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By special request, here is a Mr. Hankey Christmas screensaver! http://www.download.com/2300-2257_4-6600744-3.html?s=1&o=10000060&tag=mncol;thum

If you want to share some fun or interesting links, add them in the comment section below.

Advice Column

When people have problems, they often write a letter asking for advice. Try giving some advice to at least one of the troubled teens below. Write your answer in comments (after the letters below), or if you prefer, try writing a letter asking someone for advice!

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1)
Dear Dana,
I like this really cute boy in my class, but he has no idea that I like him. There are 3 other girls in our class, who are my friends, and they like him, too. They don't know I like him either. They follow him wherever he goes, so he hangs out with them more than he does with me. If he does spend time with me, they get jealous and make fun of me. Lately he stopped talking to me, but I saw him writing my name on his notebook and he stares at me a lot. What do you think I should do? Do you think this boy likes me?
Shy Girl
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2)
Dear Dan,
Every time I like a girl, my friend likes the same one. If I say a girl is pretty, he says she's pretty. If I say I want to ask her out, he says HE wants to ask her out. I always step back and tell him to ask the girl out because I don't want to ruin our friendship. This time there is a girl I REALLY like and don't want to watch my friend ask her out. What should I do? Do you think I'll lose my friend if he wants to ask her out, too?
Tired
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3)
Dear Dana,
I always thought my best friend's boyfriend was cute. A couple of days after they broke up, I found out he had a crush on me! Now my friend won't talk to me any more. Then I found out that someone had told her that I had told her ex to break up with her so I could go with him. I tried to talk to her, but she won't listen to me! I told her ex to tell her the truth, but he won't! now none of my friends will talk to me. What should I do?
Abondoned.
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4)
Dear Dan,
My boyfriend says he loves me, but the other day I saw him flirting with the most popular girl in school. Then yesterday, I saw him walking really close to another girl, laughing and touching her arm. This morning when I got to school, he was with a different girl! Do you think he's going to break up with me?
Nervous
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Magazine links

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Welcome to our OPEN HOUSE

People speak English in many different ways. Listen to one person imitate 21 Different Accents !

• Check your listening
• Check your listening 2
• Practice and check your VOCABULARY

• American or British English? See what you know (try the test below our Logo).

• Our students take the Trinity Exams every year. Test your Grammar, Reading and Listening level

TEST your GERMAN. Sprechen Sie Deutsch ?

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Magazines

Don't forget to bring your magazines to class on Friday.
Click on the title to go to the magazine's website.

Comenius, Twinning and School Trips

Which do you prefer? Take the polls and comment below.

• What new topics would interest you for a Comenius project?
• Who would you like to be partners with?
• Where would you like to go on a school trip?

See the "Useless Knowledge" at the bottom of the page.Remember, our twinning is with Neumarkt.

Songs for 1 and 2L

Hey guys, here we are again!

These are the songs from class so you can finish the exercise at home:

• Hoobastank Don't tell me
• Creed Six Feet from the Edge

And here's an extra for Annalisa because she likes South Park:

• Hoobastank - Without a fight

Have fun! See you on Friday.

Last Email from German Students

Click on your name to read the last email from your German partner.
Gaia YASMINE Michela Agnese/Marco

Email 9 from German students

To read your letters, click on your name.
Yasmine Michela Marco Gaia/Yuri

Email 7 from German students

Yasmine and Marco can now read email 7 from the German students.

Photos anyone?

Click on the title if you would like to share your Comenius photos with anyone! You can upload and download. Pass the word on!

Thanks Yuri!

Email 8 from GERMAN students

The German students have sent letter 8, but you girls still need to write email 7!
Click on your name to see your letter.

MICHELA YASMINE GAIA MARCO

2 new polls

There are 2 new polls you can take and some photos to see.
Would anyone like to share some Comenius photos to the blog? If so, let me know in "comments" below.

Last Email--number 10

This is your last email assignment.

Email 9: Showing Your Partner Around

For those of you who are ready, here's email 9. This time you will plan a 3 day trip. Start at home (Piombino/San Vincenzo/Donoratico/Venturina).
Day 2: around Tuscany
Day 3: anywhere in Italy.
If you don't want to start at home, you can start anywhere in Tuscany.

German Email 6

Gaia and Michela click here to see your emails.
Yasmine and Marco click here to see your emails.
Finish email 7 BEFORE Monday, April 7.

Trinity Exams

Trinity exams are nearing. Try this test to see what level your English is!

Happy Easter

Click here for some Easter fun! Enjoy your vacation!
Only 12/26 people have taken the poll.
Anyone else have some pictures to share from the Comenius meeting?

A letter from Turkey

Please read this letter from Büşra to Elisa. I think all of you may be suprised, but especially Marina.
I would like to read your comments now.

NOTE on Email 8

NOTE: PLEASE write about your TOWN and AREA as written in my instructions. It is not necessary to write about Italy, which could be a different email! Use the model letter, which talks about the country, as model for our area rather than Italy.

Email 8

It's time to get back to our emails. This time you'll be writing about the area we live in.

Chiara and Elisa: your partners have now been to the area, so take that into consideration.

FIRST write the number of correct predictions you made to the questions in letter 7. You should also ask which answers and how many your partner guessed correctly and comment on this.
If you haven't finished Email 5,6 or 7, you MUST do that NOW. We would like to finish this project ASAP!
Only 6 people have taken the POLL so far...

Hosting Experiences/Letters to German Students

Your guests have come and gone. Please write about your experiences in the comments section. Feel free to write in Italian or English.

Arianna, Gaia, Michela e Marco: You can read your German partners' emails by clicking HERE.
Please answer by Tuesday, March 4.

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There is an email in drafts that is entitled: DIARY.
I don't know whose it is and it needs to be corrected before being sent. You MUST add feelings. PLEASE follow the instructions for each email.

ALL of you, PLEASE finish EMAIL 7. We will send ALL of them simultaneously with Turkey.

Our German partners have added our blog to their website.

Charts for Letter 7: Do you really know each other?

If you are having problems with the chart for email 7, ask Andrea Lavagnini (1L). He did an excellent job creating his! Yeah, Andrea!
And you, too, Yuri!

New Poll

Take the new poll.
There are only 3 more days to vote on the last poll.

VOTE and COMMENT and Information needed

Only 10 people have voted and fewer have made comments. (See Jan. 2 and Dec. 28 or start new comments here)
Don't you have anything to say? That's unusual!
Only Valentina T. has given me the information on her student. PLEASE do this ASAP!

How well do you know your email partner?

In this quiz, not only will you give your personal opinions, but you will guess what your partner's answers will be as well! Follow the example closely, and have fun!

REMEMBER to start your email with personal news and reactions from the previous email.

My Diary- an insight to each other's daily life

This time you must write down what you do every half hour on a school day and weekend day (for example Friday and Saturday). Include your feelings using adjectives, (I don't like getting up early; I love sleeping in; I felt so frustrated; I was so happy!; I felt like going out; I didn't feel like studying...) so your e-pal has a good image of how you experience everyday life.
As with every letter, remember to respond to their email and add some news.
Click on the title for the model letter.