Home Plan - [GR1-L3-U1-LC1-8 The Leaning Tower]
The document covers Lesson 8 at Level 3, focusing on the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The first section introduces essential elements like learning objectives, vocabulary words, and comprehension questions about the tower’s construction. It engages students in activities to explore causes and effects, vocabulary usage, and the safety measures that made the tower a tourist attraction. The second part continues with activities to reinforce learning about the tower’s history and construction, with tasks for filling in blanks, discussing key information, and reflecting on the lesson.
Contents
- Pages 1—40: Lesson 8 guidelines
- Pages 41—45: Tower activities and reflections
Pages 1—40: Lesson 8 guidelines
This section of the document provides tips and guidelines for Lesson 8 at Level 3. It introduces essential lesson elements, including learning objectives such as visualizing text, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, and interpreting information from photographs. The words to know include terms like “bell tower,” “lean,” “Pisa,” “safe,” “weights,” and “workers.” The focus question discusses why the Tower of Pisa leans. Various activities aim to engage students in talking about mysteries, understanding new words, and grasping vocabulary in context with sample sentences. The text introduces the story of workers building the Bell Tower of Pisa and includes questions for comprehension. Students are encouraged to consider causes and effects within the text, and there are activities like ‘Read and Choose’ and ‘True or False’ to assess understanding of key concepts. Additionally, the document touches on the leaning of the tower and how workers addressed the issue, underlining the safety measures that make the Leaning Tower of Pisa a tourist attraction.
Pages 41—45: Tower activities and reflections
This section of the document provides tips and activities related to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It includes tasks for students to drag correct answers to fill in blanks, prompts for discussing key information about the tower, and reflections on what was learned during the lesson. The activities are meant to enhance students’ understanding of the construction and history of the tower.