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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