Ninth graders learn the Italian past tense, the passato prossimo — formed with avere or essere plus a past participle: ho mangiato (I ate), sono andato/a (I went), ho fatto (I did). Now they can narrate the past.
Students will be able to…
What did you do yesterday? How do you talk about the past in Italian?
Project each item and have students answer about the Italian passato prossimo.
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What did you do yesterday, and how do you say it in Italian?
Students learn.
Students practice.
Students speak.
Students close.
Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-Low).
Presentational: narrate past events.
Interpretive: understand past forms.
Compare tense systems.
Interpersonal: talk about the past.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students write one thing they did yesterday in Italian (“Ho ___” or “Sono ___”). A printable Italian past-tense sheet is in the World Languages library.
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