This document contains a lesson plan for two 40-minute English classes on technology in agriculture for a 7th grade class. The plan includes activities to introduce new vocabulary about cropping systems and soil health, review vocabulary on sustainability, practice a reading comprehension activity and writing exercise, watch a video, complete a true/false activity, analyze images comparing tillage methods, and complete an extra reading. The plan aims to develop students' linguistic, naturalistic, and critical thinking skills through engaging with authentic texts and multimedia resources on sustainable agricultural practices.

1. INSTITUTO DE FORMACIÓN DOCENTE CONTINUA
LENGUAS VIVAS BARILOCHE (A-052)
Profesorado de Inglés – Opción pedagógica a distancia.
Práctica Docente III
ENTREGA DE PLANIFICACIÓN
ALUMNO PRACTICANTE: Nisca, María Abril
Institución educativa: Escuela Nº 719 “Peñi hué”
Año y sección: 7º (única división; burbuja 1)
Nivel lingüístico del curso: Pre-intermediate
Cantidad de alumnos: 11
Tipo de Planificación: Clase (actividades para Classroom)
Unidad Temática: “Technology in Agriculture”
Clase Nº: 17 y 18
Duración de la clase: 40 minutos (80 minutos en total)
Fecha de la clase: 30/07/21
Fecha de entrega de la planificación: 07/07/21

2. Lessons 17 and 18
Learning Aims
During this lesson, learners will be able to…
 Acquire new vocabulary related to cropping systems and soil health;
 Revisit vocabulary related to sustainability;
 Revisit the first conditional structure;
 Develop reading skills through a reading comprehension practice;
 Develop writing skills through exercising;
 Develop listening skills by watching a video;
 Develop technological skills by solving a ‘true or false’ in Genially;
 Use their naturalistic intelligence to reflect on soil health and
sustainable practices;
 Develop their critical thinking by reflecting on these practices through
authentic material (a webpage);
 Use their linguistic intelligence to read and write.
Language Focus
LEXIS FUNCTIONS STRUCTURE
R
E
V
SUSTAINABILITY To recognize sustainable
practices in agriculture.
Farmers need to leave the
soil rest.
Intensive harvesting harms
the soil.

3. N
E
W
CROPPING SYSTEMS To identify different crop
systems, their advantages
and disadvantages.
To express how these
practices contribute to soil
health.
Diversifying a cropping
system offers farmers
economic and environmental
benefits.
Activities
Hi there! How are you? Welcome to our new unit! 😊
Technology in Agriculture
Before the recess, we discussed about sustainability and how we can
help the environment. We will keep on reflecting on that but, this time,
we are going to focus on soil health.
Activity 1: Pre-reading

4. There are some practices to help farmers be more sustainable. Watch
the following video and then decide which of the following practices and
methods are mentioned:
Click here to watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCPkMWzkgvc&list=PLWlltQ6Oy0zp
gxVhd2vZqTDvVXpPhSVd0&ab_channel=SAREOutreach
Word of caution: It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand every single
word. Just try to get a general idea and identify the key words 😉
Which of the following practices/methods are mentioned in the video?
Highlight the ones that apply.
Conservation tillage
Conventional tillage
Bioengineering
Diversifying crops

5. GMOs
Fertilizing
Activity 2: While reading
a) Now you are going to read a text to learn more about the
practices in the video. Skim the text to find them.
Source: O’Sullivan, N. Libbin, J. D. (2011). Agriculture: Book 3 (p. 12). Career Paths. Express
Publishing, Berkshire.

6. b) Read the text again. Then, click on the following link and solve a
True or False exercise:
https://view.genial.ly/60e5d285593a5f0d868327ca/interactive-
content-verdadero-o-falso
In case you can’t solve the exercise online, here I leave you the activity:
TRUE or FALSE?
1. Diversifying a crop system only offers farmers economic benefits.
2. Conventional tillage is more expensive than conservation
tillage in the long term.
3. If farmers diversify, they will need more fertilizers and burn-
down herbicides.
4. Farmers don't need to do much research before diversifying, as
any crop is suitable.
5. There are two methods to diversify: crop
rotation and polyculture.
6. If farmers use zero tillage methods, they will leave crop residues.
Activity 3: After reading
a) According to the text and the video from activity 1 (which you may
want to watch again now), answer:
Which of the sides in the following video (right or left) shows
as soil treated with the conservation tillage method and
which one with the conventional tillage method?

7. Click here to watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEEjIe0inPk&ab_channel=Forumfort
heFutureofAgriculture
b) Complete the following conditions with a result in the future. Take
a look at the example:
If farmers use zero tillage methods, they will leave crop residues.
1. If farmers diversify their crops, they will obtain____________________
2. If farmers invest in conservation tillage equipment,
________________
3. Before diversifying, farmers________________, if they want to know
which crop is suitable.

8. Activity 4: Extra!
Take a look at the following site about sustainable agriculture. You do not
need to do anything but checking it and reading, if you find something
interesting. We will work on this in our next class 😊
https://sarep.ucdavis.edu/sustainable-ag
To be completed by your tutor:
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