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Italian Seasons

Seventh graders explore the four seasons in Italian (le stagioni) — primavera (spring), estate (summer), autunno (autumn), inverno (winter) — and the weather and traditions of each in Italy.

Grade 7Seasons50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name the seasons.
  • ✓Learn each season.
  • ✓Explore le stagioni.
  • ✓Say your favorite.
Essential Question

Primavera, estate, autunno, inverno — what are the seasons in Italian?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Italian Seasons Explorer

Project this and tap each. Have students explore the four Italian seasons.

🌷 Explore the Italian seasons — tap eachTry it

The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Four Seasons

6 min

What are the four seasons in Italian?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a seasonal photo.
  • Ask which season.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Seasons

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the Seasons Explorer.
  • Present each season.
  • Note the weather.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a season.
  • Say its weather.
  • Say your favorite.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Say.
  • Say it.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Mi piace l’estate” (I like summer).
  • Describe a season.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Describe.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a season.
  • Say its weather.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-High).

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand season words.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore Italian seasonal life.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to weather & seasons.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe seasons.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Season cards with pictures.
  • Match weather to season.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with estate & inverno.
  • Use pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Match foods to seasons.
  • Make a season poster.
  • Describe your favorite.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🌷Season cards
  • 💻The Italian Seasons Explorer
  • 🖼️Seasonal images
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

stagioniseasonsprimaveraspringestatesummerautunnoautumninvernowintercaldohotfreddocoldnevesnow
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you say “summer” in Italian?
Estate.
QUESTION 2
What season is inverno?
Winter.
QUESTION 3
What season is primavera?
Spring.

Reflect: seasons.

Have students name their favorite season in Italian and say why. A printable Italian seasons sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: autunno, caldo, estate, freddo, inverno, neve, primavera, stagioni
  1. snow
  2. summer
  3. hot
  4. autumn
  5. cold
  6. spring
  7. winter
  8. seasons

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “summer” in Italian?
  2. What season is inverno?
  3. What season is primavera?
Answer key — Part A: 1) neve · 2) estate · 3) caldo · 4) autunno · 5) freddo · 6) primavera · 7) inverno · 8) stagioni
Part B: 1) Estate. 2) Winter. 3) Spring.