1. Viaggiamo in Italia!

2. Parte prima (in gruppi) Working in groups of 2or 3, plan a 10 day trip to Italy! –It can be whenever you want. Dates are flexible. You have 2000€ ($2250) each You must: –get yourselves to Italy from Cleveland –visit all of the areas represented by your group members –spend a minimum of 2 days in each region –find a place to stay in each city –plan a minimum of 3 culturally relevant activities per day –find one restaurant per day in each region that specializes in local cuisine. Create an organized itinerary in English detailing your trip. A PowerPoint “slide show” of your trip, with a brief oral presentation.

3. Parte seconda (da solo) Write a letter to me in italiano describing your trip. Tell me where you went, what you did, what you ate, and your impressions and opinions about the various things you saw and did.

4. Requirements for the itinerary Flight details: –airline –flight number(s) –dates –price Hotel details –name –address –phone number / email address –price per night Restaurant details –name –address –specialties –(not included in your expenses)

5. Daily activities –3 culturally relevant and important activities per day –Location (address) –Price –Brief description: what is it? why are you going there? why is it important?

6. DON’T GO OVER BUDGET!! However, you can have the opportunity to “earn” more money for your trip by doing various activities related to our geography vocab words, Italy’s geography, or the geography and history of your specific region. See handout.

7. Turn in: A neatly organized itinerary for your group. –Flight, hotel, and tourist information. –All costs (food not included) A PowerPoint “slide show” of photos from your trip.

8. GOOD

9. BAD

12. Parte seconda: Respond to my message Your reply should include a greeting and a closing and should respond to all the questions and requests in the message. In your reply, you should also ask for more details about something mentioned in the message.

13. Cari studenti, Ho capito che siete appena tornati da un viaggio in Italia. Voglio sapere tutto! Dove siete andati? Che avete visto? Che ti piaceva? Che non ti piaceva? Perché? Che avete mangiato? Volete ritornare? Perché? Dimmi tutto! Anche, quando tornate a scuola, ci sarà un’assemblea in cui farete una presentazione agli studenti e ai professori sul viaggio. Siate pronti! Con affetto, Signora Rolf

14. La lettera Use the passato prossimo and imperfetto correctly. Use at least 3 comparative and at least 3 superlative sentences. Try to use object pronouns instead of repeating the names of things. 3 revisions: –Content and comparative/superlative sentences –Verbs –Overall grammar 12-point Times New Roman double spaced

15. lunedìmartedìmercoledìgiovedìvenerdì 26/1 Niente scuola 27/1 Individual research 1 o – Humanities 3 o – 217 6 o – 113 28/1 Individual research 1 o – Humanities 3 o – 217 6 o – LMC 29/1 Individual research 1 o – Humanities 3 o – 217 6 o – LMC 30/1 Begin group work 1 o – Humanities 3 o – 217 6 o – LMC 2/2 Group work All classes – 217 3/2 Group work All classes – 217 4/2 Group work All classes – 217 5/2 Group work All classes – 217 6/2 Itinerary due at the end of class All classes – 217 9/2 Write letter All classes – Humanities 10/2 Write letter 1 o – Humanities 3 o – Humanities 6 o – 217 11/2 Write letter All classes – Humanities 12/2 Letter due at beginning of class. Presentation – Back to the classroom 13/2 Presentation -classroom

16. Itinerary sites travelocity.com expedia.com kayak.com cheaptickets.com orbitz.com xe.com/ucc aviewoncities.com Research sites it.wikipedia.org google.it www.comuni-italiani.it www.mediasoft.it/ital y/ regioni.it lonelyplanet.com