Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Varsha Vandayar 8 August 2023 Upper intermediate - B2 60 minutes
Lesson Type:
Four skills - reading
Lesson Topic:
Insects find their way onto Italian plates despite rejection
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
get an understanding of a piece of writing by using reading Students will be able to show their understanding of the text by:
techniques such as reading for gist and reading for specific detail. 1. Answering questions about the text.
2. Reading and summarising the text.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Some students could become discouraged if they do not 1. I will remind students that the purpose of the lesson is to
understand all the vocabulary and grammar. improve reading skills so that they are better able to read for
gist or read for specific information and not necessarily to
2. The class will include students who just completed college understand every aspect of the text.
and those who are already working. Older students may
feel embarrassed if they get an answer wrong in the 2. I will create a supportive and encouraging environment.
presence of younger students and therefore may tend to be Never focus too much on a person’s errors and give praise.
quieter.
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, 3. Due to this being a monolingual class students may 3. Remind the students of the rule that they are only allowed
sometimes use Italian words when speaking to one another. to speak English during the class. Should a student forget this
I will gently remind them.
Authentic Text (insert reading text here or link to the listening recording)
Insects find their way onto Italian plates despite resistance
In a small room near the Alps in northern Italy, containers filled with millions of crickets are stacked on top of each other.
Jumping and chirping loudly - these crickets are about to become food.
The process is simple: they are frozen, boiled, dried, and then pulverised.
Here at the Italian Cricket Farm, the biggest insect farm in the country, about one million crickets are turned into food ingredients every day.
Ivan Albano, who runs the farm, opens a container to reveal a light brown flour that can be used in the production of pasta, bread, pancakes, energy bars - and
even sports drinks.
Eating crickets, ants and worms has been common in parts of the world like Asia for thousands of years.
Now, after the EU approved the sale of insects for human consumption earlier this year, will there be a shift in attitudes across Europe?
Well, nowhere in Europe is there more resistance to eating insects than in Italy, according to data from the global public opinion company YouGov, and the
objections come right from the top - the government has already taken steps to ban their use in pizza and pasta production.
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Varsha Vandayar 8 August 2023 Upper intermediate - B2 60 minutes
Lesson Type:
Four skills - reading
Lesson Topic:
Insects find their way onto Italian plates despite rejection
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
get an understanding of a piece of writing by using reading Students will be able to show their understanding of the text by:
techniques such as reading for gist and reading for specific detail. 1. Answering questions about the text.
2. Reading and summarising the text.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Some students could become discouraged if they do not 1. I will remind students that the purpose of the lesson is to
understand all the vocabulary and grammar. improve reading skills so that they are better able to read for
gist or read for specific information and not necessarily to
2. The class will include students who just completed college understand every aspect of the text.
and those who are already working. Older students may
feel embarrassed if they get an answer wrong in the 2. I will create a supportive and encouraging environment.
presence of younger students and therefore may tend to be Never focus too much on a person’s errors and give praise.
quieter.
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, 3. Due to this being a monolingual class students may 3. Remind the students of the rule that they are only allowed
sometimes use Italian words when speaking to one another. to speak English during the class. Should a student forget this
I will gently remind them.
Authentic Text (insert reading text here or link to the listening recording)
Insects find their way onto Italian plates despite resistance
In a small room near the Alps in northern Italy, containers filled with millions of crickets are stacked on top of each other.
Jumping and chirping loudly - these crickets are about to become food.
The process is simple: they are frozen, boiled, dried, and then pulverised.
Here at the Italian Cricket Farm, the biggest insect farm in the country, about one million crickets are turned into food ingredients every day.
Ivan Albano, who runs the farm, opens a container to reveal a light brown flour that can be used in the production of pasta, bread, pancakes, energy bars - and
even sports drinks.
Eating crickets, ants and worms has been common in parts of the world like Asia for thousands of years.
Now, after the EU approved the sale of insects for human consumption earlier this year, will there be a shift in attitudes across Europe?
Well, nowhere in Europe is there more resistance to eating insects than in Italy, according to data from the global public opinion company YouGov, and the
objections come right from the top - the government has already taken steps to ban their use in pizza and pasta production.
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