E.L.I.O.T._2nd group_ Learning Units 14 SCHOOL PARTNERS | Page 51

E.L.I.O.T. - ENHANCING LITERACY BASIC SKILLS AND FIGHTING DROPOUT WITH
CROSS-CURRICULAR THEATRICAL EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
ID Number: 2016-1-IT02-KA219-024165
Introduction (5 minutes)
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The teacher tells the students that a ballot will be held. They will
ballot 10 idioms out of those met in the 1st and in the 2nd lesson. Those
they liked the best.
Development (40 minutes)
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The students will tick ten idioms in the list provided by the teacher.
The students will put their voting slips in the ballot box. The teacher
will read the results.
Once the result of the ballot will be known, the students break down
in small groups of three, and each group will work on 2 idioms. The
groups are asked to search the internet for an image to illustrate their
idioms, to find the Italian equivalent (if any) or to propose a translation into
Italian, and to find (if any/if known) the origin of the Italian and English
idioms/sayings.
The outcomes of each group will be uploaded on a class shared
padlet and assessed by the teacher.
Final (5 minutes)
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The teacher elicits once again from the students the fact that
idioms are culturally bound and brainstorms the cultural elements
emerging from the selected idioms.
The teacher asks the students to start thinking of a story featuring
as many idioms as possible and to look for and bring to school any
props/costumes and/or make-up to act out scenes featuring idioms.
4th and 5th lessons:
Miming idioms for the other students to guess
Introductions (2 minutes)
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The teacher explains that students are going to be actors for the
day.
Development (30 minutes)
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First, in pairs, students have to choose one of the idioms/sayings
they are familiar with and prepare to mime it for their classmates to guess.
The teacher makes sure that every couple mimes a different
idiom/saying.
The mimes will be filmed and uploaded on the class padlet.