Lesson 4: Genero e numero

Come sei?/Come e'?
What is a masculine or feminine noun?
What are the rules for making a noun plural?

1.2 Understanding language

Recognize and identify masculine and feminine nouns. Recognize and identify singular and plural nouns. Compare how these may differ from English. Interpret the difference between masculine/feminine singular/plural nouns. Apply knowledge to create sentences the follow the rules of gender and number.
DOK 1: The "Vowel Ending" Sprint (Working Memory): The teacher calls out a singular noun (e.g., ragazzo). Students must immediately shout back the plural (ragazzi). To increase rigor, use a string of three nouns (e.g., libro, casa, fiore) and have students provide the plural string (libri, case, fiori).
DOK 2: Students are given a noun and a list of adjectives. They must "shift" the adjective to match the noun (e.g., la mela + rosso = la mela rossa). Shifting between gender and number simultaneously practices Mental Shifting.
DOK 3: Provide a complex sentence with intentional errors in agreement (e.g., I professori intelligente sono simpatiche). Students must find the three errors and justify the corrections based on the "Grammar Hierarchy."
DOK 4: Students investigate the current linguistic debate in Italy regarding the use of the "schwa" (?) or asterisk (*) to create gender-neutral endings. They compare this to the use of "they/them" in English.

Provide comprehensible input/ Students fold a sheet of paper in half, on the left side write
Singular and on the right side Plural. Have them create a list of classroom objects they see and write each object's singular and plural forms in the appropriate column

Teacher selected formative and summative assessments.