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TGI Fridays Author Huntwith Beer!

Mike Kranick
The University of Scranton

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Lesson Plan
Title
Subject Area(s)
Grade Level
Summary of the Lesson

TGI Fridays Author Huntwith Beer!

Reading, Research, Writing, Discussion
Masters Level (21+)
After receiving a menu (assuming it contains all the information as
the online menu; if not use the backup menu), from the general
menu: Within the Bottles & Cans and On Tap sections, students
will separate all the beer by their respective countries.
Next they will search for authors from each country (at least 5 if the
list is long) they have discovered and name one work by each
author (at least 2 works (1 work per author) if the list is long).

Standards: (as
applicable) International
Standards National
Standards Professional
Organization Standards
PA Academic Standards
PA Core Standards
Essential Questions

Reading, Research, Writing, Discussion

Discussion Questions After the Assignment:

1.) Based on your beer searches within the Bottles & Cans and
On Tap sections, how many countries could be found?
2.) Who are the authors you discovered and what were their works?
3.) What databases did you use to find the authors and works?

Objectives

Content:
Students will identify and separate beers by their respective
countries from the TGI Fridays menu.
Students will identify authors, playwrights, and/or poets from each
country they discovered from separating the beer in the previous
section.
Students will identify some of the authors (from the previous
sections) works (at least two per country, one per author).

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Language:

Vocabulary:

Estimated Time
Materials Required
Procedure Each
professor may choose to
align this section to
his/her content areas.
This section will include
anticipated areas of
differentiated
instruction.

Students will organize the beer list by country, name authors from
their respective countries (5 authors per country), and finally list
their works (2 works per country, 1 per author) from their research
answers.
Author
Playwright
Poet
Research
Database
10-15 minutes (Research and Discussion)
TGI Fridays Menu, TGIF Backup Menu, Smart phone, Internet
access, Worksheets, Writing utensil, Discussion Sheet
BEFORE:
Look over the within the Bottles & Cans and On Tap
sections; Review Directions for each section
DURING: (Filling out tables on worksheets)
Step 1:
From the general menu: Within Bottles & Cans and On Tap,
please separate all the beer by their respective countries.
(Example: Belgium: 1.) Stella Artois)
Step 2:
For however many number of options you have discovered for each
country, your task is to search for famous authors, playwrights,
poets, from that country.
(Example: Belgium: 1.) Stella Artois; Georges Remi (Herge),
author)
NOTE: Should the country have many options of beer from the
menu, please list only 5 authors)
Step 3:
For each author you discovered, please write the title of one of their
works.
NOTE: Should the country have many options of beer from the

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menu, please list only 2 separate authors works)
(Example: Belgium: 1.) Stella Artois; Georges Remi (Herge),
author, The Adventures of Tin Tin)
AFTER:
Discussion Questions:
1.) Based on your beer searches within the Bottles & Cans and
On Tap sections, please name the different countries you
discovered.
2.) Who are the authors you discovered and what were their
works?
3.) What databases did you use to find the authors and works?
Formative Assessment

Students will complete a table for each section of the sections.

Student Resources
Accommodations

Students will answer the research questions through an open

discussion of their findings with the class.
Attached worksheets, cell phones, internet access, writing utensils
Because there are so many beers from America and due to time
constraints, the students will only have to write 5 American authors
for that section.
From the rest of the discovered authors, the students will then
choose of the authors and choose 2 of their works.

Assessment

If anyones phone is not working, I will allow them to use my cell

phone to research the authors. If we are without internet access, I
will use the students background knowledge and ask them to
remember what works of literature they have previously read to
assist their research. This may also limit the number of questions
they can answer, but the lesson will still have the same effect.
Students will discuss their findings with the class by answering the
questions on the discussion sheet (attached).

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TGI Fridays Author Huntwith Beer!

Directions:

Step 1:
From the general menu: Within Bottles & Cans and On Tap, please separate all the
beer by their respective countries.
(Example: Belgium: 1.) Stella Artois)

Step 2:
For however many number of options you have discovered for each country, your task is to
search for famous authors, playwrights, poets, from that country.
(Example: Belgium: 1.) Stella Artois; Georges Remi (Herge), author)
NOTE: Should the country have many options of beer from the menu, please list only 5
authors)

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Step 3:
For each author you discovered, please write the title of one of their works.
(Example: Belgium: 1.) Stella Artois; Georges Remi (Herge), author, The Adventures of Tin
Tin)

(See attached documents for reference to assignment)

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Step 1:
Directions:
From the general menu: Within Bottles & Cans and On Tap, please separate all the
beer by their respective countries.
(Example: Belgium: 1.) Stella Artois)

COUNTRY:

Belgium

Stella Artois

B
E
E
R
S:

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Step 2:
Directions:
For however many options of beer you have discovered for each country, your task is to
search for famous authors, playwrights, poets, from that country. To help ease your search
for authors, especially for Mexico and the Netherlands, search chicano(a) writers and
Dutch writers.
(Example: Belgium: 1.) Stella Artois; Georges Remi (Herge), author)
NOTE: Should the country have many options of beer from the menu, please list only 5
authors.

COUNTRY:

A
U
T
H
O
R
S

Belgium

1.) Stella Artois

Georges Remi
(Herge)

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Step 3:
Directions:
For each author you discovered from the previous section, please write the title of one of
their works. To help ease your search for the authors works, especially for Mexico and the
Netherlands, search chicano(a) writers and Dutch writers and list their works.
(Example: Belgium: 1.) Stella Artois; Georges Remi (Herge), author, The Adventures of Tin
Tin)
NOTE: Please list only two SEPARATE authors works.

COUNTRY:

W
O
R
K
S

Belgium

1.) Stella Artois,

Georges Remi
(Herge), The
Adventures of
Tin Tin

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Discussion Questions
DIRECTIONS: After completing the assignment, we will have a brief discussion
of our findings. Please wait until all sections of the assignment are complete
before approaching the discussion questions. You do not have to complete this
page as all of the information is already listed in the assignment tables.

1.) Based on your beer searches within the Bottles & Cans and On Tap sections, please
name the different countries you discovered.

2.) Who are the authors you discovered and what were their works?

3.) What databases did you use to find the authors and works?

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TGI FRIDAYS BACKUP MENU

LAGUNITAS IPA

SIERRA NEVADA PALE ALE

American IPA / 6.2% / Petaluma, CA

PABST BLUE RIBBON

American Pale Ale / 5.6% / Chico, CA

WIDMER BROTHERS OMISSION

American Lager, 4.7% / Milwaukee, WI

American Pale Ale / 5.8% / Portland, OR

GLUTEN-SENSITIVE

BUDWEISER

MILLER LITE
American Light Lager / 4.2% / Milwaukee, WI

American Lager / 5% / St. Louis, MO

MICHELOB ULTRA

COORS LIGHT

American Ultra-Light Lager / 4.2% / St. Louis,

American Light Lager / 4.2% / Golden, CO

HEINEKEN LIGHT
European Light Lager / 3.3% / Netherlands

MO

NEWCASTLE BROWN ALE

English Brown Ale / 4.7% / England

HEINEKEN
European Pale Lager / 5% / Netherlands

CORONA LIGHT
Mexican Light Lager / 4.1% / Mexico

GUINNESS
Draught Stout 14.9oz can / Irish Dry Stout /
4.2% / Ireland

BLUE MOON BELGIAN WHITE

Witbier / 5.4% / Golden, CO

BUD LIGHT
American Light Lager / 4.2% / St. Louis, MO

FAV CORONA EXTRA

Mexican Lager / 4.6% / Mexico

SAM ADAMS SEASONAL

Varies by Season / Boston, MA

MODELO ESPECIAL
Mexican Lager / 4.4% / Mexico

FAV STELLA ARTOIS

European Pale Lager / 5% / Belgium

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ANGRY ORCHARD CRISP HARD

Vienna Lager / 4.9% / Boston, MA

APPLE CIDER (GLUTEN-

SAM ADAMS REBEL IPA

American IPA / 6.5% / Boston, MA

SENSITIVE)
Hard Cider / 5% / Cincinnati, OH

SAM ADAMS BOSTON LAGER

DOS EQUIS LAGER ESPECIAL

Notes Page:

Mexican Lager / 4.3% / Mexico

Answers:
America (14):
1. ANGRY ORCHARD CRISP HARD APPLE CIDER
a. Tennessee Williams- A Streetcar Named Desire
2. BLUE MOON BELGIAN WHITE
a. F. Scott Fitzgerald- The Great Gatsby
3. BUD LIGHT
a. Eugene ONeill
4. BUDWEISER
a. Sam Shepard
5. COORS LIGHT
a. Annie Baker
6. LAGUNITAS IPA
7. MICHELOB ULTRA
8. MILLER LITE
9. PABST BLUE RIBBON
10. SAM ADAMS BOSTON LAGER
11. SAM ADAMS REBEL IPA
12. SAM ADAMS SEASONAL
13. SIERRA NEVADA PALE ALE
14. WIDMER BROTHERS OMISSION

Belgium (1):
1. STELLA ARTOIS
a. Georges Remi (Herge)- The Adventures of Tin Tin

England (1):
1. NEWCASTLE BROWN ALE
a. William Shakespeare- Romeo and Juliet

Ireland (1):
1. GUINNESS
a. Seamus Heaney- Digging

Mexico (4): (Anyone who identifies as Chicana)

1. CORONA EXTRA
a. Cherrie Moraga- Giving Up the Ghost
2. CORONA LIGHT
a. Denise Chavez- Face of an Angel

3. DOS EQUIS LAGER ESPECIAL

a. Ana Castillo
4. MODELO ESPECIAL
a. Angie Cruz

Netherlands (2): (Dutch Writers)

1. HEINEKEN
a. Harry Mulisch- The Assault
2. HEINEKEN LIGHT
a. Tessa de Loo- The Twins