Cercasi Appartamento

by Anna Calise

Task | Procedures | Resources | Evaluation | Standards

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Introduction:

To complete the unit on "Finding an Apartment" you will use different technology resources to describe, find and persuade someone in order to get your ideal place to live.

Task:

	You will create a graphic organizer describing your ideal place to live.
	You will use the internet to find ads for an apartment in your favorite city in Italy.
	You will write a letter to a perspective landlord to find out information and to persuade the person to give you the place.

Procedures and Resources:

You will work with a partner and use the software "inspiration" to create a graphic organizer outlining at least 5 rooms that you would like in your ideal place and at least 3 items of furniture or features you would like in each room.
You will look at maps of Italy and use your notes to choose a city in which you would like to live.
You will use the internet and the resources provided to find at least 3 ads for apartments in the area that you and your partner chose.
Each of you will choose one of the ads and write a letter to the landlord to ask for more information on the place and to convince the landlord that you will be the ideal tenant for the apartment.

Evaluation:

	You will receive a group grade for the "inspiration" organizer as stated in the Group Rubric
	You will receive an individual grade for the letter to the landlord as outlined by the Letter Rubric

Conclusion:

By the end of this project you would have been able to use your competency in Italian to describe, search for and persuade someone when searching for your ideal place to live.

Standards:

NYS Standards for LOTE:

	Standard 1: Students will be able to use a language other than English for communication.
	Standard 2: Students will develop cross-cultural skills and understandings