Note: Assignments for Events 1 and 2 are due by 11:59 PM Eastern time two days before the last day of each scheduled lesson week (except for the last week); assignments for Events 3 and 4 and all other activities are due by 11:59 PM Eastern time on the last day of each scheduled week.

Course Schedule
Tour DaysActivities
Before You Depart

Day 1: Rome
  • Read the Programma Di Studio / Syllabus
  • Read the Before You Depart Materials (under Itinerario)
  • Read Chapter 12: What is A Subject Pronoun? (pages 31-34)
  • Read Chapter 19: What are Some Equivalents of "To Be"? (pages 52-54)
  • Read Chapter 2: What is a Noun? (pages 7-12)
  • Read Chapter 5: What is An Article? (pages 15-19)
  • Read Chapter 4: What is Meant by Number? (pages 13-14)
  • Practice pronouncing Italian Sounds (under Itinerario / Getting Started)
  • Record an Introduce Yourself video
  • Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
  • Complete and submit the Day 1 Verifica: Performance Check
Day 2: Rome
  • Read Chapter 7: What is a Verb? (pages 22-25)
  • Read Chapter 13: What is a Verb Conjugation? (pages 35-41)
  • Read Chapter 18: What is the Present Tense (page 51)
  • Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 3 Pratica Orale with your partner
  • Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
Day 3: Rome
  • Read Chapter 31: What is an Adjective?
  • Read Chapter 32: What is a Descriptive Adjective (pages 93-96)
  • Read Chapter 34: What is a Possessive Adjective? (pages 100-104)
  • Read Chapter 7: What is a Verb? (pages 22),
  • Read Chapter 8: What is an Infinitive? (pages 24-25),
  • Read Chapter 13: What is a Verb Conjugation? (pages 35-41), and
  • Read Chapter 18: What is the Present Tense? (page 51)
  • Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 3 Pratica Orale with your partner
  • Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
  • Complete and submit the Day 3 Verifica: Performance Check
Day 4: Florence
  • Read Chapter 34: What is a Possessive Adjective? (pages 100-104)
  • Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
Day 5: Florence
  • Read Chapter 38: What is a Preposition? (pages 112-114)
  • Read Chapter 31: What is an Adjective? (page 93)
  • Read Chapter 32: What is a Descriptive Adjective? (pages 94-96)
  • Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 3 Pratica Orale with your partner
  • Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
Day 6: Florence
  • Read Chapter 38: What is a Preposition? (pages 112-114)
  • Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
  • Complete and submit the Day 6 Verifica: Performance Check
Day 7: Milan
  • Read Chapter 21: What is a Participle? (page 60)
  • Review Chapter 34: What is a Possessive Adjective? (pages 100-104)
  • Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 3 Pratica Orale with your partner
  • Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
  • Complete and submit the Day 7 Verifica: Performance Check
Day 8: Milan
  • Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 3 Pratica Orale with your partner
  • Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
Day 9: Milan
  • Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 3 Pratica Orale with your partner
  • Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
  • Complete and submit the Day 9 Verifica: Performance Check
Day 10: Turin
  • Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
  • Complete and submit the Written Assignment
Day 11: Turin
  • Review Chapter 31: What is an Adjective? (page 93) and Chapter 32: What is a Descriptive Adjective (pages 94-96)
  • Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
  • Complete and submit the Written Assignment
Day 12: Turin
  • Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 3 Pratica Orale with your partner
  • Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
  • Complete and submit the Written Assignment
Day 13: Rome
  • Record Event 1 Pratica Orale in
  • Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 3 Pratica Orale with your partner
  • Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
  • Complete and submit the Day 13 Verifica: Performance Check
Day 14: Rome
  • Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
  • Complete and submit the Day 14 Verifica: Performance Check
  • Complete SRTE (Student Rating of Teaching Effectiveness)
Day 15: Rome
  • Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
  • Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
  • Complete and submit the Final Exam
  • Complete SRTE if you haven't done so