Listen to the podcast and answer the questions at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it//Hillary_Clinton_1857358.shtml.
Cheers!

Activities
Work with a partner:
1) Listen to the directions to the lake.
2) Mark the route on the map with a pencil or a finger.
3) Fill in the gaps.
4) Study the different ways of asking for and giving directions.
If you do not have the photocopy of the exercise, go to our online helpdesk to read the transcript at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it . Cheers

If you do not understand, you can read the complete transcript of this podcast in our online helpdesk, at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it . Bye-bye!

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This poem was written in 1798 and published in the Lyrical Ballads. It describes a walk the poet had near his home in the Lake District. If you want some help in the text analysis of the poem, visit our online helpdesk at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it. The picture is by Helen Alligham, Girls on the beach.

If you are in 1 CI and would like to read the assignments for this week, visit our helpdesk at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it . Cheers!

To do the exercises for this podcast, go to http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/pz3282207.
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After listening to this podcast, do the activities at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/ny3274349/.
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If you need some help in the text analysis of the poem, follow these links:
- http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/br2495320/
- http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/cv2492828/
- http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/wa3266621/
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If you need some tips in the reading and appreciation of this poem, visit our online helpdesk at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/wa3266621/.
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Listen to the story, then answer the questions:
1) What was the lawyer doing when he died?
2) Why did the lawyer protest?
3) How old did he claim he was?
4) What did St. Peter do to solve the case?
5) What was St. Peter's conclusion about the lawyer's age? Why?

To do the activities for this podcast, please click here:
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To do the activities for this podcast, please click here:
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To read the complete script of this poem, follow this link:
http://wikihost.org/wikis/4aiquadri/programm/gebo.prg?name=on_his_blindness
If you need some help in the text analysis of this poem, click here:
http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/ax1961940/

Listen to this podcast and complete the sentences:
1. The first person who had the idea of celebrating a "Father's day" was a ______________________.
2. Her name was ______________________.
3. She was from ______________________.
4. She thought of the idea for Father's Day while______________________.
5. It was the year ______________________.
6. Sonora wanted to honor her father because ______________________.
7. The celebration of Father’s Day in U.S.A. takes place in the month of ______________________.
8. This date was chosen because ______________________.
9. In Italy, Father’s Day is celebrated on ______________________.
10. Thank you Dad, wherever you are: you’ve given me what does really matter, that is ______________________.

Here are the students' instructions:
Listen and fill the missing information. You can hear the message twice.

1. Alex has bought .................... tickets to Paris.
2. They leave London Waterloo at .................... .
3. The could travel to London by .................... .
4. The coach is .................... than the train.

Here are the students' instructions:
Listen and fill the missing information. You can hear the message twice.

1. Alex has bought .................... tickets to Paris.
2. They leave London Waterloo at .................... .
3. The could travel to London by .................... .
4. The coach is .................... than the train.

Here you are the instructions:
Listen to the news item and answer the questions. You can hear the news item twice and take notes while you are listening.

Good luck!

To find the script and the text activities: http://wikihost.org/wikis/4aiquadri/wiki/the_good_morrow
To find some help in the comprehension and literary appreciation: http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/eb1897012/
http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/mt1897067/
To read the Italian version: http://file.webalice.it (you have to log in)
The picture, 'Gli Amanti', is by Rosalba Serra, Italy: www.artesalento.it/rosalbaserra

This is the homework for 7th March. Here you are the activities.
1) The text is about the International Women's Day. What do you know about it? Exchange information with your desk-mate.
2) Listen to the text at least twice. Concentrate on the content during the first listening. You can take notes during the second listening.
3) After you finish the listening activity, answer the questions in our online helpdesk at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/va3197232/.

You can find the activity for this podcast in our online helpdesk. If you want to do the exercise, click here: http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/sa3187559/

This is the homework for the students of 1 DT for Tuesday 27th February. The complete transcript of the story is in the online help desk, at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/cg3172170/. Good bye!

Listen to the story, then answer the questions.
1. Who was Saint Valentine?
2. Where and when did he live?
3. Why did Emperor Claudius II decide to outlaw marriage for young men?
4. What did Valentine do?
5. Why did he do it?
6. What happened when Valentine’s action was discovered?
7. According to the legend, how was the first ‘valentine’ greeting sent?

To read the complete transcript of the story click here: http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/my3157548/

While listening to the story, complete its missing parts, then turn it into the simple past. You' ll find the text in our online helpdesk. Click here: http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/zr3137668/.
So long!

Before listening to the joke, you should learn the meaning of the word 'lead': it is a colloquial expression which refers to a piece of information that may help you find the answer to a problem, it is a clue, e.g.:
The police have several as to the location of the stolen goods.
The Italian equivalent is "dritta".
The complete transcript of the joke is on the online helpdesk at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/nm3116793/. Good bye!

This is a little help in studying Mr Casadei's lesson. If you need other help, contact our online helpdesk at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it.
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Here you are Mr Casadei's lesson about the early Solar System for your homework. The solution will be uploaded on the online helpdesk next week. Click at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it. Bye-bye!

Listen to the story, then answer these questions:
1) Where were the man and the Pastor?
2) What did the Pastor do while the man was passing by?
3) What did the Pastor ask?
4) What did the man answer?
5) Explain the man's excuse for not going to Church.

Listen to this joke and complete the script:
An _________ and an _________ share a _________ of romance. Next _________ the ant _________ up and the elephant is _________ . "Damn", _________ the ant, "one night of _________ and I _________ the rest of my _________ digging a _________ !"

After listening to the story, finish it with your partner's help.

After-listening questions:
1. Who was the teacher asking questions?
2. Why was the teacher asking questions?
3. What's Johnny's father's job?
4. What about Sammy's father?
5. What did he "do" before he died?
6. Where is the misunderstanding?
If you want to read the transcript of this joke, visit our online helpdesk at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/rw1942323/.

This article, taken from "Crown", a scholastic magazine (issue No.3, January / February 2004) by Mary Glasgow Magazines, is about the portrait of British People. If you want to know more about the National Portrait Gallery, visit its website at http://www.npg.org.uk. If you need some help in understanding the article, visit the Liceo Quadri online helpdesk at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it.

If you want some help in the reading comprehension and the text analysis of this poem, surf our online helpdesk at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it.

After-listening questions:
1. Give a title to the joke
2. Why did the young man rent a new office?
3. What was it like?
4. What did the man do when he saw a man coming into the office?
5. What did he say to impress the visitor?
6. Who was the visitor?

1. Give a title to the story.
2. What day is it in the story?
3. What does the teacher want from her students?
4. What does she write on the blackboard?
5. What does she ask the students?
6. Do the students know the answer?
7. Why is the teacher angry?
8. How does the third student answer the question?
9. Why does the teacher advise the student to spit?
10. What is the substance of the formula?

After-listening questions:
1. Give a title to the story.
2. What happened at my school two years ago?
3. Why did I decide to come to school?
4. Did I know the new head-teacher?
5. What happened at the car park of my school?
6. Did I arrive in time for my interview?
7. Who was the new head-teacher?
8. Now finish this story. What happened then?

Listen to the story and answer the questions:
1. What were the man and the woman in the story?
2. Where were they?
3. What did the woman ask the doctor?
4.How did the doctor answer the woman's request?
5. Why did she want it to be pulled as quickly as possible?
6. Whose tooth was that?
7. Give another title to the story.

This is the end of the story about the teacher's misadventure on Sunday as it has been imagined by Christian D'Attelo, class 2 DT. To read the complete transcript, follow this link: http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/cr2889533/

Listen to this story and answer the questions in the helpdesk. Click here: http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/yf2885041/. The complete transcript of the story is available from October 12th 2006 in the download area. Click here to log in the download area: http://file.webalice.it

This article appeared in the Economist, the famous English weekly magazine, on July 29th 2006. It talks about "Italy's divine propensity for forgiveness". The transcript of the article can be found at http://wikihost.org/wikis/4aiquadri/wiki/why_not_everyone_off_. What do you think of this opinion?

Here you are the reading of "The Solitary Reaper", a poem Wordsworth wrote after a walk in the Highlands in 1803. If you want some help in the text analysis of the poem, visit our online helpdesk at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/nk2224244/ and our download area.

This poem was written in 1804 and published in 1087. It describes a walk the poet had near his home in the Lake District. If you want some help in the text analysis of the poem, visit our online helpdesk at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/nt2224313/.

The questions about this episode are at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/tb2845432/. The complete transcript of the listening comprehension is in the download area of the online helpdesk at http://file.webalice.it. Good-bye!

Let's learn the alphabet by a song. If you are interested in a telephone alphabet, go to http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/ke2525369/.

 The transcript of this podcast can be found at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it/et2196764/. Be careful, an expression has not been written in the transcript. What is it?

 If you have any questions or problems, try our online helpdesk at http://sportelloing.blog.tiscali.it. Good luck!