Year 8

Schemes of work

Unit 5 New language content New context Alternativecontext

Level range

Dove abiti -Dwelling

-Questions with Dove and Chi

-Use of c’é

-Cardinal numbers

-Colours

-Personal pronouns

-Regular are and ere verbs

-Where you live

-Rooms

-Furniture

-Possessive adjectives

-Possessive pronouns

-Agreement of adjectives

-Negative

-Prepositions

-Songs:-Era una casa molto carina (rooms)

-Nursery rhymes:-Torino é una bella cittá (colours)

2-4

Unit 6 New language content New context Alternativecontext

Level range

Cosa si mangiaCosa si beve

-Quantity, measures and packaging

-introduction to avere fame, avere sete and vorrei

-Asking for the price

-Preposition Di + definite article

-Buying food and drinks

-Different meals

-Accept or refuse an offer

-Asking for the price

-Numbers

-Negatives

-Use of c’é

-Songs:-Al mercato-(food)

-Ti piace il cappuccino?-(drinks)

2-4+

Unit 7 New language content New context Alternativecontext

Level rang

Come stai? -Expressions with avere

-Regular ire verbs

Irregular verbs uscire and Dire

-Ask and say Come stai

-Irregular plurals of nouns

-Further pronunciation and spelling rules

-Names of parts of the body

-Illnesses (problems remedies)

-Healthy lifestyle

-Sports

-Cultural awareness Football in Milano

-Fairy tales stories

-How to recognise the body language of the Italian people

-Songs:-Se sei felice (parts of the body)-I tre porcellini-Cappuccetto rosso (fairy tales)

-Fairy tales:-I tre porcellini

2-5

Unit 8 New language content New context Alternativecontext

Level rang

Cosa vuoi fareil finesettimana

-Modal verbs (volere, potere, dovere)

-Irregular verbs andare and fare

-Use of the impersonal si

-Prepositions (a + article, in and da)

-Imperative

-Location in town / country

-Giving and understanding directions

-Distance

-Making and discussing arrangements(social andtransactional)

-Negotiating and stating future plans and intentions

-Writing a diary

-Cultural awareness Explore the city of Milano

-accept or refuse an invitation

-Power Point on Milano and fashion

-Songs:-Innamorarsi a Milano

2-5+

Unit 9 New language content New context Alternativecontext

Level rang

Gli altri paesi -Prepositions a + cities and in + countries

-1st, 2nd and 3rd plural regular and irregular verbs endings

-Ask and say Che ora é

-Ask and say Che tempo fa

-Use of adjectives to describe nationalities (singular and Plural)

-further pronunciation / spelling rules

-Continents, countries, capitals nationalities and languages

-The weather

-Introduction to daily routine

-The time

-Cultural awareness Italians in Australia

-Recognition of symbols related to the weather

-Seasons, months and days of the week

-Songs:-L’estate sta finendo

-Primavera

2-5+