This document provides instructions for a Year 7 knife skills task where students will carve fruits and vegetables. It discusses the history of fruit and vegetable carving as an ancient Asian art form requiring great knife control. Students will watch a demonstration on carving a duck from an apple and will have 20 minutes to complete their own carving. Their work will be assessed on levels of accuracy, shape, knife skills, safety, detail, and outcome.

1. Year 7 knife skills task
With Mrs Barratt
Food technology

2. Levels for practical
Level 3 No attention to accuracy, No shape or
form, Poor knife skills
Level 4 Some attention to detail, some shape,
safe use of knife
Level 5 A good outcome with detail, good knife
skills
Level 6 Worked safely and produced and
excellent outcome, with excellent knife
skills

3. Fruit and vegetable
carving
• It is an ancient tradition followed in the Asians countries of
China , Japan, Thailand and others. It is a form of Chinese
folk Art that has spread to the other countries. The
carving technique is a kind of micro-carving and requires
great knife control.

4. Fruit and vegetable
• Now it is used to garnish dishes – an
embellishment or decoration added to a prepared
food or drink

5. Watch a demonstration
Fruit carving
Making an edible duck out of an apple
( 5 minutes )

6. To make an edible duck we need
Equipment
• Chopping board
• Sharp knife
• Cocktail stick
Ingredients
• Apple
You have 20 minutes to make a duck from an apple :
BE CAREFUL : KNIVES ARE SHARP !

7. Levels for practical
Level 3 No attention to accuracy, No shape or
form, Poor knife skills
Level 4 Some attention to detail, some shape,
safe use of knife
Level 5 A good outcome with detail, good knife
skills
Level 6 Worked safely and produced and
excellent outcome, with excellent knife
skills

8. Finally
• Lets put all the ducks in a line ,
in ranking order from a level 3
to a level 6 !