ITALIAN IV – CHECKLIST
Highly
Proficient
Say the days of the week
Say the months of the year
Count from 1 - 100
Work with numbers from 100 – 10,000
Use common greetings and salutations
Express the expressions There is/There are
Conjugate the verbs ESSERE and AVERE
Express time
Express name
Express where you are from
Express age and date of birth
Express likes and dislikes
Form simple questions (use interrogative words)
Express hobbies and activities
Describe hair and eyes
Describe physical and character traits of people
Identify simple colors
Identify basic school vocabulary
Understand the concept of gender and number with nouns
Use definite and indefinite articles properly.
Understand the difference between adjectives in – o and
adjectives in – e.
Identify at least 20 –ARE verbs (vocabulary)
Identify at least 20 –ERE/IRE verbs (vocabulary)
Conjugate regular verbs in the present tense.
Differentiate between 1st, 2nd, 3rd person/ Singular and plural
when working with verbs.
Speak with adverbs of time (sempre, qualche volta, spesso,
mai…)
Conjugate common IRREGULAR VERBS (avere, essere, andare,
uscire, fare, venire…)
Conjugate helping verbs (potere, dovere, volere, sapere)
Locate major Cities of Italy on a map.
Recognize common themes in Renaissance Art.
Begin to recognize words and phrases in authentic Italian songs
and film.
Understand short readings and be able to summarize them.
Non Esiste la Perfezione, Gli animali da preda, Claudia e I ladri, Il
migliore amico dell’uomo, Radio Lina, Il ballo
Express weather conditions and identify the 4 seasons
Good
Do not
understanding understand
but need
work
Highly
Proficient
Talk about my family and relatives.
Identify important nations and nationalities.
Identify common foods and express likes and dislikes of
certain meals.
Order a simple meal in Italian.
Say what meals I’m eating, the times I eat them and what I
prefer to eat at those meals.
Describe the eating habits of Italians and compare them to my
own culture.
Describe my school schedule describing classes, teachers,
friends and things I do at school.
Express feelings of hunger, thirst, exhaustion using idiomatic
expressions.
Describe my daily routines.
Talk about what you and other people are wearing. (Clothing)
In simple sentences, describe the importance of Lorenzo De’
Medici, where he was from and why he is important.
Recite a stanza from Lorenzo’s most famous poems.
Describe Leonardo Da Vinci and talk about his LAST SUPPER in
Italian.
Use possessive adjectives in Italian (my, your, etc…)
Use demonstrative adjectives (this/that)
Conjugate common verbs in the past tense (passato prossimo)
Recognize common irregular verbs in the passato prossimo
Know when to use ESSERE as helping verbs
Recognize vowel sounds in Italian
Make soft and hard c and g sounds in Italian
Make gli, gn sounds in Italian
Describe the main characters from the FOTOROMANZO
videos
Ask and answer questions about them.
Identify prepositions and compound prepositions and use
them to basic degree of proficiency.
Recognize and begin to use DIRECT and INDIRECT OBJECT
PRONOUNS
Use DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS with the PASSATO PROSSIMO
Understand the importance of the MARKET – MERCATO in
Italian food culture.
Be able to do basic FOOD SHOPPING – make a shopping list
Identify BODY PARTS
Express conditions of HEALTH
Form verbs in the IMPERFECT TENSE (imperfetto)
Begin to differentiate usage of PASSATO PROSSIMO vs.
IMPERFETTO
Identify HOUSE vocabulary
Describe rooms of the house using SPATIAL VOCABULARY
Form verbs in the FUTURE TENSE (FUTURO)
Good
understanding
but need work
Do not understand
Describe HOUSEHOLD CHORES
Express COMMANDS (IMPERATIVO)
Discuss VACATION – transportation, booking hotel and airline
tickets, preparing a visit to Italy.
Speak in the CONDITIONAL – (CONDIZIONALE)
Begin SUBJUNCTIVE MODE OF SPEECH (CONGIUNTIVO)
Talk about PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS and FEELINGS
Recognize texts in the PASSATO REMOTO
Discuss free time and sport – TEMPO LIBERO
Discuss current political issues. (LA POLITICA)
Discuss changes in society. (Società e Cambiamenti)
Understand the importance of Art in Italy