Week 9/5-9/8 - Bronx High School of Science



Bronx High School of Science

Valerie Reidy, Principal

Lisa Rocchio, Assistant Principal Foreign Language

Renata Paolercio, Italian Teacher

FT1 Course Outline School Year 2007-2008

Week 1 3rd September (4-day week)

Course Standards, Review Sheet, Administrative Business

Essere, Avere (Singular Conjugations)

Basic Greetings (Buon giorno, come stai?, Mi chiamo)

Alphabet (pronunciation)

“Alla Discoteca” - days of the week

Week 2 10th September

Numbers 1-10

Dialogue demonstrating greetings / introductions

Quiz: greetings

Personal descriptions

Week 3 17th September

Parole Analoghe (handout)

Are verb endings (singular)

Essere vs. Avere (full conjugation)

Personal Pronouns

Practice with numbers

Interrogative Pronouns (who, what, where....)

Dialogues

Week 4 24th September

Quiz: days and numbers

Vocabulary: Cose Utili

Indefinite articles

"Bella" by Jovanotti (work with adjectives, similes, metaphors)

Week 5 1st October

Original similes

Numbers 1-100

Exam 1 (Preliminary and Chapter 1)

Listening exercises

Begin Chapter 1

Definite Articles

"Ci Vuole Un Fiore" from Canta Che Ti Passa

Week 6 8th October

Noun endings

Definite Articles

Materie D'Insegnamento

Expressions of Avere

"Di" to express possession

"Penso a te" from Canta Che Ti Passa

Week 7 15th October

Telling time

Expressions related to time

Personal and class schedules

Week 8 22nd October

Test Chapter 2

Family Biographies (Fantasy Family Tree)

Personal biography

Week 9 29th October

Fantasy Family Trees (cont'd)

Partner work using biographies

Halloween vocabulary and poem

Practive with avere and expression "avere voglia di"

Introduce -are verbs

Week 10 5th November

Personal questions

Sentence completion exercises with -are verbs

Dialogue - phonecall (making plans with a friend)

Picture descriptions (using -are verbs)

"Volare" by Domenico Modugno

Week 11 12th November

Quiz: -are verbs

Simple Prepositions

Interviewing a classmate (-are verb phrases)

Week 12 19th November

Interactive activity: First Interactions (From Giocando in Italiano)

Expressions of avere

In Città: Vocabulary and related expressions

Week 13 26th November

In Città (continued)

Read description of Giuseppe Marini (handout)

Following / giving directions

Review definite articles with vocabulary from In Città

Week 14 3rd December

Review using workbook activities

Exam: Chapter 3

Introduction to Chapter 4 (dialogue)

Week 15 10th December

Introduce -ere verbs

Interrogative pronouns

Expressions of time

Favorite Days

Week 16 17th December

Quiz -ere verbs

Partner work on -ere verbs (dialogues and interview)

Vocabulary specific to the holidays

Verbs: dare, fare, stare

Winter Recess: 24th December (12/24-1/1)

Week 17 2nd January 2008

Midyear review

In class midyear: 1/10, 1/11

Week 18 7th January

Midyear review

In class midyear: 1/10, 1/11

Week 19 14th January, 15th January

Return and go over exams (only two days of regular classes scheduled this week)

Week 20 21st January

No regular classes - exams

Week 21 28th January (Wednesday January 30th : Spring term begins)

Dialogue - Chapter 5

Reading on shopping in Italy

Week 22 4th February

Adjectives: 4 endings vs. 2 endings

“bello” and “buono” vs. regular adjectives - reinforcement

Placement of adjectives: before vs. after nouns being modified

Ire verbs ( regular and irregular)

Reading - short story taken from “Italian for Communication”

Week 23 11th February

Exam Chapter 5

Discussion: I Giovani

Vocabulary Chapter 6

Group presentations on selected regions of Italy (assign regions - due after February break)

Irregular verbs : bere, dire, uscire

Creating a survey for peers using verbs bere, dire, uscire

Valentines Day poem (Excerpt from Petrarch poem)

Original poetry

Midwinter Recess: 18th February (2/18-2/22)

Week 24 25th February

Supplementary readings: Italian for Communication

Reinforcement: family vocabulary and adjectives

Personal descriptions

Original dialogues

Vocabulary: going out with friends

Seasons and months of the year: piacere

Vacation activities / places

Week 25 3rd March

Ordinal numbers

Expressions of time in the past

Intro. to present perfect (passato prossimo) w/avere vs essere

Irregular past participles (power point presentation)

Week 26 10th March

Continue work with past tense – irregular and regular

Writing exercise: students create narrative based on a series of pictures they have interpreted for a story line.

Group presentations on selected regions of Italy

“Quante Stelle Nel Cielo Con La Luna” by Lucilla Galeazzi (demonstrates use of past tense)

Week 27 17th March (Friday 3/21 - School is closed)

Exam chapter 6

Chapter 7 Vocabulary : Going to an open air market - food products and prices

Shopping using a budget (numbers above 100)

Reflexive verbs : demonstrated through storytelling and pictures of

“ A Day in the life of Ren” (powerpoint)

Week 28 24th March

Demonstrative pronouns “questo” and “quello”

Imperative verb forms (affirmative, negative)

Regular and irregular imperative forms (partner work on situations in

which commands are given – written and improvised dialogues)

Short reading on Liguria

Project: creating an original product and advertisements using imperative forms

Week 29 31st March

Writing exercise: using reflexive verbs to describe daily routines

Music: “Muoviti” by Jovanotti (demonstrates use of commands)

reflexive verbs in the past tense

quiz on irregular past participles

Week 30 14th April

Vocabulary: Family Relations (extended and review of immediate)

Describe and talk about family

Possessive adjectives {intro. through family members)

Quiz: reflexive verbs

Spring Recess 21st April (4/21-4/25)

Week 31 28th April

Irregular verbs: potere, volere, dovere

Express wants and obligations

Direct object pronouns

Review past tense (agreement between d.o. pronouns and

past participles)

Week 32 5th May

Short reading Venice

Presentation on “Il Palio” – traditional horse race in Siena

Poetry: brief discussion on evolution of Italian language (Latin to Volgare) through the poet Dante Alighieri

Week 33 12th May

Film and writing assignment La Vita è Bella (Roberto Benigni)

Vocabulary: travel

Traveling and car rentals

Continue working with past tense

Week 34 19th May

Reinforcement with supplementary readings

Irregular verbs, present and past tense

Week 35 26th May

Final Projects - to be determined

Week 36 2nd June

Review for in-class final exam TBA

Week 37 9th June

Review for in-class final exam TBA

Week 38 16th June

Regents Week

Week 39 23rd June

Regents Week

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