Paramus High School
Paramus, New Jersey
Curriculum Outline
Dept: World Languages
Course: Italian II
I.
Revised:
September 2004
Course Description:
Italian II students learn to engage in longer conversations, read and interpret more
challenging texts. A continued emphasis is placed on conversational ability. Here
students are expected to gain a reasonable proficiency in Italian. Additional concepts of
grammar are taught to enable students to use the Italian language correctly. A selected
program is provided to help improve the basic skills in reading and writing. The units on
culture are expanded to include the history, music, and art of Italy.
II.
Course Objectives/Student Outcomes:
NEW JERSEY STATE STANDARD 7.1 (COMMUNICATION) ALL STUDENTS
WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE IN AT LEAST ONE WORLD
LANGUAGE TO: ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION: UNDERSTAND AND
INTERPRET SPOKEN AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE; PRESENT
INFORMATION, CONCEPTS, AND IDEAS, THE LANGUAGE/CULTURE
STUDIED WITH THEIR OWN.
NEW JERSEY STATE STANDARD 7.2 (CULTURE) All STUDENTS WILL
DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PERSPECTIVES OF A
CULTURE(S) THROUGH EXPERIENCES WITH ITS PRODUCTS AND
PRACTICES.
The approach used within New Jersey national standards is to recognize three
communicative modes that place primary emphasis on the core and purpose of the
communication. The three modes are:
The Interpretive Mode. Students understand and interpret within the appropriate
cultural context spoken and written communication.
The Interpersonal Mode. Students engage in direct oral and/or written communication.
The Presentational Mode. Students present, through oral and/or written
communications, information, concepts and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers
with whom there is no immediate personal contact.
Student Performance Outcomes
 Use short sentences, learned words and phrases, and simple questions and
commands when speaking and writing
 Understand some ideas and familiar details presented in clear,
uncomplicated speech when listening
 Understand short text enhanced by visual clues when reading
 Communicate effectively with some hesitation and errors which do not
hinder comprehension
 Imitate culturally acceptable behavior used in the content examples
Students will be able to: Standards 7.1 and 7.2
1. Grasp meaning and communicate orally and in writing for the purpose of travel,
cultural enrichment and expansion of career opportunities.
2. Ask questions and respond to subjects pertaining to health, age, telling time,
descriptions of people, places and things.
3. Construct simple sentences using text drawn material.
4. Understand and be understood in the target language within the scope of Level I and
II.
5. Answer random and personalized questions.
6. Read and comprehend more complex sentence structures.
7. Master the basic features of the sound system.
8. Use of the current technology as it pertains to the target language and culture under
study.
9. Understand and appreciate the Italian culture.
10. Acquire the knowledge of the elements of the Italian language in general, recognizing
the relationship of one language to another.
III. Scope and Sequence:
A. Morphology and Syntax
1. Verbs
a. review of the present indicative :
common verbs of three regular conjugations, the auxiliary verbs essere and avere, the
irregular verbs dare, fare, stare, andare, potere, dovere, venire, sapere, volere, uscire,
bere, dire, avere, fare and andare with idiomatic expressions and verbs with
orthographic changes(ending in –care, -gare, -ciare and giare
b. future tense including irregular verbs and orthographic changing verbs
c. present perfect tense with transitive and intransitive using auxiliary avere and
essere
d. imperfect tense of regular and irregular verbs
e. reflexive verbs – all tense studied
f. use of verb piacere
g. introduction to regular command forms
h. intensive end-of-the year review of all verbs studied in four learned tenses:
1. present
2. future
3. present perfect
4. imperfect
2. Nouns
a. gender and number
b. nouns ending in –co, -ca, -go, -ga
3. Adjectives
a. review of Level 1 material
b. descriptive
c. possessive
d. demonstrative
e. plural of adjectives ending in –co, -ca,-go, -ga
f. partitive construction using the preposition di, alcuni, qualche, un po` di
4. Adverbs
a. of time (sempre, di solito, spesso, oggi, ieri, domani, prossimo, passato, ogni,
tanto, mai)
b. of degree (troppo, molto, abbastanza, poco, etc.
c. formation from adjectives
5. Pronouns
a. review from Level I material
b. direct and indirect object pronouns
c. reflexive pronouns
d. position of pronouns – before verb and after infinitives
6. Interrogatives
7. Negative Expressions
8. Prepositions
a. review of Level I material
b. contractions
c. preposition “a” with cities and verb infinitives
d. the preposition “da” with expression of time
B. Vocabulary
Continue review of vocabulary from previous level with addition and more in depth,
as in the following areas
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leisure activities
sports
travel
shopping
beach
skiing
foods
personal Care
school life
city, town places, buildings, etc.
6. means of transportation
C.
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Suggested Projects
foods (preparation and tasting)
the Family ( family tree, family album)
the house (sketches, drawings, designs)
clothing (sketches, drawings, designs)
reports on Italy, regions of Italy, important cities and famous Italians
skits/dialogues
commercials
language related games
D. Essential Questions:
1. How accurate must grammar be for communication to be effective?
2. What grammar structures have I internalized?
3. Can I understand grammar structures in the context of reading and listening?
4. What cues can I listen for to help increase my listening comprehension?
5. What organizational cues can help aid my reading comprehension?
E. Area of Evaluation:
Written Work:
1. quizzes and Tests
2. homework
3. reports
4. compositions
Oral Performances:
1. quizzes
2. responses to questions and classroom activities
3. practice with tapes
4. dialogues
5. presentations using props
6. role-playing and skits
7. games
8. description of cartoons, illustrations, picture sequences, etc.
Homework
1. exercises from textbooks
2. Workbooks
3. Worksheets
4. Individual Projects
Participation
1. Students are to be involved in all aspects of classroom activities.