WEEK
OF
8/29
Class
begins
9/1
STRUCTURES
 Course introduction
 Definite article pgs. 9-11
Forms, use, prepositions
+
definite article
 Indefinite article, pgs 13-
ADDITIONAL
VOCABULARY
 Describing
people, p.32
READINGS
TESTS/
TRANSLATION
 I dialetti e gli accenti
15
Forms, use, partitive
articles
9/5
No class
Monday;
Thursday is
Monday’s
schedule
9/12
9/19
9/26
 The noun, pgs 18-27
The gender of nouns;
Gender in designations of
persons and occupations;
Singular and plural of
nouns; Compound nouns
and their plural.
 Prepositions, pgs 218223
a; con; da; di; in; per; su
 The adjective, pgs. 2838 Adjective ending;
Special features of
forming the plural;
Adjectives bello and
buono; Invariable
adjectives; Postion of
adjectives; Comparison of
adjectives.
 The subject pronoun,
pgs 65-67
 The present tense, pgs 7989 Formation of present
tense of Regular verbs;
The present tense of
irregular verbs; The use
of the present tense
 Negation, pgs. 186-191
Negation with no;
Negation
with non; Multiple
negation
 The adverb, pgs 39-46
Original and derived
adverbs; Formation of
derived adverbs; Position
of adverbs; Comparison
of adverbs, Adjectives as
 Describing
people, p.33
Quiz 1 (9/8)
 Messaggio per
Marco.
 Che lavoro fa?
 Describing
things, p. 36
 L’oroscopo
Translation I
(9/15)
 Indovinelli: Chi
sono?; C’è un
ometto…; Di velluto è
il mio vestito; Il tempo
scorre. (filastrocche.it)
 Describing
things, p. 37
Quiz 2 (9/22)
 Una mail da Berlino
 Helsinski ci ama
(dweb.repubblica.it)
 Human
character, p 42

L’Agriturismo

Il bar italiano
Transalation II
(9/29)
10/3
adverbs.
 The present participle,
pgs 174-177
Formation, Stare+
present
participle; The present
participle as a substitute
for dependent clauses
10/10
 The possessive pronoun,
pgs 39-46
Use; Form; The
possessive
pronoun with kinship
term;
Special cases
 Conjunctions, pgs 231235
Coordinating
conjunctions,
Subordinating
conjunctions.
10/17
10/24
10/31
11/7
 Human
character, p 43

Dialogo

Cannavaro:
“Cassano sta
giocando…”
Quiz 3
(10/6)
(sampdorianews.net)
 Family and
Friends, p. 52
 Carissimo Dario
 Veglia di Giuseppe
Ungaretti
 The present perfect, pgs
90-97
Formation of the present
perfect; Formation of the
past participle; Use of
avere or essere to form
the
present perfect; Use of the
present perfect.
 Family and
Friends, p. 53
 The imperfect, pgs 98104
Formation; Use; Present
perfect or imperfect?
 Expressions of
time, p 22-23
 Il cinema italiano
 Tanti saluti da…
Thursday no
class an
assignment will
be posted on
sakai.
Translation III
(10/17)
MIDTERM
EXAM
(10/20)
 Numbers, pgs 224-230
The cardinal numbers;
The date; Statements of
Quantity; Time; The
Ordinal numbers
 Demonstrative pronoun,
pgs 54-57
Use; Form

 The object pronouns,
 Expressions of
Expressions
of quantity,
pp 28-9

Un’intervista
sull’infanzia
(Natalia Ginzburg
da Dacia Maraini)

Amore mio infinito
di Aldo Nove

44 gatti di G.
Cesarini
(filastrocche.it)
Quiz 4
(10/27)
Translation IV
(11/3)
 Professione
adolescente
(donnamoderna.it)
Quiz 5 (11/10)
11/14
11/21
Monday is
Wednesday’s
schedule;
Tuesday is
Thursday’s
schedule
11/28
pgs. 67-72
Forms and use of the
stressed object pronouns;
Forms and use of the
unstressed object
pronouns; Position of the
unstressed object
pronouns; Italian verbs
that require an object in a
certain case.
 The pronominal adverbs
ci and ne, pgs.72-74
Ci; Ne; the position of ci
and ne
 The double pronouns,
pgs 74-75
Possible combinations.
 The double pronouns,
pgs 74-75
Possible combinations.
(Continued)
quantity, pp 289
 The house, p 58
Review

 Caro Antonio
 Cinque fantastici
(la7.it)

Si fa presto dire
‘medicina
alternativa’
(rolfing-italia.it)
 Ne parliamo a cena
(ibs.it)

The house, p
59
 L’accento sull’A di
G. Rodari
Review
Quiz 6 (11/22)
 “Così si ritrova
tempo per se stesse”
vademecum per donne
che lavorano di Vera
Schiavazzi
vocab
review
 Il marito ama il
calcio, lei per vendetta
gli manomette il
decoder
(notizie.tiscali.it)
 Padri e casalinghi,
uomini a scuola di
cucina e bucato di
Vera Schiavazzi
(larepubblica.it)
12/12
Transaltion V
(11/17)
Review
Translation VI
(12/1)
560:105 ITALIAN FOR READING KNOWLEDGE
105 is designed to develop the necessary skills needed to read and
comprehend Italian prose. Students will develop comprehension of texts
from a broader variety of disciplines including the humanities and the social
sciences.
At the end of the course students will be able to understand and interpret
texts that present complex elements of Italian syntax, grammar, and
vocabulary and will master basic translation skills. They will be able to
identify the distinctive features of the language as well as the ways in which
it shapes culturally specific meaning.
Texts:
 Mastering Italian Grammar (Barron's Foreign Language Guides);
Barron's
Educational Series; Bilingual edition: 2007
 Berlitz Italian Vocabulary Handbook, Berlitz Publishing, 2005
 Course packet


Italian-English/ English-Italian Dictionary
Additional material will be posted on sakai
Grade Distribution:
Exams:
Quizzes:
Homework & Translations:
Attendance & Participation:
30%
20%
30%
20%
The grading scale is:
90-100=A; 86-89=B+; 80-85=B; 76-79=C+; 70-75=C; 60-69=D; below 60=F
Attendance, Participation, and Disabilities Policies:
Students are expected to attend all classes; if you expect to miss one or two
classes, please use the University absence reporting website
https://sims.rutgers.edu/ssra/ to indicate the date and reason for your
absence. An email is automatically sent to me.
All students must attend regularly. No more than three absences are allowed; use
them wisely, for health and other serious issues. Having more than three absences,
arriving to class late, and engaging in behavior that is distracting to the rest of the
class are grounds for a significantly lower mark in class participation.
In case students with disabilities should require any special type of
assistance and would like to request accommodations, they must follow the
procedures outlined at: http://disabilityservices.rutgers.edu/request.html
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
In order to avoid plagiarism (the representation of the words or ideas of others as
one’s own), every quotation must be indentified by quotation marks or appropriate
indentation and must be properly cited in the text or in a footnote. Always
acknowledge your sources clearly and completely when you paraphrase or
summarize material from another source (in print, electronic, or other medium) on
whole or in part. If you are in doubt, please consult the policy on plagiarism and
academic integrity at Rutgers and do not hesitate to ask your instructor for
clarifications.
http://academicintegrity.rutgers.edu/integrity.shtml
The use of on-line translators for homework and other assignments is
forbidden. In order to succeed it is necessary to have the proper practice
for tests and representing a translation that was not done by you is a breach
of academic integrity.
Daniele De Feo
ddefeo@rci.rutgers.edu