Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some typical examples of different Italian foods, a template to select and record comments and observations about the taste, texture and smell of different foods and a vocabulary word bank to help describe and record information about a selection of Italian foods.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to describe and compare some typical examples of different Italian foods.

This lesson is part of a design technology scheme of work to get the children to design and prepare a recipe for a pasta salad for an airline meal using different foods that are grown and produced in Italy. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.