STAR OF THE WEST
"La giornata di un bambino pioniere"

Scuola Elementare di Cailungo – Classe 5^a - A.S. 1997-1998

Insegnanti: Cristiana Nigro, Ivana Selva, Gian Luca Terenzi, Kathleen Powell, Angela Garufi
 

 scheda 1                                                                                  scheda 2
                                   
 

 trascrizione delle risposte                                                scheda 5
         

scheda 6                                                                     scheda 7
    

scheda 8                                                                     scheda 9
  
scheda 10                                                                  
  
scheda 11                                                                     scheda 12
               
scheda 13                                                           diploma di "vero pioniere"                                                
          

                                                                                  

verifica finale 1

Metti i brani in sequenza, numerandoli da 1 a 7

After four months of a long hard journey, the two families separate at Fort Hall; one family goes to Oregon and the other family goes to California. ______

They take a lot of food for the journey: corn meal to make bread or cakes, beans, dried bacon, rice, salt and dried fruit. The tools they take are necessary for cutting trees (saws, axes) and they need hammers and nails for building houses. They also need rifles and ammunition for hunting animals. They also take some furniture, like a rocking chair ,a grandfather clock ,a spider skillet and an iron.______

During the journey the men drive the wagons, they make decisions, they hunt and trap animals, they kill the buffalo for meat, they stand guard. The women sew and mend clothes, prepare and cook the food, they write in a diary, they wash the clothes and the dishes and they help other women and children. The children help their parents, they gather herbs and berries. ______

The story is about a family of pioneers, the Weavers, who leave their home in Cumberland, Maryland. The father decides to leave because life is too hard and the land in the West is more fertile. ______

At Independence Missouri the Weaver family meet other people in the caravan: the Smith family, with their children Mary, Tom and Elizabeth, the preacher and his wife, the Indian guide, the mountain man, the two aunts Prudence and Constance, the trader and the doctor. They also receive information about the journey and the weather and they buy medicines for fever. ______

Three children find a diary in an attic in an old trunk. They read it. ______

During the journey many things happen: Tom Smith becomes ill, Samuel Weaver has his tooth out, the Smith family lose their wagon, but the Weavers give them hospitality. Uncle John and Aunt Constance get married by the Preacher and everyone dances and celebrates. ______

verifica finale 2

Rispondi alle domande sulla storia "Star of the West"

1.What is the story about?
2.How many characters are in the story?
3.What do men and boys wear?
4.What do the girls and women wear?
5.What food do they take with them?
6.Why do the Weavers decide to leave for the West?
7.What are the men's tasks?
8.What are the women's tasks?
9.Who are the Smith children's mother and father?
10.Where do the Weavers leave from?
11.Who become husband and wife during the journey?
12.Who becomes ill on the journey?
13.What do they call their wagon?
14.Which family lose their wagon during the journey?
15.How long does the journey take?
16.When do they arrive at  South Pass?

verifica finale 3

Scrivi almeno una frase od espressione per ogni funzione linguistica

1. chiedere e rispondere sulla quantità
2. dare ordini
3. chiedere ed indicare il nome
4. parlare del tempo atmosferico
5. offrire aiuto
6. chiedere e dire la provenienza
7. esprimere un bisogno
8. esprimere sentimenti, stati d'animo, paure
9. chiedere e rispondere sulle condizioni fisiche
10. chiedere informazioni e rispondere a proposito di: un viaggio, l'esistenza di oggetti
11. esprimere apprezzamento, gratitudine, augurio
12. chiedere permesso in modo formale