November Students of the Month

For FRIDAY, Nov. 6:

• You will introduce yourself to the class.
• Decide your topic and let us know by Friday, Nov. 6.
• Bring a photo for the poster.
• Send me a photo for the blog.

1L Cristofer
2L Ilenia
3L Ginevra, a.k.a. Ginger4L Silvia (again!)
5L Giorgio

4L: DO the work. I want to see you IN CLASS and at COMENIUS.

• Finish your class poster, which is in the teacher's room.
• Pick up your magazines from Prof. Montalti.
• READ the articles assigned for Friday!

EVERYONE: REMEMBER your mirrors!

Happy Halloween!

What's your favorite Scary Movie? Let's start a list below. Do you agree with this list?
Do you think old horror movies are scarier than new ones?
Click here to carve your own pumpkin!
Click here to watch "This is Halloween" from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Have fun with these HALLOWEEN GAMES!

Annalisa, you might want to watch some South Park Halloween specials!

An Italian Polyglot

Here is one Italian who can speak 8 languages! Our new partners will speak some of these languages as well. The only one that's missing is Welsh. You can find an example in the Jan. 13, 2008 posting about the Welsh singer, Duffy.

Please note that all languages should be spelled with a capital letter.

Italians speaking English

Who do you speak like, Berlusconi or Alessio Vinci?

Questionnaire for Comenius

See if you can find the answers to some of the questions you didn't know on the questionnaire.

• Was Ciampi the first Italian president?
• When was Florence the capital of Italy?
• What is the population of Italy?
• How many foreigners live in Italy?

Click on the title to see the survey.
Discuss your questions and answers in the comments section below.

For October 23

5L will discuss DOPING. You can find some information in Wikipedia, but another excellent explanation can be found on the Mayo Clinic site.

1+2L will finish the worksheet and discuss GOSSIP GIRL.
Tommaso will talk about his trip to Liverpool on Oct. 30. Be ready to talk about a trip you enjoyed.

4L SILVIA WILL do her presentation and tell us the topic she's chosen. Your class is WAY behind all others. BE THERE on Friday.

BE ready to discuss.
REMEMBER to use the dictionaries on the right hand side of the blog for help.

3L and 5L have their posters up. And you, 1,2,4L?

Topics for Friday, October 16

1+2L Gossip Girl
3L Into the Wild
5L Doping

4L ??? Where are you?

Be prepared! ALL students must participate in the discussion and each will be evaluated on his/her contribution.

REMEMBER to bring a photo for your poster!

IMPORTANT

1/2L MUST communicate their Student of the Month before this FRIDAY, OCT. 9!

Students of the Month MUST introduce themselves on Friday. NO excuses!

ILENIA, GIULIA B., and SUSY still need to write their letters!

Get moving guys!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Students of the Month for Friday, October 9:

• will introduce him/herself to the class
• will tell the class which topic they would like to discuss on Friday, October 16

1L/2L Please write your student of the month for October in the comments section below.

If you have any questions. Please contact me or write them in comments.