| Big Ideas |
Acquiring a new language provides a unique opportunity to access and interact with diverse communities. |
Italian Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Exploring diverse forms of cultural expression allows us to experience and appreciate cultural diversity. |
Italian Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: forms of cultural expression |
Elaboration: representing the experience of the people from whose culture they are drawn (e.g., painting, sculpture, theatre, dance, poetry and prose, filmmaking, musical composition, architecture) |
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| Big Ideas |
Expressing ourselves in a new language requires courage, risk taking, and perseverance. |
Italian Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Stories help us to acquire language and understand the world around us. |
Italian Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
| 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. |
| Keyword: understand the world |
Elaboration: by exploring, for example, thoughts, feelings, knowledge, culture, and identity |
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| Big Ideas |
Listening and viewing with intent supports our acquisition and understanding of a new language. |
Italian Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism |
Italian Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: cultural appropriation |
Elaboration: use of a cultural motif, theme, “voice,” image, knowledge, story, song, or drama, shared without permission or without appropriate context or in a way that may misrepresent the real experience of the people from whose culture it is drawn |
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| Content |
cultural practices in various Italian communities |
Italian Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: cultural practices |
Elaboration: For example:protocols, sports, food, fashionrelating to celebrations, holidays, and events (e.g., regional celebrations such as il Palio di Siena, il Carnevale di Viareggio, the local sagre)daily practices such as meal timesthe idiomatic use of language (e.g., espressioni con il verbo avere: avere fame, avere sete, avere sonno, avere fretta; or expressions such as magari; che figata; conosco i miei polli) |
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| Content |
contributions of Italian Canadians, past and present |
Italian Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: contributions of Italian Canadians |
Elaboration: e.g., early immigrants to Canada; working on the Canadian Pacific Railway |
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| Content |
common elements of stories |
Italian Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: common elements of stories |
Elaboration: place, characters, setting, plot, problem, resolution |
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| Content |
Italian cultural festivals and celebrations |
Italian Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: cultural festivals and celebrations |
Elaboration: le Sagre, il Palio, la Pasqua, il Carnevale |
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| Content |
First Peoples perspectives connecting language and culture, including oral histories, identity, and place |
Italian Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: oral histories |
Elaboration: e.g., conversations with an Elder about celebrations, traditions, and protocols |
| Keyword: identity |
Elaboration: Identity is influenced by, for example, celebrations, traditions, and protocols for local Aboriginal cultural celebrations and festivals. |
| Keyword: place |
Elaboration: Place is any environment, locality, or context with which people interact to learn, create memory, reflect on history, connect with culture, and establish identity. The connection between people and place is foundational to First Peoples perspectives on the world. A sense of place can be influenced by territory, food, clothing, and creative works. |
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| Content |
past, present, and future time frames |
Italian Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: time frames |
Elaboration: past, present, and future tenses of regular and irregular verbs in context |
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| Content |
common, high-frequency vocabulary, sentence structures, and expressions, including:- types of questions
- descriptions of people, objects, and locations
- personal interests, beliefs and opinions
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Italian Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: expressions |
Elaboration: quantity, time, and place (e.g., due chilli di, alle otto e mezza, a scuola); idiomatic expressions (e.g., In bocca al lupo! perdere tempo, piove a catinelle) |
| Keyword: questions |
Elaboration: Come ti chiami? Quanti fratelli e sorelle hai? Cosa ti piace fare dopo scuola? |
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| Content |
gender and number |
Italian Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
Italian phonemes |
Italian Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: phonemes |
Elaboration: individual speech sounds (e.g., c+e, i, a, o, u, ch+e, gn, or gli) |
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