Year 7

Schemes of work

Unit 1

Level 1/2

New language content

New context Alternativecontext

Language

Greetings:Ciao! Salve!Buongiorno!Arrivederci!Introductions:Come ti chiami?Mi chiamo Maria.Where one lives: Dove abiti?Abito in Via..Age:Quanti anni hai?Ho....anniBirthdays:Quand’é il tuo compleanno?Family:Hai fratelli/ sorelle?Si, ho un fratello!No, non ho sorelle.Pets:Hai animali a casa?Si, ho un gatto.No, non ho animali

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-Say hello & goodbye: -Ask someone their name

-Say your name-Numbers 1-31-Where you live -Basic pronunciation / spelling rules

- Negatives-Present tense of ‘avere’-Indefinite Article

-Meeting and greeting people

-The date, age and birthdays

-Months

-Seasons

-The alphabet-Family-Pets

-Cultural awareness art music food / drinks monuments famous artists Italian icons (Vespa, Ferrari)

-Songs: Il piccolo naviglio(numbers)

-Nella vecchia fattoria-Hai un animale?(pets)

-Nursery rhymes:-Filastrocca dei mesi (months)

Alfabeto:AulaBancoCattedraDiarioEvidenziatoreFoglioGommaHi-fiInchiostroLibroMatitaNeonOrologioPennaQuadernoRigaSediaTelevisioneUniformeVideoZaino

Unit 2 New language content New context Alternativecontext

Level range

La scuola

- Definite articles

- Numbers 32-69

- Regular plurals

-Asking for and giving simple opinions and reasons using ‘perché?’

-Further pronunciation / spelling rules and classroom instructions

- Imperative

-Classroom objects

-Classroom instructions

-Names-Age-Birthdays-The alphabet-Negative-Days of the week-The verb ‘avere’

-Nursery rhymes: (alphabet)(days of the week)

-Song:(happy birthday)

1-3

Unit 3 New language content New context Alternativecontext

Level range

Passatempi -Giocare a + definite article

-Use of infinitive after amare and other verbs

-Adverbs of time and frequency

-Combining sentences with conjunctions

-Numbers 70-100

-Common irregular verbs (eg fare and andare)

-A + definite article

-Regular ‘are’ verbs

-Prepositions

-Sport

-Musical instruments

- Hobbies

-Writing an informal letter

-Home activities

-Domestic tasks

-School activities

-Self and family

-Opinions

-Songs:(Dove vai?)

1-3+

Unit 4 New language content New context Alternativecontext

Level range

La famiglia -possessive adjectives (1st, 2nd and 3rd person)

-agreement of adjectives

-further pronunciation / spelling rules

-Introduction to independent reading

-Present tense of the verb essere

-Physical descriptions

-Description of personality

-Names

-Ages

-Birthdays

-Where people live

-Verb avere (1st, 2nd

, 3rd person singular)

-Songs:la famiglia dei Gobbon(family)

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