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Making Fruit Salad

PBLA Module

Preparing a fruit salad is a hands-on way for learners to practise literacy in a real-world context. This module introduces vocabulary for fruit and preparation actions, and can stand alone or be used as a follow-up to the Eating Fruit module.

A colorful bowl of fruit salad with strawberries, kiwi, oranges, grapes, and pineapple on a green background. Text reads, “Making Fruit Salad – For Learners,” listing goals and activities for a learning program.
For Learners
A cover page titled "Making Fruit Salad For Instructors" by TIES Literacy Centre of Expertise. It includes a list of instructional features and logos for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada at the bottom.
For Instructors

Digital Activities

Begin these tasks together to link actions and vocabulary for fruit salad preparation. Independent practice includes helpful feedback to strengthen skills.

  • Let’s Make Fruit Salad
  • Matching Sentences to Videos
  • Fruit Salad Actions: Word Order
A white plate with separate sections of orange segments, banana slices, grapes, strawberries, kiwi, apple chunks, blueberries, and cubes of cheese, arranged in a circle. Text above reads, "Let's Make Fruit Salad.
Let’s Make Fruit Salad
A person mixes fruit salad in a bowl. The words "fruits" and "the" are listed vertically, and colored boxes below the bowl are labeled "Mix" and are left blank for word order activity.
Fruit Salad Actions: Word Order
A slide titled "Fruit Salad: Matching Sentences to Videos" with a photo of hands cutting fruit on a blue cutting board. Below are two captions: "Cut the strawberries." and "Cut the grapes.
Matching Sentences to Videos

Videos

This video teaches an important writing strategy for beginning readers and writers: using spaces between words to improve clarity and understanding.

  • Using Spaces
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