Lesson 2: Le Facccende
Duration of Days: 14
Lesson Objective
Students will be able to:
Identify and use vocabulary for household chores and daily routines.
Describe who does which chores at home in Italian.
Talk about personal and family responsibilities at home.
Compare household roles and routines in Italy versus the U.S.
Use verbs and expressions related to chores in present tense and daily routine context.
Apply knowledge to real-life situations like organizing household tasks or discussing chores.
What are common household chores in Italy?
How do Italians divide chores among family members?
How do you describe your own daily chores in Italian?
Which chores are similar or different in Italian vs. American households?
What expressions or verbs are used to talk about doing chores?
How does doing chores relate to daily life and family responsibilities in Italy?
Why is understanding chores vocabulary useful in real-life conversations?
fare le faccende
apparecchiare (la tavola)
fare il letto
sparecchiare
il cuscino
il bucato
la coperta
fare il bucato
il lenzuolo/ le lenzuole
mettere in ordine
Che casino!
sporcare
E` un porcile!
passare l’aspirapolvere
macchiato
spolverare
schifoso
lavare i piatti
sporco
spazzare
la scopa
la lavastoviglie
asciugare
l’asciugatrice
la lavatrice
la spazzatura
stirare
il ferro da stiro
(1.1–1.3):
- Interpersonal: Talk about chores, ask and answer questions about responsibilities.
- Interpretive: Understand written or spoken descriptions of daily routines.
- Presentational: Describe routines and family responsibilities.
(2.1): Understand family dynamics and expectations regarding chores in Italian culture.
(4.1, 4.2): Compare Italian and U.S. household responsibilities and routines.
Communities (5.1): Apply knowledge to real-life contexts like discussing chores at home or traveling.
DOK 1: Identify vocabulary for chores and household objects.
DOK 2: Describe personal and family chores; explain daily routines.
DOK 3: Compare household responsibilities in Italy and the U.S.; justify who does what chores.
DOK 4: Plan and present a weekly chore schedule for a family in Italy or a cultural comparison project.
- Discussing chores prepares students for talking about personal responsibilities in Italian.
- Comparing chores between Italy and the U.S. fosters cultural awareness.
- Understanding daily routines helps with real-life communication, e.g., describing your day, organizing tasks, or living in a host family.
- Connects to personal organization, life skills, and cross-cultural empathy.
1. Students may assume chores are divided the same way in all Italian households.
2. Students may confuse verbs related to chores (lavare, pulire, spolverare, riordinare).
3. Students may think all chores are daily rather than occasional.
4. Students may overgeneralize U.S. norms for household responsibilities to Italy.
5. Students may misunderstand reflexive verbs when describing daily routines.
Novice Learners: Use visual chore charts, labeled pictures, and sentence starters (“Io…”, “Mio fratello…”, “Facciamo…”)
Intermediate Learners: Role-play family chore discussions, write a paragraph describing personal chores, compare routines.
Advanced Learners: Research Italian family routines, create a weekly chore schedule, or present a cultural comparison project.
Supports: Peer collaboration, chunked dialogues, modeling.
Extensions: Compare regional variations, discuss gender roles in chores, or design an ideal chore system for a family.
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