WEEK 1 Aug
30, Sept 1
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 6, 8
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 13, 15 (TEST 1 on
Thursday)
“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
WEEK 4 Sept
20, 22, 23
“In vacanza”
Talk about travel plans -make comparisons - give advices
Comparatives - Informal imperative (tu – voi)
WEEK 5
Sept 27, 29 (Test 2 on Thursday)
“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
WEEK 6 Oct 4, 6
“Un matrimonio a Venezia”
Agree or disagree. Express personal opinions.
Past tense of modal verbs. Past tense of reflexive verbs.
WEEK 7
Oct 11, 13 MIDTERM EXAM on Thursday
“Compagni di scuola” (Unit 2)
Talk about past habits and about childhood
Introduction to imperfect tense (basic use and conjugation)
Review
WEEK 8 Oct
18, 20 FIRST ORAL
PROOF on Thursday
“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)
WEEK 9 Oct
25, 27, 28 (Friday make-up day)
Tell and meke - up a story
Practice with past tenses
WEEK 10 Nov 3
“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
WEEK 11 Nov
8, 10 (TEST 3 on Tuesday)
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 15, 17
“Notizie per tutti” (Unit 7 – prima parte)
Talk about future – invite someone and accept or refuse
Future tense (futuro semplice) – iperiodo ipotetico della realtà.
WEEK 13 Nov
22 TEST 4
Review and practice for the oral presentation.
SETTIMANA 14 Nov
29, Dec 1 ORAL PRESENTATION on Tuesday
Final Review
FINAL EXAM