1 st week in September Duration: 5 weeks Preliminary Unit & Personal Identification Numbers Days Months Seasons Adjectives Weather Time Salutations Nationalities Interview type questions Present tense verbs (are, ere, ire) Gender & number of nouns Subject pronouns Making nouns plural Definite articles Indefinite articles Ask and answer interview questions Physically and mentally describe themselves Express likes and dislikes Express the time, date and weather Greet one another appropriately Create logical sentences in the present tense
2 nd Week in October Duration: 3 weeks The Family Family members Family related verbs Possessive Adjectives The verb piacere (mi piace/mi piacciono) with a focus on the third person conjugation A continuation of the conjugation of reflexive verbs related to the family Identify family members Physically describe members of the family Describe family member s personality traits Express the likes and dislikes of different family members
1 st week of November Duration: 3 weeks House/Home Rooms of a house Furniture Household chores Contractions Prepositions: da,a,per,di,su, in,sotto,sopra,accanto a,con, davanti -isco verbs The irregular verb fare modal verbs: volere,potere,dovere Identify rooms of the house Identify furniture one would find in the house Express chores done around the house Describe the location of furnishings in a room
1 st week of January Duration: 2 weeks School Life Classroom objects School subjects Class preferences The verb preferire Culture: School life in Italy vs. School life in the U.S.A. Identify classroom objects Express their preferences in regards to subjects and their school day Identify similarities and differences between school in Italy and the U.S.A. Express the likes and dislikes about food Answer basic questions about their school, school schedules, and themselves
1 st week of February Duration: 2 weeks Food Courses of a meal Table settings Fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, grains, sweet and beverages Elements of a menu Ordering in a restaurant Past Tense (Passato Prossimo) Identify foods and beverages in Italian Read an authentic menu Order a meal Express the likes and dislikes about food Identify table settings Express what they ate using the past tense
Last week of February Duration: 2 weeks Community and Neighborhood Places in a city Means of transportation Giving directions Reading a map Prepositions (a, da, preposizioni di luogo) Identify locations of places in a city/town Ask and follow directions Give directions Express how one travels
Second week of March Duration: 3 weeks Shopping Clothing Patterns Colors Measurements Fabrics Adjective/noun agreement (gender and number) Identify articles of clothing Express their needs and wants when shopping Describe (in detail) what someone is wearing Culture: Italian Fashion
Second week of April Duration: 2.5 weeks Health & Welfare Parts of the body Illnesses and ailments Remedies Symptoms Personal Hygiene Reflexive Verbs Identify parts of the body Express how they feel Describe their daily routine Culture: The role of the Italian pharmacy
First week of May Duration: 2 weeks Earning a Living Jobs/Professions Work environment Job related adjectives Present tense of fare Review of essere Conditional of piacere and volere in the first person singular Identify different professions Express their job preferences Ask and answer interview questions Describe their qualifications for a job
Third week of May Duration: 2 weeks Travel and Leisure Method of transportation Airport related vocabulary Train station related vocabulary Sports TV/Film The present tense of the verb andare Future tense Express future travel plans Make travel arrangements (pack a suitcase, buy a ticket, book a room) Express likes and dislikes about film, TV and sports
Italian Level 2: Forza Due Preliminary Unit- Personal Identification Interrogatives Months Days Adjectives Seasons Numbers Colors Subject pronouns Definite articles Indefinite articles Gernder agreement Number agreement Io form with avere and essere Salutations Goodbyes Unit 2- Family/House and Home Avere Essere Singular possessive adjectives Singular forms of reflexive verbs Possessive adjectives Unit 3- Health & Welfare -ARE verbs -IRE verbs -ERE verbs Reflexive Verbs All Parts of the body Idiomatic expressions with avere The verb stare Unit 4- Meal Taking Introduction of conditional volere
Dovere Potere Introduce past tense with avere Irregular past participles Unit 5- Shopping & Clothing Past tense Introduction to conditional Direct Object Pronouns Unit 6- Community and Neighborhood/Public & Private Services Past tense with essere Prepositional contractions Directions Andare Fare Unit 7- Education Dire Sapere Conoscere Sapere vs. conoscere Time The verb to like- mi piace/mi piaccino Unit 8- Leisure/Travel Andare Idiomatic expressions with fare Giocare + A Likes and dislikes Comparisons of equality Comparisons of inequality Future tense introduction