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THE DEPARTMENT OF WORLD LANGUAGE-SYLLABUS
Signora Terlizzi Room 232Belleville High School – Italian AP
Email: [email protected].
Syllabus Italian Honors IVPhilosophy and Course Description:
One of the goals of an AP class is to prepare you for the AP exam that will take place in May 2018. The purpose of this Syllabus is to inform you of the materials that will be required for AP Italian Language and Culture Class.
The AP Italian Language and Culture course emphasizes communication by applying the interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication in real-life situations. This includes vocabulary usage, language control, communication strategies, and cultural awareness. To best facilitate the study of language and culture, the course is taught almost exclusively in Italian.
The AP Italian Language and Culture course engages students in various topic on culture in both contemporary and historical contexts. The course develops students' awareness and appreciation of cultural and global issues. Emphasis will be on intense composition writing and reinforcement of grammatical concepts that are so important in writing. This is the site for further information: collegeboard.com
The class is going to be challenging. Many assignments are going to be long and you will be required to complete homework on a
daily basis, but if you put forth maximum effort you will most certainly obtain positive results.The materials needed for this class are:
1. Italian binder with your notes of the previous years (Grammar and Vocabulary)
2. Composition note-book 3. Red pen, pencil, and black/blue pen.4. Loose-leafed paper
You will receive a grade for having class materials with you on the first days and you will be required to have with you the class material every day.
CLASSROOM RULES
1. Bring to class everyday the necessary material 2. ONLY the material for the Italian class will be allowed on
your desk3. Seating will be assigned by the teacher at the beginning of
the school year4. NEVER CHEAT (Yes, the use of Google Translate and other
electronic translators is cheating)5. Respect others and their property6. Raise your hand to speak and wait to be called on7. Use appropriate language at all times8. Use of ELECTRONIC DEVICES will NOT be allowed
WORLD LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY
The study of another language leads to communication. Our goal is to teach all students to communicate beyond their native languages in order to participate effectively in this world. Communication involves the interpretive, presentational and interpersonal modes.
The study of another languages leads to understanding other cultures. Our goal is to recognize what is common to all human experience and to accept that which is different. Students will have
experiences with products and practices in order to develop an understanding of the various perspectives of the cultures of the target language.
The study of another language leads to critical thinking skills. Our goal is to enhance the ability to analyze, to compare and contrast, to synthesize, to improvise, and to examine cultures through a language and a perspective other than one’s own.
The study of another language leads to an interdisciplinary view of the curriculum. Our goal is to have every student begin language study as early as possible in an interdisciplinary environment.
Unit Objectives/Conceptual: The student will…
Required Activities -Continue to learn and apply more grammatical concepts -Continue to ask and answer questions about specific given topic -Compare and contract/Discuss certain cultural difference -Smart-board/Projector activities for student delivery -Dictation/Spelling of the vocabulary -Continue with verb conjugation -Translate documents
Create project in the target language Compositions . Students are expected to write 150-200 words on an assigned topic, using vocabulary and structures they have learned and practiced in class. Essays will be graded on comprehensibility, content/information, use of familiar vocabulary, and grammatical accuracy. Each essay will be written twice. After the first writing, students will receive comments about content and grammatical errors. In their second writing, students will incorporate the instructor’s suggestions and make corrections. The final grade will be an average of both grades. By the end of the course, you’ll be expected to:
Engage in spoken interpersonal communication; Engage in written interpersonal communication; Synthesize information from a variety of authentic audio,
visual, and audiovisual resources; Synthesize information from a variety of authentic written
and print resources; Plan, produce, and present spoken presentational
communications; and Plan and produce written presentational communications.
HIGH STANDARD EXPECTATION POLICY
Students who do not follow the High Standard Expectation Policy will be written up; student will receive a 0/zero for the class period and recorded in On-Course/Gradebook. No warning. Rules are followed. Students will receive a disciplinary notice
1-ZERO/0 Tolerance for cell phone usage/apply-all year long NO CELL PHONE 2-Respect all students3-No bags or purses on the desk; all bags must be placed under your desk or behind your chair4- No food allowed/no eating in class5-No litteringEXCEPTION/CELL PHONE USAGE FOR INSTRUCTION AND ACADEMIC RESOURCES-Cell phone usage allowed with teacher approval for educational purposes
Class Materials - It is important that you come to class prepared every day.
These are your needed classroom supplies that you bring very day to class
Your textbooks and workbooks Italian folder/notebook/binder Completed assignments: see below for more information on
assignments Pencils: all homework, quizzes and tests should be completed in
pencil or pen (blue/black ink) all of these assessment should be placed in your Portfolio Assessment Folder
Participation - Participation is important in any classroom, but it is even more so in a World language classroom, because the ultimate goal is learning how to communicate with others. Indicators of outstanding participation include, but are not limited to: active verbal participation, being well-prepared for daily assignments, being on-task and listening attentively, taking notes, having an enthusiastic attitude that contributes positively to the class, good attendance, using Italian at all times, and trying your best. The more you participate, the better you will do in this class.Language Lab: We will be regularly using the audio CD to do various listening and speaking activities in order to develop students’ listening skills.
What to Expect in this Class : Class activities: Interacting with others and participating in class activities is essential in order to learn a language. Expect to work alone, in pairs, in teams, and as a whole class.
By the end of the course, you’ll be expected to:
Engage in spoken interpersonal communication;
Engage in written interpersonal communication;
Synthesize information from a variety of authentic audio, visual, and audiovisual resources;
Synthesize information from a variety of authentic written and print resources;
Plan, produce, and present spoken presentational communications; and
Plan and produce written presentational communications.Homework: Language learning takes time and requires lots of practice for mastery to occur. Homework is designed to assist in this learning process and is expected to be completed before class begins. During the school year, you can expect to have homework on a weekly basis, Monday through Friday. There may be times that there is no homework, this will be the exception, not the rule. Homework is expected to be done before class and ready to be corrected out loud or on the board.
Reading - Students will be reading a lot in this class. Some readings will be done at home, while the majority will be read aloud in class. Follow-up activities may be quizzes on vocabulary/content or oral presentations. It will be common for a student to summarize what we read in class the day before. Readings will include whole (or excerpts from) novels, advertisements, menus, magazines, newspaper articles, etc.
Writing - Students will complete bi-weekly journal entries in Italian in a notebook while in class. Entries may be specific, current events, conversation historical or personal/free-style. Students will be given time to brainstorm their ideas and to be guided through the writing process (e.g. ask questions, help with idiomatic expressions or transition terms). Compositions will be checked in groups or individual. Students will be given opportunities to correct their work based on the teacher's feedback.
Projects – Students will have diverse opportunities to present what they have learned by completing projects related to the Italian curriculum. These projects may include, but are not limited to: formal and oral presentations, posters, works of art, compositions or song writing d poetry individual research based on a specific global topic.
Tests/Quizzes : Tests and quizzes will serve as one indicator of your mastery of what we have learned in class. They will be administered frequently, so I expect that you study and prepare for them accordingly. If you miss a test or a quiz, due to lateness, absence, or any reason
whatsoever, you must make it up before or after school by appointment.
Attendance: Daily attendance will assist you greatly in learning Italian. I expect you to be on time and attend regularly. Any work missed due to an absence must be made up before or after school, not during class!
Tardiest : Be on time! I will assign 15 minutes after school detention. Any work, or quizzes missed due to lateness must be made up before or after school, not during class!
Makeup Policy : If you miss any work due to any reason whatsoever, it is your responsibility to make it up, not mine!! You have three (1) days to make it up. Your grade will drop one grade for each day the work is late. Anything that is more than three days late is a zero (0). This includes class work, homework, tests, quizzes, and projects. Extra Help/Wed. Enrichment : I am happy to provide assistance for students. Please make an appointment/2 students at a time present.
How You Will Be Graded:Several elements will be used to determine your grade: GRADING POLICY 1-Homework and In-Class Assignments: 10%2-Class Participation/Behavior/Attendance: 10%3-Tests-Summative and Formative/Research and Quizzes: 80%
Participation: Participation is essential for success in this class. Behavior: This means following all the rules at all times.
Notebook: A Notebook will be used in class to take important grammatical concepts from the board/slide presentation.
Italian-English dictionary (recommended): you will not be permitted to use a cell phone or other electronic devices. Dictionaries are a good resource when working on homework and grammatical exercises.
Plagiarism - Any time a student does work that is not their own or uses ideas/quotes/facts/statistics/etc. from other sources without proper citation is considered plagiarism. Some examples of plagiarism include cheating on tests/quizzes, copying homework or allowing others to use your work.
Use of translators is prohibited at all times. Suspicion of plagiarism will result in a zero for the assignment, parents/guardians will be notified and the student will be referred to the appropriate assistant principal.
Work Policy/and Absences All work is due the day after it is assigned, unless I state otherwise. It is to be turned in at the beginning of class when I call for it. Put your heading in the upper right hand corner and include your name, date, subject, and period numbers. Make sure it is finished and ready to turn in as soon as it is called for, there will not be time for last minute revisions. If you have an unplanned absence, it will be up to you to request missed work, before school, on the morning of the first day you are back. Do not wait until class and then ask for missed assignments. I will never allow missed assignments to be made up in class. I will give you a time frame for completion of the missed work.
If you have a planned absence, it will be up to you to request assignments before missing the class, and you must turn in the assignment before school on the first day back from your absences. I will never allow missed assignments to be made up in class. I will give you a time frame for completion of the missed work. Makeup tests will be given before or after school, never during class , on the first day you return from any absence, or before a scheduled multiple day absence (School trips, tournaments etc.) No Extra credit assignments will be given unless discussed in a conference and made document agreement.
I will offer tutorials in the afternoon/ 2 students need to be present at all times. Tutorial are welcome on enrichment day. Tutorial sessions can be on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, -No tutorial on Monday and Friday. If you have any concerns or need help you can send your questions to the school email [email protected]
Resources Given to the Student/Text: Italian News Sources
1. La Repubblica (www.larepublica.it)2. La Stampa (www.lastampa.it)3. La Nazione (www.lanazione.quotidiano.net)4. Il Corriere della Sera (www.corriere.it)5. RAI (www.rai.it)6. RAI Educational (www.educational.rai.it)7. Yahoo Italia (www.yahoo.it)8. About Italy (www.about.italy.com)
The following are some interesting websites that can help you to review and practice Italian. Spend some time to explore them and use them as much as you can. I am sure they will keep your Italian mind in good shape during the academic year.
www.duolingo.com Simple sign up, application is free.www.impariamoitaliano.com the duo-lingo is an excellent site to use, completed with vocabulary enrichment pages.
The following two sites focus on verb conjugation. Take time to review and memorize the forms of the verbs in ARE, ERE, IRE as well as irregular verbs.
http://www.italian-verbs.com/verbi-italiani.htm http://coniuga.com/
MOVIES1. La Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful)
http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-171f9af1-3955-46ac-a17a-db64170075f2.html
2. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso http://www.filmtv.it/film/4799/nuovo-cinema-paradiso/
3. Il Postino - Il postino (1994) 1/3 full movie, eng. subs http://www.mojvideo.com/video-il-postino-1994-1-3-full-movie-eng-subs/461c7c50faa0bbb03cf7
You should be able to find these movies on NetFlix or on other online streaming sites that are freeOggi in Italia for High School, Seventh Edition; Merlonghi, Merlonghi, and TursiSUNY-Stony Brook; O’Connor, Boston College ISBN: 13 978-0-618-67812-9
Raccontini Simpatici/A reader for advanced beginning Italian studentsLiliana Briefel
Barron’s Foreign Language Guides501 Italian VerbsJoh Colanieri-Ph.D. and Vincent Lucian, Ph.D.
Workbook Italian/Two and Three YearsJoseph Tursi and Paul D. Cincinnato
Resources Alma TV Guarda video in italiano e metti alla prova la tua conoscenza della lingua su questo bellissimo sito.
BBC Improve you Italian by watching Italian TV, listening to Italian radio stations, and reading Italian newspapers. Have fun navigating through this amazing website!
Dizionario dei sinonimi e dei contrari Do you want to avoid repetition on your Italian essay? Do you want to know the antonym of an Italian word? Use this dictionary, type the word you wish to replace with a synonym/antonym and click search.
English-Italian Italian-English Online Dictionary Before translating a word, read all the meanings that word can have. Once you found the one you were looking for, translate without forgetting the agreement (gender and number) and the conjugation (if the word is a verb).
Esercizi di Italiano online Improve your knowledge of Italian by practicing it on this website.
Quizlet Do not cheat on Quizlet. I will compare your Quizlet grade with the one you will get in your Vocabulary Quiz in class. Play all the games you can find on Quizlet and then take the Test
Please keep this letter as a reference in Student Notebook.
Sign in and return the bottom portion only.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I have been given and explained the classrooms policies and procedures of Signora Terlizzi’s Italian Class. I have reviewed them with my parent/guardian. I understand and accept the responsabilities in this document. Student's signature _________________________ Print name_____________________________________
Parent/Guardian's signature ___________________ Print name ___________________________________Year:________________________Date:_______________________Phone:_________________________
ORLD LANGUAGE ASSESSMENTS USING RUBRICS
ITALIAN
Diagnostic Formative Summative(before) (during) (after)
Pretest Notes/Tests Notes/ TestsStudent Survey Quizzes Quizzes
Oral Questions/Written Assignments Written
Discussion Oral Presentations AssignmentsAnticipatory Set Class Participation Oral
Questions Homework PresentationsAural/Oral Tests Class Participation ClassEssays
Participatory Rubrics Participation
Objective Anticipatory Sets Homework
Tests Interpretive & ClassReading Interpersonal ParticipationComprehension Activities Participatory
Class Discussion Role Play RubricsJournals Anticipatory SetsResearch Interpretive &
InterpersonalActivitiesRole PlayJournalsResearch
GRADING POLICY 1-Homework and In-Class Assignments: 10%2-Class Participation/Behavior/Attendance: 10%3-Tests-Summative and Formative/Research and Quizzes: 80%
STUDENT_________________________________________PERIOD__________________________________________
ITALIAN 1 2 3 4 Please keep this letter as a reference in Student
Notebook.Sign in and return the bottom portion only to your
teacher .-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I have been given and explained the classrooms policies and procedures of Signora Terlizzi’s Italian Class. I have reviewed them with my parent/guardian. I understand and accept the responsabilities in this document.
Student's signature ________________________________________________________ Print name______________________________________________________________
Parent/Guardian's signature _____________________________________________________ Print name ____________________________________________________________________YEAR: __________________________________DATE:________________________________PHONE:______________________________________________________________________
