PARAMUS HIGH SCHOOL, NEW JERSEY

Curriculum Outline

Italian

Level III Honors

November 2004

  1. Course Description:

Italian III involves an enhanced study of the language including a further development of the four language skills. Listening is extended to more complex exchanges, narratives and descriptive, speaking also to more complex expression of fact, interpretation and comments; reading to more varied types; writing to more complex and freer prose. Conversations and guided compositions are emphasized along with a more advanced study of grammar. All work is aimed at increasing knowledge and understanding of the cultural milieu of the Italian language.

  1. Course Objectives/Standards

NEW JERSEY STANDARD 7.1 (COMMUNICATION) ALL STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE IN AT LEAST ONE WORLD LANGUAGE IN ADDITION TO ENGLISH. THEY WILL USE LANGUAGE TO: ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION; UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET SPOKEN AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE; PRESENT INFORMATION, CONCEPTS, AND IDEAS, WHILE MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER DISCIPLINES; COMPARE THE LANGUAGE/CULTURE STUDIED WITH THEIR OWN.

The approach used within the New Jersey national standards is to recognize three communicative modes that place primary emphasis on the core and purpose of the communication. The three modes are:

The Interpretive Mode. Students understand and interpret within the appropriate cultural context spoken and written communication.

The Interpersonal Mode. Students engage in direct oral and/ or written communication.

The Presentational mode. Students present, through oral and/or written communication, information, concepts and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers with whom there is no immediate personal contact.

Student Performance Outcomes

·Use and understand learned expressions, sentences, and strings of sentences, questions and polite commands when speaking and listening

·Create simple paragraphs when writing

·Understand important ideas and some details in highly contextualized authentic texts when reading

·Demonstrate increasing fluency and control of vocabulary

·Show no significant pattern of error when performing functions at the novice-low level

·Communicate effectively with some pattern of error, which may interfere slightly with comprehension of functions performed at this level

·Understand oral and written discourse, with few errors in comprehension when reading

·Imitate culturally appropriate behavior when working with the functions at this level.

The self: family, friends, home, rooms, health, school, schedules, leisure activities, likes and dislikes, shopping, clothes, prices, sizes and quantity, and pets and animals.

·Beyond self: geography, topography, directions, buildings and monuments, weather and seasons, symbols, cultural and historical figures, places and events, numbers, time, food and customs, transportation, travel, and professions and work.

Objectives -- Learners will be able to:

7.1 Understand Italian when spoken at a normal speed by a native speaker on topics within the context and scope of Level I-III.

7.1. Speak Italian with reasonable fluency on topics within the context and scope of Levels I-III

7.1. Demonstrate, comprehend and respond to questions- statements about areas of familiar topics within the context and scope of Levels I-III.

7.1 Further develop writing skills within the content and scope of levels I-III, without resorting to translations.

7.1 & 7. 2 Use of current technology as it pertains to the target language and culture under study.

NEW JERSEY STATE STANDARD 7.2 (CULTURE) ALL STUDENTS WILL DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PERSPECTIVE OF A CULTURE(S) AND ITS PRODUCTS AND PRACTICES.

Objectives -- Learners will be able to:

7.2 Communicate orally and in writing for the purpose of travel and cultural enrichment.

7.2 Discuss some aspects of the Italian culture and appreciate the culture dealing with customs and behavior patterns.

  1. Course Outline
  1. Morphology and Syntax
  1. Nouns (with irregular plurals –co, go, etc)
  2. Pronouns
  1. direct object pronouns
  2. indirect object pronouns
  3. disjunctive pronouns
  4. double object pronouns
  5. reflexive pronouns in connections with reflexive verbs
  1. Adverbs
  2. Verbs

a. review of Level I and II

b. imperfect tense versus present perfect = passato prossimo

c. verb piacere

d. future tense

  1. reflexive verbs in the present and present perfect
  2. conditional mood (present)
  3. subjunctive mood (present and past)

B.Vocabulary

  1. leisure activities (sports, travel, skiing)
  2. family and home
  3. articles of clothing and parts of the body
  4. food
  5. television programs
  6. fashion
  7. music

C. Communication/ Themes

  1. describing daily activities in the past
  2. expressing habitual actions in the past
  3. talking about fashion and clothing
  4. taking about people and places
  5. taking about things you know how to do
  6. making plans for recreation
  7. expressing likes and dislikes
  8. talking about sports
  9. taking about future plans and actions
  10. expressing probability in the future
  11. asking people what they like to eat and drink
  12. expressing wants and wishes politely
  13. talking about TV and Radio programs
  14. naming and locating European countries and capitals
  15. expressing hopes, wants, demands and opinions
  16. giving advice
  17. discussing various kinds of music
  18. expressing emotions, doubts and beliefs about events in the present and in the past
  19. expressing opinions about past events

D.Culture

  1. Italian Fashion
  2. Identifying popular Italian ski resorts
  3. Comparing and contrasting the sports in Italy and in the United States
  4. Talking about Italian food and restaurants
  5. Comparing and contrasting the Italian and American television system
  6. Italian opera

E.Enduring Understanding

  1. How important is fashion to Italians?
  2. What are the most popular sports in Italy?
  3. How important is it to cook and eat well to Italian people?
  4. How does the history of the Italian TV reflect economical, political, cultural and social changes in the Italian society?
  5. What do Italian TV programs tell us about Italians and their preferences?
  6. Is music part of the Italian life?

F.Evaluation Procedures

Evaluation will include:

  1. quizzes and tests
  2. oral and written assignments
  3. projects
  4. homework
  5. participation
  6. presentations
  7. guided dialogues
  8. oral interviews

G.Material

  1. Oggi in Italia, Houghton Mifflin, Merlonghi Merlonghi Tursi O’Connor, Sixth Edition
  2. Prego, Heinle & Heinle Publishers, Lazzarino Aski Dini Peccianti, Fifth Edition
  3. Buongiorno Italia, EMC Publishing, Joseph Cremona Tiziana Andreis