Ashdale Secondary College
Year 10 Languages - Italian Program
Terms 3 & 4, 2012
Week
Tasks
Activities
Focus
The individual
 My space
 My free time
Week
10 – 11
(Term 2)
The Italian–speaking
The Changing
Communities
World
 Italian sports, arts and  Technology and
entertainment
free time
 In an Italian city
Linguistic Resources
adjectives (agreement with a mixed group, possessive); adverbs (molto,
poco, troppo); conjunctions (common) ; negation (use of non) ; pronouns
(reflexive) ; prepositions (simple articulated forms with places) ; verbs
related to the unit focus:

present tense (regular and common irregular verbs including isc).

present tense of common reflexive verbs

present perfect (regular verbs related to unit focus)
LA TELEVISIONE
 Read TV guide p 78 & complete table
- Italian TV Guide magazine - comp activity
- Oral task (Decide what you will watch with your flatmate this week
and why)
 Students respond to questions about own TV viewing / preferences
 View variety of Italian TV programmes and related activities
Term 3
Linguistic Resources
Starts
 Perfect tense (Passato Prossimo) [Cos’hai fatto durante le
1-3
vacanze? Cosa hai fatto ieri? Hai finito i compiti ieri sera? Hai
parlato con gli amici ieri? Hai dormito bene?]
 Past participles
 Forming present perfect tense
 Verbs that take avere
 Verbs that take essere
 Introduce concept of transitive & intransitive verbs
ITALIAN MUSIC
 Students listen to a variety of Italian music – different styles,
singers etc
 Listening and Read comp activities based on songs (eg.cloze)
 Listening – Italian students discussing music preferences
 Students watch San Remo Festival or other DVDs & identify any
singers they have heard of
4–6
 research Italian top 20 on Internet
 E-mail survey on music in Italy
 Discuss Australian singers/groups they like
 Interview others on music preferences
 Students respond to questions on music preferences
 Students select an Italian singer to research and prepare a
powerpoint and oral presentation on their career.
Course Outline
Task 1: Listening &
Responding Stimulus and
Questions
Week 3
Task 2: Stimulus and
Questions (VRR)
Week 5
Year 10 Languages - Italian Program
Terms 3 & 4, 2012
Continued...
Week
4–6
Cont...
7-9
Term 4
Starts
10 - 12
13 - 15
Tasks
Activities
ITALIAN MUSIC Continued...
 Study past participles and complete exercises
 Formation of passato prossimo
 Verbs that take avere
 Verbs that take essere
 Make list of verbs that take essere and those that take avere &
complete ex write own diary entries: il mio weekend/ieri
IL CINEMA ITALIANO
 Discuss the cinema as a favourite pastime for Italians & Aust.
 View film ads
 Explore own film preferences & related questions
 Complete reading tasks based on film ads & reviews
 Students view Italian film (excerpts or all)
 Film review activities to prepare for written assessment.
Oral questions on 1a and 1b - students to prepare, practice, improve,
record questions and answers on
ITALIAN ART AND ARTISTS
 Read poem I tesori della vita before looking at the history of the
arts in Italy
 View posters/ famous Italian paintings
 Read a selection from:
Il Rinascimento; La tabella degli artisti; La letteratura; Poesia:Da
L’Inferno; Art & Literature in Australia
IL MONDO DEL LAVORO
(inc IL FUTURO)

Various activities such as: Job Ads, Applying for a job, Using the
internet for future career, Job prospects in Italy and Australia
 Learn future tense
 Students read about dreams Italian youth have for their future.
 Students write about their future plans
Revision and consolidation
Task 2: Stimulus and
Questions (VRR)
Week 5
Task 3: Stimulus (Writing)
Week 7
Task 4: Stimulus and
Questions (Conversation)
Week 10
Task 5: VRR Stimulus and
Questions
Week 13
Task 6: Written stimulus and
extended response
Week 15
16 – 18
Revision and consolidation
19 - 20
**In addition to the major assessments listed above, students will be assessed utilising a range of informal methods including
observational checklists, homework and in class assignments. Students will also be assessed on their collaborative skills and
participation in each class.
The students will receive a Program Outline in Week Three, which will outline the tasks that are due for completion each week.
This program is subject to change in response to the needs and abilities of the students.
Student Signature _____________________
Parent Signature _____________________
Ashdale Secondary College
Year 10 Languages - Italian Program
Terms 3 & 4, 2012
Assessment Outline for Year 10 Terms 3 & 4
These assessment tasks have been produced for a program developed for the Year 10 Semester 2 Programme. Each
task has been designed for the collection of evidence of student achievement, which best suits the outcomes indicated
by the ticks [].
Assessment
weightings
Outcome 1
Listening and
Responding
and Speaking
Outcome 2
Viewing,
Outcome 3
Reading and
Writing
Responding
Assessment Task
Time
Task
weighting
Listening and
Responding,
and Speaking
20%
Task 1: L&R Stimulus &
Questions
Wk 3
10%

Task 4: Conversation
(Questions and Stimulus)
Wk 10
10%

Viewing,
Reading and
Responding
30%
Task 2: VRR Stimulus and
Questions
Wk 5
15%

Task 5: VRR Stimulus and
Questions
Wk 13
15%

Writing
Task 3: Stimulus
Wk 7
15%

35%
Task 6: Stimulus/Extended
Response
Wk 15
15%

10%
Student Participation/Effort
10%
N/A
N/A
N/A
Outcome
Weightings
30%
30%
30%
**In addition to the major assessments listed above, students will be assessed utilising a range of informal methods including
observational checklists, homework and in class assignments. Students will also be assessed on their collaborative skills and
participation in each class.
The students will receive a Program Outline in Week Three, which will outline the tasks that are due for completion each week.
This program is subject to change in response to the needs and abilities of the students.
Student Signature _____________________
Parent Signature _____________________