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9/2
Shell opens 9/3 / § Course introduction
§ Definite article pgs. 9-11
Forms, use, prepositions +
definite article
§ Indefinite article, pgs 13-15
Forms, use, partitive articles / § Come va?, 2-3 / § I dialetti e gli accenti
9/9 / § The noun, pgs 18-27 The gender of nouns; Gender in designations of persons and occupations; Singular and plural of nouns; Compound nouns and their plural.
§ Prepositions, pgs 218-223
a; con; da; di; in; per; su / § Alla facoltà, 16-17 / § Messaggio per Marco.
§ Che lavoro fa?
9/16 / § The adjective, pgs. 28-38 Adjective ending; Special features of forming the plural; Adjectives bello and buono; Invariable adjectives; Postion of adjectives; Comparison of adjectives. / § I passatempi, 40-41 / § L’oroscopo
§ Indovinelli: Chi sono?; C’è un ometto…; Di velluto è il mio vestito; Il tempo scorre. (filastrocche.it) / UNIT 1 (9/22)
ü Quiz 1
ü Translation I
ü Comprehension I
ü Readings
ü PowerPoint session
ü Supersite exercises
9/23 / § The subject pronoun, pgs 65-67
§ The present tense, pgs 79-89 Formation of present tense of Regular verbs; The present tense of irregular verbs; The use of the present tense / § Che tempo fa? 54-55 / § Una mail da Berlino
§ Helsinski ci ama (dweb.repubblica.it)
9/30 / § Negation, pgs. 186-191
Negation with no; Negation
with non; Multiple negation
§ The adverb, pgs 39-46 Original and derived adverbs; Formation of derived adverbs; Position of adverbs; Comparison of adverbs, Adjectives as adverbs. / § La famiglia e gli amici, 78-79 / § L’Agriturismo
§ Il bar italiano / UNIT 2 (10/6)
ü Quiz 2
ü Translation II
ü Comprehension II
ü Readings
ü PowerPoint session
ü Supersite exercises
10/7 / § The present participle, pgs 174-177
Formation, Stare+ present
participle; The present
participle as a substitute
for dependent clauses / · Come sono? 94-95 / § Dialogo
§ Cannavaro: “Cassano sta giocando…” (sampdorianews.net)
10/14 / § The possessive pronoun, pgs 39-46
Use; Form; The possessive
pronoun with kinship term;
Special cases
§ Conjunctions, pgs 231-235
Coordinating conjunctions, Subordinating conjunctions. / § La tecnologia. 116-117 / § Carissimo Dario
§ Veglia di Giuseppe Ungaretti / UNIT 3 (10/20)
ü Translation III
ü Comprehension III
ü Readings
ü PowerPoint session
ü Supersite exercises
(NO QUIZ)
10/21 / § The present perfect, pgs 90-97
Formation of the present
perfect; Formation of the
past participle; Use of
avere or essere to form the
present perfect; Use of the
present perfect. / § Facciamo spese, 130-131 / § Il cinema italiano
§ Tanti saluti da… / ü MIDTERM
(10/27)
10/28 / § The imperfect, pgs 98-104
Formation; Use; Present perfect or imperfect? / § Expressions of time, (posted) / § Un’intervista sull’infanzia (Natalia Ginzburg da Dacia Maraini)
§ Amore mio infinito di Aldo Nove
11/4 / § Numbers, pgs 224-230
The cardinal numbers; The date; Statements of Quantity; Time; The Ordinal numbers
§ Demonstrative pronoun, pgs 54-57
Use; Form / § Expressions of quantity,(posted) / § 44 gatti di G. Cesarini (filastrocche.it)
§ Professione adolescente (donnamoderna.it) / UNIT 4 (11/10)
ü Quiz 3
ü Translation IV
ü Comprehension IV
ü Readings
ü PowerPoint session
ü Supersite exercises
11/11 / § The object pronouns, pgs. 67-72
Forms and use of the stressed object pronouns; Forms and use of the unstressed object pronouns; Position of the unstressed object pronouns; Italian verbs that require an object in a certain case. / § Facciamo la spesa, 152-153 / § Caro Antonio
§ Cinque fantastici (la7.it)
11/18 / § The pronominal adverbs ci and ne, pgs.72-74
Ci; Ne; the position of ci and ne
. / § A tavola (p 168-169) / § Si fa presto dire ‘medicina alternativa’ (rolfing-italia.it)
§ Ne parliamo a cena (ibs.it) / UNIT 5 (11/24)
ü Quiz 4
ü Translation V
ü Comprehension V
ü Readings
ü PowerPoint session
ü Supersite exercises
11/25 / § The double pronouns, pgs 74-75
Possible combinations.
/ § A tavola (p 168-169) (continued) / § L’accento sull’A di G. Rodari
§ “Così si ritrova tempo per se stesse” vademecum per donne che lavorano di Vera Schiavazzi /
12/2 / § The double pronouns, pgs 74-75
Possible combinations
(comtinued) / § vocab review / § Il marito ama il calcio, lei per vendetta gli manomette il decoder (notizie.tiscali.it)
§ Padri e casalinghi, uomini a scuola di cucina e bucato di Vera Schiavazzi (larepubblica.it) / UNIT 6 (12/8)
ü Quiz 5
ü Translation VI
ü Comprehension VI
ü Readings
ü PowerPoint session
ü Supersite exercises
12/9 / Review / Review
Deadlines for each chapter’s assignments will be the Sunday indicated in the syllabus. This excludes the final week which is dedicated to the final. Late assignments will not be accepted so please make sure you meet all deadlines. You are expected to complete and review a large amount of material, therefore pace yourself and work on a daily basis. Do not fall behind and allow the material to accumulate or you will inevitably not be able to assimilate it well, and, therefore, your performance in the course will suffer greatly.
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