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Italian II (ACP) 308
Course Description

TIME FRAME: One Semester
GRADE: 9-12
CONTACT:

         MAP LEVEL: 1

30.0 WORLD LANGUAGE --- 30.0.1.5.1 --- 30.0.1.5.2 --- 30.0.1.9.1 --- 30.0.1.9.3 --- 30.0.1.9.4 --- 30.0.1.9.5
30.0 WORLD LANGUAGE --- 30.0.1.9.8 --- 30.0.2.5.3 --- 30.0.3.0.2 --- 30.0.3.5.3 --- 30.0.3.5.5 --- 30.0.4.9.1
30.0 WORLD LANGUAGE --- 30.0.4.9.2 --- 30.0.4.9.5 --- 30.0.5.5.3 --- 30.0.5.9.3 --- 30.0.6.0.1 --- 30.0.6.5.1
30.0 WORLD LANGUAGE --- 30.0.7.9.1 --- 30.0.8.0.5 --- 30.0.8.5.3 --- 30.0.8.9.6 --- 30.0.9.0.3 --- 30.0.9.9.1
03.0 LANGUAGE ARTS --- 03.0.9.9.5 --- 03.0.1.0.5 --- 03.0.1.0.7 --- 03.0.1.0.9 --- 03.0.1.0.14 --- 03.0.2.0.4



As stated in Connecticut's 2005 World Language Curriculum Framework, there are six domains and nine content standards which frame world language content:

COMMUNICATION
1. How do I use another language to communicate with others?
2. How do I understand what others are trying to communicate in another language?
3. How do I present information, concepts, and ideas in another language in a way
that is understood?

CULTURES
1. How do I use my understanding of culture to communicate and function
appropriately in another culture?

CONNECTIONS
1. How do I use my understanding of another language and culture to reinforce and
expand my knowledge of other disciplines and vice versa?
2. How do I use my understanding of another language and culture to broaden and
deepen my understanding of that language and culture and access and use
information that would otherwise be unavailable to me?

COMPARISONS AMONG LANGUAGES
1. How do I demonstrate an understanding of the similarities, differences, and interactions across languages?

COMPARISONS AMONG CULTURES
1. How do I demonstrate an understanding of the similarities, differences, and interactions across cultures?

COMMUNITIES
1. How do I use my knowledge of language and culture to enrich my life and
broaden my opportunities?




Italian 2 continues the development of the four communication skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, as well as the five C's of foreign language learning (i.e. communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities).

At this level, emphasis is placed on the practical use of basic skills. Subject matter to be covered includes vocabulary, grammar, syntax, and idiomatic expressions pertaining to: family and family life, environment, town and country, local festivals, clothing, sight-seeing in Perugia, outdoor market, and daily routine; present, progressive, imperative, and past tenses of regular, irregular, and reflexive verbs; formal vs. informal speech; direct object pronouns; gender and number agreement; possessive adjectives; numbers; prepositions; regions in Italy; products, practices, and perspectives of the Italian-speaking world.



Students in Italian 2 will develop the ability to exhibit the following skills specifically stated by the Connecticut State Department of Education World Languages Curriculum Framework:

COMMUNICATION
-- engage in conversation and correspondence, provide and obtain information, express feelings, and exchange opinions,
-- understand and interpret spoken and written language on a variety of topics,
-- present information, concepts, and ideas to listeners or readers on a variety of topics.

CULTURES
-- demonstrate an understanding of the products, practices, and perspectives of the cultures studied and use their cultural knowledge for interpersonal, interpretative, and presentational communication.

CONNECTIONS
-- reinforce and expand their knowledge of other areas of study through the world language, and vice versa,
-- acquire and use information from a variety of sources only available in the world language.

COMPARISONS AMONG LANGUAGES
-- demonstrate literacy and an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons across languages.

COMPARISONS AMONG CULTURES
-- demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons across cultures.

COMMUNITIES
-- use the world language and their cultural knowledge both within and beyond the school setting for personal enjoyment, enrichment, and active participation.



All Italian 2 students will:

-- Listen to the target language via teacher, native speakers, CD, video, and music,
-- Read and respond orally to culturally relevant situations using the target language,
-- Respond in writing to the material covered in the target language,
-- Respond orally to pictoral stories using the target language,
-- Create and deliver thematically-based projects,
-- Research and present information on culturally-assigned topics,
-- Participate in theme-based skits and dialogues,
-- Participate in grammar and vocabulary-building activities,
-- Participate in map activities,
-- Orally respond to questions on a variety of topics,
-- Read, summarize, and discuss information regarding the Italian culture,
-- Review previous level's vocabulary and grammar.




Students will be assessed by the following:

Daily class participation
Listening comprehension activities
Vocabulary and grammar assessments
Homework
Notebook organization
Oral presentations
Projects

Mid-term: 100% qualitative.
Final exam: 40-50% quantitative, 50-60% qualitative





Students may experience the following: guest speakers, cooking, singing, movies, multimedia presentations, a world language concert, a field trip to the opera, library and/or computer lab use, outdoor bocce, travel abroad to Italy.



Text "Forza Due"
Workbook "Forza Due"
"Forza Due" audio program
Handouts
Videoclips from "L'italiano per stranieri"
Map of Italy
Music selections
Dictionaries
501 Italian verbs
Realia



After-school tutoring is available by teacher and/or students on assigned days.