ITALIAN 141 (LEVEL 1) 2014
Course Title: Italian 141 (Elementary Italian I)
DMACC Credit available: 4 semester hours
Schools where the course is offered: Central Academy
Elementary Italian 1
Course Description
This course is designed to develop the four basic language skills using a hands-on interactive approach. It uses a variety of
teaching methods including TPRS, games, videos, and a variety of cooperative learning activities. Culture activities
introduced in this course include art, food, music, understanding what is espresso, cappuccino, caffelatte or macchiato caffè,
and celebrating other seasonal Italian festivities. Four hours of DMACC credit is also available for those who successfully
complete the school year.
Central Campus World Language Mission
To give students the linguistic and written skills to communicate with the Chinese, German, Italian and Japanese speaking
people and gain an appreciation of the diversity of another culture. To give them a skill that will be useful in business, travel,
international relations, and future learning.
ITALIAN 141 (LEVEL 1) 2014
Instructional
Focus
Introduction to
the Italian
Language
(Lezione 1)
Ciao, come va?
Concepts/Skills/Structures
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Greetings and Farewells
Introductions
Polite expressions
Names
Numbers 0-100
Alphabet
Commands
Basic feelings
(good/bad/so-so)
Subject Pronouns
(io,tu,lui/lei,noi,voi,loro)
Verb – essere (to be)
Basic sentence formation
Definite articles
Indefinite articles
Adjective agreement
Telling time
In class
Places
Subject/courses
Classroom nouns
Gender of nouns
Nouns ending in –e
The plural of nouns and
adjectives
Learning Objectives
Language
1. Use greetings and make
introductions
2. Numbers 0-100
Tell telephone numbers
and basic math problems
3. Questions/Answers
Ask someone Where do
you live? (Dove abiti?)
Answer: Abito in__
Ask: How are you?
(Come stai?/Come sta
Lei?) Answer: Sto___.
Ask: What is your name?
(Come ti chiami? Answer:
Mi chiamo _______.
What is his/her name?
(Come si chiama lui/lei?)
Answer: (Lui/lei si
chiama_______)
4. Alphabet
Identify letters of the
alphabet
5. Telling Time (Che ora è?
Say regular times like
2:00, 6:00 etc.
Say times like 7:15, 8:30
etc.
Ask: Che ora è!
Answer: Sone le____.
or È.........
5. Basic sentence structure
Understand verb endings
Assessments
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Teacher
Generated
Quizzes over
Vocabulary and
Grammar
Dialogs
TPR/TPRS
Oral, Written and
Listening
Activities
Chapter Oral Test
Chapter written
Test
Soap Opera
created by the
textbook.
Resources
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e.
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Sentieri textbook
(student and
teacher)
Teacher
developed
materials
Sentieri
Supplemental
Materials
Workbooks
Test/Quiz
materials
Listening
activities
Overheads
Soap Opera
Rosetta Stone
Material
ITALIAN 141 (LEVEL 1) 2014
Instructional
Focus
Concepts/Skills/Structures
Learning Objectives
Assessments
Resources
Culture
1. Greetings/Farewells
Learn a variety of
greetings and farewells.
2. Personal Pronouns
Introduce the differences
between Tu/Lei
(form/inform)
3. Names
Learn common male and
female names.
Choose a name to use
during the school year.
4. Time
Understand the 24 hour
clock and when it is used
in Italy.
Il tempo libero
(Lezione 2)
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Sports and pastimes
Days of the Week
Expressions
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Pronunciation and spelling
The present tense of:
Regular –Are, –Ere verbs
Irregular verbs (Avere, Fare,
Andare, Dare, Stare)
Weather
Seasons
Months
Expressions with (Avere,
Fare, Andare, Dare, Stare)
Date
Numbers 101 and higher
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Language
1. Questions
Form yes/no questions
using new verbs
Ask: Mangi la pizza?
Answer: Si, mangio la
pizza.
Ask: Ti piace la pizza o
gli spaghetti?
Answer: Mi piace .....
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Pronunciation and spelling
Letter combination: gli,
gn, sc, Italian vowels
3. Expressions
When learning verbs:
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Teacher
Generated
Quizzes over
Vocabulary and
Grammar
Dialogs
TPR/TPRS
Oral, Written and
Listening
Activities
Chapter Oral Test
Chapter written
Test
Soap Opera
created by the
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Sentieri textbook
(student and
teacher)
 Teacher
developed
materials
 Sentieri
Supplemental
Materials
f. Workbooks
g. Test/Quiz
materials
h. Listening
activities
i. Overheads
ITALIAN 141 (LEVEL 1) 2014
Instructional
Focus
Concepts/Skills/Structures
Learning Objectives
Assessments
Avere, Fare, Andare,
Dare, Stare in the present
tense they are also used
in common expressions.
4. Present tense
How to conjugate regular
verbs in the preset tense,
and what one must do
with the irregular ones.
Resources
textbook.
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Teacher
Generated
Quizzes over
Vocabulary and
Grammar
Dialogs
TPR/TPRS
Oral, Written and
Listening
Activities
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Soap Opera
Rosetta Stone
Material
5. Weather and Seasons
Ask: Che tempo fa in ...?
Answer: Fa.........
Culture
1. Numbers
Learn 101– 1,000
Compare and contrast
how numbers are said and
written. i.e: how 1 and 7
are written
2. Describe Temperature
Italy uses Celsius. Show
how to convert from
Celsius to Fahrenheit.
La famiglia e gli
amici
(Lezione 3)
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Family/Relatives/Pets
Express Ownership
Prepositions
Prepositional Contractions
The present tense of:
Regular –Ire
Describe people
Ask questions
Interrogatives
Demonstratives Adjectives
Language
1. Family
Explain a variety of
relationships
Be able to describe own
family
Create a family tree and
presente it in class
Ask/answer questions
Pets are very important to
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Sentieri textbook
(student and
teacher)
 Teacher
developed
materials
 Sentieri
Supplemental
Materials
k. Workbooks
ITALIAN 141 (LEVEL 1) 2014
Instructional
Focus
Concepts/Skills/Structures
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Nouns ending in -ista
Learning Objectives
Italian people
2. Possessive adjectives
Like adjectives
possessives agree in
gender and number
In Italian we do not
distinguish his/her, but
instead the object
possessed
Remember family
members in the singular
do not take “il and la”
3. Present tense –Ire verbs
Be able to recognize
which –ire verbs must
have “-isc’ between stem
and endings.
4. Prepositional contractions
Be able to combine both
preposition and article
and remembering spelling
change
5. Demonstratives Adj.
Remembering the 5 forms
of “questo” and 7 forms
of “quello”
6. Pronunciation and spelling
Intonation of question and
“qu” letter combination
Culture
1. Family
Typical Italian family is
changing.
Assessments
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Chapter Test
Soap Opera
created by the
textbook.
Resources
l.
Test/Quiz
materials
m. Listening
activities
n. Overheads
o. Soap Opera
 Rosetta Stone
Material
ITALIAN 141 (LEVEL 1) 2014
Instructional
Focus
Concepts/Skills/Structures
Learning Objectives
Assessments
Resources
Italian family different the
American family
2. Friendship
Know the difference
between “compagno” and
“amico”
Tecnologia e
moda
(Lezione 4)
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Electronic communication
Computer technology
The present tense of
irregular verbs: comporre,
dovere, potere, volere,
dire, uscire, venire, riuscire
Clothing
Shopping
Colors
Past tense with “avere”
Verbs “sapere/conoscere”
Language
1. Technology terms
Some of the technology
terms in Italian were
borrowed from English,
but pronounced little
different
Verbs:
dovere,potere,volere
All three are commonly
used in two-verb
constructions with
infinitives
Dovere used with other
verbs to express
obligation and also means
to owe.
Potere can express either
ability or permission to do
something.
Volere can be used either
with a noun or with verbs
in the infinitive form.
Clothing and colors
Ask: Che cosa porti?
Answer: Porto............
Past tense with “Avere”
To make past tense in
Italian must have the
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Teacher
Generated
Quizzes over
Vocabulary and
Grammar
Dialogs
TPR/TPRS
Oral, Written and
Listening
Activities
Chapter Test
Soap Opera
created by the
textbook.
Sentieri textbook
(student and
teacher)
 Teacher
developed
materials
 Sentieri
Supplemental
Materials
p. Workbooks
q. Test/Quiz
materials
r. Listening
activities
s. Overheads
t. Soap Opera
 Rosetta Stone
Material
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ITALIAN 141 (LEVEL 1) 2014
Instructional
Focus
Concepts/Skills/Structures
Learning Objectives
Assessments
Resources
present tense of “Avere”
and the past participle of
the verb.
Italian have two kinds of
past participles
Irregular past participle
must be memorized
Conoscere & Sapere
Both mean to know.
Conoscere is to know
people or places. Sapere
to facts or how to do
something
Culture
1. Shopping
Discuss differences in
fashion between
Italy/USA
Compare famous fashion
designers.
Technology
Italians love to send SMS
Buon appetito!
(Lezione 5)
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Food
Grocery Shopping
Shops/stores
Past tense with “essere”
Direct Object Pronouns
Partitives and expressions
of quantity
Expression
Meals
Indirect Object Pronouns
Language
1. Shops/Stores
Be able to recognize all
shops and name the
items that one buys
there
2. Meals
Know the three meals
of the day including
snacks and drinks
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Teacher
Generated
Quizzes over
Vocabulary and
Grammar
Dialogs
TPR/TPRS
Oral, Written and
Listening
Activities
Chapter Test
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Sentieri textbook
(student and
teacher)
 Teacher
developed
materials
 Sentieri
Supplemental
Materials
u. Workbooks
v. Test/Quiz
ITALIAN 141 (LEVEL 1) 2014
Instructional
Focus
Concepts/Skills/Structures
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Adverbs
Learning Objectives
3. Past tense with
“Essere”
To make past tense in
Italian must have the
present tense of
“Essere” and the past
participle of the verb.
Italian have two kinds
of past participles
Irregular past participle
must be memorized
Also they know that the
past participle with
essere must agree in
gender and in number
Direct Object Pronouns
Be able to answer a
question using DOP
Ask: Mangi la pizza?
Answer: Si, la mangio.
4. Direct Object Pronouns
Be able to answer a
question using DOP
Ask: Parli a Mario?
Answer: Si, gli parlo.
Culture
1. Eating
Italian spend a lot time
eating and most
important is that the
family members eat all
together
Assessments
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Soap Opera
created by the
textbook.
Resources
materials
w. Listening
activities
x. Overheads
y. Soap Opera
 Rosetta Stone
Material
ITALIAN 141 (LEVEL 1) 2014
Instructional
Focus
La salute e il
benessere
(Lezione 6)
Concepts/Skills/Structures
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Morning routines
Personal hygiene
Reflexive / reciprocal verbs
Ci and Ne
Health
Remedies and well-being
Imperfect tense
Body parts
Learning Objectives
Identify meal words
(breakfast-lunchsupper)
Eating establishments
Compare and contrast
customs between
America and Italian
List types of
restaurants
Act out proper
restaurant etiquette
2. Shopping
Most Italians still like to
shop to specialized
shops vs supermarkets
Coffee
Coffee is considered
the best friend of many
Italians.
Language
1. Morning routines &
personal hygiene
Describe a morning
routine using reflexive
verbs and presente it
on a power point
presentation.
2. Body parts
Know all body parts
and use them during
power point
presentation
3. Ci and Ne
Assessments
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Teacher
Generated
Quizzes over
Vocabulary and
Grammar
Dialogs
TPR/TPRS
Oral, Written and
Listening
Activities
Chapter Test
Soap Opera
created by the
Resources
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Sentieri textbook
(student and
teacher)
 Teacher
developed
materials
 Sentieri
Supplemental
Materials
z. Workbooks
aa. Test/Quiz
materials
bb. Listening
activities
ITALIAN 141 (LEVEL 1) 2014
Instructional
Focus
Concepts/Skills/Structures
Learning Objectives
Assessments
Resources
Know that Ci has
several meanings. It
can be a Direct or
Indirect object pronoun
and an adverb
Culture
1. Apperance
Going out in public
Italian dress and look
very nice.
textbook.
cc. Overheads
dd. Soap Opera
 Rosetta Stone
Material