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Banana cherry pancakes and phrasal verbs, muz kiraz krep ve deyimsel fiilleri

My student G. and I practice phrasal verbs, deyimsel fiilleri, while cooking banana cherry pancakes, muz kiraz krep, in the kitchen in Istanbul. She brings the most delicious homemade cherry jam preserves that her mother made last summer in Izmir. Verbs acquire new meanings with each preposition. As the teacher performs each action, the student narrates with a phrasal verb and takes notes of new vocabulary in the journal. This teaching approach includes visual and kinesthetic learning styles.

Banana cherry pancakes recipe:

Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1 banana
cherry jam

Kitchen utensils and equipment vocabulary:
fridge
stovetop
drawer
cupboard
bowl
non-stick pan
whisk
ladle
spatula
fork
plates
spoon
spice shaker

Instructions with phrasal verbs:
  1. Take down the bowl out of the cupboard. Open up the fridge and take out the milk and eggs. Take the flour out of the cupboard.
  2. Pull out the drawers and pick out the best whisk, ladle, and spatula.
  3. Fill up the cup with flour. Dump the flour out into the bowl. Tap on the cinnamon shaker. Add a spoon of nutmeg. These are the dry ingredients.
  4. Mash a banana up with a fork. Add the banana mash to the bowl. Crack the eggs into the bowl. Success, no shells! Pour a glass of milk. These are the wet ingredients.
  5. Whisk the mixture up. Gradually add the milk.
  6. Heat up and butter up the non-stick pan. Ladle the mixture out onto the pan. Turn up the heat. 
  7. After air bubbles up, flip the pancake over. Put the pancakes on the plate. Pile up the pancakes.
  8. Put away the milk, flour, and spices. Clean up as you go. Set up the table.
  9. Spoon cherry jam on top. Eat up the pancakes. Dig in!
  10. Clear away the dirty dishes. Rinse off the dirty dishes and then fill up the dishwasher.