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Newspaper Lesson Plans

Sampling Italian Foods

Objectives: (1) Students will locate and use the BILL OF FARE section of the newspaper to find Italian restaurants in their area. (2) Students will write a letter, using standard letter format, to one of the restaurants asking the restaurant to bring some sample dishes to their classroom for a project. (3) Students will write a compare and contrast list on how the Italian foods are both similar and different from ´American´ foods.

Materials: BILL OF FARE section of newspaper; Writing paper

Anticipated Use of Time	Teacher Activity	Student Activity
10-15 min	Explaining activity	Listening
20 min	Observing/helping	Looking up restaurants in the BILL OF FARE
20-30 min	Helping students	Writing letters to restaurants
30-45 min (another day)	Testing foods from restaurants

Sunshine State Standards: LA.B.1.2.1; LA.B.1.2.2; LA.B.1.2.3; LA.B.1.2.4; LA.B.2.2.2

ESOL Strategies: LEA; Process Writing; Repetition; Description; Introduction; Directions; Participation; Comparison; Creating a Writing Classroom; Incorporate Students´ Cultures

Tina Davis
Stetson University

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