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[This course has multiple sections.] My Section: Instructor: Time: Email: Location: Office: Office Hrs: Course Content and Objectives: This is the first of two elementary Italian courses, ideal for someone with no prior knowledge of the language. This semester you will learn the basic skills of speaking, reading and understanding Italian. By the end of this course, you will be able to talk about student life, your interests, your family, shopping, and technology, with reference to both present and past experiences. You will develop a rich vocabulary, including phrases to use when studying or traveling in Italy. You will learn a lot about life in Italy, including the cultures of food, sports, education, and family. You will complete Chapters 1-4 of Sentieri, which you will continue to use in Ital 102 and Ital 203. The goal by the end of the course is to understand the logic of the language and to have simple conversations in Italian relating to basic themes of everyday life. Course Requirements: You are expected to keep up with the assigned readings, complete all homework with care, take quizzes and exams on the scheduled dates, participate actively, and show respect for your classmates and instructor. Please read the course policies (p. 2) with care, initialing each one to indicate your understanding. Please sign the sheet at the bottom and turn it into your instructor by the 3rd day of class. Extracurricular Cultural Events: In addition to our academic program, we seek ways to engage students outside of class. The following are a list of extracurricular events that we encourage you to participate in according to your aptitude, time and interest. Very few of these events are mandatory. Italian Film Series: a series of Italian Films (w/ subtitles) shown in the UG Library. Schedule posted on Sakai. Tavola italiana: an Italian conversation hour for beginning and intermediate levels. Schedule posted on Sakai. CIAO conversation hour: a weekly conversation hour for advanced students, hosted by the Italian Club. Italian Club: a UNC student organization devoted to promoting interest in Italian language and culture. To join, please subscribe to the listserv Italianclub and attend the first meeting. Italian Honor Society: If you perform well in your language class, you may be invited to join the National Italian Honor Society; you will be honored at our awards ceremony and the merit will be noted on your transcript. Italian Literary Contest: an annual literary contest with recognition and cash prizes. Sakai Italian For Fun: You are enrolled in a special Sakai site called Italian for Fun, in which you can discover additional opportunities to practice your Italian or to learn about study, work, and travel opportunities in Italy. Italian at UNC: The Department of Romance Studies offers Italian courses from beginning to advanced levels, as well as a major and minor with courses in advanced language, literature, culture, and film. The Italian major and minor are good choices for careers in International Relations & Business, Journalism,Communications, and Education. For information about the program or about study-abroad opportunities, talk to your instructor or the Italian Undergraduate Advisor Amy Chambless: achamble@email.unc.edu 1

ITAL 101 Course Requirements: Read carefully, initial each blank and sign at the bottom, confirming your willingness to respect these policies and be held accountable to them. Turn this page into your instructor by the 3rd day of class. Attendance Initials Each absence after the first three will result in an automatic deduction of 2 points from your total participation grade at the end of the semester. (3 tardies or leaving class early = 1 absence). The only excused absences are those involving a sporting event (if you are a member of a team) or a written note from a doctor explaining why you are physically unable to attend class (not simply a note confirming a visit to Student Health). Participation Initials Your participation grade will be evaluated by several criteria: coming to class prepared (having read the assigned pages and done the assigned exercises before class); speaking only Italian during class; volunteering often; working well in groups. The more you are absent, the less you will be able to meet these goals. Absences will drive this grade down considerably, even before the automatic deductions are taken. Homework Initials All homework should be written legibly or typed. We do not accept late assignments. Your homework assignments will be related to the grammatical and lexical content of the chapters and will include online exercises and handouts, journalwriting, blog or Twitter-posts, & attendance at 1 Italian cultural event. Special Projects Initials Special projects are opportunities to apply your language skills to assignments that are slightly larger in scope than daily homework. These projects give you the opportunity to assimilate lexical and grammatical skills from each chapter and to delve into one of the cultural themes found within. The projects this semester include three oral exams (a pronunciation evaluation, a monologue and a role-play), four temi (or essays to be written in class), and a group prezi project. Quizzes, Midterm and Final Initials 5 quizzes, a midterm, and a final are scheduled this semester. Note the dates. No make-ups are allowed. Your instructor may also give small vocabulary and grammar quizzes, which will count as homework grades. Professionalism Initials Students should come to class with a positive attitude. Cell phones should be turned off. There should be no use of electronic devices for any purpose other than meeting the lesson s objectives. Each failure to respect this policy will result in an automatic point deduction from the participation grade. When you communicate with your instructor, please use language appropriate for a professional relationship. Honor Code Initials All students should respect the rules of the Honor Code ( http://instrument.unc.edu/instrument.text.html#appendicesa). When doing all homework, you must work alone. You may not get help from classmates, tutors, or online translators. Violations are easy to detect. If you do not respect this policy, your instructor will carry out one of the sanctions outlined above. You will sign a pledge on your quizzes, exams, and grading rubrics, confirming your adherence to this policy. Achieving Your Goals Initials Because language learning is cumulative, it is essential for your success in this class that you review old material (grammatical and lexical content) as you learn the new. You will be held accountable for it. Grade Distribution Participation 15% Homework 20% Special Projects 10% Quizzes 20% Midterm 15% Final 20% Grade Scale A 91.50-100 A- 89.50-91.49 B+ 87.50-89.49 B 81.50-87.49 B- 79.50-81.49 C+ 77.50-79.49 C 71.50-77.49 C-69.50-71.4 D+ 67.50-69.49 D 59.50-67.49 F Below 59.50 I have read the course policies, understand them, and agree to respect them. 2

How to do well in this class: Do not miss homework, quiz or exam deadlines. No make-ups: zero Avoid online translators! Attend class and speak Italian all the time, using the vocabulary appropriate to your level. Do not worry about making mistakes when you speak. The more you practice, the more fluent you will become. If you are having trouble with Italian grammar, buy a copy of English Grammar for Students of Italian or consult it in the UG Library Reserves section. If you need extra help outside of class, visit any Italian instructor during his/her office hours and/or check the Resources folder of your Sakai page for information about getting help from a tutor. Use flashcards for learning new vocabulary and grammar points as soon as possible. Review material from previous chapters constantly as you learn the new. Use the Sakai Supersite as a resource for self-review, and let your instructor know if you need extra exercises. Learn as much about Italian culture as you can, and have fun! Resources for ITAL 101: Sentieri Supersite: http://vhlcentral.com (for completing the workbook and laboratory activities for your course and for accessing extra activities for self-study.) Sakai ITAL 101 course page: http://sakai.unc.edu (tells you everything you need to know for your Italian course: homework, test dates, grades, calendar of cultural events, information about tutoring and review sessions, etc.) Sakai Italian For Fun site: http://sakai.unc.edu (for signing up for Italian cultural events at UNC, and for accessing internet resources for learning more about Italian language and culture and for exploring study, travel, and work opportunities in Italy.) Your instructors (who can help you find ways to enhance your study of Italian; and Amy Chambless, Italian Undergraduate Adviser (achamble@email.unc.edu), who can answer your questions about course placement, study-abroad opportunities, and the Italian major and minor. Look at the end of this syllabus for the descriptions and rubrics for the oral exams, temi, prezi project and participation grade. Orals: p. 9; Temi: p. 12 Prezi: p. 13 Participation: p. 15 Film and Cultural Event Forms: p. 16 3

DATES LESSON MATERIAL DUE DATES AND COMMENTS Lezione 1A Lesson 1 19 agosto Contesti: Come va? -Vocabolario/Comunicazione/Pronuncia e ortografia (p. 2-5) *In preparation for class today, read over and begin to learn the vocabulary, p. 2-3. Use the Sentieri Supersite: vhlcentral.com to hear all of the words pronounced. Repeat them aloud. Lesson 2 21 agosto Strutture: -1A.1 Nouns & Articles (p. 10-11) HW 1: Due Friday, August 21 Lesson 3 24 agosto Lesson 4 26 agosto Review: -1A.1 Nouns & Articles Strutture: -1A.2 Numbers 0-100 (p. 12-13) Review for Quiz 1 (Lezione 1A) *Hand in page 2 of your syllabus today, with initials and signature, confirming that you have read and agreed to abide by the course policies. HW 2: Due Monday, August 24 Lesson 5 28 agosto QUIZ 1 (Lezione 1A) Quiz 1: Friday, August 28 Lezione 1B Lesson 6 31 agosto Contesti: Alla facoltà -Vocabolario/Comunicazione/Pronuncia e ortografia (p. 16-19) Strutture: -1B.1 Subject pronouns and the verb essere (p. 24-25) *In preparation for class today, read over and begin to learn the vocabulary on p. 16-17. Use the Supersite to hear all of the words pronounced. Repeat them aloud. HW 3: Due Monday, August 31 Lesson 7 2 settembre Review: -1B.1 Subject pronouns and the verb essere Strutture: -1B.2 Adjective agreement (p. 26-27) *Subject pronouns (io, tu.) are important to learn, but they are often omitted in everyday Italian, because the identity of the subject is already revealed by the ending of the verb. e.g. Sei studente = You are a student. *Note the difference between è (it is) and c è (there is)! Lesson 8 4 settembre Review: -1B.2 Adjective agreement Strutture: -1B.3 Telling time (p. 28-29) 4 *Note the difference between adjectives with 4 endings (like contento, italiano, etc.) and with 2 (like intelligente, francese, etc.)

*Don t forget to use the articles le and l when telling time: feminine because l ora (= hour) is a feminine noun. Orale 1: Due Friday, September 4 7 settembre Lesson 9 9 settembre Lesson 10 11 settembre Festa: Labor Day Lezioni sospese NO CLASS: Monday, September 7 Review for Quiz 2 (Lezione 1B) QUIZ 2 & Tema 1 (Lezione 1B) Quiz 2 & Tema 1: Friday,September 11 Lezione 2A Lesson 11 14 settembre Contesti: I passatempi -Vocabolario/Comunicazione/Pronuncia e ortografia (p. 40-43) Strutture: -2A.1 Regular -are verbs (p. 48-49) *In preparation for class today, study the vocabulary on p. 40-41. For practice, answer the following question: Quali sono i tuoi passatempi preferiti e perché? (What are your favorite pastimes and why?) HW 4: Due Monday, September 14 Lesson 12 16 settembre Lesson 13 18 settembre Review: -2A.1 Regular -are verbs Strutture: -2A.2 andare, dare, fare & stare (p. 50-51) Review for Quiz 3 (Lezione 2A) *The are verbs in this chapter are common; you will use them all the time. Learn their meanings quickly and continue to review them frequently. Flashcards work well to learn both their meaning and forms. HW 5: Due Wednesday, September 16 Lesson 14 21 settembre QUIZ 3 (Lezione 2A) & Tema 2 Quiz 3 & Tema 2: Monday, September 21 Lezione 2B Lesson 15 23 settembre Lesson 16 25 settembre Contesti: Che tempo fa oggi? -Vocabolario / Comunicazione / Pronuncia e ortografia (p. 54-57) Strutture: -2B.1 The verb avere (p. 62-63) Review: -2B.1 The verb avere Strutture: -2B.2 Regular -ere verbs (p. 64) *In preparation for class today, study the vocabulary on p. 54-55. As a practice exercise, describe a typical day in your hometown for every season of the year. HW 6: Due Wednesday, September 23 *Learning idioms (like the ones with avere) are critical to learning a language well and sounding like a native speaker. Put these on flashcards; you will use them all the time! 5

HW 7: Due Friday, September 25 Lesson 17 28 settembre Lesson 18 30 settembre Lesson 19 2 ottobre Review: -2B.2 Regular -ere verbs Strutture: -2B.2 Piacere (p. 65) Review: -2B.2 Piacere Strutture: -2B.3 Numbers 101 and higher (p. 66-67) Midterm Review (Units 1-2, esp. Lezione 2B) *Study piacere closely. Although it is used to express likes and dislikes, it works differently in Italian than the English verb to like. The thing (or activity) liked is the subject of the sentence and thus determines the form of the verb. Lesson 20 5 ottobre MIDTERM (Units 1-2, esp. Lezione 2B) Midterm: Monday, October 5 Lezione 3A Lesson 21 7 ottobre Contesti: La famiglia di Alessia Bianchi -Vocabolario/ Comunicazione/Pronuncia e ortografia (p. 78-81) Strutture: -3A.1 Possessives (p. 86-87) *In preparation for class today, read over and learn the vocabulary on p. 78-79. Write a few practice sentences introducing members of your own family. Your instructor will ask you about them today. HW 8: Due Wednesday, October 7 Lesson 22 9 ottobre Lesson 23 12 ottobre Lesson 24 14 ottobre Review: -3A.1 Possessives Strutture: -3A.2 Preposizioni semplici e articolate (p. 88-89) Prezi Projects: Choose groups and topics Prezi Projects: Groupwork OR CLASSES CANCELLED FOR UNIVERSITY DAY if your class meets between 10:00-1:00. Review: -3A.2 Preposizioni semplici e articolate Strutture: -3A.3 Regular -ire verbs (p. 90-91) *Remember, it is the object possessed (not the person who possesses it), which determines the ending of the adjective. E.g. his bicycle = la sua bicicletta (a feminine singular ending is used in order to agree with the feminine singular noun) HW 9: Due Friday, October 9 *Idiomatic uses of prepositions are very common (see the list on p. 89). Put them on flashcards and learn them well. You will find opportunities to use them every day. *Form 2 lists of the 2 different classes of ire verbs. As you learn new verbs, you can add them to the appropriate list and study them Prezi Project Proposal: Due Wednesday, October 14 HW 10: Due Wednesday, October 14 16 ottobre Lezioni sospese (Fall Break) NO CLASS: Friday, October 16 6

Lesson 25 19 ottobre Review Lezione 3A Work on Prezi Projects Lesson 26 21 ottobre TEMA 3 Work on Prezi Projects Tema 3: Wednesday, October 21 Lezione 3B Lesson 27 23 ottobre Lesson 28 26 ottobre Lesson 29 28 ottobre Contesti: Come sono? -Vocabolario / Comunicazione / Pronuncia e ortografia (p. 94-97) Strutture: -3B.1 Descriptive adjectives (p. 102-103) Review: -3B.1 Descriptive adjectives Strutture: -3B.2 Interrogatives (p. 104) Review: -3B.2 Interrogatives Strutture: -3B.2 Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns (p. 105) *In preparation for class today, read over and learn the vocabulary on p. 94-95. What is the meaning of Come sono? Choose 3 friends or family members to describe. *Remember the position of adjectives in Italian. Most go after the noun, but there are important exceptions (see p. 103). Be sure to learn the special endings of buono and bello when they appear before a noun. HW 11: Due Monday, October 26 *It is likely that you have already been learning and using many of these interrogatives (= question words) for a while. Note the placement of prepositions when they appear in the questions: e.g. Who are you talking with? = Con chi parli? (preposition before the interrogative.) HW 12: Due Wednesday, October 28 Lesson 30 30 ottobre Review for Quiz 4 (Unità 3) Lesson 31 2 novembre QUIZ 4 (Unità 3) Quiz 4: Monday, November 2 Lezione 4A Lesson 32 4 novembre Contesti: La tecnologia -Vocabolario / Comunicazione / Pronuncia e ortografia (p. 116-119) Strutture: -4A.1 Dovere, potere, and volere (p. 124-125) *In preparation for class, read over and study the vocabulary on p. 116-117. *Dovere, potere, and volere are important verbs. They are almost always followed by a second verb left unconjugated (i.e. in its infinitive: -are, -ere, or -ire form). e.g. I have to go. = Devo andare. Orale 2: Due Wednesday, November 4 Lesson 33 6 novembre Review: -4A.1 Dovere, potere, and volere *Now is a good time to review your other irregular verbs (e.g. andare, dare, fare, stare) 7

Strutture: -4A.2 Dire, uscire, and venire (p. 126) HW 13: Friday, November 6 Lesson 34 9 novembre Review: -4A.2 Dire, uscire, and venire Strutture: -4A.2 Disjunctive pronouns (p. 127) *When do you use disjunctive pronouns? Note the idioms on p. 127 that are commonly used with them. Lezione 4B Lesson 35 11 novembre Contesti: Facciamo spese -Vocabolario / Comunicazione / Pronuncia e ortografia (p. 130-133) Strutture:-4B.1 The passato prossimo (p. 138-139 & p. 160-161 ) *In preparation for class today, read over and study the vocabulary on p. 116-117. Practice reading the words aloud and put them on flashcards to learn them quickly. Lesson 36 13 novembre Review: -4B.1 The passato prossimo *Take your time to study this tense well. It is the most common and important past tense in Italian. Lesson 37 16 novembre Review: -4B.1 The passato prossimo Strutture: -4B.2 The verbs conoscere and sapere (p. 140-141) Remember that the passato prossimo is a two-part tense. Your instructor will explain how to distinguish verbs that go with essere from those that go with avere. Use flashcards to learn the essere verbs and to learn irregular past participles (e.g. scriverescritto; mettere messo, leggere letto, etc.) Lesson 38 18 novembre Lesson 39 20 novembre Lesson 40 23 novembre 25, 27 novembre Lesson 41 30 novembre Review Lezione 4B Prezi: Due Wednesday, November 18 QUIZ 5 + Tema 4 (Unit 4) Review for Final Exam (Units 1-4) Orale 3: Due Monday, November 23 THANKSGIVING: Lezioni sospese NO CLASS: November 25 & November 27 Prezi discussions Prezi discussions: Monday, November 30 Lesson 42 2 dicembre Review for Final Exam (Units 1-4) *By this day, you should have completed one cultural event and submitted a brief write-up on it. 7 dicembre Esame finale 8.00 FINAL EXAM: Monday, December 7 at 8:00 a.m. 8

Ital 101 Orale 1 - Pronunciation Practice [General Pronunciation; Target sounds: c and g, vowels, stress + fluency] For this oral test, you will record the sentences below on the Sentieri Supersite voiceboard. After that you should record three sentences in which you introduce and describe yourself. Your instructor will listen to your recording and will evaluate it for accuracy of pronunciation (including stress) and for fluency. Guidelines: Practice reading the sentences below before you record them. Think of some sentences with which to introduce yourself. (You can mention your name, that you re a student (of...?), where you are from, and a couple of adjectives to describe yourself. Visit the Sentieri Supersite at vhlcentral.com; click the link Voice Board, and then the title of the current Voice Board ( Orale 1 ). Follow the instructions provided. Remember that you must hit the post button in order to submit the recording to your instructor. Once you hit that button, you cannnot go back and re-do it. Print out this page and turn it into your instructor once you have recorded the dialogue. Name Pledge Articolare p. 19 Sentieri: La bicicletta costa cento dollari. L università è grande. Oggi fa caldo. L orologio è bello. Il ragazzo mangia alla mensa. Il principe è coraggioso. Correzioni: Target sounds / 30 Pace and fluency / 20 Total: /50 x 2 = / 100 9

Ital 101 Orale 2 - Genealogical Project For this project, you will do some research on the history of your family. For your sources, you may interview a relative or consult one of the websites listed below. Guidelines: Conduct your research on the history of your family. Go back at least three generations (great grandparents). Interview a family member who has done genealogical research and/or do such research yourself on a website like Ancesters.com. Gemeabios.com, or Accessgenealogy.com. Draw a family tree (albero genealogico), like the one found on p. 78-79, Sentieri. Label at least eight members of this tree, using the Italian family names in addition to the proper names. Write a brief monologue which you will submit to the Sentieri Voiceboard on the same day you submit your family tree. In this monologue, you should include answers to the following questions: Da dove viene la tua famiglia principalmente (paesi, regioni, città particolari)? Quale parente ha una vita secondo te (in your opinion) molto interessante? Perché? Descrivi questo parente, usando almeno tre aggettivi e tre verbi diversi. Che cosa hai imparato da questa ricerca che ti ha sorpreso? (What did you learn from this research that surprised you?) Visit the Sentieri Supersite at vhlcentral.com; click the link Voice Board, and then the title of the current Voice Board ( Genealogy Project ). Follow the instructions provided. Remember to hit the post button in order to submit the recording to your instructor. Once you hit the button, you cannnot go back and re-do it. Print out this page and turn it into your instructor once you have recorded the dialogue. Name Pledge Component Points family tree: good use of vocab; completeness of project pronunciation and oral fluency /15 /15 Total: /50 x 2 = / 100 grammatical accuracy /10 good use of vocabulary, care and completeness of assignment /10 10

Ital 101 Orale 3 - Role-Play [General Pronunciation + Vocab + Grammar + Fluency] For this oral test, you will create a dialogue between a student and a shop keeper in Florence, Italy. You will record this dialogue on the Sentieri Supersite voiceboard, where your instructor will listen to it and evaluate it. Guidelines: Read the prompt below carefully and ask your instructor if you have any questions about the assignment. Construct a dialogue including all of the components listed below. Pay special attention to both grammatical accuracy and proper word choice. This will typically require multiple drafts. Ask your instructor if you have any doubts about the words or constructions you have chosen. Visit the Sentieri Supersite at vhlcentral.com; click the link Voice Board, and then the title of the current Voice Board ( Orale 3 ). Follow the instructions provided. Remember that you must hit the post button in order to submit the recording to your instructor. Once you hit that button, you cannnot go back and re-do it. Print out this page and turn it into your instructor once you have recorded the dialogue. Topic: Dialogue between a student studying in Florence and a shop that s/he visits (clothing store, shoe store, etc.) Your conversation should include the following: greetings question and answer about a product a description of a product a request that produces an element of tension in the dialogue a resolution of that tension and a closing Use at least four different verbs and at least two adjectives. Name Pledge Component Points target sounds: vowels, consonant combinations; stress /15 Total: /50 x 2 = / 100 oral fluency /15 grammatical accuracy /10 good use of vocabulary + completeness of assignment /10 11

ITAL 101 TEMA Nome Grade /100 The tema is an opportunity to develop fluency in communicating ideas in Italian. It will be graded on the basis of content, organization and clarity, variety and accuracy of vocabulary, and accurate use of the grammatical concepts you have learned so far. Be thoughtful as you write, and use simple sentence structures to convey your ideas. Leave time to proofread before submitting! The following are categories used for assigning numerical grades. MOLTO BENE 90-100 punti: You will achieve a grade in this range if the following criteria apply to your essay: - Follows instructions - Adequate content (meets minimum word count) and minimal repetition - Good organization of ideas including logical transitions - Uses vocabulary appropriate to topic and level - Clear and comprehensible - Accurate use of grammar for this level, i.e. 10 errors or fewer relating to grammatical topics already covered BENE 80-89 punti: You will achieve a grade in this range if most of the following criteria apply to your essay: - Follows instructions - Adequate content (meets or is just short of minimum word count) and minimal repetition - Some small but persistent problems with vocabulary usage, comprehensibility, and/or organization of ideas - Inconsistent attention to grammar i.e. 15 errors or fewer relating to grammatical topics already covered SUFFICIENTE 70-79 punti: You will achieve a grade in this range if several of the following criteria apply to your essay: - Does not follow all instructions - Inadequate content (falls too far below minimum word count) and/or excessive repetition - Some problems with organization (the flow is disjointed and choice of statements seems arbitrary) - Too many problems with inappropriate word usage and inaccurate grammar (over 15 errors) - The problems outlined above are interfering with comprehensibility INACCETTABILE 0-69 punti: You will achieve a grade in this range if the following criteria apply to your essay - Does not follow instructions - Inadequate content (falls far below minimum word count) - Too many mistakes in grammar and vocabulary (over 25 errors) - Poorly organized and/or incomprehensible 12

Ital 101 Italian Culture Prezi Project This semester you will work in groups on a creative project involving research on an aspect of Italian culture of interest to you. After researching your topic, you will design a presentation of it using Prezi, a tool like powerpoint, which allows you greater flexibility in integrating different media into your slides. You can find the prezi platform at www. prezi.com. If Prezi is new to you, check out these tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xph2nl9aape&feature=related (Why Prezi) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=malowjicq-o (How to use it) Guidelines: 1. Choose the right topic! You may begin by choosing a general aspect of Italian culture to research (sports, politics, art, etc.). Then pick a more narrow aspect of that topic (e.g. a specific artist, public figure or cultural icon; a specific sporting event or media topic, a current controversy, etc. Choose a topic that will allow you to balance the factual details with larger ideas or connections, so that your classmates will be able to enjoy your show and come away with some general idea of the topic, even if they cannot remember all the details. 2. Each group should submit to their instructor a few sentences describing the project by the date specified on the syllabus. (You may write in English). 3. Do your research using a combination of English and Italian websites, articles, books, etc. 4. When you get ready to compose the textual information, make sure you take all the precautions necessary to avoid committing plagiarism. This means citing all information that reflects opinions, rather than common knowledge. Even more importantly, this means using your own words (and not those from an Italian website or an online translator) when composing your points. Please remember this. It is not difficult to recognize writing that is not your own; consequences for violating the Honor Code are severe: http://instrument.unc.edu/instrument.text.html#appendicesa) 5. As you develop your Prezi presentation, use a good mix of verbal and visual content (also songs, video clips, voiceovers, etc., if you like). Use simple written language that your classmates will understand. If you need to use some technical vocabulary or simply some new words (this is unavoidable), please provide definitions for them on the slide, either in Italian or in English. 6. Each student s contribution to the project should represent an equivalent of 80 words of verbal content (represented visually or through video or audio clips and not including English glosses). 7. At the end of your presentation, please include (on the last slide) a full bibliography of all the resources (books, magazine articles, websites, etc.) that you consulted. 8. When your presentation is complete, please save it on the Prezi site, and be sure to make assign it public access. You will post the link to it in the course Sakai site under Resources (choose your instructor and then the Prezi folder). Give the document the name of your project. 9. After the projects are submitted, each student will have one week to read and take notes on three other projects. Please come up with at least one question for each group whose project you read. 10. On the date specified on the syllabus, your instructor will divide you up into groups made up of students representing different Prezi projects. You will share some of the interesting facts that you learned, and you will also each be expected to ask at least one question to a classmate about his/her project. 11. Your grade for this project will be based upon the measures below. (See evaluation rubric). 13

Ital 101 Prezi Evaluation Name Pledge Total Points: / 100 You will be graded on three components of the project: (1) content (2) linguistic form (3) style: integration of media, effectiveness and creativity. Please hand in this form to your instructor, so that s/he may evaluate you. COMPONENTS POINTS COMMENTS: Content: reflects thorough research on a specific topic develops ideas in a clear and logical manner makes it clear to audience why topic is interesting or important avoids repetition Form: demonstrates grammatical accuracy (e.g. correct verb form; agreement btw. adjectives and nouns and btw. nouns and verbs; correct word order, etc.) uses vocabulary appropriate to level, including idioms is easily understood shows clear evidence of having consulted a dictionary Visual Effectiveness and Creativity: provides an adequate balance of textual, visual, or auditory input demonstrates creativity and thoughtfulness and is an effective teaching instrument / 40 / 40 / 20 Ital 101 Prezi Evaluation Name Pledge Total Points: / 100 You will be graded on three components of the project: (1) content (2) linguistic form (3) style: integration of media, effectiveness and creativity. Please hand in this form to your instructor, so that s/he may evaluate you. COMPONENTS POINTS COMMENTS: Content: reflects thorough research on a specific topic develops ideas in a clear and logical manner makes it clear to audience why topic is interesting or important avoids repetition Form: demonstrates grammatical accuracy (e.g. correct verb form; agreement btw. adjectives and nouns and btw. nouns and verbs; correct word order, etc.) uses vocabulary appropriate to level, including idioms is easily understood shows clear evidence of having consulted a dictionary Visual Effectiveness and Creativity: provides an adequate balance of textual, visual, or auditory input demonstrates creativity and thoughtfulness and is an effective teaching instrument / 40 / 40 / 20 14

Ital 101 Participation Evaluation Name COMPONENTS POINTS COMMENTS: Participation in Class Answers and asks questions frequently Participates actively in class discussion Preparation For Class: Comes to class having completed the assigned reading and written homework Does not engage in activities unrelated to class Use Of Italian: Speaks regularly in Italian when asking questions and performing activities in pair or group work Avoids speaking English in class Engagement In Group Work: Actively participates in pair work and group work. Shows respect towards classmates and stays on target /30 /30 /20 /20 Total Point Value : X [ / ] [classes attended / total classes] = Ital 101 Participation Evaluation Name COMPONENTS POINTS COMMENTS: Participation in Class Answers and asks questions frequently Participates actively in class discussion Preparation For Class: Comes to class having completed the assigned reading and written homework Does not engage in activities unrelated to class Use Of Italian: Speaks regularly in Italian when asking questions and performing activities in pair or group work Avoids speaking English in class Engagement In Group Work: Actively participates in pair work and group work. Shows respect towards classmates and stays on target /30 /30 /20 /20 Total Point Value : X [ / ] [classes attended / total classes] = 15

CULTURAL EVENT - FILM Nome Pledge Voto /50 A) ANALISI DEL FILM (in 5 frasi) /5 1. Qual è il titolo (title) del film? 2. Chi è il regista (director)? 3. Dove è ambientato il film? (Where is the movie set?) 4. In quale periodo è ambientato il film? (In what period is the movie set?) 5. Come si chiama il personaggio principale (the main character)? B) Scrivi tre frasi per descrivere la storia del film (the movie plot). /25 C) Ti è piaciuto il film? Perché o perché no? (Did you like the movie? Why or why not?) (You can answer in the present tense unless you already studied how to use the past) /20 16

CULTURAL EVENT- TAVOLA ITALIANA or Other Nome Pledge Voto /50 TAVOLA ITALIANA (or another event) (in 5 frasi) 1. Qual è l'argomento (topic) del giorno della Tavola Italiana? /10 2. Scrivi tre frasi per riassumere (to recap) la discussione. /25 3. La Tavola Italiana è stata interessante? Perché o perché no? /15 17