tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89044890126623635802024-02-18T19:17:45.495-08:00Mrs Kontardo's English BlogEnglish language grammar, culture and curiositiesCristina Contardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01392226408945156434noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8904489012662363580.post-46243185871019575322021-10-31T07:56:00.001-07:002021-10-31T08:02:03.314-07:00HALLOWEEN - 2021 UPGRADE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5j2GC9j1pv98ltBn_hGKTeDQYYCl2WiSAg0cWCy3ksUmmqK1XOp7NQ2iadJ3WlfBG7CAHq0kYge0ydmwGzoDRNI9XSc2YnaSzzAHY4bYSho5UcUlZBKBJOcznovhfP2IzvbvLmWyAGs/s1600/pumpkins.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5j2GC9j1pv98ltBn_hGKTeDQYYCl2WiSAg0cWCy3ksUmmqK1XOp7NQ2iadJ3WlfBG7CAHq0kYge0ydmwGzoDRNI9XSc2YnaSzzAHY4bYSho5UcUlZBKBJOcznovhfP2IzvbvLmWyAGs/s1600/pumpkins.gif" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"> <b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 24pt;">HALLOWEEN </span></b><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: 24pt;">TIME!!!</span></b></div><p></p><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: orange;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: orange;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Halloween night is coming!</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: orange;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/91EstdKw4CE" width="320" youtube-src-id="91EstdKw4CE"></iframe></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Anche quest'anno nella notte tra il 31 Ottobre</b><br /><b> e il primo Novembre si celebrerà la festa di</b><br /><b> Halloween che i celti chiamavano Samhain. </b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sapete davvero cosa significa questa festa?</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Avventuratevi cliccando sui diversi link proposti </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: white;">per scoprire cosa significa veramente la festa di Halloween.</span> </b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;">You know that Halloween was a Celtic Festival brought to Usa by Irish and now it is celebrated all over the world in a superficial way.</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;">We have studied it two years ago.</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">May</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">be you don't know that this kind of festival was celebrated also in Piemonte and in other areas of Italy because Celts occupied Italy in ancient times.</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 9.5pt;">Do you want to know more? Visit this site</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 9.5pt;">THE HISTORY OF PIEMONTE</span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 9.5pt;"><a href="https://terreceltiche.altervista.org/piemonte-celtico/" target="_blank">https://terreceltiche.altervista.org/piemonte-celtico/</a></span></b></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;">Quindi anche se apparentemente sembra che la celebrazione di Halloween non ci appartenga, almeno nella classica usanza di mascherarsi e di esporre zucche vuote illuminate, in realtà la notte fra il 31 Ottobre e il 1° Novembre rappresenta una festività che risale alle nostre più antiche tradizioni. </span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">La celebrazione cattolica di Ognissanti si è innestata sulla più ben antica festa di Samhain risalente agli antichi celti. Essi non vivevano solo nelle regioni nord occidentali dell’Europa, ma in tutta Italia vi sono stati parecchi insediamenti celtici. Ad esempio in tutto il nord Italia: dalla Valle d’Aosta al Piemonte, dal Veneto all’Emilia fino alle Marche. </span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;">Sappiate inoltre che tutti i nomi di città, fiumi e paesi che terminano in aco, ago, ico, igo (Giussago, Rovigo) in ate (Gallarate, Andrate), in visio o viso (Treviso, Monvisolungo) e in dubbio o uno (Belluno), indicano una presenza celtica che si è protratta abbastanza a lungo per lasciare il segno sulla denominazione di tali località. </span></b></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;">Non c’è dunque da stupirsi se nella tradizione popolare piemontese siano presenti feste e usanze celtiche come anche quella di festeggiare Samhain.</span></b><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5pt;">Samhain è una parola celtica che letteralmente significa riunione o raccolto e indicava la fine di un ciclo e l’inizio di un altro. </span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;">Eccovi una serie di siti per poter ripassare la vera storia di Halloween divertirvi e prepararvi in modo adeguato a questo evento:</span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 14pt;">1) STORIA:</span></b></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Halloween" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/topic/Halloween</a></span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 14pt;">2) GAMES:</span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://halloweenarcade.com/index.php?halloweennightmare" style="color: #9b00ff; text-decoration-line: none;">http://halloweenarcade.com/index.php?halloweennightmare</a></span></span></b></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: #9b00ff;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 14pt;">3) SONGS AND LIMERICKS AND TONGUE TWISTERS: </span></b></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; 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font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 14pt;">4) RECIPES:</span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://www.easy-kids-recipes.com/halloween-recipes.html" style="color: #9b00ff; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.easy-kids-recipes.com/halloween-recipes.html</a></span></span></b></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #9b00ff;"><br /></span></span></b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #9b00ff;"><a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/halloween" target="_blank">https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/halloween</a></span></span></b><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 8pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"> </span></b></span><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"> </span></b></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">5) CURIOSITIES:</span></b></span><br /><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>THE LEGEND OF JACK O' LANTERN</b></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fxhO4_c0N2g/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fxhO4_c0N2g?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div><span style="background-color: white; 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position: relative;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-210693281553568537" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 736.016px;"><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"> <b>It is an Irish legend, it tells the story of very bad man: Jack.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div><b><span style="color: orange;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"><b> Jack is a gambler, he likes drinking, fighting, playing cards and he often cheats. </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"><b>He doesn't work he spends all his time in pubs.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div><b><span style="color: orange;"></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"> One day, he meets the Devil and he is afraid of him. He thinks the Devil wants to take his soul. </span></span></b></div><div><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">So, he decides to play a trick to the Devil. He asks the Devil if he can climb up on the top<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: orange;"></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">of a tree very fast. </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">The Devil answers "I'm very powerful, I can do everything!".</span></span></b></div><div><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"> Jack challenges him: " I don't believe it! Show it to me!". Then the Devil climbs up on the top of a tree very </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">fast to show Jack he is very powerful. </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">Jack carves a cross on the wood body of the tree so the Devil can't go down. The Devil </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">makes a promise to Jack: "If you let me go down, I will never take your soul." </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">Jack accepts and he cancels the cross. </span></span></b></div><div><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">The Devil goes away.</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: orange;"></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"> One day during a fight Jack dies.</span></span></b></div><div><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"> He goes to knock the Heaven's door but God refuses him because he is a bad man. </span></span></b></div><div><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">Then he goes to knock the Hell's door but the Devil sends him away because of the promise</span></span></b></div><div><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"> and he forces Jack to wander in the darkness for ever.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: orange;"></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"> Moreover, the Devil throws toward him some burning coal. </span></span></b></div><div><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">Jack picks it up and puts it in a big carved turnip to make </span></span></b></div><div><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">a lantern to light his way in the darkness.</span></span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"><span class="post-author vcard" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 1em;"></span><span class="post-timestamp" style="margin-left: -1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span><span class="reaction-buttons" style="margin-right: 1em;"></span><span class="post-comment-link" style="margin-right: 1em;"></span><span class="post-backlinks post-comment-link" style="margin-right: 1em;"></span><span class="post-icons" style="margin-right: 1em;"></span><div class="post-share-buttons goog-inline-block" style="display: inline-block; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; position: relative; vertical-align: middle;"></div></div><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-2"><span class="post-labels" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"></span></div><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-3"><span class="post-location" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"></span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 13px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> HOW WILL YOU CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT, HAVE YOU GOT ANY GRANDPARENTS WHO REMEMBER SOMETHING ABOUT THE PIEDMONTESE TRADITION OF CELEBRATING SAMHAIN?</span></span></b></div><div style="font-size: 13px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px;">TU COME CELEBRI HALLOWEEN?</span></span></div>Cristina Contardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01392226408945156434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8904489012662363580.post-74036051292908497622019-12-15T14:58:00.002-08:002019-12-15T14:58:27.278-08:00LUCAS THE SPIDER EPISODE 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Anche quest'anno nella notte tra il 31 Ottobre</b><br /><b> e il primo Novembre si celebrerà la festa di</b><br /><b> Halloween che i celti chiamavano Samhain. </b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: white;">per scoprire cosa significa veramente la festa di Halloween.</span> </b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;">You know that Halloween was a Celtic Festival brought to Usa by Irish and now it is celebrated all over the world in a superficial way.</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;">We have studied it two years ago.</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">May</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">be you don't know that this kind of festival was celebrated also in Piemonte and in other areas of Italy because Celts occupied Italy in ancient times.</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 9.5pt;">Do you want to know more? Visit this site</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 9.5pt;">THE HISTORY OF PIEMONTE</span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"> <b>It is an Irish legend, it tells the story of very bad man: Jack.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"><b> Jack is a gambler, he likes drinking, fighting, playing cards and he often cheats. </b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"><b>He doesn't work he spends all his time in pubs.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange;"></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"> One day, he meets the Devil and he is afraid of him. He thinks the Devil wants to take his soul. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">So, he decides to play a trick to the Devil. He asks the Devil if he can climb up on the top<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange;"></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">of a tree very fast. </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">The Devil answers "I'm very powerful, I can do everything!".</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"> Jack challenges him: " I don't believe it! Show it to me!". Then the Devil climbs up on the top of a tree very </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">fast to show Jack he is very powerful. </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">Jack carves a cross on the wood body of the tree so the Devil can't go down. The Devil </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">makes a promise to Jack: "If you let me go down, I will never take your soul." </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">Jack accepts and he cancels the cross. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">The Devil goes away.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange;"></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"> One day during a fight Jack dies.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"> He goes to knock the Heaven's door but God refuses him because he is a bad man. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">Then he goes to knock the Hell's door but the Devil sends him away because of the promise</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"> and he forces Jack to wander in the darkness for ever.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange;"></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;"> Moreover, the Devil throws toward him some burning coal. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">Jack picks it up and puts it in a big carved turnip to make </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange;">a lantern to light his way in the darkness.</span></span></b></div>
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<b>HALLOWEEN IS AN ANCIENT CELTIC FESTIVAL.</b></div>
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<b> NOWADAYS IT IS CELEBRATED ALL OVER THE WORLD.</b></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">WRITE A POEM ABOUT HALLOWEEN </span><b>FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS!</b><br />
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1. ACROSTIC POEM</div>
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<span style="color: orange;">2. SENSES POEM (smell, taste, see, hear, touch)</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Write the poem using the five senses and the underlined phrases.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Halloweeen <u>smells like</u> …….(nome) harvest</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">H. <u>tastes like</u> candies</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">H. <u>looks like</u> a pumpkin</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">H. <u>sounds like</u> a bell ring.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">H. <u>feels like</u> a festival</span></div>
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3. DIAMOND POEM</div>
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<b><u>HALLOWEEN</u></b></div>
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two adjectives that describes H.</div>
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two nouns that describes Halloween origins - two nouns that describes Halloween festival</div>
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<b><u>name of your favourite Halloween mask</u></b></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">misterious, magical</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">ancient, special</span></div>
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<b>NOW WRITE A POEM ABOUT HALLOWEEN USING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING METHOD!</b></div>
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<b>THE BEST POEMS WILL BE PRIZED AT SCHOOL!</b></div>
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<br />Cristina Contardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01392226408945156434noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8904489012662363580.post-43692346943763763462017-09-21T02:46:00.003-07:002017-09-21T02:46:35.310-07:00WELCOME TO SCHOOL AGAINAT SCHOOL AGAIN 💪<br />
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WELCOME TO MY STUDENTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL - QUARINI AND LEVI<br />
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HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY THIS YEAR TOGETHER! <br />
IT WILL BE HARD WORK 😈<br />
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.....BUT ALSO A LOT OF FUN! 😅<br />
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LOOK AT THIS VIDEO AND WRITE THE TRANSLATION OF AT LEAST 3 SENTENCES YOU WILL WIN STARS AND DOLLARS AS USUAL!!<br />
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<br />Cristina Contardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01392226408945156434noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8904489012662363580.post-15995827526784808102016-10-31T06:21:00.005-07:002016-10-31T06:21:36.056-07:00HALLOWEEN 2016<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">HALLOWEEN </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HALLOWEEN? </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">DO YOU KNOW ITS REAL ORIGINS? </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">IF NOT VISIT THE CULTURE AREA OF THIS BLOG!!! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!</span></b></div>
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<b>GOOD QUESTION! INTERESTING ANSWERS!</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">HOW DO YOU FEEL THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL?</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">THANK YOU TO ALL THE STUDENTS WHO TOOK PART IN THE CONTEST!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">THIS IS THE RESULT!</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://www.wevideo.com/view/618671667">www.wevideo.com/view/618671667</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">THE WINNERS ARE:</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">1st - SARA LUNARDI, 5 STARS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">2nd ALESSIA PENNAZIO, 4 STARS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">3rd ENEA LOMBARDOZZI, 3 STARS</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">POEM CONTEST! HERE WE GO!</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>FRIENDSHIP DAY!</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">WRITE A POEM ABOUT FRIENDSHIP FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS!</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Write a word for each letter of the word FRIENDSHIP</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Flower</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Red</b></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Ice</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>N...</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Friendship <u>smells like</u>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>F. <u>tastes like</u> ice-cream</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>F. <u>looks like</u> a red flower</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>F. <u>sounds like</u> heart-beat.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>F. <u>feels like</u> a sofa.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Write a poem using the instructions and the graphic form as showed below:</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><u>Friendship</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>two adjectives that describes
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>three ing verbs that remind
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>two nouns that describes your
F. two nouns that describes your best friend</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Three ing verbs to describe
your best friend</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>two adjectives to describe
your best friend</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><u>name of your best friend</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>happy, beautiful</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>listening, playing, winning</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>importance, sincerity –
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>nice, correct</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Jane</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">CONCORSO DI HALLOWEEN</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">WHO CAN WRITE THE SCARIEST STORY?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-small;">CHI SA SCRIVERE UNA STORIA DAVVERO SPAVENTOSA?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">WRITE A SCARY STORY WITHIN THE HALLOWEEN NIGHT (150 WORDS)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">SCRIVETE UNA STORIA SPAVENTOSA ENTRO LA NOTTE DI HALLOWEEN (max. 150 parole)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">THE MOST FRIGHTENING STORY WILL BE PRIZED!</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><b>http://www.mrskontardoenglishblog.blogspot.it/p/culture.html</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><b>WATCH THIS SCARY STORY: </b></span></div>
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Cristina Contardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01392226408945156434noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8904489012662363580.post-45632451806862709872014-11-26T12:27:00.001-08:002014-11-26T12:27:23.436-08:00ESERCIZIPER LA SECONDA G E F FRASI DI TRADUZIONE PER VENERDI'<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Anche quest'anno nella notte tra il 31 Ottobre</b><br /><b> e il primo Novembre si celebrerà la festa di</b><br /><b> Halloween che i celti chiamavano Samhain. </b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: white;">per scoprire cosa significa veramente la festa di Halloween.</span> </b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;">You know that Halloween was a Celtic Festival brought to Usa by Irish and now it is celebrated all over the world in a superficial way.</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;">We have studied it two years ago.</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">May</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">be you don't know that this kind of festival was celebrated also in Piemonte and in other areas of Italy because Celts occupied Italy in ancient times.</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 9.5pt;">Do you want to know more? Visit this site</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 9.5pt;">THE HISTORY OF PIEMONTE</span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b></span><b style="color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; line-height: 18pt;"> </b><b style="color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; line-height: 18pt;"><u><a href="http://www.piemonte-online.com/storia/servizi/storia.htm" style="color: #9b00ff; text-decoration: none;">http://www.piemonte-online.com/storia/servizi/storia.htm</a></u></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;">Quindi anche se apparentemente sembra che la celebrazione di Halloween non ci appartenga, almeno nella classica usanza di mascherarsi e di esporre zucche vuote illuminate, in realtà la notte fra il 31 Ottobre e il 1° Novembre rappresenta una festività che risale alle nostre più antiche tradizioni. </span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">La celebrazione cattolica di Ognissanti si è innestata sulla più ben antica festa di Samhain risalente agli antichi celti. Essi non vivevano solo nelle regioni nord occidentali dell’Europa, ma in tutta Italia vi sono stati parecchi insediamenti celtici. Ad esempio in tutto il nord Italia: dalla Valle d’Aosta al Piemonte, dal Veneto all’Emilia fino alle Marche. </span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 13.5pt;">Sappiate inoltre che tutti i nomi di città, fiumi e paesi che terminano in aco, ago, ico, igo (Giussago, Rovigo) in ate (Gallarate, Andrate), in visio o viso (Treviso, Monvisolungo) e in dubbio o uno (Belluno), indicano una presenza celtica che si è protratta abbastanza a lungo per lasciare il segno sulla denominazione di tali località. </span></b></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> HOW WILL YOU CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT, HAVE YOU GOT ANY GRANDPARENTS WHO REMEMBER SOMETHING ABOUT THE PIEDMONTESE TRADITION OF CELEBRATING SAMHAIN?</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">WELCOME BOYS AND GIRLS</span></b></div>
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