ROME INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM OUTLINE 2015/16 TERM 1 TEACHER: I.PARNANZONE SUBJECT: IGCSE Italian CLASS: 10 UNIT TITLE Area B Personal and social life DURATION September -­‐ October UNIT SUMMARY Self, family and personal relationships Greetings, numbers, months, dates, seasons, days of the week. Countries, nationalities and languages. Introduce yourself and others. Describe yourself, family and friends. Free time activities, pets. Your home town and area. Describe your house outside/inside. Learner Profile Attributes: Communicator, Inquirer
Grammatical devices: articles, adjectives, nouns, present tense of regular and
irregular verbs, words expressing time and frequency. Area A Everyday activities Area C The world around us November -­‐ December Home life and school: what you do every day; times of the day; jobs about the house. Jobs about the house. Setting the table and mealtimes. The school system in Italy. Your school: a typical day, timetables. Opinions about subjects and teachers; extra-­‐curricular activities. Hopes and plans for the future. Holidays: find out information about train, bus and tram departures; buy tickets. Ask for directions, ask for information at a tourist office. Holiday preferences. Reserve a hotel room. Describe the weather. Learner Profile Attributes: Open-minded, Risk-taker.
TOK link: to reflect upon how different sets of systems may affect education and
learning.
Grammatical devices: reflexive verbs, stare+gerund, possessive, implied
future. ASSESSMENT Various writing activities, individual research, posters, reports, discussions, vocabulary tests. C.A: Grammatical homework
and written/oral activities
AHA: understanding higher
level resources about the
topic Various writing activities, individual research, posters, reports, discussions, vocabulary tests. C.A: Grammatical
homework
AHA: Stereotypes in Italy.
Watching the film
“Benvenuti al Sud”,
understanding the different
stereotypes presented in it
and reflect upon stereotypes
in other countries/cultures. ROME INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM OUTLINE 2015/16 TERM 2 TEACHER: I.PARNANZONE SUBJECT: IGCSE Italian CLASS: 10 UNIT TITLE Area C
The world
around us
DURATION January -­‐ February UNIT SUMMARY ASSESSMENT Holidays: find out information about train, bus and tram departures; buy
tickets. Ask for directions, ask for information at a tourist office. Holiday
preferences. Reserve a hotel room. Describe the weather.
Leisure, eating out: express hunger/thirst, order a snack. Choose a restaurant
and book a table. Make a date, order a meal, ask for the bill, make a
complaint.
Various writing activities, individual research, posters, reports, discussions, vocabulary tests. Learner Profile Attributes: Communicator, Risk-taker
C.A: Grammatical homework
and written/oral activities
Grammatical devices: imperative, comparison of adjectives, interrogatives,
perfect tense, imperfect tense, relative pronouns, direct and indirect object
pronouns. AHA: videoproject on live
situations. Area C The world around us Home town and local area: describe a town, hire a car/bicycle, use the
telephone. Explain you have lost something.
Learner Profile Attributes: Communicator
March – April Grammatical devices: pronoun ne, combined forms of direct and indirect
pronouns, imperfect tense of stare + gerund. Various writing activities, individual research, posters, reports, discussions, vocabulary tests. C.A: Grammatical
homework
AHA: understand authentic
materials on the topic. ROME INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM OUTLINE 2015/16 TERM 3 TEACHER: I.PARNANZONE SUBJECT: IGCSE Italian CLASS: 10 UNIT TITLE DURATION Area B Personal and social life April – May General revision Exams June UNIT SUMMARY ASSESSMENT Various writing activities, individual research, Holidays and special occasions: learn about religious family celebrations in posters, reports, Italy, including Christmas and Easter. Other national and regional festivals. discussions, vocabulary tests. Learner Profile Attributes: Inquirer C.A: Grammatical TOK Link: to reflect upon the meaning of ceremonies; differences and homework and similarities in rites and ceremonies in different cultures. written/oral activities Grammatical devices: Use different words to express some; form AHA: in-­‐depth research on superlatives; use exclamations. origins of Italian major festivities. past papers General revision and consolidation work based on grammar in depth analysis C.A: extended reading of the elements covered during the year, past papers practise in view of mocks and exams. AHA: contributions to the school publications.