Here is the 3-minute Lesson Plan I prepared... just practicing embedding a PP, using slideshare..... Wish me luck! By the way, what excellent lesson plans! I got so many useful ideas, starting with aliens and ending with Deutsch rappers... and thanks, Alana, for saving my butt and helping me with the presentation! M. M.

1. Mother Nature Wants You! NY Botanical Garden & Bronx Green-up: Grow Your Own Food.

2. Mother Nature’s Children? Do you think it’s important to be connected to Nature? If so, why? Work in groups of 4. Choose one person to write down your ideas.

3. Michelle Obama presentsthe Award to Garden

4. New York Botanical Gardenwins award with Bronx Green-up

6. Teaching materials generated by Lesson-Writer:

9. Describe Picture 1

10. Describe Picture 2

11. Describe Picture 3

12. Describe Picture 4

13. Describe Picture 5

14. Describe Picture 6 http://www.nybg.org/green_up/images.php

15. U Iowa, pronunciation practice Practice making the “sh” sound, as in “national,” and “nourishing.” http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html Contrast this with the “ch” sound, as in “cultures,” and “chop.” http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html

16. U Iowa “sh”

17. So Much Is Possible! Dear Mimi & Ana, Thanks for helping make our work easier! Marta