WEEK
1 Sept 4, 6
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 11, 13
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 18, 20, 21 (TEST 1 on Thursday) Friday 21 is make-up day for Nov 1
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 25, 27
Unit 2 - Extra Materials
Say what you are doing, describe places
Stare + gerundio
WEEK 5 Sept 2, 4 (Test 2 on Thursday)
Unit 4 “Firenze:
Santa Maria Novella”
Give directions and advices.
Imperative tense
WEEK 6 Oct 9, 11
Unit 5 “In un angolo tranquillo di Firenze”
Describe people and buy clothes and shoes
Preposition DA,
CON, A and DI .
WEEK 7
Oct 16, 18 MIDTERM EXAM on Thursday
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 23, 25 FIRST ORAL PROOF on Thursday
Unit 6 “Ricordi dal finestrino” ;
Talk about past situations and experiences -
WEEK 9 Oct 30
Unit 7 "Tutte le strade portano a Roma"
Describe a place - Write a review on a specific place you visited - Invite someone and accept or refuse
(make an appointment) - Express appreciation for a place or situation - say what
you liked or didn't like
Passato prossimo of verb piacere - Passato prossimo with "mai" (Es: hai mai fatto un lungo viaggio?)- Review of adverbs of
frequency - Pronoun CI - adjectives to descrive a place
WEEK 10 Nov 6, 8, 9 (TEST 3 on Thursday) Friday Nov 9 is make-up day for Nov 22
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 13, 14
Unit 8 “Ma guarda che coincidenza!”
Review
WEEK 12 Nov 20
Unit 9 “Verdai che passerà”
Talk about future – make a promise and plans
Future tense (futuro semplice) - Preposition of time "Da" and "tra"
WEEK 13 Nov 27, 29 (Test 4 on Tuesday)
Review and practice for the oral presentation.
SETTIMANA 14 Dec 4, 6 ORAL PRESENTATION on Tuesday
Final
Review
FINAL EXAM