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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 -- Students will exchange information with peers and the teacher (both face-to-face and in writing) about events in their everyday lives and experiences from their past.

30.0.1.5.2 -- Students will give and follow directions in order to travel from one location to another and ask questions for clarification.

30.0.1.9.1 -- Students will exchange information about current and past events, as well as aspirations in their personal lives and the lives of their friends, families and others within their community.

30.0.1.9.3 -- Students will participate in culturally appropriate exchanges that reflect social amenities such as expressing gratitude, extending and receiving invitations, apologizing and communicating preferences.

30.0.1.9.4 -- Students will work in groups to develop solutions to problems that are of contemporary or historical interest in both the target and their native cultures.

30.0.1.9.5 -- Students will exchange opinions on a variety of topics, including issues of contemporary or historical interest in the target and their native cultures.

30.0 WORLD LANGUAGE

30.0.1.9.8 -- Students will employ rephrasing and circumlocution, i.e., using other words and gestures to explain words or concepts, to successfully communicate their messages.

30.0.2.5.3 -- Students will work individually to collect data on familiar topics from various print, digital and electronic resources.

30.0.3.0.2 -- Students will recite poetry, songs, proverbs or short anecdotes that are familiar to their peers in the target culture.

30.0.3.5.3 -- Students will present short plays and skits, recite selected poems and anecdotes, and perform songs in the target language.

30.0.3.5.5 -- Students will write notes or short letters in the target language to peers in the target culture on topics of shared personal interest, including daily events and activities.

30.0.4.9.1 -- Students will identify and analyze products and practices of the target culture (e.g., social, economic, legal and political), and explore the relationships between these products and practices and the perspectives of the culture.

30.0 WORLD LANGUAGE

30.0.4.9.2 -- Students will identify, experience or read about, and discuss expressive forms of the culture, including but not limited to literature, periodicals, films, television, websites and the fine arts, in order to explore their effects on the larger community.

30.0.4.9.5 -- Students will identify, discuss, analyze and evaluate themes, ideas and perspectives that are related to the target culture.

30.0.5.5.3 -- Students will use new information and critical thinking gained through world language study to expand their personal knowledge.

30.0.5.9.3 -- Students will analyze the similarities and differences among sources, selecting the most appropriate information for specific purposes.

30.0.6.0.1 -- Students will use multiple media resources to access information regarding the target culture(s).

30.0.6.5.1 -- Students will use multiple media resources to expand their understanding of the target culture(s) and integrate it with their existing knowledge base.

30.0 WORLD LANGUAGE

30.0.7.9.1 -- Students will analyze various elements of the target language (such as time or tense), and compare and contrast them with comparable linguistic elements in English.

30.0.8.0.5 -- Students will use new information and cultural awareness to compare and contrast their experiences with those of their peers in the target culture(s) and to identify with and respect peers in the target culture(s).

30.0.8.5.3 -- Students will solicit their peers’ opinions on aspects of culture through face- to-face contact or written exchanges and compare this information with how their peers in the target culture(s) view the same topic.

30.0.8.9.6 -- Students will use new and evolving information and perspectives to identify universals of human experience across cultures and to demonstrate empathy and respect for the people(s) of other cultures.

30.0.9.0.3 -- Students will review materials and/or media from the target language and culture for enjoyment and/or entertainment.

30.0.9.9.1 -- Students will communicate with members of the target culture and interpret information regarding topics of personal, community or world interest.

03.0 LANGUAGE ARTS

03.0.9.9.5 03.0.1.0.5 -- Students will generate questions before, during and after reading, writing, listening and viewing; students brainstorm and respond to a list of questions that result from looking at the cover of a science book.

03.0.1.0.7 -- Students will use a variety of monitoring and self-correcting methods (skimming, scanning, reading ahead, re-reading, using resources, summarizing, retelling, readjusting speed); students will practice using strategies to monitor and self-correct their comprehension as they read texts.

03.0.1.0.9 -- Students will select and apply efficient and effective work recognition strategies, including contextual clues, picture clues, phonics and structural analysis; students will learn and use effectively the complete variety of word recognition strategies to aid in comprehension.

03.0.1.0.14 -- Students will interact with others in creating, interpreting and evaluating written, oral and visual texts; students will participate in a variety of cooperative group activities to apply collaborative skills (e.g., making eye contact, waiting turns, listening, taking others' ideas into account, explaining clearly, restating) to their reading, writing, listening and viewing.

03.0.2.0.4 -- Students will engage in a process of generating ideas, drafting, revising, editing and publishing or presenting; students will compose a piece of writing based on ideas generated through any of a variety of ways (writing, drawing, talking, webbing, listing, brainstorming), revise and proofread it, and present it to an audience.



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.