Festa della Donna

Go to this site and complete the webquest for la Festa della Donna - International Women's Day
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3751533&eml=PNL/20100304/NL/grade

Looking for a summer job? Great America!

Six Flags Great America Looking to Fill Over 1,200 Open Seasonal Jobs
Theme Park Hires 3,200 Each Year, Open Positions Remain for 2010 Season


WHAT: Six Flags Great America Job Fair

WHEN: Saturday, March 13 10-3 p.m.
Tuesday, March 23 12-8 p.m.
Tuesday, April 6 12-8 p.m.
Tuesday, April 20 3:30-8 p.m.


WHERE: Six Flags Great America
542 N. Route 21 Gurnee, IL 60031
Employee Entrance

INFO: Visit sixflags.com/greatamerica for more information

Six Flags Great America provides continuous opportunities for employment with over 3,200 people employed each season. Job Fairs are scheduled at Six Flags Great America on March 13 and March 23, as well as April 6 and April 20. Candidates can learn about a variety job positions available at the park, including ride operations, admissions, games and food services. Applicants are encouraged to complete their online application prior to the hiring events. The application process is available 24 hours a day at www.sixflagsjobs.com.

Six Flags Great America is located between Chicago and Milwaukee and offers fun for the entire family with heart-pounding roller coasters including Raging Bull, a free 15-acre water park, spectacular shows and parades and three children’s themed areas. New in 2010 – the Little Dipper, a historic wooden roller coaster formerly of Kiddieland, the Glow in the Park Parade, a nighttime illuminated parade with Cirque Du Soleil-style music and MagiQuest, a new 8,000 square foot live-action interactive game.

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About Six Flags, Inc:

Six Flags, Inc., is a publicly-traded corporation headquartered in New York City and is the world's largest regional theme park company with 19 parks across the United States, Mexico and Canada.

SIX FLAGS: TM & © 2010 Six Flags Theme Parks Inc.

la Toscana

1. Draw a tiny, basic map of Italy. What is the name of the regional capital of Tuscany and where is it located? (write a star and the name of the city on your little map). Next place a star on your map indicating the location of the capitale d'italia, Roma.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscany

2. Tuscany is known as the birthplace of the Renaissance. Name five famous Italian artists of the Renaissance and for each artist, tell me the name of one of their famous works of art.
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/artists.html

Take a look at the slideshow here: http://www.virtourist.com/europe/florence/index.html to answer the following questions:

4. How do you say "Dome" in Italian.

5. What do they sell on the Ponte Vecchio and what does Ponte Vecchio mean?

6. What is the name of the main river in Firenze? (see slide 19)

7. How do you say 'Palace' in Italian? (slide 30)

8.


Who is buried in Santa Croce? see slide 43

Cultural Review Questions

Cultural Review
1. What is the capital of Italy?

http://www.aboutromania.com/maps184.html

2. What is the fashion capital of Italy?

http://www.milanfashionshows.com/

3. Who is the current prime minister of Italy?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Italy

4. How many regions are there in Italy? Name 5 regions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_Italy

5. What two large islands are part of Italy?

http://www.aboutromania.com/maps184.html

6. What is the Vatican and where is it located?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City

Charlie Trotters!

Thanks to our fantastic group of students who attended the trip to the world famous Charlie Trotter's restaurant at 816 West Armitage in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. As usual, this group of Schurz students was class, well-mannered and well dressed! But most of all this was an adventurous crew that tried some very *interesting* dishes!

La Moda Italiana - VALENTINO

Click on this link below and do the LA MODA ITALIANO - VALENTINO activity

http://ciaoschurz.blogspot.com/search?q=la+moda+italiana

Amore e altri aggettivi

Quiz on adjectives...

Look at the links and answer the questions:



1. Come si dice " shy" in italiano?http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare128a.htm




2. Come si dice "full" in italiano?http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare128a.htm




3. Come si dice "bad" in italiano?http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare128a.htm




4. Come si dice "angry" in italiano?http://www.enchantedlearning.com/languages/italian/subjects/adjectives.shtml]




5. Come si dice "empty" in italiano?http://www.enchantedlearning.com/languages/italian/subjects/adjectives.shtml




6. Come si dice "sporco" in inglese?http://www.enchantedlearning.com/languages/italian/subjects/adjectives.shtml




7. Come si dice "early" in italiano?http://www.enchantedlearning.com/languages/italian/subjects/adjectives.shtml




8. Come si dice "cold" in italiano?http://www.enchantedlearning.com/languages/italian/subjects/adjectives.shtml




9. Come si dice "shut/closed" in italiano?http://www.enchantedlearning.com/languages/italian/subjects/adjectives.shtml




10. How would you describe this person in italiano (give me two adjectives)?http://www.sports-photos.com/catalog/images/MichaelJordan3Clr.tif.jpg




11. A very useful Italian expression is "Amore e' cieco" (love is blind!). Keeping that in mind, how would you describe this person in italiano? (give me two adjectives)http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/thumb/3/33/Ugly_man_2.jpg/180px-Ugly_man_2.jpg




12. How would you describe this person in italiano? (give me two adjectives)http://images.eonline.com/eol_images/Profiles/20060913/244.winfrey.oprah.091906.jpg




13. How would you describe this person in italiano? (Give me two adjectives).http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2006/specials/sma06/sma_gallery/johnny_depp.jpg




14. Who is this man?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Prodi27032007.jpg




15. Come si dice "I love you a lot" in italiano?
Wishing you all tanto tanto AMORE in your lives!

Io non ho paura

1. Here is an article about a recent kidnapping (it took place just a few days ago), similar to what happened in Io non ho paura. Who was responsible for the kidnappings in this case?
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/03/world/la-fg-mexico-kidnap3-2010feb03

2. When did the film Io non ho paura take place?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_Not_Scared

3. What were 'gli anni di piombo'? What characterized these years in Italy?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anni_di_piombo

4. Name 5 cities in Southern Italy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Italy

San Valentino!

1. Watch the video on St. Valentine's Day:

http://www.history.com/video.do?name=valentinesday&bcpid=6555686001&bclid=1672160848&bctid=1407959235

2. Who was Juno?

http://www.stvalentines.net/stvalentinesdayhistory.htm

3. How did the ancient Romans celebrate Feb. 14 and 15?

http://www.stvalentines.net/stvalentinesdayhistory.htm

4. Who was St. Valentine?

http://www.stvalentines.net/stvalentinesdayhistory.htm

5.What happened to him in jail?

http://www.stvalentines.net/stvalentinesdayhistory.htm

6.Would you have been a good date in all time periods? Take the quiz and find out:

http://www.history.com/content/valentine/game-dating-through-the-ages

7. Who is cupid?

http://www.history.com/video.do?name=valentinesday&bcpid=6555686001&bclid=1672160848&bctid=1407959235

Lo slang in italiano

Make a list of 15 expressions using Italian slang:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/cool/

Choose the slang expressions from the different categories.


Argument
Class
Drink
Family
Food
Friends
Going out
Health
Interjections
Money
Moods
Music
Play up/Play down
Politics
Professions
Pulling

la cucina italiana

1. Italians eat pasta every day, sometimes twice a day. Name 10 different pasta shapes (click on the long pasta, short, and soup pasta links at the bottom of the webpage link listed below to see the different shapes).
http://www.barillaus.com/home/Pages/Pasta_Information.aspx

2. Watch the chef cook lasagna. Name 5 ingredients that are necessary to cook lasagna and translate these ingredients into italian (www.freetranslation.com).
http://www.barillaus.com/Home/pages/Lasagne_101.aspx

3. Take the Quiz at the bottom of the webpage link below and tell me which Italian destination fits your personality. Look up this destination on wikipedia, and tell me three facts about this destination.
http://www.barillaus.com/Pages/Home.aspx

Make a word cloud about YOU

1. Go to freetranslation.com and write down 15 words IN ITALIANO that describe you. Things you like, adjectives (bella, intelligente, simpatico, etc.).

2. go to www.wordle.net and create a word cloud. Include your name in the word cloud, so I know who you are. Please print your word cloud.

La famiglia italiana

La famiglia italiana

Family provides the network of the deepest and most important relationships of Italian society. The Italian family has many stereotypes. When we think of the typical Italian family, we of course think of a big, loud, crazy family with the mother and grandmother cooking and eight kids running around. The father comes home and the kids run up to him and greet him, then he greets his wife and goes to wash up for dinner, which is ready for him because his wife and mother have been cooking it all day. Though the role of the wife in a marriage is still similar, in some ways, to this image, everything else has changed. Today, Italian families are much smaller and the women are out working for themselves. Much has happened over the past few decades to make this change in tradition come about; the Italian family is no longer the big, loud, crazy family that we see in the movies.The typical Italian family, although still very close to its extended family, is beginning do distance itself from other family members. Many of the traditions remain, however they are slowly starting to become more relaxed. Families often live in very close proximity to each other, often in the same house. Italian men tend to live at home until they are married.

Another dramatic change in Italian culture is the rapidly declining birthrate. Overall, Italian families are having less and less children, and are therefore the population is becoming older rather than remaining balanced. There are more people over the age of 60 than there are under the age of 20. One of the main reasons for this dramatic decrease in the birthrate is that families can no longer afford to have many children. With the mother working, she does not have as much time to care for the children and also has children later. Because of this, she has less time to have children and the family will only have one or two. Although women are supported by the government during their maternity leave, many employers do not support this and will threaten the women. They will not hire a woman if she is planning to have a child and will go as far as to fire a woman while she is on maternity leave and say that it was for another reason. Even if she were to be granted maternity leave from her job, the standards in hospitals and infant schools were not adequate. For this reason, women are hesitant to have children, because they know it will hurt their careers.

Another reason for the declining birthrate is the introduction of contraception and the legality of abortion. Italian women terminate one pregnancy for every three live births, which totals around 160,000 abortions for 500,000 live births a year. Birth control has also played a large role in the decline of births. While the birthrate is declining, the divorce rate is increasing; the 1974 the divorce referendum, which passed by 59.1%, and the 1975 family reform laws made this all possible. Unhappy couples no longer had to find a guilty party to separate; they could do so on there own basis.

Family values are still the focus of Italian society, and the Italian family has remained a very close social unit. Whether married, single or divorced, all Italians tend to maintain very strong links with their parents, adult children, and other relatives. Often generations share housing; grown children or elderly parents may live with your hosts. Even if they do not share a home, extended families may eat lunch (pranzo) and/or dinner (cena) together every day. Elderly parents are respected and looked after, sometimes on a daily basis, whether they live at home with their children or independently.

Although roles have changed for women in Italy, the mother remains the dominant figure in the Italian home. She typically runs every aspect of domestic life, and you may see her helping her family in ways you consider excessive or unnecessary. To American eyes, it may seem that Italian mothers spoil their children and husbands, or sacrifice too much to please every member of the family. Especially if the mother also works outside the home, the Italian family dynamic can seem unfair and unbalanced. However, Italians themselves believe that it is the mother who keeps the family together, who creates and maintains the familial links, who is the bond that unifies all members. She, in turn, knows she can depend on the rest of her family in her time of need. Generally speaking, the role of mother and home maker is a much respected position in Italian society

Italian families maintain strong bonds over generations. Children, after leaving home to establish new families, maintain strong relationships with their parents. Usually they live very near to one of the two parental families, make daily telephone calls to their parents (mainly the mother), and visit them weekly. Their relationships with their parents typically display strong reciprocal support and exchanges, including childcare, care of the elderly and ill, help with economic troubles, loans, and advice. One of the main characteristics of Italian families is the strong intergenerational solidarity that allows Italians to overcome difficulties, find jobs, look after children, and ask for loans in situations in which the family network provides what, in other Western countries, is granted by public or private institutions. This sense of connectedness explains the great relevance that family as an institution assumes in Italian culture.

Reflection Questions:

How is the typical Italian family similar or different from your own?

Italian families used to have many children. Nowadays, most families have only one or two children. Why do you think that Italian families are having less and less children?

When you think about your future, do you want to get married? Do you want to have children? Would you prefer being single and focusing on your career? If you plan to have children, how many children would you like to have and why?

Do you currently share your home with elderly family members (like you grandparents or great grandparents)? Many Italian families share their homes with elderly relatives. What do you think about this type of living arrangement?

Natale in Italia

Natale e' una festa molto importante e religiosa in Italia. Risponda ai seguenti domande (SU UN FOGLIO SEPARATO - on a separate sheet of paper to be turned in at the end of class)

1. Where did the actual celebration of Christmas most likely originate?http://italian.about.com/library/weekly/aa120600a.htm

2. What is a presepio?http://www.initaly.com/regions/xmas/rosemary.htm

3. Where is the Vatican located? Is it a separate country or part of Italy? (Note that the picture located in this entry is a picture St. Peter's cathedral at the Vatican during Christmastime. A large Christmas tree and a presepio are placed at the center of the large piazza).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City

4. According to the article below, what does an Italian Christmas revolve around?http://www.italianfoodforever.com/iff/articles.asp?id=37

5. Name 5 dishes that an Italian family might eat on Christmas Eve or Christmas day:http://www.italianfoodforever.com/iff/articles.asp?id=37

6. Why do Italians eat lentils on New Years Eve (i.e. what do they represent?)?http://goitaly.about.com/od/festivalsandevents/a/newyears.htm

LEZIONE I
Laboratorio Lezione IBenvenuti al laboratorio!
In today's lesson, you will familiarize yourself with some useful websites. Please answer all the questions in your QUADERNO. I will be checking them in at the beginning of our next class. This assignment is worth 20 points.
1. Go to Radio Dimensione Suona, click on 100% GRANDI SUCCESSI, then click on Playlist, and choose an Italian song to listen to (scroll down - there are lots of songs to choose from). Task: Write down the name of the song that you listened to (make sure it's an ITALIAN song, and not Spanish or English). Sometimes flashplayer doesn't work, so you'll have to finish this quesiton at t he library, where flashplayer should work on the computers.

2. Next head over to Google Earth. Now type "Venice, Italy" into the search bar. Click on SATELLITE, so you get the satellite view. What is special about this city, from what you can see from the satellite?

3. Watch this short video on Italians vs. Europeans by Bruno Bozzetto. Task: What are three differences between Italians and Europeans. Do Italians always follow the rules?

4. And just to make you laugh...check out this video entitled "Adamo" at http://www.rivelazioni.com/mm/bozzetto/adam.shtml by the Italian computer cartoonist Bruno Bozzetto.

5. Task: Write down one of the main headlines, in Italiano of course, from today's edition of La Repubblica.

6. Go to http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Click on English to Italian. Task: How do you write: "I am the best student in the world. I love Italian." in Italian?7. How much does a new Lamborghini Reveton - the newest car which debuted at the recent Frankfurt, Germany Auto show - cost? Which car would you prefer, a 2007 Ford Taurus or a 2007 Lamborhini Reveton?http://autoshow.autos.msn.com/autoshow/frankfurt2007/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=5421379

First Female Gondolier in Venice!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-fg-venice-gondolier21-2009jul21,0,1446575.story

Vocab Review

Look up the following words (they will all be on your final exam) and quiz yourself! for translations, visit www.freetranslation.com


Adesso
Non c’è male
A presto!
Ecco!
Dove?
Perchè
Come?
Quando?
Mai
Niente
Nessuno
Ieri
Ci vediamo domain!
Che ora è?
Non capisco.
Certo che mi piace!
Di solito
Forse
Oggi
Prego!
Desidera?
Subito
Sinistra / destra
Scusami
Anche
Vorrei
Voglio
Un panino
Molto gentile
Stasera
Lontano / vicino
Un uomo / una donna
Sono sposato.
Io ero.
Quale?
Tanti auguri a te!
Ho bisogno di…..
Mi piace
Non mi piace
Mi piacciono
Non mi piacciono
D’accordo
Va bene!
Che tempo fa oggi a Chicago? Nevica e fa freddo!
Che ora è? Sono le cinque.

Italian New Summary

1. In one short paragraph, summarize each of the current news articles linked below:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30547564/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30671999/

2. Write down two headlines and translate into English from the main Italian newspaper:

http://www.repubblica.it/

End of the School Year Review

As a review, take the following test online. Write down your answers:

http://www.esl-languages.com/en/study-abroad/online-tests/italian-test/index.htm


Do 20 flashcards. Write your answers on your paper. http://www.italian-flashcards.com/

International Week 2009

It's international week! And we're switching gears from Italy over to another country for a few days. Starting tomorrow, we'll be watching a movie from....INDIA. On Friday, we'll head to the auditorium to see the International night performances - don't forget to buy your tickets for the evening performance in Room 225A this week!

Today, answer the following questions for 20 points extra credit:

1. What countries border India?
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/india/

2. How many states does India have?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India

3. Complete these sentences:

India is the 7th largest _____________, has the second largest _____________, and is the most populus _______________ in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India

4. When did India become an independent nation? (independent from Great Britain?)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India

5. "Namaste!" is how many people greet one another in India. What does this mean and how do you write it in the ancient language of India, sanskrit?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namaste

6. Why did the Emporer build Taj Mahal?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namaste

7. What animal is revered in India?

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/holycow/hinduism.html