| Content |
increasingly complex vocabulary, sentence structures, and expressions, including:- complex questions and opinions
- sequence of events in stories
- needs and emotions
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Italian 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: questions |
Elaboration: use of stare with the gerund form of the verb (e.g., Cosa stavi facendo? Stavo lavorando...) |
| Keyword: opinions |
Elaboration: e.g., Sono d'accordo con tutto tranne... |
| Keyword: sequence |
Elaboration: using appropriate verb tenses and expressions of time (e.g., primo, poi, dopo, successivamente) |
| Keyword: needs |
Elaboration: e.g., Ho bisogno di sapere la verità |
| Keyword: emotions |
Elaboration: e.g., Mi sento triste… |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize First Peoples perspectives and knowledge; other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge |
Italian 12 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: ways of knowing |
Elaboration: e.g., First Nations, Métis, and Inuit; and/or gender-related, subject/discipline-specific, cultural, embodied, intuitive |
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| Curricular Competency |
Analyze personal, shared, and others’ experiences, perspectives, and worldviews through a cultural lens |
Italian 12 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: cultural lens |
Elaboration: e.g., values, practices, traditions, perceptions |
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| Curricular Competency |
Identify and explore opportunities to continue language acquisition beyond graduation |
Italian 12 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: opportunities |
Elaboration: e.g., clubs, online resources, personal connections, travel, and volunteering |
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| Curricular Competency |
Identify and explore educational and personal/professional opportunities requiring proficiency in Italian |
Italian 12 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: educational and personal/professional opportunities |
Elaboration: e.g., academic research, translation, international affairs, government, teaching, travel, study abroad |
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| Curricular Competency |
Engage in experiences with Italian people and communities |
Italian 12 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: Engage in experiences |
Elaboration: e.g., visiting local Italian neighbourhoods, interviewing members of the Italian community, inviting guest speakers, and watching documentaries; blogs, classroom and school visits (including virtual/online visits), concerts, exchanges, festivals, films, plays, social media, and businesses where Italian is spoken |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize and explain connections between language and culture |
Italian 12 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: language and culture |
Elaboration: as expressed through creative works, regional dialects, and historical origins of words and expressions |
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| Curricular Competency |
Identify perspectives in texts |
Italian 12 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: perspectives |
Elaboration: A text can reflect the author’s personal point of view which may include bias. |
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| Curricular Competency |
Share information using the presentation format best suited to their own and others’ diverse abilities |
Italian 12 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: presentation format |
Elaboration: e.g., digital, visual, verbal; aids such as charts, graphics, illustrations, music, photographs, videos, props, digital media |
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| Curricular Competency |
Express themselves effectively, with fluency and accuracy, both orally and in writing |
Italian 12 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: fluency and accuracy |
Elaboration: using the full range of tenses and moods, developing flow, employing precise vocabulary, and using appropriate structures |
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| Curricular Competency |
Exchange ideas and information, both orally and in writing |
Italian 12 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Exchange ideas |
Elaboration: with peers, teachers, and members of the wider community; can include virtual/online conversations |
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| Curricular Competency |
Support and defend opinions on a variety of topics |
Italian 12 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Respond personally to a variety of texts |
Italian 12 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Respond personally |
Elaboration: provide personal interpretations or opinions |
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| Curricular Competency |
Narrate and write stories |
Italian 12 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Narrate |
Elaboration: Use expressions of time and transitional signs to show logical progression.Use past, present, and future time frames. |
| Keyword: stories |
Elaboration: Stories are a narrative form of text that can be oral, written, or visual. Stories are derived from truth or fiction and may be used to seek and impart knowledge, entertain, share history, and strengthen a sense of identity. |
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| Curricular Competency |
Use various strategies to increase understanding and produce oral and written language |
Italian 12 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: strategies |
Elaboration: For example:negotiate meaning by using questions in Italian and other techniques for clarificationsummarize information in oral, visual, and written formsuse dictionaries and other reference materials for clarity of comprehension and expression |
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