541ACC ITALIAN 1 ACCELERATED Unit 1: Unit 1 Benvenuti

Lesson 5: Gli oggetti nell'aula

Duration of Days: 7

Lesson Objective

Students will be able to identify the various objects in the classroom. They will combine this with their knowledge of numbers to begin to make objects plural and discuss what it is in their backpacks and classroom.

Che c'e' nell'aula?
Che c'e' nello zaino?
Quanti libri ci sono?
Dov'e' la lavagna?

Connections / Culture / Comparison
Interpretive Communication

Students will begin to compare the objects in their classroom vs a high school classroom in Italy. They will think about the fact that high schoolers in Italy stay in the same room all day - why?
DOK 1: The teacher describes an object's location and color Students must hold that information in their mind and point to the correct object./Students are given a list of 10 school supplies in the target language. They must organize their own physical desk to match the list within 60 seconds.
DOK 2: students categorize classroom objects based on function (e.g., "Things for writing" vs. "Things for measuring"). Then, they must quickly "shift" and re-categorize them by material (plastic, metal, paper).
DOK 3: Provide a logic puzzle in the target language (e.g., "Marco has the stapler; the person with the blue notebook is not Maria..."). Students must use deductive reasoning to find who has which object.
DOK 4: tudents research where common classroom objects (pencils, tablets, paper) are manufactured in Italian-speaking countries (e.g., design firms in Italy). They create a "Global Supply Map" showing the journey of a pencil to their desk.

Academic level students will split the vocabulary list in half, learning one at a time.
They will do a lot of vocabulary identification in isolation, whereas accelerated students will work with vocabulary in context.