WEEK
1 August
29, 31
Materials provided in class;
Review of present tense of regular, irregular and
reflexive verbs, use of verb “piacere”
Vocabulary: daily life, introduce yourself and ask about
others, express your preferences, what you like and what you don’t.
WEEK
2 Sept 5, 7
Unit 1 “ Il viaggio continua”
Describe past events. Tell about your own biography or past experiences. Ask
and tell what you did yesterday (last week, last month etc.); express agreement
or disagreement; say how you are feeling.
Review of past tense (Passato prossimo); past tense time adverbs; irregular
past participles. Direct object pronouns (lo, la, li, le) with past tense.
WEEK
3 Sept
12, 14 (TEST 1 on Thursday
14)
Unit 2 “Ti
posso offrire un caffè?”
Offer, order, pay for food and beverages in a "bar"
Indirect object pronouns (Gli-Le); Verbs mancare and
piacere; The pronoun NE
WEEK 4 Sept 19, 21
Unit 3 “La sorella maggiore”
Make comparisons; express different tastes and
preferencies, describe places
Comparatives - Superlatives - Informal imperative (tu – voi)
WEEK 5 Sept 26, 28
(Test 2 on Thursday 28)
Unit 4 “Firenze:
Santa Maria Novella”
Give directions and advices.
Imperative tense
WEEK 6 Oct 3, 5
Unit 5 “In un angolo tranquillo di Firenze”
Describe and buy clothes and shoes
Preposition DA,
CON, A and DI .
WEEK 7
Oct 10, 12
MIDTERM EXAM on Thursday 12
Unit 6 “Ricordi dal finestrino”
Talk about memories and about childhood; describe people
and places in the past; compare present and past describing the changes
Introduction to imperfect tense (basic use and conjugation)
Review
WEEK
8
Oct 17, 19 FIRST ORAL PROOF on Thursday
Unit 6 “Ricordi dal finestrino” ;
Talk about past situations and experiences -
WEEK 9 Oct 24,
26, 27 (Friday make-up day)
Unit 7 "Tutte le strade portano a Roma"
Describe a place - Invite someone and accapt or refuse
(make an appointment) - Express appeciation for a place or situation - say what
you liked or not
Passato prossimo of verb piacere - Review of adverbs of
frequency - Pronoun CI
WEEK 10 Oct. 31,
Nov 2 (TEST 3 on Thursday)
Unit 8 “Ma
guarda che coincidenza!”
Tell about past experiences and events
Passato prossimo vs imperfetto - Expressions for feelings (che caldo! che
sete! etc.) - Conjunctions (perciò/ perché. Mentre / durante)
WEEK 11 Nov
7, 9
Unit 8 “Ma guarda che coincidenza!”
Review
WEEK 12 Nov 14, 16 (TEST 4 on
Thursday 16)
Unit 9 “Verdai che passerà”
Talk about future – make a promise and plans
Future tense (futuro semplice)
WEEK 13 Nov
21
Review and practice for the oral presentation.
SETTIMANA 14 Nov 29, Dec
1 ORAL PRESENTATION on Tuesday
Final
Review
FINAL EXAM