAN CITY
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPUS
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students must be able to:
a. Identify the different types of kitchen knives;
b. Differentiate the different types of kitchen knives, and
c. Give the importance of knowing the 3 basic food groups in our daily
lifestyle;
II. Subject Matter:
Unit: Home Economics
Topic: Types of Kitchen Knives
Materials: Projector, Laptop and Realia
1. Reference: Wellness Campus Grade 8 Modules 2-4 and Go, Grow and Glow
Foods Teacher’s Guide (https://naqld.org/app/uploads/2013/11/FSS_FS33a-
Go-grow-and-Glow-Foods-Teachers-guide.pdf)
2. Materials: Projector, Laptop, Printed Pictures, Cut-out letters, Cartolina,
III. Teaching strategies:
A. Daily Routine
Opening Prayer
Greetings
Checking the Cleanliness
Checking of Attendance and Assignment
Recap of previous lesson
B. Motivation:
Title: What am I?
The teacher will provide a riddle and let the students will guess what it is
referring to.
C. Lesson Proper:
Types of Kitchen Knives
Chef’s knife
Also called a “French knife” or “All purpose Knife”.
All purpose knife for chopping, slicing, and mincing.
Paring knife
A paring knife is basically a small chef’s knife, and should be used for the
same tasks on a smaller scale.
Trims and pare vegetables and fruits.
Boning knife
Long, thin and flexible, this knife is used to remove meat from the bone.
Its thinness allows you to move with the curves and bends of the bone and
separate the meat effectively, leaving as little behind as possible.
Cleaver knife
Cleavers are heavy, sharp knives used to cut through bones.
Their size and weight help you drive them down through meat and bones,
letting you prepare your meat yourself.
Bread knife
Used for cutting bread.
Its serrated edge lets it slice bread without tearing the loaf apart.
D. Application:
E. Generalization:
The teacher will ask the fol=lowing questions to the students:
a. What are the different types of knives?
b. What the uses of each kitchen knife?
Values Integration
IV. Evaluation:
Match the items in column A with the items in column B.
________1.) Long, thin and flexible, this knife is used a. Boning Knife
to remove meat from the bone. b. Bread Knife
c. Cleaver Knife
________2.) Also called a “French knife” or e. Butcher Knife
“All purpose Knife”. f. Paring Knife
g. Chef’s Knife
________3.) Trims and pare vegetables and fruits.
________4.) Used for cutting bread.
________5.) It is heavy, sharp knife used to cut
through bones.
Answers:
1. a
2. g
3. f
4. b
5. c
V. Assignment:
1.) Give other example of types of kitchen knives.
2.) Search
Prepared by:
PAT, RICA MAE L.
BTLE-HE 2A