Buona sera studenti!
Ecco il vostro aggiornamento settimanale della classe. (Here’s your weekly class update.) Complimenti a tutti coloro che hanno fatto i compiti di classe! (Thumbs up to all those who did the oustide-of-class assignments!)
Read on for a class recap, homework/ new ways to use Italian in between classes, and important announcements.
What we studied/practiced:
Outside-of-Class-Activities: (Aka Homework, except fun!!!)
- Translate these words/phrases into Italian. Use the online dictionaries located on the Links Page. We will use these during next class:
Una Foto-Ottica
Una cartoleria
Una tabaccheria
Una biglietteria
Un supermarcato
Una farmacia
Una panetteria
CHALLENGE: Come up with some of your own items-to-buy or stores, and translate them!
** 3+ items/stores earns you a raffle ticket!!! **
- Watch Cinema Paradiso/Practice the dialog learned in class: The easiest way may be to rent the film from an online source such as Netflix or Blockbuster, or purchase it online. Borrowing from local libraries and/or renting from local video shops is another possibility (though much slimmer). For a site where subtitles can be downloaded in English or Italian for this film (and many others) go to the Links page. You can also watch movies ONLINE from this site.
Announcements:
- SD Italian Film Festival Going Hot & Heavy: Every day 10/31 – 11/7 (last day of fest) there will be a different Italian film. Curtain time: 7pm. Cost: $$Free, donations suggested. Where: Balboa Park. It is an excellent opportunity to enjoy Italian cinema in a beautiful venue! More details click here.
- CD Player Needed: During the Wednesday Escondido class, my CD player died an untimely death :(. If anyone has, or knows of someone who has, an unused CD player in need of adoption, please let me know. Grazie!
- Hands-on Italian Cooking Tutorial. We have a kitchen! Our third class in November will be held off-site and focus on Italian cooking! Stay tuned for more info.
