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Lezione 5, all text and workbook assignments given in class are to
be completed by Monday, 11/18, for exam on Lezione 5.
Have a group selected and a film to watch by 11/18 also.
Your choice will be approved first.
Prepare for an oral exam: select a paragraph from the resources
you have to read. You may read in class or in my office.
See class blackboard for details of today's work and the hand out sheet
about the rest of the semester.
1 novembre
Study the computer print out for quiz on Monday. Do all exercises
in workbook, and lab manual concerning
Interrogative words, forming questions, the vocabulary,
irregular verbs, fare, stare, dare, the days of the week and expressions
of time.
See blackboard for assignments. If you cannot get blackboard
to work, dial help desk x4715 and ask for help.
per 1 ottobre
memorize possessive adjectives p 54 in text for class
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First assignment : Survey Italian names online and select one which suits your new Italian personality. She is the one who will read, write and speak excellent Italian for the semester. You may put all your insecurities about learning a language out of your mind and give 'her' the job. She can do it because she IS Italian.
il compito per venerdi
Text: read pp 9-16 review vocabulary, and numbers.
Wkbk: pp 3 exercise A,B,C,D
il compito per lunedi
Write a paper about a place you would like to visit in Italy, and why.
Where is it and what does it look like. One page, double spaced.
Wkbk: p 4 do ex E,F.G
il compito
Wkbk: ex. A,B,C
Lab Manual (audio): do activities 1 thru 9
il compito per giovedi, il 12 settembre
text: p 29 do exercise A, B
p32 do exercise D,E,F,G
wkbk: p 9 do exercise B, C, F, G
lab manual: p 171 do activity 1, 3,4,5
il compito
text p 19, do readings and answer questions
p 35 do ex m, n. o
wkbk p 12 ex H (objects) ex I (avere) ex J (article) ex. K, L
il compito per venerdi
text p37, do c,d,e (see a)
wkbk p 15 do m,n,o,p
lab manual, p 173 act 7,8,9
Write a dialogue (to hand in) introducing yourself to another student,
see p 37 text for questions to ask, in Italian, and to respond to in Italian.
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per venerdi
Lezione 2
Do all text exercises and workbook exercises for practice. The
lab manual is also helpful.
We will review on Friday for exam on Monday
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See Blackboard for additional information;
Prepare youself for a presentation of a film viewing.
Select three or four other students to work with and see a film from
the list on Blackboard,
Watch the film together and pick out Italian words you recognize and
what the story is. Then present the comparisons to the class
This will be do right before Thanksgiving.