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Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lessonBerlize Jonker 20 July 2023 Upper-Intermediate 60 minutes
Lesson Type:
Reading
Lesson Topic:
History of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
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…
Obtain and understand a piece of writing by making use of reading Demonstrated their comprehension of the text by completing a series of
techniques which increase in levels of focus. E.g., “Reading for detail/gist”. reading activities. E.g., Comprehension questions based off the text, a ‘fill the
gap’ activity, a parts of speech activity and a ‘fill the blank’ activity.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
Include one relating to L1/age/level of the students and one for
the subskills (reading for gist and for detail/specific information) 1. Within Presentation (MFP), special care will be taken to highlight the
structures students might have issues with.
1. Some students might struggle with tenses and grammar or word
order within the text as English word order is somewhat different to 2. I will make it clear that understanding every aspect of the text is not
that of Italian. the aim of the lesson, instead the aim is to improve their reading skills
so that they are better able to extract specific pieces of info from a
2. Some students may become disheartened when they can’t fully text.
comprehend certain aspects of the text.
3. I won’t explicitly give students who struggle the answers. Instead, I’ll
3. Some students might have difficulty understanding the activities and elicit answers or adapt questions in favour of their abilities.
struggle to obtain the necessary comprehension needed for the
activities.
Authentic Text (insert reading text here or link to the listening recording)
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, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italian Torre Pendente di Pisa, medieval structure in Pisa, Italy, that is famous for the settling of its foundations, which caused it to lean
5.5 degrees (about 15 feet [4.5 metres]) from the perpendicular in the late 20th century. Extensive work was subsequently done to straighten the tower, and
its lean was ultimately reduced to less than 4.0 degrees.
The bell tower, begun in 1173 as the third and final structure of the city’s cathedral complex, was designed to stand 185 feet (56 metres) high and was
constructed of white marble. Three of its eight stories had been completed when the uneven settling of the building’s foundations in the soft ground became
noticeable. At that time, war broke out between the Italian city-states, and construction was halted for almost a century. This pause allowed the tower’s
foundation to settle and likely prevented its early collapse.
Giovanni di Simone, the engineer in charge when construction resumed, sought to compensate for the lean by making the new stories slightly taller on the
short side, but the extra masonry caused the structure to sink still further. The project was plagued with interruptions, as engineers sought solutions to the
leaning problem, but the tower was ultimately topped out in the 14th century. Twin spiral staircases lined the tower’s interior, with 294 steps leading from the
ground to the bell chamber (one staircase incorporates two additional steps to compensate for the tower’s lean). Over the next four centuries the tower’s
seven bells were installed; the largest weighed more than 3,600 kg (nearly 8,000 pounds). By the early 20th century, however, the heavier bells were silenced,
as it was believed that their movement could potentially worsen the tower’s lean.
The foundations have been strengthened by the injection of cement grout and various types of bracing and reinforcement, but in the late 20th century the
structure was still subsiding, at the rate of 0.05 inch (1.2 mm) per year, and was in danger of collapse. In 1990 the tower was closed and all the bells silenced
as engineers undertook a major straightening project. Earth was siphoned from underneath the foundations, decreasing the lean by 17 inches (44 cm) to 13.5
feet (4.1 metres); the work was completed in May 2001, and the structure was reopened to visitors. The tower continued to straighten without further
excavation, until in May 2008 sensors showed that the motion had finally stopped, at a total improvement of 19 inches (48 cm). Engineers expected the tower
to remain stable for at least 200 years.
Please include a rationale for why you have chosen this authentic material (approximately 100 words):
As it has direct relevance to the nationality of the students, the passage was selected. They should appreciate and celebrate their Italian heritage. This will
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