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 * Malden High School Italian Program **




 * Teacher: Signora Fiore **


 * Note to parents: Please read on for information about what is going on in your children's classes. **


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 * Fourth quarter announcements **

Italiano III - Honors

May 15, 2014

Dear Parent/Guardian:

As the 2013-2014 school year winds down, I’d like to share some of the learning that took place with Italian III Honors students during 3rd quarter. Students researched the important cultural aspects of Venice and its problems related to the fact that the city is sinking. Students are now also able to talk about doing errands, can name the various shops they go to while doing errands, and wrote and performed dialogues incorporating this new vocabulary. Looking forward, Italian III Honors students will be able to talk about music and theatre, will research the Commedia dell’Arte, and will be able to discuss professions and future careers that they might wish to pursue.

Thanks to funding from CA.S.I.T, a local organization sponsored by the Italian government which is dedicated to developing and expanding Italian language and culture programs in the Boston area, students will have easier access to Italian language learning materials and textbooks.

All Italian III Honors students have been recommended to Italian IV. Seniors have been recommended to AP Italian. Hopefully your child has decided to continue in his/her Italian language learning experience, and that you continue to enjoy your child’s progress and success in learning a foreign language. I hope that you urge your child to continue his/her Italian studies.

Your child recently took the “Student Learning-Styles Survey” and assessed his/her learning style by referencing the “How Should I Study?” advice page, both of which are attached. Please take the time to review this with your child, as it provides insight into your child’s learning styles and provides suggestions as to how to maximize the time spent reading and/or studying.

It has been a pleasure and honor working with your child this past year. Many of the Italian III students I’ve known and worked with since middle school. It has been a rewarding and enriching experience for me to watch your child develop into a diligent, respectful and responsible young adult!

Please feel free to contact me, should you have any questions or concerns.

Arrivederci!

Joan Fiore-Papadopoulos

Malden High School/Italian

jfiore@malden.mec.edu x 1303

Italiano II - CP

May 2014

Dear Parent/Guardian:

As the 2013-2014 school year winds down, I’d like to share some of the learning that took place with Italian II students during 3rd quarter. Student learning focused on health and well-being. Students wrote and performed dialogues related to this topic. They are now able to talk about their past, describe what they used to do when they were younger, and are currently working on writing fairy tales. Looking ahead, by year’s end students will be able to talk about the future, will learn how to give commands, and describe their ideal home and discuss household chores.

Thanks to funding from CA.S.I.T, a local organization sponsored by the Italian government which is dedicated to developing and expanding Italian language and culture programs in the Boston area, students will have easier access to Italian language learning materials and textbooks.

All Italian II students have been recommended to Italian III. Hopefully your child has decided to continue in his/her Italian language learning experience, and that you continue to enjoy your child’s progress and success in learning a foreign language. I hope that you urge your child to continue his/her Italian studies.

Your child recently took the “Student Learning-Styles Survey” and assessed his/her learning style by referencing the “How Should I Study?” advice page, both of which are attached. Please take the time to review this with your child, as it provides insight into your child’s learning styles and provides suggestions as to how to maximize the time spent reading and/or studying.

It has been a pleasure and honor working with your child this past year, and I look forward to continue working with your child in the future!

Please feel free to contact me, should you have any questions or concerns.

Arrivederci!

Joan Fiore-Papadopoulos

Malden High School/Italian

jfiore@malden.mec.edu x 1303


 * Third quarter announcements **

Italiano III

January 24, 2014

Dear parents/guardians,

Buon Anno! Happy New Year!

As the second quarter of the school year ends, I’d like to share some of the learning that took place in our third-year Italian classes.

Students were introduced to travel and tourism vocabulary, and are now able to express in Italian where and how they would like to travel. They are also to express what they think would be an ideal profession, along with other topics in which they apply the conditional verbs they learned to incorporate into their daily conversations this past quarter.

Students also wrote comic strips in Italian in which they applied the grammar learned first quarter. These comic strips were done as an ongoing on-line project on the website tooondoo.com. Attached is your child’s cartoon project. Please have him/her read it to you and translate it. I think that you will really enjoy seeing the exceptional creative work your child did, and in a foreign language!

As I mentioned in my first quarter letter, students will have two formal oral assessments this year. In addition to their Italian midterm in which listening, reading and writing are assessed, students participated in their first oral assessment in Italian. This oral assessment consisted of five out of ten questions which students chose randomly, and which they answered during individual conversations with me. The conversations went quite well! I urge you to ask your child to show you the interview questions and show you how well they are able to respond to them all!

As your child continues on his/her language-learning journey, perhaps you will join in by starting a “word of the day” or “phrase of the week.”

I look forward to the possibility of meeting you at Parents’ Night, Thursday January 30th. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns about your child.

Arrivederci!

Joan Fiore-Papadopoulos FL/Italian

Email: jfiore@malden.mec.edu

Italiano II - CP

January 24,2014

Dear parents/guardians,

Buon anno! Happy New Year!

As the second quarter of the school year ends, I’d like to share some of the learning that took place in our second-year Italian classes.

Students are now able to talk about their daily morning routines, both in the present and past tenses. They are also able to talk about the objects they use as part of their morning routines. This past quarter students also wrote comic strips in Italian in which they applied the grammar learned first quarter. These comic strips were done as an ongoing on-line project on the website tooondoo.com. Attached is your child’s cartoon project. Please have him/her read it to you and translate it. I think that you will really enjoy seeing the exceptional creative work your child did, and in a foreign language!

As I mentioned in my first quarter letter, students will have two formal oral assessments this year. In addition to their Italian midterm in which listening, reading and writing are assessed, students participated in their first oral assessment in Italian. This oral assessment consisted of five out of ten questions which students chose randomly, and which they answered during individual conversations with me. The conversations went quite well! I urge you to ask your child to show you the interview questions and show you how well they are able to respond to them all!

As your child continues on his/her language-learning journey, perhaps you will join in by starting a “word of the day” or “phrase of the week.”

I look forward to the possibility of meeting you at Parents’ Night, Thursday, January 30th. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns about your child.

Arrivederci!

Joan Fiore-Papadopoulos FL/Italian

Email: jfiore@malden.mec.edu