WEEK 1 (Aug. 31 - Sept. 3)
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. 7 - 10)
Review of past tense (Passato prossimo); past tense time adverbs.
Describe past events. Tell about your own biography or past experiences. Ask and tell what you did yesterday (last week, last month etc.)
“ Cerco casa a Venezia” (Copies provided from "Percorso Italia Vol.1")
Describe a house and forniture
Possessive adjectives (also with family nouns) - Superlative
WEEK 3 (Sept. 14 - 17)
“In vacanza” (Unit 12 from Vol. 1)
Talk about trips, travels, present and past.
Past tense (il assato prossimo) - the direct object pronouns (lo, la, li, le) with past partiple - pronoun ci
TEST 1 (Wed. Sept. 16)
WEEK 4 (Sept. 21 - 25 FRIDAY, Make-up day for Nov. 26)
“In vacanza”
Talk about travel plans -make comparisons - give advices
Comparatives - Informal imperative (tu – voi)
WEEK 5 (Sept 28 - Oct. 1)
“Un matrimonio a Venezia” (Unit 1)
Recount past events - express cause and effect
Past tense of cominciare, finire – The conjunctions quindi, dunque, perciò, the adjective bello
Practice with imperative tense
TEST 2 (TH. Oct. 1)
WEEK 6 (Oct. 5 - 8)
“Un matrimonio a Venezia”
Agree or disagree. Express personal opinions.
Past tense of modal verbs. Past tense of reflexive verbs.
WEEK 7 (Oct. 12 - 15)
“Compagni di scuola” (Unit 2)
Talk about past habits and about childhood
Introduction to imperfect tense (basic use and conjugation)
Review
MIDTERM EXAM (TH Oct. 15)
WEEK 8 (Oct. 19 - 22)
“Compagni di scuola” (Unità 2)
Talk about past situations and experiences - Read and write a short bio - express feelings
Imperfetto vs passato prossimo – conjunctions (perché, siccome, dato che)
FIRST ORAL PROOF (Wed. Oct. 21)
WEEK 9 (Oct. 26 - 29)
Tell and meke - up a story
Practice with past tenses
WEEK 10 (Nov. 2 - 5)
“Che tipo sei?” (Unit 3)
Tell about your study abroad experience – make comparisons – describe someone's personality
Comparatives with “che” – irregular comparatives (migliore, peggiore, maggiore, minore) – conjunctions mentre, invece, al contrario, infatti – il superlativo relativo – adjectives and opposites – stare per+ infinito
TEST 3 (Tuesday Nov. 5)
WEEK 11 (Nov. 9 - 12)
More practice. Describe people, places, pictures; interview a friend about specific topics; make a phone call.
Present tense, imperfect, passato prossimo, imperative form
WEEK 12 (Nov. 16 - 19)
“Notizie per tutti” (Unit 7 – prima parte)
Talk about future – invite someone and accept or refuse
Future tense (futuro semplice) – iperiodo ipotetico della realtà.
TEST 4 (TH Nov. 19)
WEEK 13 (Nov. 23 - 25)
Review and practice for the oral presentation.
SETTIMANA 14 (Nov. 30 - Dec. 3)
Final Review ORAL PRESENTATION (Tuesday Dec. 1)
FINAL EXAM