Italian Vocabulary Teacher Resources

Young scholars play a charades game to communicate what they like or don't like when they travel. For this travel lesson plan, students play the charades and then read and write sentences about a past traveling experience.

Students create a scenario where they go on a date with another person and write a draft of their presentation in the form of a fashion show. In this scenario lesson plan, students do all of this in the foreign language they are studying.

Students write a pen pal letter to narrate a special event in the life of a young person in the TL culture. In this pen pal lesson plan, students read and respond to letters by their classmates.

Students write newspaper articles in groups to form a class newspaper. In this newspaper lesson plan, students share their work with another group who critiques it.

Students exchange opinions, express feelings, and listen to presentations of others about an argument. In this discussion lesson plan, students learn how to listen and respond for an argument they intend to have.

In this mock interview instructional activity, learners view pictures of famous personalities and determine which of these personalities they would like to interview. Students follow the three step interview process and conduct a mock...

Students research inventions that have been created. In this historical technology lesson, students read the Harcourt Brace social studies textbook and discuss how inventors used graphs to display data. Students create a table to write...

Students research a scientific breakthrough. In this science instructional activity, students write an essay on a technology that has changed the world.

Young scholars explore technology used in making movies. In this movie making lesson, students investigate how technology has improved in the entertainment industry. Young scholars discover how simple tools are combined together to make...

Students, divided into two groups, are put into a new culture, where they must create their own body language for greetings, etc. They learn aspects of other cultures such as body language, discourse patterns, male and female roles.

Students guess the meanings of many unfamiliar French words because of their similarity to English words. They read an article from Le Figaro or another French-language newspaper with cognates underlined to guess the meanings.

Students describe the charactersitics of the painting "Sisters" by Massimo Campigli. They predict what the artist might create next. Students write a review of the work. They write a letter to a friend or relative describing the...

Students talk about their routine. They learn and practice the simple present, then read an article about an atypical routine. Finally, they write about routines

Students investigate Steiner Paths and Trees.  In this Steiner Paths and Trees activity, students find the point that is the shortest distance from three different points.  Students help a character from NUMB3RS find a steiner point that...

Fifth graders design their ideal home.  In this ideal home lesson, 5th graders illustrate and describe their ideal home.  Students present visuals to their classmates. Lesson is part of a unit.

Students review activities from the "My Home" unit. In this review lesson plan, students view a PowerPoint about a community then play a game to answer a variety of questions about the community.  PowerPoint may be in English or changed...

Fifth graders explore media.  In this television and movies lesson plan, 5th graders compare a variety of types of television shows and movies. 

Students present their group newspapers.  In this presenting lesson, students share their newspaper creations with peers and receive feedback. This lesson is part of a unit: "In the News".