Seventh graders learn the Spanish phrases they’d use at a restaurant — ordering, asking for a recommendation, and requesting the check — so they can handle a real dining conversation in a new language.
Students will be able to…
Imagine sitting down at a café in Mexico or Spain — how do you order? Learning restaurant phrases lets you eat out anywhere Spanish is spoken. What do you say?
Project this and match each Spanish restaurant phrase to its English meaning — tap the Spanish, then tap the English.
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You sit down at a café in Mexico — how do you order in Spanish?
Students learn.
Students practice.
Students speak.
Students close.
Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice).
Interpersonal: order and converse at a restaurant.
Interpretive: understand restaurant language.
Recognize dining customs.
Compare dining phrases across languages.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students role-play ordering a meal in Spanish with a family member. A printable restaurante sheet is in the World Languages library.
Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.
A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.