Activity 2 ''MAKING AN ORCHARD''

This second activity is called Making an orchard. With that, we want to introduce the idea of contracts for students . The contract consists on signing a !a!er in which the students can choose which areas and level they want to work in that day. We think that "aking an orchard can #e a good "ethod to "ake our students understand what is to res!ect the environ"ent. They "ust res!ect the !lants #ut also "ake the others $class"ates, !arents, teachers,...% res!ect their orchard. That's why the orchard is located in the !layground, #ecause they have to aware of it not only in the session ti"e, #ut also in their free ti"e, showing interest in the environ"ent and in their own work and #earing in "ind that the !layground is a !lace where a lot of !eo!le can har" their work. Also, they will need to avoid disres!ectful #ehaviours towards their orchard. They have to #e res!onsi#le if they want to achieve the o#&ectives. Methods The activity consists on creating an orchard in the school !layground. 'tudents will have to !lant different vegeta#les $( ty!es% and take care of the". )irst of all, students will have to sign a contract that teachers will give the". *n this contract each student will chose the area $vegeta#le% he+she wants to work in, and the level $high level, "ediu" level or easy level% he+she feels "ore co"forta#le. ,nce they have chosen the levels, teachers will tell the" which tasks they have to do, in

conse-uence of the level they have chosen. These are the areas which their levels inside, and the tasks to #e done in each level. To"atoes. /. 0igh level. harvest to"atoes. $if they do it wrong, they can da"age the !lant% 2. Mediu" level. !ut sticks $or reeds% so that the !lant can cli"# u!. 1. 2asy level. !lant the seeds.

3otatoes. /.0igh level. !icking u! !otatoes. $it re-uires "ore strength% 2.Mediu" level. !re!are the land to !lant. 1.2asy level. !lant the !otatoes seg"ents. ,nions. /.0igh level. 4 2.Mediu" level. 4 1.2asy level. trans!lant the" to our orchard $they are already "ade%. 'traw#erries. /.0igh level. !ick u! straw#erries. 2.Mediu" level. working the land $#ecause they are so frail%. 1.2asy level. trans!lant the" to our orchard.

'tudents will have to do the tasks that the level they have chosen, and the teachers will #e the ones who will control that the contract is #eing achieved. With that, the teachers show the i"!ortance of the contract, as students undertake with it. *ndeed, the teachers will also sign a si"#olic contract in order to reflect their co""it"ent to the task and the i"!ortance of it. ,#&ectives.

To learn to res!ect the environ"ent. To learn to res!ect the others.

Material needed. We need so"e tools in order to "ake the orachard, such as rakes, waterings, shovels, seeds,

land, fertili5ers, gardener gloves.. 6lass distri#ution )or this activity, all the grou! will go 1 ti"es !er week for looking after the orchard. There's no es!ecific distri#ution, as they are the ones who decide what to do that day through the contract. 2very "orning #efore the class starts the teacher will give away the s!ecific contract for the session $attached #elow% and they will decide which activities shown in the contract they will do. Ti"e and s!ace

This activity will last all the course. 1 ti"es !er week, / hour !er session. The orchard will #e located on the !layground. *t won't #e !rotected #y any fence.