COMPITO   SCADENZA 25 settembre

File name:  your-italian-name.25settembre  (.doc  or  .docx  or  .rtf)

Email subject: compito 25 settembre

2) wrong file name - 10%

3) At the top of the page, your ITALIAN name + last name and THE DUE DATE IN ITALIANO "per esteso" (spelled out completely), year included.  -20%

4) missing prompts  -10% per task

5) Formatting copied from the compito (tables, lists etc)  -20%

   ALL THE ANSWERS IN ITALIAN unless otherwise instructed 

NAME THE MAP:   your-italian-name.vulcani     THIS FILE IS in JPG format. DO NOT CHANGE THE FORMAT.

Attach it to the compito email in JPG format. Your computer changes it to gif? Go online, find an app that converts graphic formats and change it back to jpg.

DO NOT SEND IT EMBEDDED IN THE COMPITO. SEND IT AS A STAND ALONE ATTACHMENT

WRITE the names of the cities corresponding to the dots ---in italiano!!!.

Find the location of the following volcanos and write their names on the map in the correct location: VESUVIO, ETNA, STROMBOLI, VULCANO.

1) DO NOT COPY A SINGLE SYLLABLE FROM THE WEB. In your words, in inglese, explain <equinox> and <solstice>

2) Copy the following questions and answer (complete sentences) 

come si dice equinox in italiano?

come si dice solstice?

come si dice summer?

come si dice spring?

come si dice autumn?

come si dice winter?

Task 3:        YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR the material contained in all the pages on  the online textbook. Do all the exercises, practice activities, and listen to all the soundfiles.

initalianoweb.com   pagina B2

YELLOW HIGHLIGHT: turn this in      BLU: do it on your own. Don't turn it in.

Task 4:    based on the examples on B2 (di dove sei?)

Ask 10 famous historical personages (NOT pop-culture celebrities) where they are from; and answer.

FOLLOW THE RULES.

COMPLETE SENTENCES ONLY.

DI DOVE SEI TU / answering with adjectives.

Similar to task 4: ask 10 DIFFERENT historical personages: ask and answer with adjectives.

DOV'E'?

Sidebar esercizio Domande e risposte: listen to the soundfile.

1) write the question.
2) if the question elicits a NO answer, first write the entire negative answer.
3) then, write the correct answer.

Modello: is the sky red? No, the sky is not red. The sky is blue.

Write a list with the names of THOSE REGIONS in alphabetical order. (DO NOT WRITE ON THE MAP)

Next to each region, write the corresponding ADJECTIVE.

refer to task 5.

Rewrite the same sentences using "DI ORIGINE + adj" in place of the simple adjective.

VIDEO  TITOLO: your-italian-name  25 settembre

initalianoweb.com   pagina B2     Section DOV'E' about Florence, Tuscany etc..  Listen to the soundfile.

ALWAYS START WITH YOUR NAME AND DUE DATE in italiano

Part 1) REPEAT-RECORD all the sentences about Florence, Tuscany, Italy etc. (below the map of Italy)

Part 2)  Your biography (and your family's too). Say- record the following things in italiano. 

(No halting speech, no hesitations. You can use notes to glance at, but DO NOT READ. PRACTICE before recording.)

My name is
I was born (city)
I am from (city)
I am (national background)
I am of ....origin (nationality / ethnicity)
 

My father is (nationality / ethnicity)
My mother is (nationality / ethnicity)
My paternal grandmother is (nationality / ethnicity)
My paternal grandfather is (nationality / ethnicity)
My maternal grandmother is (nationality / ethnicity)
My maternal grandfather is (nationality / ethnicity)
 

PRACTICE BEFORE YOU START RECORDING. The fact that you can read does not mean you can automatically produce the correct pronunciation. You should MEMORIZE the sentences and used notes only as a back up.