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I. Video segments for the workshop facilitator:

Intro to ESOL Strategy Workshops (video 1:10)

Intro to L'arancia Workshop (video 5:36)

L'arancia workshop implemented with inservice teachers (video 13:41)

This video shows the lesson in its entirety, with in-service teachers in attendance. Please watch this sequentially while jotting down your thoughts on how the presentation was structured and what students are learning.
How to use this lesson with your teachers (video 0:47)

II. Video segments for the workshop participants:

These video segments allow you to conduct this workshop in your class even if you do not speak Italian. These video segments are also available in a large format for presenting to an entire class.
Beginning of l'arancia workshop (video 4:48)
  • Introduction of vocabulary
  • Demonstration four steps
Participation segments:

Video cues for first volunteer (video 0:43)

  • The four steps with an orange
Video cues for second volunteer (video 0:45)
  • The four steps repeated
Video cues for third volunteer (video 0:19)
  • Cutting the orange
Video cues for fourth volunteer (video 0:18)
  • Squeezing the orange
Video cues for fifth volunteer (video 0:19)
  • Pouring the orange juice
Video cues for sixth volunteer (video 0:19)
  • Cutting the lime
Video cues for seventh volunteer and photo card activity (video 3:46)
  • All four steps with a lemon
  • Explanation of the photo cards
  • Directions for whole class thumbs up/down activity
  • Video cues for whole class thumbs up/down activity
  • Distribution of cards to four volunteers for holding up activity
  • [Download photo cards in PDF]
Video cues for holding up activity (video 0:58)
  • Video cues for holding up activity
  • Directions for ordering activity
  • [Note: complete this activity before proceeding to next video]
Solution to ordering activity (video 0:44)
  • Cards shown in correct order
  • Cards shown with voice-over
Using the sentence strips (video 0:42)
  • Pairing the sentence strips with the photo cards
  • [Download sentence strips in PDF]
Sentence strip activity (video 0:44)
  • Explanation of sentence strip activity
  • [Note: complete this activity before proceeding to next video]
Solution to sentence strip activity (video 0:34)
  • Cards and sentence strips shown in correct order
Directions for cloze activity (video 0:29)
  • [Download cloze activity in PDF]
Solution to sentence strip activity (video 1:47)
  • Video cues for cloze activity
  • Solution for cloze activity
  • Conclusion and discussion questions

III. Teaching Resources in PDF:

  • A written narrative describing the Natural Approach.
  • A chart summarizing the levels of the Natural Approach.
  • A grid for modifying lessons plans using the Natural Approach.
  • A lesson plan for presenting the activity.
  • The sentence strips used in the activity.
  • The pictures for the response cards.
  • Cloze activity.
  • All of the resources in a single ZIP file (3MB).

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