Ms. Di Labio
Italian Class Expectations
Class Rules:
1) Be on time, every class.
2) Come prepared for class.
3) Keep your head and eyes forward.
4) Raise your hand to speak and to get out of your seat.
5) Respect yourself and others.
6) Leave ALL electronic device at home. If they are seen they will be
taken away, locked up, and given back the next day.
7) No food or drinks, (No gum chewing!!!)
8) No restroom passes will be given during the first 10 and last 10
minutes of class.
Homework:
You have homework at least once a week. HW grade be lowered for
every assignment missing or done incorrectly.
Project:
You have one project every nine week. Project grade be lowered for
every assignment missing or done incorrectly.
Notebook:
Every student must have a soft 3- ring binder for our Italian class. It
must include 3 dividers: 1) Bell Ring, 2) Grammar and vocabulary,
3) Class work. It will be graded at the end of every nine week period
(class work grade).
Tardy: Tardiness is unacceptable, if you are coming late from some other
Teacher’s class, then make sure they give you a pass. If you are late
without a pass, then you must go to the office to get tardy pass.
Tests/quizzes: All tests and quizzes will be announced ahead of time.
Materials:
1) pencils
2) blue or black pen 3) red pen
5) soft 3-ring binder 6) 3 dividers
7) vocabulary
4) paper
Paper Heading: Always write your name, date, and period number on top
right-hand corner of your paper. Write the title/page number of your
assignment on the top left-hand corner of your paper.
Grade grading:
4.0 – 3.5 = A
3.4 – 2.5 = B
2.4 – 1.5= C
1.4 – 1.0 = D
0.9 or ↓ = F
Class grading:
Exams
30%
Quizzes
20%
CW
20%
Project
15%
Participation 10%
HW
5%
Major Concepts/Content:
Beginner and Italian 1 introduces students to the target language and it culture. The students
will develop communicative skills in all 3 modes of communication and cross-cultural
understanding. Emphasis is placed on proficient communication in the language. An introduction
to reading and writing is also included as well as grammar, culture, connections, comparison, and
communities.
The purpose of this course is to enable students to begin to acquire proficiency in Italian language
through a linguistic, communicative, and cultural approach learning.
Italian 2 and 3 reinforces the fundamental skills acquired by the students in Italian 1 and 2. The
course develops increased listening, speaking, and writing skills as well as cultural awareness.
Specific content to be covered is a continuation of listening and oral skills acquired in Italian 1
and 2. Reading and writing receive more emphasis, while oral communication remains the
primary objective. The cultural survey of the target language-speaking people continued.
The purpose of this course is to enable students to begin to acquire proficiency in Italian language
through a linguistic, communicative, and cultural approach to language learning.
AP Italian Language and Culture. The primary objective of this course is to develop students’
proficiencies in the four modes of communication in the Intermediate to Pre-Advanced range as
described by the ACTFL Performance Guidelines for K-12 Learners within a cultural frame of
reference reflective of the richness of the Italian language and culture.
The AP Italian Language and Culture course revolves around six course themes (Global
Challenges, Science and Technology, Contemporary Life, Personal and Public Identities, Families
and Communities and Beauty and Aesthetic) which integrate language, content and culture into
an interrelated series of lessons and activities that promote the use of the target language in a
variety of contexts.
Please sign and put as your first page of your binder by the end of this week.
Name: ___________________________________________ Date: ___________
Parent/guardian’s name: _____________________________ Date: ___________