Lesson 2: Che ore sono?
Duration of Days: 7
Lesson Objective
Students will be able to activate their background knowledge to utilize numbers to tell time.
Students will be able to identify the time in Italian.
Students will be able to apply their knowledge to create an Italian school schedule.
Students will be able to compare differences in time/times of activities between Italy and the US
Che ora e'?/Che ore sono?
What is miltary time?
How many hours are in a day?
When do Italians eat breakfast, lunch and/or dinner?
1.2 Understanding language
4.1 Compare languages
Students will be able to identify what time it is. Students will be able to compare what time certain activities take place in the US and Italy. Students will be able to apply their knowledge to state what time they do certain things during the day.
DOK 1: The teacher says a time (e.g., "Sono le tre e venti"). Students must hold that in their mind and draw the hands on a blank analog clock face.
DOK 2: In Italy, formal time (trains, movies, school) uses the 24-hour clock. Students receive a list of "American" times (2:00 PM, 8:00 PM) and must "shift" them to Italian formal time (le quattordici, le venti).
DOK 3: Students are given a real train schedule from Trenitalia. They must plan a trip from Florence to Venice with a 45-minute "layover" for lunch. They must account for military time and platform changes.
DOK 4: Students investigate the cultural concept of time in Italy (e.g., the difference between North and South, or the concept of la passeggiata). They compare it to the "Time is Money" culture in the U.S.
Vocabulary/grammar practice include these modes: interpretive and presentational
Audio and visual aids on telling time
Teacher selected formative and summative assessments.