Submitted by Jeffrey Kase
Objectives:
Content:
Students will...
- transfer knowledge of country geography gained in previous lessons to a smaller-scale dealing with city geography
- form ideas of the necessities of Russian daily life based on the geography of a Russian city
Cultural:
Students will...
- view typical landmarks of a Russian city
- identify places of business/leisure commonly used by Russians in daily life/activities
- compare/contrast locations and daily needs of Russians living in a city with their own experiences in an American city/suburb
Language: Content Obligatory
Students will...
- answer the question где? with prepositional case of place names (use prepositional case declension of singular nouns)
- use the prepositions в and на in appropriate contexts
- say where someone lives or where something is done with new vocabulary and prepositional case grammar structure
- indicate the gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) of nouns and adjective/noun combinations
Language: Content Compatible
Students will...
- identify objects (nouns) associated with landmarks in a Russian city, i.e. письмо=почта, продукты=продуктовый магазин, памятник=площадь, фонтан=парк, etc.
Learning Strategies / Social and Skills Development:
Students will...
- use pictures to help associate new vocabulary to meanings/definitions
- engage in a discussion comparing their daily activities to those of Russians living in a typical city or town
Time Frame:
1 50-minute period
Materials Needed:
- Flashcards
- Any useful artifacts to reinforce vocabulary: letters, packages, products found in a grocery, tickets for transportation, etc.
- Vocabulary List Worksheet
- Story Script
- Listening Comprehension Worksheet
Description of Assessment (Performance Project):
Pre-Task:
1. Teacher introduces the theme of daily life in a Russian town/city by indicating landmarks/means of transportation found in the city. Teacher asks students to compare which of the landmarks/transportation are also found in their home city/suburb.
2. Students use vocabulary handout to make two lists: one of the landmarks the teacher shows in the Russian city, and one of the landmarks also found in their own city.
3. Students view flashcards of objects/nouns and/or actual artifacts (letters, packages, products found in a grocery, tickets for transportation, etc.) that are commonly associated with the landmarks previously viewed.
During Task:
1. Teacher introduces the 3 genders with their corresponding nominative case noun endings and nominative case adjective endings using vocabulary from this lesson (Санкт-Петербург, Москва, Чёрное море, Тихий океан, северная столица, etc.); мужской: --ый, --ий, женский: --ая, --яя, средный: --ое, --ее2. Using the Russian Cognates Crossword Puzzle Clues sheet from lesson 1 as a word list, students mark gender М, Ж or C next to each word to indicate one of three genders. Teacher reviews answers after students complete the list.
3. Teacher reads a short story script of activities a Russian person completes in the course of his day. As students listen, they mark off which landmarks/means of transportation are visited/used by the person in the text. Students then write the second half of the exercise in which they complete sentences using prepositions and prepositional case of the vocabulary used in the story.
Post-Task:
1. Teacher asks each student questions eliciting prepositional case answers using vocabulary from this lesson, i.e. Где можно послать письмо? Answer: На почте.2. Teacher reviews students' answers on the listening comprehension sheet students completed while listening to the story.
Assessment:
1. Teacher monitors Pre-Task comprehension and answers elicited during comparing/contrasting exercise and collects the vocabulary list/comparison sheet at the end of the task
2. Teacher collects Russian Cognates Crossword Puzzle Clues sheet with students' indications of noun/adjective gender categories
3. Teacher collects Listening Comprehension Worksheet with answers to During-Task listening comprehension activity
4. Teacher will monitor student answers in the Post-Task question and answer session
References and Resources:
Attachments:
NOTE: some attachments are in PDF form (get Acrobat Reader)Flashcards (City_Pictures_Flashcards.doc MS Word)
Listening Comprehension Work Sheet
Story Script
Vocabulary List and Comparison Sheet