We’ve taken the language out of a few authentic comic strips and used them as a writing assessment for students for students to write the dialogue of ordering at a restaurant.

Take this Condorito comic:

and then have students write their own dialogue:
or check out this edited version with more space to write.

You can also use the original comic as an interpretive reading activity.

Or take this comic from Baldo:

and when you take out the text students can write their own dialogue. Or you can give them prompts of what to write in each box as shown below.
Box 1: Asks for order
Box 2: States their order
Box 3: States order and gives reason
Box 4: Anything else, Offers something
Box 6: Will you bring me…

Here’s a Garfield comic:

where perhaps they are commenting on food or asking what the other is going to order.
Or this version where they might be commenting on the food.

Looking for a ready to use prompt with a rubric? We’ve got it ready for you. This now includes 3 comics with dialogue to give students the input of what a conversation sounds like before giving them a blank comic for assessment:

Want more authentic images for your food unit. Check out these Spanish Memes about La Comida.