Poison Supper Club

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – Explore food regulation vocabulary including terms like “chemicals,” “preservative,” and “borax” while learning about The Poison Squad’s impact on food safety through video comprehension activities in this upper intermediate ESL lesson plan.
• – Master adjective clauses by identifying relative pronouns like “who,” “which,” and “that,” plus practicing sentence completion exercises that use these complex grammar structures for intermediate ESL lessons.
• – Examine food safety history by watching videos about the Poison Supper Club, discussing food preparation and preservation methods, and understanding how historical events shaped modern FDA regulations using these English teaching materials.

In this Upper-Intermediate ESL lesson, students will learn about the impact of The Poison Squad and they will become familiar with new vocabulary related to food, food regulation, and the FDA. Students will also learn how to use adjective clauses.

Warm-up

The lesson starts with warm-up questions related to food preparation, keeping food fresh, and eating.

Video: The Poison Supper Club that made our food safe

The student gets familiar with new vocabulary that will be mentioned in a video (chemicals, preservative, regulation, etc.).

They watch the video called The Poison Supper Club that made our food safe and answer the questions based on the video. The student’s knowledge of the new vocabulary is tested. Then, they decide if the statements based on the video are true or false.

Grammar: Adjective clauses

The student learns what adjective clauses are and which pronouns are used to introduce them (who, which, whom, that, etc.). The student puts their knowledge into practice by identifying the relative pronouns and adjectival clauses in sentences, as well as completing sentences by choosing the correct alternative.

Finally, the student fills in the table by matching the words and phrases from the video with their meanings (borax, poison squad, acute poisoning, etc.).