PRODUCING FOOD AT HOME TASK SHEET

Student Name:
Subject Area: Design & Technologies

Year Level: 3/4

ASSESSMENT TASK: You are to explore food production at home by interviewing a family
member and write a recount, and share your familys favourite recipe using the produced
food.
Step 1:

Complete record sheet What do I know?

Step 2:

Draft a range of questions to interview a family member about the foods they might
produce and the technologies, materials, tools and equipment involved

Step 3:

Interview a family member and complete My Interview Record sheet

Step 4:

Photograph the food and any materials, tools or technologies used in producing the
food (i.e., seeds, fertiliser etc.)

Step 5:

Write a recount of the interview (see box below)

Step 6:

Write out a copy of your familys favourite recipe using the food you produce to add to
the class cookbook (use worksheet).
Note: foods you produce at home could
include growing a herb, growing vegetables,
fruit or nuts, preserving fruit, making jams,
baking bread, making wine, making cheese,
raising cattle for meat etc.
Your recount of the interview will include the following:

Title:

name the food.

Setting: who you spoke to, where and when you spoke to them, what the food
produced is.
Events: how the food is produced including what tools, equipment, technologies
are used.
Ending: explain why the food is produced at home, how producing your own food
at home makes you feel and if think caring for the environment is important to
producing food.
I will describe the process in sequence
I will include details and descriptive language
I will write clear sentences and in past tense

Producing Food at Home Rubric

Student Name:

Subject: Design & Technologies

Date:

Content

Year: 3/4

Food
Production

Applying
Thoroughly investigated the
production of a food with
excellent questioning.

Making Connections
Investigated the production
of a food with well-designed
questioning.

Working With
Investigated the production of
a food with prepared
questions.

Technology

Identifies all technologies used in

producing chosen food at home
and in the recipe.

Identifies most technologies

used in producing chosen
food at home and in the
recipe.

Identifies some technologies

used in producing chosen food
at home and in the recipe.

Includes detailed pictures of the

process/equipment etc used when
producing chosen food.

Includes a good amount of

pictures of the process/
equipment used when
producing chosen food.
Recount is neatly organised
and in sequence. It contains
all necessary information to a
high level.

Includes some pictures of the

process/equipment used
when producing chosen food.

Neatly written recipe handed

in to add to classroom recipe
book. Recipe follows
procedural text format.

Written recipe handed in to

add to classroom recipe book.
Recipe follows procedural text
format.

Presentation

Sequencing

Recount

Recipe

Teacher Feedback:

Recount is clearly and logically

organised. Recount is sequenced
correctly and contains all
necessary information to a very
high level.
Carefully written recipe handed in
to add to classroom recipe book.
Recipe follows procedural text
format.

Recount is organised and in

sequence. It contains all
necessary information.

Exploring
With guidance
investigated the
production of a food with
a series of questions.
Attempts to include
technologies in producing
chosen food and in the
recipe.
Includes a few pictures of
the process/equipment
used when producing
chosen food.
With guidance the recount
is in sequence and
contains most information
required.
Recipe is mostly complete
and is handed in to add to
classroom recipe book. It
mostly follows procedural
text format.

Becoming Aware
With explicit guidance
investigated the production
of a food with given
questions.
Does not identify
technologies used in
producing chosen food at
home and includes minimal
used in the recipe.
One or no images included.

With explicit guidance

recount is mostly in
sequence though does not
contain necessary
information.
Recipe is incomplete and is
hard to follow.