Best Times

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Mag az ine o f Learner W ri t ing

Best Times, a valued showcase for students’ work, is back! Now that the British School has entered in the world-wide web, we want our learners to enjoy not only the additional educa-tional resources available on our site, but to be entertained by the writings and projects created by our school community, you. Given the season, the themes of this issue are: relationships - family and friends, and joy - what I hope you will feel while reading. Also included are what will be the regular sections - Seasonal, articles for the season or festivity; Reviews, articles on films, songs, books, etc.; Exam Tips, exam-like, writings, the Kid’s Corner, stories, puzzles, jokes and comics by our Young Learn-ers. For those of you who have been with us awhile and may have had some of your work published, you will remember that the last issue of Best Times (in paper-version) was in 2005. For those of you who didn’t have that pleasure, I’ve included some of the best pieces from the 8 issues published between 2001 and 2005. Of course writings from this year’s students are also included, although fewer than desired due to a very short, turn-around time. To be a part of the next issue, email your corrected and word-processed compositions to your teacher or to me! Melissa Wing, [email protected]

From the Editor

Relationships 1-5

Joy 6

Reviews 7

Exam Tips 8-9

Seasonal 10-11

The Kid’s Corner 12-14

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: There are many valuable things in life, but friendship is one of the most important. Popular wisdom tells us that ”who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure.” We have all heard the philosophers, heard our grand-parents advising us that “Friendship doubles your joys and divides your sorrow” and “you judge a man by his friends.” Friendship is an indispensible part of every-body’s life. Not only interaction is a neces-sity to survival, but developing a friendship is essential to the successful well-being of anyone. But what exactly does it mean to have a friend? According to the dictionary, a friend can be described as someone who is not hostile, an ally or one attached to another by es-teem. Otherwise, in my personal opinion, friendship doesn’t have defined terminol-ogy, since a friend is based on one’s own notions. An old rule of thumb is that “ a real friend is walking in when the rest of the world walks out.” Ideally a friend is a person who

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In the winter the weather was snowy And the landscape was everywhere white. The streets were icy And few cars circulated. No people walked on the sidewalks And the city was isolated. The trees were white And the grass too. The sea was undulating And the boats oscillating Even the fountain water was icy. The temperature on the thermometer was minus one And people wore heavy coats, hats, scarves and gloves. The sun went down at 4:30 And it was dark in the city. You heard the wind on the window at night And the rain on the street. But the winter was beautiful, because there were the holidays.

Margherita Serravallo, B1

What are Friends for?

1616 Trieste in Winter

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Relationships A Kind-hearted Woman

She was married to a labourer and had two daughters. Her life was quite difficult and she worked as a maid for a few fami-lies. Clearly she was not well-off nevertheless she brought up her daughters with dignity and a sense of style. Though a lot of their clothes were second-hand, she refashioned them with fan-tasy and good taste. Despite being plain and un-schooled, she was keen to know things and was always ready to learn, if only from her daughters or friends. Rarely have I met someone so open to novelties. Not only had I never quarrelled with her but I found in her no real defects, and still now I don’t.

Gabriele Muggia, C1.2

It might be odd but the person who I’m speaking about is my mother-in-law. She died several years ago but the memory of her is quite vivid and gentle. She was a humble woman with a big heart. She was always ready to help others even when she her-self needed help. Although she had attended only primary school in the interval between the two world wars, she was a sensible person. She used her good sense, together with her goodness of heart, to approach the sentimental prob-lems that others used to confide to her. She regularly tried to smooth grudges, to relieve pains and to anticipate wishes.

opments, such as e-mails and mobile phones, have widely affected our personal rela-tionships. On one hand it is the easiest way to stay in touch with old friends, on the other it is a strong limitation to face-to-face approach, esecially with the members of the opposite sex. Technology has badly affected friendships in this sense. In conclusion I think that a very close relationship never fails even if there situations in which it could be possible to happen, be-cause there is always the oppor-tunity to explain to the other what went wrong and solve any little problem together.

Riccardo Lobina, C2

Friendship represents the sweet side of everyday life. Friends are extremely important and making friends even more. Friends help you be yourself and take off that sort of mask which characterizes your personality and your way of behaving at work. Indeed different personali-ties are essential to make friend-ships possible. In this way every-body can learn how to deal with difficulties as well as appreciate different aspects of life, thereby enriching their background. Moreover sharing with or telling a friend about a bad situation you have experienced in your life is fundamental in order to over-come fears and emotions. Devel-

Friendship

Grampa’s Help? Once upon a time there was a girl that had to do her homework for the following day. Her parents were both at work and he was at home alone. She didn’t know how to do her difficult homework. “What can I do?” she thought. So she thought for a lot of time and then suddenly she got an idea: She decided to go to her old grandfather who was 78, sure that she had found the person that could help him. She was very calm and happy and so she walked leisurely to her grandpa’s house. When she arrived he immediately asked her grandpa to help. “Can you help me, please?” The old man was very nervous because he hadn’t slept during the night and yelled, “No! I’m not going to do your stupid homework!” The child couldn’t believe the words so she walked out of the room. After that the man was very depressed and so he decided to help his neice. You are never too old to learn that feelings are very important. You have to be careful with them!

Airin Aschrafi, B1.1

Never Too Old to Learn!

THE BRITISH SCHOOL O F FRIULI-VE NE ZIA GIULIA

Admirable People Elena The first thing you can see about Elena is her curly hair and her beautiful eyes. She doesn’t use make-up because she doesn’t like it, sometimes only lip gloss. She isn’t very tall, but she is very thin. She does gymnastics, which she loves a lot. I met her at elementary school and we became immediately best friends. I like her for her charac-ter - very friendly, loyal, responsible, self-confident and open-minded. She has got a great sense of hu-mour and when we are together we laugh all the time. She loves wearing shoes from the 60’s (All Star). Her clothes are normally jeans, shirts, and T-shirts. She wears earrings, glasses, a chain and when there is sun, sunglasses. She is a very cheerful person and she has a very optimistic view of the world. When I’m with her I’m very happy. I talk with her about everything. I like her a lot and I hope that it will continue.

Julia Dell’ Adami, B2.2

Roberta The person I admire most is my best friend Roberta. She’s a pretty girl with big blue eyes and a lot of blond hair. She’s thin but she’s not very tall. Talking about her personality, the thing I appreci-ate most is that she always gives off joy, even if she’s sad. She’s fairly extrovert and sensitive, and she can understand me. Moreover when we start to laugh, it’s very difficult to give it up. Generally she wears blue jeans or sometimes black trousers and many nice T-shirts. Sometimes we lend each other T-shirts, especially when we go out together, but we always give them back as soon as possible. When some nice clothes become too small for me, I often give them away to her. The thing I like most is her continual smile and her big sensibility. She’s honest and I laugh every time I see her.

Paola Lezoni Milli, B2.2

barded everything that was moving in the lagoon. From 1923 to 1925 he served in the army. After the war ended, he started to work and slowly became a very good fisherman. When he came back home he also got married He and his wife had seven children.

But then in 1941 the Second World War broke out and he was recalled for military service. He was sent to a little village along the sea in Greece that looked like his own Grado. Returning in Italy his ship was sunk and most of the crew died. He survived but he was captured and sent in Tunisia as prisoner of war. He wasn't able to return in Italy until 1946. Upon his re-turn lie started to work again as a fisherman. Since then he always lived on the little isle in the lagoon dur-ing the warm seasons and in a hut in the centre of old Grado in winter when it's too cold and humid to live on the isle. Although he was in his seventies when 1 met him for the first time, he was still was very strong. Every day he used to wake up early to go fishing. Then suddenly in the winter of 1987, his daughter noti-fied us of his death. My wife and I went to Grado for his funeral. During the rites the choir sang some beau-tiful old fishermen songs; it was really very moving. As I saw him laying in the coffin wearing a blue suit and a tie, I remember thinking, that I had never seen him wearing a suit before.

GianMarco Misigoi, B2.1

This is a story about a friend of mine, a fisherman called "Checco", but his name was Francesco. In the lagoon on the other side of Grado, where I have a little house and spend most of my weekend, lived this old fisherman. When I first arrived there, about 30 years ago, he first was very wary and sus-picious, but one or two years later we became close friends. In the afternoon I always walked along the shoreline to his house to talk with him. He was always telling me old stories, I was really fascinated. Usually when I arrived he was repairing his nets, but he immediately stopped working and offered me a glass of red wine. He told me about his youth, when people were really very poor and there were very little to eat. He told me he was born in 1905. He remembered the First World War. He told me that from the little house on the island he could see the blast of the bombs in the Carso, especially on the Ermada Mount. Laughing he told me that he believed that they were fire-works. He also said that often his father couldn't go fishing because the Italian aeroplanes bom-

Checco

...Means a group of people that live together, where I can find help when I have problems and where everyone has an important role. It is a a circle of people with a net of relation-ships between them, often very difficult and complicated. In this net everyone has their role and develops mechanisms that are often used throughout their life and thus should get you ready for the world. Pilar Franco, Celeste Damiani, Giuliano Guttardauro, C1.2

...Is a group of people with blood in common and whose members should respect each other; mine has an important role in my life as a point of reference, and if I’ve a problem, they can help and suggest alternatives to me. Anna Acquisto, C1.2

..Iis a group of people that are usually linked by their DNA and among which there is love! It is important that family members love and respect each other while teaching to the young the family rules and ensuring that everybody has the same importance. Eleonora Lenzoni Milli, C1.2

...Is an institution that has always united and been valued by people. It plays a great role in my life by supporting and guiding me without obliging me to do certain things, which they’d like me to do; ultimately, they make me feel loved and self-confident even though we sometimes argue. Paola Pinesich, C1.2

Family... ...Is something you can or can’t have; it’s helping and trying to agree with each other; it’s a group of people I live with and with who I feel at home! It groups people; in the modern sense “family” means only the closest relatives, but in the past the family was every relative both close and distant, and also friends. Piermaria Cosina, C1.2

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The Serene Man only 20 years old, and went to war as a sailor. In 1943 his ship was rammed by another Italian ship on a foggy night and was wrecked. There were 170 people aboard and only 17 survived. My father was saved after many hours in the cold sea of January, clinging onto a lifeboat with scalds all over his body. Still, he was very fortunate. After the war, he got a job in the police under the Anglo- American Government. Then, he left the police and worked in a carpenter's shop until he retired. He built the house, where he's still living with my mother, almost all by himself. I

My father was born in a poor family. His father was an hon-est person but he very often got drunk. His mother worked to aid the family, so when they were young my father and his sister were of-ten alone. They cooked the meals for themselves with the aid of a chair to reach the level of the hearth. He had no supervision and he didn't en-joy studying. He often played truant and failed his examina-tions. But, when he was 15, he got a job as a smith at the shipyard of San Marco and he attended evening school to get a diploma. He got married very young,

think he has worked very hard in his life. He's 83 now. He accepts and enjoys the changes and innovations of the modern way of life because he thinks that 'the good old times' weren't so good. He spent his youth with many problems and worries. Now he lives in a simple, quiet way and he's serene.

Giulianna Lucchini, B2.1

Living Differences However strange it may sound, speaking two different languages has its advantages and disadvantages. Despite speaking Italian perfectly, we can speak Slovenian as well. We have the opportunity to study Slovenian at school and to know about a different culture. Although Slovenia is not such a big country, its culture is rich and full of interesting traditions. The only things I really do not like is that we have to study more at school, from literature to gram-mar (even though I do not think it can really be called a disadvan-tage). A Slovenian also learns a foreign language easier than an Italian. Slovenian is such a com-plicated language, full of grammar rules and strange declensions. I think that no other language could be more different, except Chinese and Japanese, of course.... A thing that makes me really sad is that some people are intoler-ant. They often call us ‘slaves’, when they hear us talking in our language. Maybe they are envious of us, but quite often there are political reasons in the back-ground. In conclusion I would say that I hope that this antagonism will disappear one day. Only in that way will our future be better. I imagine a future Trieste as a city where these two cultures are mixed together.

Lara Iskra, C1.1


In a class of an equal number of Slovenian- and Italian-speaking students, the advantages and disadvantages of living in a bilingual city were discussed as part of the European Language Week. It gave the students an opportunity to speak about issues they obviously felt strongly about. I hope you enjoy the writings as much as I did.

Melissa Wing, teacher

Living Together Trieste is a good example of bi-lingual cohabitation in Italy. The presence of Italian and Slovenian people sharing the same land is, in fact, an important source of social and cultural richness. Trieste has always enjoyed the fame of being an important cul-tural centre where poets, artists and free thinkers developed and shared their ideas. Due to this broad-mindedness, Trieste has given birth to a lively scientific centre with international scien-tists and researchers striving to enrich the future of humanity. In addition there is also the advan-tage of a good, stable mercantile economy which is created by the combined efforts of both Slove-nian and Italians. However, all these advantages do not mean that misunderstandings and intolerance are avoided. As the Italians are not provided equal access to Slovenian lan-guage learning, not knowing that language becomes a barrier which gives rise to suspicion and mistrust. These misunderstand-ings can feed the antagonism, remnant of dramatic historical and political consequences of the Second World War. Nevertheless, the advantages of bilingualism outweigh the disad-vantages as is demonstrated by the citizens progressively over-coming these obstacles of incom-prehension and enjoying a peace-ful and beneficial cohabitation.

Marco Rizzo, C1.1

Living Diversity What are Friends for? offers love and respect and will never blame. This is a unique loyalty between friends, which doesn’t develop through a sense of duty, but it is nurtured on un-derstanding. You can rely on your friends and trust them, be-cause only they give you the cer-tainty in knowing your secrets will be protected dearly and not broadcast from the rooftops. A friend is someone you enjoy spending time with and shares your interests and experiences. Friends never make assumptions about your motives, in fact, they only expect you to be yourself. They know everything about you and still like you. They help you when you’re in trouble, always looking out for you and giving you advice. A real friend even tells you harsh truths when they must and in times of crisis and depression is there to calm and lift your spirit. Real friends hear your unspoken words. We all desire to have friends and this is what makes us reach out of our shells and take the chance of being hurt. Maintaining these bonds makes us feel alive and keeps us going in the months and years ahead. Without our friend-ships, we are indeed lost.

Marina Troian, C2.2

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When it rains, my mood is very grey. No.

On the contrary.

It’s very blue,

like the sky.

But the sky, when it rains, is grey.

So, I have a great confusion of colours in my mind.

However,

when the sun comes shining again,

all the marvellous colours of this world fill my eyes up

and my mood becomes blue …..or pink?

I hate the colour pink. Rossana Furlani, B2.2

Colours In My Mind

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I love the colours of the trees – red, gold, yellow,

Bordeaux and brown. And I love to search for mushrooms and watch as the wind blows the swing in the forest of 1000 acres with Christopher Robin.

Rosetta , A1- ENAIP

In the Autumn

I could change my life, I would like to be a swallow and fly to Africa. I could see new empty spaces where the sun shines every

day. There I could fly free in the blue sky without troubles. But I’m only an ordinary man so I may only dream for a better world. I would have more time to speak with the peo-ple I know and to meet new positive people everyday. We all hope that no one should suffer hunger or thirst any more and that wars should disappear from the world. I think that if we really hope in these ide-als we have to free ourselves from our selfishness and open ourselves to oth-ers. Only if we reach this consciousness could we have a new and better world.

Roberto Raineri, B1.1

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rather than imagine a wonderful but inexistent world (our “ideal”). In my opinion, God made the world for the genuine happiness of man; not always man knows how to use the beauty of the world correctly . I think we

can live to-gether with the world happily , but it’s important to be humble and respectful of the law of God.

Don Luigi Tonon, A1

When I think about ‘my wonder-ful world,” I think most of all about the wonderful things round me: friendship, the beauty of na-ture, humour, creativity (art, painting, etc.). I prefer to see the reality of the external world

My Wonderful World


Reviews

Have you ever read a book which is both sweet and sad at the same time? While cleaning up my room yes-terday, I found an old book that I had received many year ago as a present. It’s one of those thin colorful books that you read once when you’re little and then another time when you’re big-ger, and you like to underline special parts of. ‘The Little Prince’, undoubtedly De Saint-Exupéry’s most famous book, is considered to be a fan-tasy novel both for children and grownups. Antoine De Saint-Exupéry, a French pilot, journal

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The Little Prince

I visited the Gardening site because I love flowers and I wanted to know some more about this topic. There are the Basics:- Techniques and Garden Conditions. Techniques: In this part of the site, their simple guide takes away the mystery of common gardening tech-niques, such as pruning. Plus you learn how to care for your garden during adverse weather conditions and how to grow fruits and vegetables. Garden Conditions: Reading here, you can learn about how to behave with the different weather con-ditions. Not surprisingly, the weather can affect the health of gardens. Some plants may need protection from damp winds, scorching sun or prolonged frost. So you can learn more about how to help your gar-den. Absurd as it may sound, given such high levels of annual rainfall in the UK, the most common cause of plant death there is lack of water. By following their guidelines you’ll keep your garden blooming in all the four seasons.

Martina Barboti, B2.1

www.bbc.co.uk/gardening

www.british-fvg.net

I like the British School website very much. First of all it has nice aesthetics. There is a lot of space on the page and only a few colours used. Then it is well organized. We can find all the topics on the left side of the page. I’ll spend a lot of time on this site as another way to study English. I can find words in a dic-tionary, not only the meaning but also the pro-nunciation. I really have changed my opinion about pronunciation. I never thought it was im-portant accents never change, nevertheless, it helps you understand spoken English. I find the ‘Bookshop’ link very interesting. It gives three ideas for good reading which I think I should use. For example, I can choose a Reader which has a few new words per page. Normally I have a lot of new words a page and so I don’t enjoy reading in English very much. I will im-prove with the site. Once I have spent more time on this site I will be able to to say more.

Irina Rasherskayn, B2, INFN

This is a very interesting site, where you can do a lot of things; IN THE ENGLISH VERSION you can learn what the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) is, what it does, where and how it works, and read a lot of stories and articles. You can also become a member of the WWF, read the eco-advice of the day and ask a lot of ques-tions. Moreover, there is a part dedicated to children where you can play a lot of games and read a lot of curiosities. I like this site because I love animals, so I can read a lot of news about animals!

Valentina Bonazza, B2.1

www.wwf.it

This is this short story by O. Henry of a poor young couple who are very much in love. They are Della and her husband, Jim. Both wanted to give each other a Christmas present, but they don’t have enough money. So each decided to sell something important they had. Della sold her long blonde hair to buy a chain for Jim’s gold watch. Jim sold his gold watch so he could buy two beautiful combs for Della’s long blonde hair. In the evening they gave each other their presents. Surprised by the sacrifices they each made, they smiled and hugged.

Elisabetta Carboni, A2

The Christmas Present

Exam Tips

Students often come to the British School to prepare for examinations which are required for entry into a foreign university. Marco, who passed his exam with flying colors, also came in for guidance on writing the ‘personal statement,’ quite a ‘foreign’ concept for Italian candidates, that American universities require for admissions. After a few attempts he wrote a inspiring essay that is, unfortunately, too long to include so he’s submitted his thoughtful introduction.

Jane Pahr

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More Than Just Exam Preparation

been taught that a cause pro-duces an effect: don’t do your homework, don’t play with your friends. All the way up to the highest achieve-ments in science: hit one hydrogen atom against another and you get a helium atom , water and a lot of energy. Not only have I found many reasons for doing a Masters, but a cause. Now the effect must happen: to complete my Masters. I think that this is the goal of such essays. Ameri-can universities are probably not looking for great essays but they use it to motivate prospective stu-dents. Those who don’t find this motivation, will write a poor essay or understand that their moti-vation is not enough. In Italy we don’t have to write an essay to apply for a university. I don’t think this is the only reason why so many students are not motivated or make the wrong choice, however, I’m sure that the obligation to write is a great way to help people look inside themselves and inspire them.

Marco Vechiet, C1.2

When I found that an application to an American university must include a personal statement in which one declares why he/she wants to attend that school, my first reaction was a great surprise. But that was obvious: the school was the best one for me! Easy, huh? Of course I knew I couldn’t give that answer, if I wanted to be admitted. So I begin-ning reflecting on why I wanted to do a Masters in Architecture, why there and nowhere else and why architecture and not something else. All of the sudden, it wasn’t the university that was asking these questions of me but myself. Somehow I split myself in two parts: half of me asking, and the other half looking for the answers. This process has had an extremely unexpected and positive effect. Finding the reason why I want to do a Masters of Architecture at Harvard, has given ma an incredible motivation to do it. Before writing the essay, I simply thought it was a good thing to do. Now that it’s written, and I’ve found the rea-son for doing the Master, I feel I must do it. Cause and effect. Ever since we were kids we’ve

In this picture, the sky is blue. There is a king with a horse. He’s got a long sword and a crown. He’s wearing a red and white jacket. He is happy but his horse is sad and angry.

Eugenia Maria Gianelli, P4

Describe a Picture

Chiara Gelmini, level 5

been completed. Smoking, driving without seat a belt, eating junk food, surfing the web are only a few examples of how we are engaged in activities that scientist, sociologists, politi-cians and journalists describe as serious health risks everyday. But are all these activities real risks and moreover would increasing regulation protect us? In my opinion, all these rules are just another tool of social control based on a paternalistic form of blaming in which the citizens are considered as children. On the contrary, I think that citizens should be treated as adults and involved in public debate about the risks and benefits of strong and pervasive regulations on

I have read the article about the conflict between rules and per-sonal freedoms published last Monday. I agree with the author about the necessity to open a public discus-sion on this issue because we are all at risk of losing our freedoms and our privacy without clear benefits. In 1986 the German so-ciologist Ulrich Beck wrote a book, ”The Risk Society,” in which he described a cultural transition towards a new kind of

society ob-sessed with risks and d a n g e r s . Twenty-five years later that transi-tion has

many as-pects of our lives. At the same time, the debate on these kind of individual risks should not be used to distract the public opinion from what should be con-sidered real risks in our societies, which are environmental pollu-tion, climate change caused by global warming and erosion of biodiversity. In other words, even more than individual risks, regulators and decision-makers should increase their efforts to find solutions to global risks and, whenever it is possible, to involve citizens in an open, public debate on the future of our society.

GianCarlo Sturloni, C2.1

Dear Editor


At that time its usually around 20-22 degrees Celsius. So you should bring some light clothes for the daytime and, as it's often colder in the evening, a jacket, a pullover and a jersey. If you want to meet people our own age, I think the best thing is to go to some parties on Satur-day nights. Then what do you think about going to some clubs or cafe's in the evenings? What do you think about my suggestions? Thank you for your invitation. I hope we will have a lot of fun. I'm looking forward seeing you soon! Write me back soon!

Kisses, Alessia Tognon, B2.1

Hi Anne! How are you? First of all thanks for your e-mail. I'm very happy that you have decided to come to my country for a holiday. Trieste is a very beautiful city. There are many things to do and see. For this reason I think the best time to came to Italy is at the beginning of September. The weather is perfect and it isn't very hot.

An Informal Letter In this picture there are hedges, a river, a pink cottage and a cow in a fence with a gate. In the dis-tance we can see a small village on a hill near the wood. The hill is crossed by a road for cars and other vehicles. There is a lane too and a bridge that crosses the river. Finally there is a tractor near the fields.

Doina Komissarov, B1.1

What can you see outside?

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Dear Santa’s Helpers Magazine, Christmas is always closer. It’s a question of time. I was wondering if you could give me some advice to help Santa Claus get into my home. I think I have a heart of gold and I would do anything to help the person who brings lots of presents to me.

I hope you can answer me quickly, or the price of failure will be terrible!

Thanks,

A reader

Santa’s Helpers Magazine

Readers of Santa’s Helpers Magazine, the above letter really got us thinking, and here’s our reply… People of all nations, let’s do something to help Santa Claus, an old poor man, who in the past, went into houses through the chimney to give the children Christmas presents; and all these things were done as quick as a flash in only one night. With the invention of modern heating systems he can’t get

into the houses, imagine an old, fat man trying to get into a heating pipe! We can help him in many ways! Here is some advice to help him in his difficult work. First we can build a wooden or steel runway on our roof, brightly lit to help him land on it. Second we recommend that you build a chimney, and we recommend that it should be bigger than 2 X 2 metres! Naturally, we MUSTN’T light it during Christmas Eve. Third we have to go to sleep by 10 o’clock on Christmas Eve; otherwise Santa Claus will have to wait for us to go to sleep before coming. This is some simple but effective advice for all of us.

Pier Maria Cosina and Luca Chiarandini, C1.1

Seasonal

CHRISTMAS WISH LIST WORD SEARCH

Find the words in this list. They are written horizontally, vertically, diagonally and backwards BASKET BALL

SHOES SAILING JACKET

AIRLINE TICKET

PLAY STATION

NIRVANA CD

HAMSTER

FCE PASS

MOBILE CASE

WAGNER CD

STEAM ENGINE

FINE WINE

COMPUTER MOZART CD

PADRE PIO BOOK

STEREO

CHOCO LATES

PRINTER SEWING MACHINE

MOBILE

CD WALK- MAN

BIBLE PUTIZZA BARBIE DOLL

GAME SOFTWARE

BOXER GOLD EARRINGS

STRAW BEAR

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Santa’s life Santa’s Early Years Santa Claus was born in 1700 on the island of the Hawaii, but now he lives in the North Pole. Hawaii, Monday 5th November 1705 One hot morning in Hawaii. Santa Claus and his family decide to move to the North pole because on the beautiful island but there is one problem: it's too hot! His mum is a fat and short person and she is very messy and funny. She is called Santa Mary. His dad is short and large. He is a lovely, sociable man and he loves babies. He is called Santa Steve. Santa Claus is similar to his father: fat, short and very funny!

North Pole, Thursday 8th November 1705 The Santa family arrive at the North pole. It is very cold and there is snow everywhere. Their home is very big, red and white. The people in this city are short and thin and they are very sociable. The Santa family are very happy. One day he meets a Wizard, who gives him a magic potion. He's going to live 1000 years.

Jennifer Mori & Laura Simeone, T3

Santa as a boy

When he started his job Santa Klaus started his job in 1830 to bring some felicity to the children of the World. In precisely 18/1/1830, he made his first toy factory at the North Pole. The factory is very big. Now the fac-tory is divided into many sections: for materials, the production of toys, the packaging and a ware-house. There is also a garage for his sleighs. He employs many elves, angels and good men. He also

made an extension for the post and his office. Everyone works without stopping. He gives toys to all the children in the world. This day is called Christmas.

Ludvik Zobec & Jacopo Zucca, T3

His Free Time Father Christmas does strange unthinkable things in his free time. He goes shopping; he loves it. He loves eating too, so his wife makes lots of cakes and invents new recipes with fruit and chocolate. His favourite sports are skiing and mountain climbing. Every morning he does gym-nastics and so isn’t very fat. He also dedicates some of his free time to looking after his pets: his magic reindeers. In the evening, he sews cloths for the elves. They’re very funny.

Sara Calcich & Francesca Cociani, T3

His Typical Day Every day Father Christmas gets up at 6 o’clock. He eats biscuits and milk for breakfast with his wife. He goes to his friends and prepares the toys for the children. At 4 pm he looks after the rein-deers and gives them a lot of good things to eat. At 5 pm he returns home. At 9 pm he goes to bed. Marianna Vitale & Valentina Cunja,

T3

His Favourite Clothes When Santa works he wears his classic clothes, but when he relaxes he wears a red dressing

gown and slippers. While working in his toy factory he has on a t-shirt a pair of jeans, and

trainers. Tommaso Cuc-

cinella & Marco

Family and Friends Father Christmas hasn’t got a big family. He’s got only a wife, but he’s got many friends: his funny happy elves, his helpers and his reindeers. His wife is old, but she helps him with everything.

Francesco Natali & Marco Ferluga, T3

Moooooooove!

What did the cow say as he pushed through the crowd?

Valentina Cunja, T3

I’m not fishing, Officer, I’m giving my worm a bath.

Sir, you can’t fish here!

Francesco Natali, T3

The _ _ _ _ _ is on the tree. The _ _ _ _ is on the tree.

The _ _ _ _ _ _ is under the tree. The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is under the

N ame The Animals In The Picture

Chiar Mattessich, P1

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ems. He always wears black glasses and a cap. His eyes are blue and his hair is grey. I like Vasco Rossi because his voice is like the voice of a drunk.

Francesca Vitale, T3

The Black Eyed Peas The Black Eyed Peas are four famous singers, three men and one woman. I like this group f o r t h e i r rhythm, songs and videos are strange. This group started in Los Angeles in 1998. I like the song, “When I’m in the shower, I sing loudly.” I LOVE THIS GROUP. My favourite is Willi. He has got brown hair, brown eyes and he is tall. He has very, very strange costumes and hair. I LOVE THIS GROUP.

Enea Pipolo, T3

Napoleone Bonaparte Born: in 1769, in Ajaccio (Corsica) Famous for: his battles, civil laws and reforms (Napoleon Code)

Hair: dark brown

Height: very short E y e s :

brown I like him because he was an important general then the Em-peror of France.

Adriano Coppa

Nick Jonas Nicolas Jerry Jonas was born in Dallas, Texas. He is a famous singer. He sings in a band with his brothers, Kevin and Joe.

The band’s name is the Jonas Brothers. He has got three broth-ers, including Frankie. He is eight-een and his favourite colour is blue. For his sixteenth birthday his family gave a dog, Elvis. He loves baseball and his favourite team is the New York Yankees. He is a diabetic, but he can drink 30 Cokes in one go. He wrote lots of songs and one of these songs talks about his diabetes. His fans call him, ”the sensitive cute one.” For me Nick Jonas is a hero. I LOVE NICK JONAS.

Carla Marchetto

Vasco Rossi Vasco Rossi was born on February 7, 1952 in Zocca near Modena and Bologna. He is a very famous rock singer especially for his song, ”Voglio una vita spericolata.” His songs are po-

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Idols

One day Mr. Bounce was bounc-ing around his house when he saw a red hat.

He put it on his head and liked it. He bounced into his house and sat on his armchair.

But after he thought about the poor man that was searching for his red hat.

So he bounced all around the world and asked every person if he had lost a red hat.

It seemed the hat was nobody’s. He was in the North Pole, he was lost and he started crying.

Then Mr. Santa met him, the red hat was his! Happily they climbed onto Mr. Claus’s sleigh and flew to Mr. Bounce’s. Marco Redoni, B1.1


When I grow up I want to be a firefighter when I grow up. You can help or save people. It’s an a d v e n t u r o u s and hard job. Zoe Faiman, P4

I want to be a ballet dancer when I grow up. You can be famous, meet important peo-ple and travel around the world. It’s a fantastic and great job.

Gaia Boncore, P4

I want to be a po-liceman. You can catch criminals help people and meet important people too. It’s a dangerous and fantastic job. Daniele Meroi, P4

I want to be a scientist when I grow up. You can discover things and in-vent new sub-stances. It’s

and interesting and great job.

Giovanna Gulli, P4

I want to be a footballer when I grow up. You can be fa-mous. You can meet i m p o r t a n t people. Matteo Minnucci, P4

I want to be an astronaut when I grow up. You can trave l in space. It can be a beautiful and interest-ing job.

Tobia Millo, P4

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Rhyming

1. If it rains, I take the train. __

2. And when there is sun, I go out with my son. __ 3. The sky is clear, the moon is near, you had no fear,

to call me dear. __

4. He thought about his whole life

when he saw that the thief had a knife. __

5. She loves her cat, but she thinks it’s too fat. __

6. He usually wears a coat when he’s on his boat. __ 7. She’s cooking an egg and she’ll eat it with a chicken leg. __

8. She dropped the pot because it was too hot. __ Roberta Dapelo & Gabriella Ravni, A1

The italicised words in each line have the same VOWEL sound. Match a phonetic SYMBOL on the right to the VOWEL sound for each line. There’s one extra.

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The author succeeds in explain-ing man’s peculiarities trough a series of extremely easy symbols. Of course the story is invented and the little prince is a person who cannot exist in this world,

but the author is so bril-liant that he makes you hope to meet during your Sunday walk, a young boy just landed in his green suit. Despite that a minority (of adults!) doesn’t like this book, I strongly advise you to read ‘The Little Prince.’

Apart from it’s fantastic illustra-tions, it can teach you in a pleas-ant way a lot of things like how to build a relationships and how to … be a prince!

Francesca Gheisenti, C1

The Little Prince ist and author, was born in 1900 and died in 1944, when his plane was shot down by Germans. In all his books he used to connect his passion for flight with his deep reflections on man’s actions. Written in 1943, the book tells the story of a young prince, who, tired of living completely alone on a microscopic planet, leaves his lonely kingdom for a journey through the solar system. Ending his voyage the prince lands on Earth where he meets the author and tells him about what he has been learning.

(Continued from page 7) This is a _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

It eats _ _ _ _.

It is small.

It is black and white. Sara Braida, P3

This is a _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

It eats _ _ _ _.

It is friendly.

It is grey. Sara Dobrigna, P3

This is a _ _ _ _ _

It eats _ _ _ _ .

It is big and dangerous.

It is grey and white. Max German, P3

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