Passion: Panama, Italy and the Spanish Language

Today, a trio of women taught us three lessons. Ana taught very interesting ideas about Spanish, her native language; Isabella introduced us to the details of the historic Panama Canal, located in her country, and Lucy shared with us how proud she is to be an Italian and everything about it, from geography, to monuments, to food and art.

See Lucy's Lesson Plan bellow:

Instructor: Lucia Pampana

Subject and Grade Level: Italy: monuments, culture and cuisine

                                            Fourth Grade

Unit Topic: Lesson Topic: Geography and Culture 

Date: 03/28/18

LESSON PLAN

I. OBJECTIVE 

To raise the students’ awareness of what Italy offers through the fun learning of its monuments, cuisine and language.  

              

LANGUAGE: English and Italian

MATERIALS: PowerPoint Slides, Pictures, Map, Words, Computer

II. KEY THEATER VOCABULARY (_-_ min.)

Italia, Nord, Centro, Sud, Fontana di Trevi, Ghirlandina, Duomo Santa Maria Del Fiore, Canal Grande, la Cattedrale, Pompeii, Il Duomo di Siracusa, Risotto, Parmigiano, Carbonara, tortellini, tortelloni, caprese, pizza Margherita, Fiorentina.

III. PROCEDURE (LESSON SEQUENCE

 Introduction of Italy and why it is important to learn about it; explanation of some details of the Italian culture bringing up examples, such as monuments and then foods. Then the teacher will give a brief explanation of how to say correctly the names of many famous Italian dishes as proceeding to the food topic. Then the students will be involved in a group activity.

IV. MOTIVATION (10__ min.)

 It is important for kids to learn about new cultures and languages because it makes them broaden their horizons. 

         

V. PRESENTATION OF LESSON (25__ min.)

Introduction, reasons why you want to know about Italy, examples of some of the most important monuments and foods, kids get in groups, group activity.

VI. REVIEW, GUIDED PRACTICE and/or INDEPENDENT PRACTICE (_35_ min.)

Group activity. Kids will get into groups and will collaborate with each other in order to find out what the right answer is.

VI. ASSESSMENT

 So if you guys had the chance to pick a place to go to, which one would that be?

How do you say the dish made of mozzarella and tomatoes?

VII. FOLLOW – UP EXTENSIONS AND HOME LEARNING

Think about what we did today and for next time think about which Italian city would be your favorite one to go visit one day!

VIII. REFLECTION

I think that kids today learned about dealing with new words. They maybe thought about being in one of the places I showed today. They will maybe keep some of the things they learned today for their future.