Crop Rotation class4th

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SUGGESTIONS Class1st

To learn something more have a look at this web page:

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/communication-lesson-suggesting.php

And now, click on the following link to listen to a podcast about how can we make and accept suggestions. http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/howto/suggesting.mp3
Clicking on the link below you can download the tapescript
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/howto/suggesting.pdf

Elisabeth I and Shakespeare class 4th

there is/ there are class 1st

the image can be found on the following webpage: https://www.tes.com/lessons/BDdIddB7loYgTg/there-is-there-are

Browse the following links and watch the video:http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org
grammar revision

Present Perfect

Writing about a concert... class1st

• Which singers or bands do you think are the most popular at the moment?
• What type of music do you like listening to every day?
• Have you ever seen live bands?

After reading pages 70 and 71 of your book,  do the exercise suggested on the SMORE FLYERS below.

Write your passage on a the following word file and email it to your teacher.

The deadline is on Friday, 12th May 2017.

Module 2 Unit3 Class3rd

Oral test Module 2-Unit 2 class 3rd

Browse the following link to know the questions for the oral test.
https://prezi.com/view/0qYEV0DMQr53SsT3x6MN/

A POSTCARD FROM.... class1st

Do the following task.
Imagine you are on a school trip.
Write a postcard to a friend  (60/80 words). Include this information:

1. A greeting ( Hi, Hello)
2. What is the weather like?
3. Where are you? What's the place you are visiting?
4. What are you doing tomorrow? Where are you going?
5. Where are you staying? ( hotel, Hostel, Campsite)
6. Where you are writing the postcard?
7. An ending ( bye, see you! looking forward to...)

INSTRUCTIONS

To fulfil your task use the following  PPT file. You have to choose a picture and write down your sentences in English. Do not forget to name your file and save it! Then, mail it to your teacher or share it with her using Google Drive. The deadline is on Friday, 5th May 2017.

 She is going to prepare an on line presentation of the postcards of you all!

AND HERE ARE OUR POSTCARDS!!!!!!

CROP ROTATIONS class 4th

Let's begin watching this video

Who is the most far-sighted of the two farmers? 
Laura, of course!
So, now it is clear why growing different crops over long periods is so important. If you want to maintain the soil health you must rely on crop rotation.

The following information is taken  from: https://www.britannica.com

Crop Rotation systems

It's the sequence of crops grown over a period of time on a given area of soil. It can be defined as the cropping system. It may be a pattern of regular rotation of different crops or one of growing only one crop year after year on the same area.

The advantages of crop rotations 

Such a system generally 

1. maintains productivity, 
2. aids in keeping soil structure favourable, 
3. and tends to reduce erosion. 
4. Alfalfa, sweet clover, red clover, and Ladino clover are considered effective for building up nitrogen. 
5. Legumes leave nitrogen in the soil.

Getting deeper it can be said that the AGRONOMIC BENEFITS of using crop rotation in agriculture are:

• the soil is enriched with nutritional substances and nitrogen.
• the soil structure is improved and preserved, reducing soil erosion
• the cycles of pests and diseases are interrupted. Thanks to crop rotation, the dangerous consequences of weeds, insects and pests are played down.

Moreover, crop rotation has the great environmental benefit of reducing soil erosion. Many areas are preserved from landslides, floods, mud slidings.

In the past, the Two-field system was the basis of the agricultural organization in Europe and the Middle East in early times. Arable land was divided into two fields or groups of fields; one group was planted to wheat, barley, or rye, while the other was allowed to lie fallow until the next planting season to recover its fertility. After cropping the first group of fields was turned to fallow, with the livestock permitted to graze on the stubble and enrich the soil with their droppings. Beginning about the 8th century, between the Loire and the Rhine rivers, the two-field system gave way to the more sophisticated three-field system.

Three-field system is a method of agricultural organization introduced in Europe in the Middle Ages and representing a decisive advance in production techniques. In the old two-field system half the land was sown to crop and half left fallow each season; in the three-field system, however, only a third of the land lay fallow. In the autumn one third was planted to wheat, barley, or rye, and in the spring another third of the land was planted to oats, barley, and legumes to be harvested in late summer. The legumes (peas and beans) strengthened the soil by their nitrogen-fixing ability and at the same time improved the human diet.

Chianti The wine from Tuscany Class5th

CHIANTI

THE LEGEND " The Black Rooster"

"Legend has it that in 13th century Florence and Siena decided to use a horse race to end their land dispute over Chianti. The meeting point of two knights, who had left respectively from Florence and Siena when the rooster sang at dawn, would mark the new borders of their territories. The Florentines selected a black rooster and kept it for a few days in a box with no food. On the day of the race, when they took the rooster out of the box, he sang much earlier than dawn.  Thus the Florentine knight left before the Sienese rider, meeting him only him only 20 km from Siena walls. Since then the black rooster has been the symbol of Chianti: first of the Chianti League in 13th century and then of the Chianti Classico Consortium."

(https://www.chianti.com/wine/chianti-classico.html)

Where does Chianti wine come from? 

Look at the map below and browse the following website to know more about Chianti wine :

http://www.chianticlassico.com/en/territory/characteristics/

http://winefolly.com/review/chianti-wine-tuscany/

In 1984, Chianti obtained the denomination D.O.C.G. (Denominazione d'Origine Controllata e Garantita, or Controlled and Guaranteed Denomination of Origin), which is the highest type of protection and recognition for quality Italian wines.

Present continuous Class1st

Browse the following  webpages to learn more about the PRESENT CONTINUOUS and to practise in using it.

1.  http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/present-continuous
2.  http://hostweb3.ammin.uniss.it/cla/inglese/Grammar/Verbi/Present/Continuous.html#struttura
3. http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/present-continuous/index.html

http://www.playbuzz.com/tarasc10/wheres-waldo-can-you-find-him

http://www.boredpanda.com/i-drew-a-360-illustration-with-waldo-wally-charlie/

And now sing the song...

FARM MACHINERY class 4th

Here is your task: https://www.createwebquest.com/farm-machinery

https://www.flickr.com/photos/feesta/2812256189

TO OBTAIN  A SHARED LINK OF YOUR PPT PRESENTATION (TO BE POSTED ON THE PADLET WALL)  WATCH THE FOLLOWING TUTORIAL

Napo...UDA SICUREZZA CLASSI PRIME E SECONDE

Vine growing and soil varieties class 5th

Here's a brief summary of page 261

Soil Erosion Class4th

 Before starting our lesson, let's begin watching this video:

Answer the following questions:

• Why is the area destined to plant growing very limited?

   

           How much of the Earth crust is covered with water?

           How much of the Earth crust is covered with deserts, ice and mountains?

           How much of the Earth crust is used for towns?

           How much land is left for growing plants?

• What part of the soil is good for growing plants?

•   Why is soil erosion reducing the amount of top soil destined to farming?

Compare the two pictures

• What has happened?

• How can we prevent soil erosion?

Watch the following video and think about some solutions the organic farmer could rely on to avoid his fields suffer from soil erosion.

Soil Texture and Soil Structure Class4th

Study the soil texture and soil structure in your text book and then delve deeper into the topic reading the following presentation I have prepared for you.

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Now, put your knowledge into practice, put yourself to the test and try to answer the questions below:

1. How can you define the texture of the soil?
2. What features of the soil are affected by the texture?
3. What is the most widespread soil ?
4. How can you define the structure of the soil?
5. What does "a good soil structure" mean?
6. What is a poorly structured soil?
7. What is Loam?

How wine is made Class 5th

Let's learn how wine is made reading on the pages of the websites linked below, which describe all the phases of wine making from the very first moment when grapes are harvested to the final stage of bottling the wine. In the first website there is also an exhaustive use of pictures which makes our study even more interesting and gripping

1. http://www.wineanorak.com/howwineismade.htm
2. http://laurelgray.com/5-stages-wine-making-process/

The adapted abstract of the text can be found here. Download it,and study the new vocabulary. 

Planting and growing vines Class5th

PLANTING VINES

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colli_Euganei

Pages 258-259

Location:

It's one of the most important factors which determines the success of the grapes harvest. Not only, does the place where vineyards are grown play a crucial role for the  vine productivity but many aspects such as sunlight exposition, surrounding flora and fauna,  soil composition,  climatic conditions and temperature influence the grape quality.

The vines should be planted with heads towards sun while their roots have to be kept cool using stones or rocks which shield them from the direct sunrays.

Soil preparation:

Soil must be dug ( dig dug/ dug) deeply enough to hold (hold/held/held) the extensive root system of vines.

Rotten farm manure and a compost made of oak, ash and lime trees have to be added to foster vine growth.

Trellis framework

After planting vines, during the first two years,  their side branches will grow and expand. Branches will have to be tied up to wires and trellis without being too constrained or damaged.

Fertilization

During the first two years, in summer, once a month it's important to fertilize the vines with liquid feed to bolster its growth.

At the beginning of the third year, mulch with some well rotted manure can be added on the base of the vines. Feed liquid fertilization has to be stopped.

Pruning vines and  grape production

The grapes, which are produced during the first two years,  have to be left on the vines. Each bunch have to be thinned by removing 2/3 of its grapes.

At the beginning of the third year farmers have to thin  bunches by 1/3  and  in summer they must remove some foliage around the grapes. At the end of the summer there will be the first grape harvest.

At the end of the third year the new shoots have to be tied up and cut by 25% to support the future fruiting spurs. 

In winter farmers usually use tar to protect vines from any pest that can infest stems and buds during the winter.

VITIS VINIFERA

Browse the following webpage and read about VITIS VINIFERA:

http://www.edenproject.com/learn/for-everyone/plant-profiles/grape-vine

1. where it comes from,  
2. what it looks like, 
3. where it grows
4. how much water it needs
5. what it is used for

The history of wine Class 5th

THE HISTORY OF WINE

If you want to know more about the Epic of Gilgamesh here is a link which explains that the very first mention of the wine goes back to the 2nd millenary before Christ, in the Gilgamesh’s legendary epic.

Click on the following link  to compare your written answer about the history of wine with a brief summary of the pages 256-257 of your book.