1A/L Songs for Valentine's Day

February 14 is Valentine's Day! 

It makes us think about yummy chocolates, beautiful flowers, and love songs. 

Which songs come to mind when you think of Valentine's Day? Write them in the comment box below. You can leave a link to the song if you like. 

Below are some oldies but goldies:

Franking Valli and the Four Seasons, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You," 1967.

  

"Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers, 1965. 

Made famous by the film "Ghost" (1990).

 

Dolly Parton, "I Will Always Love You" (1974); made famous by Whitney Houston in 1992 when she sang it in the film, "The Bodyguard."

There are different kinds of love. Here's a song dedicated to friendship.
"You've got a Friend," by Carole King, 1971.

2A/L Music: Past / Soundtracks

Check out the post below about music. Be ready to answer the questions (4 - 8)  

Watch the video in this post (Fun Music from the Past). Mina, like Gianni Morandi, is a musical legend. Do you consider her timeless? How does this song make you feel? 

Monday, February 14 is Valentine's Day. Make a list of some romantic songs. You can also write them in the comments section below.

Music is important to movies. It can leave a positive or negative impression. Which songs or soundtracks have left a mark on you?  

Think of some famous films (Lion King, Braveheart, Titanic, Gladiator, Grease, Moulin Rouge, James Bond*...). 

What are some songs that have stuck in your mind in a positive or negative way? Have any of your favorite singers/groups sung the theme song to a famous movie? 

Theme Song from "Highlander" 1986

WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER

Queen

There's no time for us                      Non c’è tempo per noi

There's no place for us                    Non c’è posto per noi

What is this thing that                      Cos’è questa cosa che 

builds our dreams, yet                     costruisce i nostri sogni,   

slips away from us?                         eppure ci scivola via?

Who wants to live forever?              Chi vuole vivere per sempre?

Who wants to live forever?              Chi vuole vivere per sempre?

Oh, oh.                                             Oh oh

  

There's no chance for us                 Non c’è nessuna possibilità per noi 

It's all decided for us                        E’ tutto deciso per noi        

This world has only one                   Questo mondo ha solo un 

sweet moment set aside for us        momento dolce riservato a noi

Who wants to live forever?               Chi vuole vivere per sempre?

Who wants to live forever?               Chi vuole vivere per sempre?

Oh, oh.                                              Oh oh

Who dares to love forever                 Chi osa amare per sempre

Oh, oh, when love must die              Oh oh quando l’amore è destinato a morire?

But touch my tears, with your lips      Ma tocca le mie lacrime con le tue labbra,

Touch my world, with your fingertips. tocca il mio mondo con la punta delle tue dita

And we can have forever                   e possiamo avere l’eternità

And we can love forever                    e possiamo amare per sempre

Forever is our today                          L’eternità è il nostro presente

Who wants to live forever?                Chi vuol vivere per sempre

Who wants to live forever?                Chi vuol vivere per sempre?

Forever is our today                           L’eternità è il nostro presente

   

Songwriters: Brian May / Michael Kamen

lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Theme song from Me Before You, by Imagine Dragons (2016)

Click HERE to see how one site rated the James Bond theme songs.

Click HERE if you want to see the order of the songs from latest to

earliest. 

Click HERE for the past 50 Oscar awards

Click HERE for what some consider the best 50 soundtracks

Music

1. What kind of music do you listen to?

2. When,  where, and how do you listen to music most?

3. How does music affect your mood? 

        a. Do you listen to certain types of music to make you feel better? 

        b. Do you listen to certain types of music when you're feeling down? 
        c. Are there singers or types of music that make you feel good? 

4.  Is your taste in music influenced by others?  Whose? 

        a. Do you respect other people's tastes in music?

        b. Do you make fun of people who like music that you don't?

        c. Do you ever listen to music you don't like just to make someone else happy or because others think it's cool?

5. How is the music you listen to different from what your parents and grandparents listen to or listened to in the past?

        a. What do you like and dislike about their music? 

        b. How have the lyrics and music changed?

        c. What has remained similar or the same?

        d. Do you prefer digital music to old-fashioned vinyl albums?

             

6. How much has music changed over the years?
        a. What do you think about all the remakes/covers? 

        b. Has music improved? 

        c. Has it been simplified or become more complicated?

7.  Are there any groups or songs you consider TIMELESS?  What makes a song/singer/group timeless?

8.  What do you think music will be like in the future?  Will we listen to it in the same way? 

Fun Music from the Past

Mina - Le Mille Bolle Blu (HQ full version, Sanremo 1961) from mazziniana99 on Vimeo.

How does the translation work musically?

Le Mille Bolle Blu, Sanremo 1961

Se tu chiudi gli occhi e mi baci,                    If you close your eyes and kiss me,
tu non ci crederai                                           you won't believe it,
ma vedo le mille bolle blu                             but I see a thousand blue bubbles

e vanno leggere, vanno si rincorrono,           that float lightly, chasing each other,
salgono scendono per il ciel.                          they go up and down in the sky
Blu le mille bolle blu                                      Blue, a thousand blue bubbles
Blu le vedo intorno a me                                Blue, I see them all around me
blu le mille bolle blu                                       Blue, a thousand blue bubbles
che volano e volano e volano                         that float and float and float
Blu le mille bolle blu                                     Blue, a thousand blue bubbles,
blu mi sento dondolar                                     Blue, I feel like I'm swinging
blu tra mille bolle blu                                    Blue, among a thousand blue bubbles 
che danzano su grappoli di nuvole                  that dance on clusters of clouds
Dentro a me le arpe suonano                          The harps play within me
bacio te e folli immagini giungono.               I kiss you and crazy images come to mind
Blu le mille bolle blu                                      Blue, a thousand blue bubbles
blu, le vedo intorno a me                                Blue, I see them all around me
blu, le mille bolle blu                                      Blue, a thousand blue bubbles
che volano, mi chiamano,                               that float, calling me
mi cercano                                                        looking for me
Amor                                                               (My) Love       
impazzisco di gioia                                       I go crazy with joy
se vedo passeggiar nel vento,                       if I see floating in the wind                           
le mille bolle blu                                          a thousand blue bubbles     
un bacio, ancora un bacio                            a kiss, another kiss
si avvicinano                                               they are approaching
eccole eccole                                               here they are, here they ar

sono qui                                                       they're here!

INVALSI

Simulazioni 1 - 4 for Grade 13 
Scroll down to the simulations with this cover. Read the instructions carefully.          

REMEMBER: click INVALSI in the column to your right to view all previous posts regarding Invalsi. 

New Year Resolutions

Take notes on what the video suggests.

What are the 9 steps? 

What 3 things are important for step 1? 

What's important to keep in mind when making a resolution? 

How should you choose your resolution?

What should you do once you have decided your resolution?

How should you review your progress?

Do you agree with step 7?  

Christmas Sing-a-Long

 Here are some Christmas music favorites.  Let me know your favorites in the comment section below. Let's start with the very famous, Jingle Bells.

Feliz Navidad

Do They Know It's Christmas? 

 Last Christmas 

 All I Want for Christmas Is You 

Here is over an hour of Christmas songs. See the list below for an approximate time of each song. 

1.  Mistletoe, Justin Bieber
2. 2:56 Santa Tell Me, Arianna Grande
3. 6:05 It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas, Michael Bublè
4. 8:45 Snowman, Sia
5. 11:14 Jingle Bell Rock
6. 13.35 The Little Drummer Boy
7. 17:04 Underneath the Tree, Kelly Clarkson
8. 20:27 Carol of Bells
9. 23:28 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Michael Bublè
10. 26:45 All I Want for Christmas is You, 5th Harmony
11. 30:18 Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas
12. 32:02 Shake Up Christmas, Train
13. 35:52 Joy to the World
14. 38:06 Last Christmas, Arianna Grande
15. 41:17 This Christmas, Chris Brown
16. 44:27 Silent Night
17. 48:25 Oh Come, All Ye faithful
18. 51:55 You Make it Feel Like Christmas, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton
19. 54:24 Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Justin Bieber
20. 57:55 Deck the Halls
21. 1:00.07 Heaven and Nature
22. 1:04.08 Merry Christmas to Everyone

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays !

Sometimes people forget the true meaning of Christmas. Linus will remind you in

 A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS    

Listen to John Lennon's song, Happy Christmas and take the quiz

Here are some good  Christmas movies to watch
There are many versions of The Grinch, but the original cartoon version is from the book by Dr. Seuss,  HOW THE  GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS 

 WHITE CHRISTMAS 

 A CHRISTMAS CAROL  (Charles Dickens). There is a shorter Disney version with Mickey Mouse (above), but there are many other good versions as well. A funny version is  SCROOGED,

 HOME ALONE 
 RUDOLPH THE REDNOSED REINDEER 
 THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY 
 TRADING PLACES

 EDWARD SCISSORHANDS 

 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE  

 THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 
 MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET

Do you have a favorite Christmas movie?  Please share it in the comment section below. 

Promemoria: svolgimento INVALSI con esercizi

Per saper rispondere correttamente, leggi le istruzioni prima di ogni domanda con molta attenzione. La prima domanda è sempre un esempio.   

Alcune domande hanno quattro possibili risposte, ma una sola è quella giusta.  Per rispondere, devi cliccare con il mouse nel tondino accanto alla risposta (una sola) che ritieni giusta.  Se ti accorgi di aver sbagliato, puoi correggere cliccando con il mouse nel tondino accanto alla risposta che ritieni corretta.  Fai attenzione sul matching dove si deve trascinare la risposta. 

In altri casi dovrai digitare la tua risposta nell’apposito spazio sotto la domanda. Non superare mai il numero di parole richiesto.

Puoi ingrandire lo schermo utilizzando i tasti  che si trovano in basso alla schermata.

Nella prova di READING hai la possibilità di:
(a) saltare le domande per rispondere successivamente;
(b) dare una risposta poi cambiarla, prima di terminare il test.

In entrambi i casi puoi cliccare sul pulsante “Segna per la revisione” in basso alla schermata in cui compare ciascuna domanda (Figura 1).

Figura 1

Puoi avere sempre informazioni sullo stato della prova nella barra che trovi a sinistra della schermata.

Nella parte di  LISTENING:
-    non potrai tornare indietro nell’ascolto del brano;
-    il brano non potrà essere messo in pausa;
-    se decidi di non rispondere a una domanda dovrai comunque attendere che il tempo prefissato per quel compito (task) trascorra; solo in quel momento ti verrà presentato il compito (task) successivo;
-    hai 1 minuto PRIMA per leggere le domande e 1 minuto DOPO per controllare le tue risposte
-    sentirai l'audio 2 volte

TRY these LISTENING EXERCISES:

B1:  Conversation with Jacqueline Wilson/Willa and Brad/My Cooking Habits 
B2:  Gene Therapy/Chris Gardner/The Way We Learn

TRY these READING EXERCISES:
B1: How I Became a Wildlife Photographer/Dippy the Dinosaur/Cat's Dreams

B2: The Last Review/Seven Ways to Save on Groceries/How to Travel Cheaply

Calendario di 2022 per Grade 13: dal 1 al 31 MARZO.
E' prevista  una sessione suppletiva – dal 23 al 28 maggio 2022 – per dare la possibilità a quegli studenti assenti per gravi e comprovati motivi di recuperare in tempo utile per ricevere l’attestato ufficiale redatto dall’INVALSI con la certificazione delle competenze (Open Badge) per Italiano, Matematica e Inglese. 

B1 Listening KEY
B1 Reading KEY

B2 Listening KEY

B2 Reading KEY

INVALSI - semi-guided test from book

Semi-Guided Simulation 2 Taken from Your Invalsi Tutor, p. 50. There are 59  questions to be answered in 1 hour and 30 minutes. 

If you prefer to start with the listening, click here: Listening Part