Supplementary courses for
Lower Secondary School
Secondary school

PROGRAMMING GRAMMAR KNOWLEDGE
DISCIPLINARY MODULES
Learning unit: phonology and spelling
The syllable
The accent
Elision and truncation
Punctuation
Capital letters
Learning unit: morphology
The article and the name
The adjective and the pronoun
The verb
The adverb
The preposition
The conjunction
PLANNING OF LITERATURE KNOWLEDGE
DISCIPLINARY MODULES
Learning unit: Myth and epic
Greek and Latin mythology
Learning unit: The classical epic
The Homeric poems (Iliad, Odyssey);
Virgil's Aeneid
Learning unit: The medieval epic
General characteristics. Carolingian cycle, Breton cycle, Nibelung saga
WRITING, READING, COMPREHENSION AND TEXT ANALYSIS
DISCIPLINARY MODULES
Learning unit: the study methodReading strategies: mechanical reading, scrolling reading, active reading with search for information
Learning unit: writingMethods and techniques for designing a written text (in content, form and purpose); guided and gradual processing exercises:
summary
theme
description
Learning unit: understanding and analysis of texts of different typologies
Narrative Texts:
The fairy tale
The fairy tale
The tale of fear
The humorous story
Descriptive Texts (of objects, people, places)
Poetic texts (main figures of sound and meaning)
OBJECTIVES
Comprehension of oral language:
Pay functional attention while listening;
Recognize the global meaning of an oral text;
Understand the characterizing elements of a text.
Comprehension of written language:
Read in a technically correct manner;
Understand the global meaning of a written text.
Oral language production:
Express yourself orally in a clear and correct way;
Expose a text in its essential lines;
Use appropriate vocabulary for different communication situations.
Production in the written language:
Use spelling and morphosyntax correctly;
Use appropriate vocabulary;
Plan a text coherently.
Knowledge of the functions of the language structure:
Know the phonological and morphological elements and know how to analyze them;
Consciously use reference tools (dictionary, textbook).
Knowledge and organization of contents:
Know the contents of the texts and the topics covered
MINIMUM OBJECTIVES
Recognize the global meaning of a text heard;
Read without difficulty and, if guided, understand the overall meaning of a written text;
Express a message in an understandable way;
Write simple, clear and substantially correct texts;
Recognise, if guided, the essential elements of morphology;
Know the main contents covered in essential terms.
CHECKS
During the school year, students will be subjected to the following periodic checks:
Subjective checks (questions, themes, summaries, guided conversations
Objective tests (semi-structured tests: multiple choice tests, completion tests, true/false and open questions)
METHODS AND TOOLS
Methodologies:- Frontal lessons, work in helping pairs, guided listening, guided exercises, group work.
Tools:
- Blackboard, textbooks, photocopies, structured cards, concept maps, audiovisual tools, dictionary.
PROGRAMMING GRAMMAR KNOWLEDGE
DISCIPLINARY MODULES
Learning unit: Recovery and strengthening of grammatical analysis
Learning unit: simple sentence syntax
The verbal predicate and the subject;
The nominal predicate;
Predicative complements
The object complement and the partitive object complement
Indirect complements (of term, specification, denomination, partitive, agent and efficient cause)
Compl. of cause
Compl. of end or purpose
Place complements
The complement of origin or provenance
The complements of time
PLANNING OF LITERATURE KNOWLEDGE
DISCIPLINARY MODULES
Learning unit:
Introduction to literature and literary genres.
The origins of the Italian language and the first documents of the "vulgar" Italian.
Learning unit: Study of selected passages in prose and poetry from Italian literature from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century.Authors: Saint Francis of Assisi, Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio, Francesco Petrarca, Lorenzo de' Medici, Ludovico Ariosto, Galileo Galilei, Carlo Goldoni.
WRITING, READING, COMPREHENSION AND TEXT ANALYSIS
DISCIPLINARY MODULES
Learning unit: the study methodStrengthening strategies: development of schemes and conceptual maps.
Learning unit: writingMethods and techniques for designing a written text, in content, form and purpose; guided and gradual processing exercises:
summary,
theme,
diary,
letter,
news,
review.
Learning unit: understanding and analysis of texts of different types:
Narrative texts
mystery story
adventure story
horror story
fantasy story
realistic story
Descriptive texts (of objects, people, landscapes)
Poetic texts (in-depth study of the figures of sound and meaning, paraphrase and commentary)
OBJECTIVES
Comprehension of oral language:
Pay functional attention while listening;
Identify the fundamental and secondary elements of an oral text;
Comprehension of written language:
Read in a technically correct and expressive way;
Understand the global meaning of a written text and know how to analyze it;
Identify the elements characterizing the typology and genre.
Oral language production:
Express yourself orally in a clear and correct way;
Rework a text orally, planning the speech;
Use appropriate vocabulary for different communication situations.
Production in the written language:
Use spelling and morphosyntax correctly;
Use appropriate vocabulary;
Plan a text in a coherent and articulated way.
Knowledge of the functions of the language structure:
Know the phonological, morphological and syntactic elements and know how to analyze them;
Consciously use reference tools (dictionary, textbook).
Knowledge and organization of contents:
Know the contents of the texts and rework them independently.
MINIMUM OBJECTIVES
Understand the main information of a text you listen to;
Read clearly and correctly, understanding the overall meaning of a written text;
Express yourself clearly and correctly;
Produce texts of various types, simple, clear and correct;
Analyse, if guided, elements of simple syntax;
Recognize, if guided, the essential elements of morphology; Know the contents covered in the essential lines and rework them in a simple and clear way.
CHECKS
During the school year, students will be subjected to the following periodic checks:
Subjective checks (questions, themes, summaries, guided conversations)
Objective tests (semi-structured tests: multiple choice tests, completion tests, true/false and open questions)
METHODS AND TOOLS
Methodologies:
Lessons, work in helping pairs, guided listening, guided exercises, group work.
Tools:
Blackboard, textbooks, photocopies, structured cards, concept maps, audiovisual tools, dictionary.
PROGRAMMING GRAMMAR KNOWLEDGE
DISCIPLINARY MODULES
Learning unit: recovery and strengthening
Simple sentence syntax summary exercises;
Introduction to the analysis of the period and repetition of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
Learning unit: Period analysisThe syntax of the sentence: the coordinated clause and the subordinate clause (subjective, objective, declarative, indirect interrogative, relative, temporal, final, causal, consecutive, etc.).
LITERATURE PROGRAMMING
DISCIPLINARY MODULES
Learning unit: Neoclassicism and Romanticism
The nineteenth century and Romanticism
U. Foscolo, G. Leopardi, A. Manzoni.
Learning unit: Realism
Verism, novels and short stories;
G. Verga.
Learning unit: between the 19th and 20th centuries
Opera: Decadentism, G. Pascoli, G. D'Annunzio,
The narrative: L. Pirandello.
Learning unit: The Twentieth CenturyThe main authors and the most significant movements of the twentieth century (I. Calvino, S. Ungaretti, E. Montale and S. Quasimodo).
WRITING, READING, COMPREHENSION AND TEXT ANALYSIS
DISCIPLINARY MODULES
Learning unit: RecoveryGuided spelling, morphosyntactic and lexical recovery exercises.
Learning unit: WritingWriting with a project: methods and techniques for planning a written text:
Theme (list of ideas, schedule, drafting of the text, self-correction and final draft);
Report.
Learning unit: Textual analysis
Analysis of texts belonging to different typologies and genres:
Narrative (mystery, science fiction, horror, realistic);
expository;
argumentative;
poetic (paraphrase, commentary, rhetorical figures).
anthological readings on interdisciplinary topics: current affairs, historical-geographical themes, social problems.
Learning unit: Study method
Consolidation and/or strengthening of reading strategies: read to get an idea; read to look for information; read thoroughly to study.
Consolidation and/or strengthening of reading functional to study: recognition and selection of essential information.
OBJECTIVES
Comprehension of oral language:
Pay functional attention in the listening situation;
identify the fundamental and secondary elements of an oral text;
understand the global meaning of an oral text;
recognize the different types of text and their communicative function.
Comprehension of written language:
Read in a technically correct and expressive way;
understand the overall meaning of a written text;
recognize the elements characterizing the typology and genre;
relate elements of different texts and compare them.
Oral language production:
Express yourself orally in a clear and correct way;
rework a text orally, in a clear and exhaustive way;
use appropriate vocabulary for different communication situations.
Production in the written language:
Use spelling and morphosyntax correctly;
use appropriate vocabulary;
plan a text in a coherent way, using acquired techniques.
Knowledge of the functions of the language structure:
Know the phonological, morphological and syntactic elements of the language and know how to analyze them;
consciously use consultation tools (dictionary, textbook, magazines...).
know the historical-evolutionary aspects of the Italian language.
Knowledge and organization of contents:
Know and organize the contents by structuring them independently.
MINIMUM OBJECTIVES
Pay attention when listening and understand the main information;
read clearly and correctly, grasping the main information of a written text;
express yourself clearly and correctly;
produce texts of various types, coherent, clear and correct;
know how to analyze, if guided, elements of morpho-syntax;
know the contents in their essential lines and rework them in a simple and clear way.
CHECKS
During the school year, students will be subjected to the following periodic checks:
subjective checks (questions, themes, summaries, guided conversations);
objective tests (semi-structured tests: multiple choice tests, completion, true/false and open response).
METHODS AND TOOLS
Methodologies:
Lessons, work in helping pairs, guided listening, guided exercises, group work.
Tools:
Blackboard, textbooks, photocopies, structured cards, concept maps, audiovisuals, dictionary.

