Key Points

Methods                                  10

Link: Space out three questions on the board; What do you know about Etiquette? What do you think you know about etiquette? What don’t you know yet about etiquette? Have students discuss what they already know, where they learned it, and how it has helped them so far.

Motivation: Show clip from the movie Pretty Woman. Question: How many of you have ever been in a nice restaurant and didn’t quite feel comfortable with what you thought you were supposed to do?

In the movie, how many of you felt that you could relate to Julia Roberts’ character?

Overview:

Today we will…

Identify all appropriate silverware for a business dinner

Place silverware in the correct spot

Locate the correct silverware/dish for each course

Show the specific ways to excuse oneself from the table

Identify appropriate conversation topics and techniques

Teacher led discussion

Descartes Moment

Teacher led discussion with use of Video

Review Objectives

Key Points

Methods                                  20

Etiquette

Presented by Rebecca Carter

Definition

Definition: Etiquette is the conduct or procedure required by good breeding or prescribed by authority to be observed in social or official life.

Where is etiquette used? Etiquette is used all around us.

                1. When meeting people

                2. When dining

                3. Whenever we are around others

Common etiquette practices

1. Showing respect to others

2. Removal of hats by males in public buildings

3. Refraining from the use of cell phones in public

4. Excusing oneself when leaving an individual or a group

5. Dressing appropriately for the occasion

Dining etiquette

Fast food

                1. Treat the employees with respect.

                2. Remove your trash from the table when you are finished.

Full-service restaurant

                1. Order food you are comfortable eating among others.

                2. Wait until everyone is served his or her meal before beginning to eat yours.

                3. Leave your waiter or waitress a tip or gratuity of at least 10 to 15 percent of the bill.

Family dining

                1. Pass items to the right around the table.

                2. Wait until everyone is served before beginning to eat your meal.

                3. Place your napkin in your lap while eating and next to your plate when done.

Setting the table for a meal

Casual dining

                1. One plate, fork, spoon, knife, and glass

                2. A napkin placed to the left; fork, plate, knife, then spoon; glass above the knife

Formal dining

                1. Nicely folded cloth napkin, salad fork to the left of plate with tines facing up, dinner fork, plate, knife, and spoon

                2. Bread plate above the forks, dessert spoon and knife above the plate, and the glass above the fork

Basic dining etiquette

Vocabulary list

            1. Dinner fork: innermost fork, used for main course

                2. Salad fork: outer fork, used for salad

                3. Dinner knife: knife used for meat and sometimes for spreading butter on bread

                4. Soup spoon: spoon used for either soup or something in main course

                5. Water goblet: water or iced tea glass, to the right of the plate

                6. Dinner plate: largest plate, placed directly in front of person

                7. Bread and butter plate: small plate placed to the left of the dinner plate

                8. Napkin: cloth or absorbent paper used to protect the clothes or to wipe the lips and fingers while eating

Basic travel etiquette

A. Hotel employees

                1. Doorman: person who takes luggage and turns it over to the bellman. Also obtains taxis for guests. Tip $1 to $2 for each piece of luggage and $1 to $3 for hailing a taxicab.

                2. Bellman: person who carries or delivers luggage to your room. Tip $1 per bag.

                3. Maid: person who cleans the room. Tip $2 per night.

                4. Valet: person who sends out your clothes for pressing or cleaning. No tip necessary if they leave your clothes while you are not in your room. If you are present when they deliver your laundry, tip $1 for every one or two items.

                5. Room service waiter: person who brings your room service order. Tip 15% of the bill.

                6. Dining room staff: people who serve you in hotel restaurants. Tip should be 15–18% of the bill. In a more elegant restaurant, tip 18–20% of bill.

PowerPoint presentation

Ask students when they think that etiquette is most important. Do we use etiquette in daily life?

Take a student poll on how often weekly they eat where: fast food, in a restaurant, at home with the family.

Have students fill out dining chart with appropriate labels for each item

Key Points

Methods                                   15

Have students break up into groups of four and arrange their desks into squares. Have the students designate one person to come to the front of the room and collect plates, cups, and silverware for the group. Have the students designate a different person to go to the back of the room and get four rolls and a butter dish.

Ask the students to set up their desks in the correct silverware arrangement that would be used in casual dining.

Have each group demonstrate to the class one example of an appropriate way to leave the table.

Have each table demonstrate to each other how to correctly butter a roll.

Ask each group to identify one appropriate and one inappropriate conversation topic

Demonstration

Teacher led discussion

Demonstration

Teacher led discussion

Key Points

Methods                                  10

Pass out quizzes to each group and have them work on them individually for two minutes. At the end of the two minutes ask the students to discuss in their group the answers that they didn’t know.

Go over any questions from the beginning of class that was not answered.

Have the students throw away all of their trash and put their desks back in the original order

References

Quiz, Show What You Know Moment

Teacher led discussion.