WEEK 1
Percorso 1: Trastevere
Overview and grammar:
Intro to the class/project.
Introducing yourself: “Come ti chiami?” and “Come stai?” (“What is your name? How are you?”). The Italian Alphabet. The name of the stores and places in a city. Pronunciation of soft and hard sounds. Numbers from 0 to 20. Greetings and the part of the day. Formal and informal greetings (introduction): “Come stai?/Come sta?/Come va?” (how are you). The days of the week, months of the years, the names of the seasons.
The city:
Intro to the city of Rome and its history: the history time line.
Il giardino botanico.
Castel Sant’Angelo di sera
I am part of the project! This is my job!
SOS Italian! (Write at least 6 words/expressions/questions you think are very important to know in Italian (ex. How do you say….? Or: I don’t understand!). Write them in English or in Italian, if you already know how to say them)
The pronunciation of the names of “my streets” in Rome. (Take some picture of at least 4 names of streets in Rome and then, using your thinglink account tag them with an audio with your voice. This is a good practice for pronunciation!)
My visit at Castel Sant’Angelo at night!
WEEK 2
Percorso 1: Trastevere
Overview and grammar:
Rome and its people. “Io sono Trilussa”: a conversation with a statue. Asking nationality, age, what do you do: Di dove sei? Quanti anni hai? Cosa fai? The Italian sentences structure: statement, questions, negative sentences. Some interrogatives. Some verbs.
The city:
Intro to Trastevere area
Piazza Trilussa.
I am part of the project! This is my job!
Piazza Trilussa with my eyes (Go to the piazza and take a picture of it and one of the statues. Then uploaded them to your thinklink account and tag it with at least 6 words in total)
“Io sono Trilussa” dialogue with my voice (Type this link into your edpuzzle account: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frs_06VQdwY&t=4sand then use the voiceover with a classmate and record the dialogue with your voices)
A dialogue with a famous Italian person (first part) (Create a dialoge similar to “Io sono Trilussa” but you pick another famous Italian/Roman person. Use your powtoon account to make it. You just need to write the dialogs, not to record them).
WEEK 3
TEST 1:
Percorso 1: Trastevere.
Overview and grammar:
In una pizzeria. “Dar Poeta” (Vicolo del Bologna). Nouns and indefinite articles. “C’è, ci sono” (there is, there are). Colors.
The city:
Via della Scala, Vicolo del Bologna
Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere. La Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere.
I am part of the project! This is my job!
“In pizzeria io prendo…” (“In a pizzeria I get…”)
Pizzeria versus Pizza a taglio
“Cosa c’è a Santa Maria in Trastevere?” (what is in Santa Maria in Trastevere?)
“In giro per Roma usando i cinque sensi”
“Le nostre foto in giro per Trastevere”
WEEK 4
Percorso 1: Trastevere
Overview and grammar:
In a caffé. “Stefano va al bar” (Via San Francesco a Ripa): how to order in a caffé. Formal and informal speech (intro) Definite articles. Adjectives. The idiomatic expression with “essere”, “avere” and “fare” (To be, to have, to do). Verbs. Articles, Nous, Adjectives: the agreement. Listening: “Stefano va al mercato”: buying food at the market and talking to the vendor. Formal and informal speech (cont.)
The city:
Via San Francesco a Ripa
Piazza San Cosimato
I am part of the project! This is my job!
“La mia colazione” (“My breakfast”.) What are the differences with the Italian one?
“Signore, cosa fa quando…ha fame?”: preparare domande formali.
WEEK 5
Percorso 1: Trastevere
Overview and grammar:
Reading: “Roma, intro”. Verbs (cont.)The adverbs of frequency. Cont. Listening: “Stefano va al mercato”.
The city:
Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere
Piazza San Callisto.
Piazza San Cosimato
I am part of the project! This is my job!
“A colazione prendo…”
“Prepariamo una cena! La mia lista della spesa”
“Com’è Piazza San Cosimato? Che cosa c’è?” (How is Piazza San Cosimato?)
“Il cinema in piazza”. Movies shot in Roma.
WEEK 6
TEST 2:
Percorso 1: Trastevere
Overview and grammar:
Listening.: “Gioacchino e Rita”. The verb “piacere” (to like), The interrogatives (second part). Verbs (cont.). Verbs (cont.)
Listening: “Un aperitivo al baretto”. The Italian aperitivo. The time. Introducing someone else.
The city:
Piazza Gioacchino Belli.
Piazza di Santa Cecilia and the Basilica di Santa Cecilia.
Via Garibaldi.
I am part of the project! This is my job!
“Gioacchino e Rita”: Un dettato.
A dialogue with a famous Italian person (second part)
“Vi presento..”
WEEK 7
Percorso 1: Trastevere
Overview and grammar:
Cont.: “Un aperitivo al baretto”. The Italian aperitivo. Inviting someone to do something together. “Ti va di”, “Che ne dici di” (Do you feel like… What do you think about…). Modal verbs: “Potere, Dovere, Volere”. (To be able to, to have to, to want to).
The city:
Via Garibaldi.
Er Fontanone. La fontana dell’acqua Paola.
I am part of the project! This is my job!
“Ti va di…”. (“Do you feel like…”). Inviting someone to do something together.
“Il mio posto preferito per l’aperitivo” (My favorite place for an aperitivo in Rome).
Review for the midterm exam.
WEEK 8
Midterm exam: 2 days
Percorso 2: Centro
Overview and grammar:
Listening: “Una chiacchierata con Giordano Bruno”. Information on the street. A typical day. The verbs and the expressions to talk about a typical day. Reflexives verbs (cont.). Intro preposizioni “Sapere/conoscere” (the verb “to know”). (in realtà da fare con APERITIVO AL BAR) “Ci vuole, ci vogliono”/“ci metto” (it takes/it takes me).
The city:
Ponte Sisto
Campo de’Fiori, Giordano Bruno
I am part of the project! This is my job!
Gioco: “Come si arriva da casa mia a Campo de’ Fiori? Quanto ci vuole a piedi/in tram/in motorino?” (how can you get from my place to Campo de Fiori? How long does it take?)
My questions for Giordano Bruno to find out something interesting about the Romans/the Italians.
WEEK 9
ORAL PRESENTATION (2 days)
Review.
WEEK 10
Percorso 2: Centro storico
Overview and grammar:
Reading: “Roma. La storia continua”. More adjectives to describe monuments, places, people. Talking about free time. People in piazza Navona. The -ing form. Reflexing verbs (cont.)
The city:
Piazza Navona
I am part of the project! This is my job!
Gioco: “Indovina chi: passato, presente o futuro?”. (“Guess who? past, present or future?”)
“Che lavoro fa? Che sta facendo ora?” (“What is his job? What is he doing now?)
WEEK 11
TEST 3
Percorso 2: Centro storico
Overview and grammar:
Reading a comic: “Una chiacchierata tra amici davanti ad una granita di caffè con doppia panna al Pantheon” (“Chatting with friends eating a granita with double whipped cream at the Pantheon”). Different lives in different cities. Comparatives. Prepositions.
The city:
Pantheon
I am part of the project! This is my job!
Una pagina di diario con foto/disegni: “Le differenze tra la mia città e Roma e la mia vita nella mia città e la mia vita a Roma” (A page of a diary with pictures/drowings: “The differences between my city and Roma and my life in my city and my life in Rome”.
WEEK 12
Percorso 2: Centro storico
Overview and grammar:
What is “the wedding cake”? Mussolini and the Italian fascist period”. Some clips from the Istituto Luce. Talking about the past. The past tense. (intro).
The city:
Piazza Venezia. L’altare della Patria; Palazzo Venezia e la finestra del Duce.
Campidoglio.
I am part of the project! This is my job!
A difficult period in the history of my country/city.
“Hai mai…/Sei mai…” (“Have you ever…?”)
WEEK 13
Percorso 2: Centro storico
Overview and grammar:
Clips from the movie: “La finestra di fronte”. Past tense (cont.). Expression of time in the past. “E non cominciarono neppure a vivere…”: Roundup of Jews in the Jewish Ghetto. (16 Ottobre 1943).
The city:
La passeggiata dal Campidoglio.
The Ghetto: il Portico d’Ottavia; Piazza 16 Ottobre 1943.
I am part of the project! This is my job!
“La mia Roma attraverso i 5 sensi” (“My Rome through the 5 senses”)
SETTIMANA 14 ORAL EXAM
Final Review