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LISTENING  COMPREHENSION

FROM YOU TUBE: PRESIDENT OBAMA MAKES HISTORIC SPEECH TO AMERICA'S STUDENTS

TRUE  OR  FALSE?

  1. _____IT IS STUDENTS’ FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL.

  2. _____STUDENTS WOULD HAVE STAYED IN BED A BIT LONGER IF IT HAD BEEN SUMMER.

  3. _____OBAMA'S FAMILY LIVED OVERSEAS WHEN HE WAS YOUNG.

  4. _____ OBAMA'S MOTHER HAD A LOT OF MONEY.

  5. _____ OBAMA HAD LESSONS FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY.

  6. _____OBAMA HAS TALKED A LOT ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY AND EDUCATION IN THIS VIDEO.

  7. _____HIS ADVICE IS TO PLAY WITH XBOX A LOT.

  8. _____EVERYONE HAS TO PAY ATTENTION TO TEACHERS, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS AND ADULTS IN GENERAL.

  9. _____EVERY SINGLE  STUDENT HAS SOMETHING TO OFFER.

  10. _____STUDENTS SHOULD QUIT SCHOOL AND FIND A JOB, ACCORDING TO OBAMA.

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LISTEN TO THE VIDEO AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

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  1. WHAT IS OBAMA WEARING?

  2. WHY IS IT UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THE STUDENTS ARE NERVOUS?

  3. WHAT DOES OBAMA’S MOTHER THINK WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR HIS SON?

  4. WHERE DID HE LIVE FOR A FEW YEARS?

  5. WHY DIDN’T HE GO TO SCHOOL?

  6. WHAT TIME DID OBAMA’S MOTHER  USUALLY TEACH HIS SON? WHY?

  7. WAS HE HAPPY ABOUT GETTING UP EARLY?

  8. WHAT IS THIS VIDEO ABOUT?

  9. WHAT DOES OBAMA GUARANTEE TO STUDENTS?

  10. WHICH JOBS DOES HE MENTION? 

RAPUNZEL - SONG - CHORES -FREE TIME

 

SONO LE SETTE E' ORA DI COMINCIARE. PRENDO LA SCOPA E SPAZZO DI QUA E DI LA. CORRO DI SOPRA HO I PANNI DA SISTEMARE, L'OROLOGIO PERO' PIU' VELOCE NON VA .AFFERRO UN LIBRO O DUE DALLA MIA LIBRERIA E AGGIUNGO UN BEL DIPINTO NELLA GALLERIA, TRA LA CHITARRA E I FERRI E LA LA GASTRONOMIA ASPETTO QUEL CHE SUCCEDERA' FACCIO UN BEL GIOCO E DOPO LA PASTICCERA, IL TEATRO DIREI CHE NON FA PER ME PROVO CON LA CERAMICA E CON LA CERA POI LO SPORT, QUALCHE SCHIZZO, SALGO SU CHE BEL PIZZO RIPRENDO UN LIBRO O DUE DA QUELLA LIBRERIA E VIAGGIO ANCORA UN PO' CON LA MIA FANTASIA E POI MI SPAZZOLO CON FORZA ED ENERGIA

 

 

ACTIVITY 1– LISTEN AND MATCH THE SENTENCE WITH ITS TRANSLATION

  1. ______IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK AND IT'S TIME TO START.

  2. ______I TAKE THE BROOM AND SWEEP HERE AND THERE.

  3. ______I RUN UPSTAIRS

  4. ______I HAVE MY CLOTHES TO ARRANGE

  5. ______THE CLOCK DOESN'T GO FASTER

 

  1. L'OROLOGIO PERO' PIU' VELOCE NON VA

  2. SONO LE SETTE E' ORA DI COMINCIARE.

  3.  CORRO DI SOPRA

  4. HO I PANNI DA SISTEMARE

  5. PRENDO LA SCOPA E SPAZZO DI QUA E DI LA.

 

 

 

ACTIVITY 2 -NUMBER THE HOUSE CHOIRS YOU HEAR.

1____ARRANGE THE CLOTHES

2.____ GASTRONOMY/PASTRY CHEF

3____SWEEP

 

 

 

ACTIVITY 3 FILL IN THE BLANKS

 

THEATRE / PAINTING / BOOKSHELF / BOOK / MY IMAGINATION / THE GUITAR/ A NICE GAME/ LACE/BRUSH

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I GRAB A BOOK OR TWO FROM MY ­­­­­-1.___________AND ADD A BEAUTIFUL 2.­­­­______________IN THE GALLERY, BETWEEN 3.­­­­­____________AND THE KNITTING NEEDLES AND THE GASTRONOMY I'M WAITING FOR WHAT WILL HAPPEN I'LL PLAY 4.______________ AND AFTER PASTRY CHEF, 5.__________I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT FOR ME I TRY WITH CERAMIC AND WAX THEN SPORT, SOME SKETCHES, I GET ON THAT BEAUTIFUL 6. ________ I GET A 7. __________OR TWO FROM THAT BOOKSHELFAND TRAVEL A LITTLE MORE WITH 8.._______________ AND THEN I 9._______ MYSELF WITH STRENGTH AND ENERGY

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ACTIVITY 4 FIND AT LEAST 3 ACTIONS YOU CAN DO IN YOUR FREE TIME

 

1. C_________ 2 W __________ 3S__________

 

 

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