ITALIAN III – 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