How do you celebrate your Christmas holidays?

Here are some questions to help:
Do you like Christmas? Why or why not? 
When do you celebrate Christmas?

What do you do at Christmas over the holidays?
Who do you spend it with? 
Do you travel somewhere or stay in Piombino?
What traditions do you have in your family? 
Who do you exchange presents with?  

Do you spend a lot of money?
Do you eat any special foods?
Do you decorate your house inside and out? 

Do you decorate a tree and make a Nativity Scene?

Are there any favorite movies you watch or music you listen to?

Click HERE to see an example.

OR you can write a letter to Santa Claus:

Dear Santa Claus,

        My name is George.  I have been a very good boy this year. I help my mom wash the dishes every night, clean my room on weekends and help my dad wash the car when he asks me. I take the dog out every day after school and feed it in the evenings. I am also nice to my little brother, even though he can be really annoying sometimes.

       I am studying hard this year.  I am getting good grades at school because I always do my homework.  

        Thank you for bringing me the sweatsuit last year.  I really liked it and all my friends complimented me when I wore it to football practice.  This year I would like a kitten and some new headphones.  My parents might not want a kitten, so the headphones might be better.  I love listening to music, but sometimes my family doesn't like what I listen to.  

        Please give my love to Mrs. Claus, the elves, and all the reindeer, especially Rudolph. I will leave some carrots for the reindeer next to your milk and cookies.

Love,

George

See how fast you can write a letter to Santa. 

CREATE A CHRISTMAS POLL. See Lucy Albert's.

Create a Poll

1. In the top RIGHT hand corner of your blog, click on DESIGN to open a new page.
2. On the LEFT hand side, click on LAYOUT.
3. Click on + Add a GADGET to open a new window with various options.
4. Scroll down the list to find POLL. Click on the + and start creating!
5. Read all the information carefully. 

You can ask anything you like. Here are some ideas:

• What is your favorite---subject/book/city/animal/food/film/sport?
• Do you like --a subject/actor or actress/a sport/school/drawing/my blog? 
• Where would you like to go-- for our school trip/ on holiday?
• What would you like to do next weekend? 
• Which (film/TV program/series) would you like to watch?

Then decide the answers people can choose from. You can let them choose ONE or MULTIPLE. REMEMBER: if you want to allow more than one answer, you must use the plural: What are your favorite subjects?

CHECK your work. Once people have voted, you CANNOT change anything. Click SAVE and GO vote on your classmates' polls!

NB: Do not use the 24 hour time with am or pm.

For an example, click on LUCY ALBERT'S BLOG in BLOGBLASTERS.  

About me

For your first post, introduce yourself. Include the following information:

1. where you live--house, apartment
2. who you live with --family, pets
3. school-- favorite and least favorite subjects
4. what you do in your free time / who you spend your time with
5. things you like and things you don't like to do

Different topics, need different paragraphs. 

If you need help, use some of the ideas below: 

My name is ..........
People call me .............
My nickname is ............

I am   thirteen years old. 
I am a boy/girl.
I am a fourteen-year-old girl/boy. 

I have  ........two brothers / three sisters.

I don't have any brothers and sisters, I am an only child.

I live with my  parents

My parents are divorced/separated/deceased
I live with my grandparents
                     father/stepfather
                     mother/stepmother
I live in a home. (a place where you live when you cannot live with your parents)
                    
I like     .......football / surfing the Net / chatting online with friends / listening to music. 

I love (pop/jazz/hip hop/rap/tecno...) music.

I don't like ...playing video games / going to the gym / eating out

I am in my first/second/third/fourth/fifth year of high school.

                            

I think I am easy-going / moody / nice / terrible / difficult / boring / spontaneous 

calm / intelligent / quiet.

I like people who are creative.

I don't like people who are loud and obnoxious.

I was born in     .......Piombino / Roma / Leghorn / Pisa
                      
My eyes are brown / blue / green / hazel

My hair is blonde (f) blond (m) / black / brown / red.
I have highlights.    /   I color my hair blue. / I dye my hair black. 

It is long / short / straight / curly / wavy.

I am short / tall / average height.
I muscular / slender / a bit overweight / underweight / average / chubby / heavy-set

If you have problems or need help, write in comments below.  To see an example, click here

BE THANKFUL...

Thursday, November 23 is THANKSGIVING. 

What are you thankful for?  write your answers in the comment section below.

Create Your Blog

1. Sign in to your Google account using your gmail address.


2. Click on the  Google app icon in the upper right hand corner of the page.

3. Choose the B for BLOGGER.
4.   A new page will open.
      5.   Click on "Create Your Blog".
       6.   Confirm or Create a profile.
                  7.   Create name of Blog in the TITLE.
8.   Choose a theme.
9.   Click "Create Blog".

Start creating!

Where do you stand?

Happy Halloween? How do you think this will end?

What are some of your favorite scary movies? 

Write them in the comments section below. You can see other people's favorites in past halloween posts. 

Click HERE to see Rotten Tomatoes'  list of the Best Horror Movies of all time. 

AUGURI Italia! April 25. Festa della Liberazione

How does THIS make you feel?

Many of you have said that the national anthem doesn't move you. Does this version change your mind? Opening ceremony Torino Olympics 2006. Inno di Mameli - apertura Olimpiadi invernali TORINO 2006.
 If you don't know the words, watch the second video below.
 

EARTH DAY - Save the Earth; Love your planet

Check out Prince Ea's videos. Watch this one to the end.

Fight the Destruction and Stand For Trees go to:
http://www.standfortrees.org/manvsearth

The Lost Generation . A Palindrome Poem

The Original and an Updated Version. 
This is one 20 year old's view of the future. Which version do you prefer: forwards (hopeless) or backwards (hopeful)?

Romeo 4 Juliet

I Quattro Mori Theater in Livorno, March 29, 2017. 

A Modern Day Romeo and Juliet

We will meet at the station in CAMPIGLIA MARITTIMA at 7:45 am, arriving in Livorno at 9.00. We will catch the bus to the theater and back to the station, so bring change (€2.40).  The play starts at 10:30 and lasts about 90 minutes.
The return train leaves at 12.45. We should be back in Campiglia at 1:45 pm. 

We will not have time to stop for lunch.  

Watch this video to meet the cast:  

Happy Father's Day - Great Commercial by Gillette

March 8 - International Women's Day in Italy

The first  Women’s Day celebration in Italy was organized by 

the Unione Donne Italiane in 1946.  

The country was not yet a republic, and although women had obtained the right  to vote, they would have to wait until June 6th, 1946, before exercising that right in  the referendum to choose between the kingdom and a  new republic.

Many women had been very important in the resistance movement during the war, fighting against fascism and foreign occupation. Three ex-combatants, Teresa Noce (T0), Rita Montagnana (TO), and Teresa Mattei (GE), chose mimosa flowers as a symbol for the Giornata internazionale di lotta e di festa della donna.  The flowers 
were not chosen for any specific symbolic meaning, but because they blossom during this time of year and that "… mimosas were abundant and available at almost no cost…”.

Since then, women have been filling Italian streets and squares to emphasize the urgent problems that need to be faced in order to change their status and condition, in hopes of liberating themselves from the oppression of a male dominated society.

On March 6th, 1978, a meeting of the Turin provincial assembly of confederated trade unions established the mimosa as a symbol of social mobilization:  “it is not an empty ritual. It is our moment as women; it is a moment to recover energy and strength and to continue our fight to change our lives and our society.”