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LESSON 1

Teaching procedure/ Language identification Teaching aids and
Learning objectives Timing Interaction
Activities (Lexis and structures) learning materials used

T “Now, I’ll give you the Worksheet 3 • Worksheet 3
on which you have to write down the (page 153): River flora
names of the plants, as you did before graphic organizer
for the animals.
It’s a chart organized in three boxes
according to the places of the river
where plants can grow.
We can add other names if you like.
First, let’s consider some of the plants
growing along rivers.
Do you know these plants?”
C “Yes, one is bambù.”
T “Repeat it in English: bamboo.”
C “Il salice piangente si chiama
weeping willow!”
T “Very good, children!
Repeat, please, weeping willow.”
C “Weeping willow!”
T “White poplar and alder means
pioppo bianco and ontano. Repeat:
white poplar and alder.”
C “White poplar and alder!”
T “Can you write down the names of
the plants in the right box, please? It’s
plants growing along rivers.
Now, we are considering some plants
emerging from water.
What plants are these?”
C “Le canne e il papiro.”
T “Yes, reeds and papyrus. Repeat in
English, please!”
C “Reeds and papyrus!”
T “You were able to translate those
words in Italian because of the pictures
and, for papyrus, of the similarity to
the Italian word.
What about the word bulrush? It is a
funny word, isn’t it?”
C “Yes, teacher!”
T “Other English names for bulrush are
cattail, because it looks like a cat’s tail,
or reedmace that is a word made up
of reed (canna) and mace (mazza). The
Italian name for this plant is tifa.
Have you ever seen this plant in rivers?”
C “Sì, ma non conoscevo il nome.”

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