An interesting country--Italy

Step 1 Greetings and lead-in

1.Hello, boys and girls. Nice to see you. Today I’m your new English teacher. Are you happy? Oh, I’m glad to hear that. Thank you. Do you have any questions to ask me?

What’s your hobbies?

I like travelling, because I can see many interesting things and eat different food. Do you like travelling?

Today let’s go travelling together. Where are we going to? Let’s watch a video. After watching, please tell me where are we going to?

2.Watch and answer

Italy.

1. Think and ask

   What do you want to know about Italy? Do you have any questions?

   e.g. What animals does Italy have?

      How many people does Italy have?

   How large is Italy? What’s the national flag?

   What’s the capital city?

   What language do Italian speak? Do they speak English?

   What cities do they have?

     What food do they eat? Do they eat rice?

   What interesting places does Italy have?

   What sports do they like?

   What festivals do they have?

   You have so many questions about Italy. Let’s try to learn it from the text. Look, I have a map of Italy. Italy is not big. This is the national flag of Italy. It has three colors. Green, white and red.

   This time, read the text quickly and choose the right answer. What are mentioned in the text?

   Step 2 Presentation

2. Read and choose

   What are mentioned in the text?

1. Capital city

2. Places of interest

3. Sports

4. Food

5. Fairytales

6. Language

7. Animals

1. Rome

1. Capital

   Read and answer

   Do you know which city is the capital of Italy? It is Rome. First, let’s go to the capital city--Rome. Here we are in Rome. What do you know about Rome? Please read part1 Rome carefully and answer my questions.

1. What is Rome like?     b. What can you see there?

   Rome is like a big museum. It indicates that it has a long history.

   We can see a lot of great buildings there.

   Can you say an example? The Colosseum is one of them. It’s in the center of Rome.

   What do you think of the Colosseum? Is it big? It has 5000 seats. What are the seats for? Why are there so many seats? Oh, because it is an old theater. Is it new? No. It has a very long history. It was built for more than 1900 years.

   Colosseum is very famous, so there are many people here. Would you like to greet them? You can say “Hello” to them. But do Italians speak English? No. They have their own language--Italian. (What language do they speak?) How to say “Hello” in Italian? It’s very easy. Follow me. Ciao. How to say “Goodbye” in Italian? That’s “Ciao” too. Very interesting.

1. Places of interest

   So here we know more about Rome. Let’s go to the other places of interest. First find the two places of interest. Then circle the features. Next fill in the blanks. At last, please give a report like a tour guide. Please pay attention this is a group. Work in group 4 and help each other. Are you clear? If you need help, please hands up and I’m going to help you, OK? Now you can begin.

This is the Leaning Tower of Pisa. How amazing! This building leans at an angel. What a strange tower! It leans to the south. It is 835 years old. Why does the tower lean? Is it dangerous? Will it fall down? You can search some information and share with your classmates after class, OK?

The other place is Venice. It is a city on water. How magic. What can we do in Venice? We can go boating. So in Venice you don’t see many cars. People travel by boats.

1. Pizza

   Boys and girls, we travelled 3 places. Are you hungry now? Me too. Let’s go to eat some Italian food. What special food do they have? Look. What’s that? It’s a piece of Pizza. It’s a famous dish in Italy. Would you like to have one? OK, let’s have a try. What is it made of? It is made of flour, sauce, vegetables and meat. Do you like it? Maybe you can eat pizza in the Pizza Hot next time.

2. Watch your nose

   OK, boys and girls, do you like stories? In Italy, there is a famous fairytale. Let’s listen to the story, watch the pictures and write down the answers on your sheet, OK?

   Check answers.

   Step 3 Post-reading

3. Reading time

   We know a lot about Italy. How beautiful Italy is! OK, let’s read the whole text beautifully.w.

4. Summary

   Today in this class, you did a good job. We travelled to Italy. We know more about it. Boys and girls, do you like this country? Me too. I think Italy is a rich country. How about you? Italy is a / an ______ country.