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The movie unit will incorporate the Target Language in:

Reading about going to the movies and the different types of movies.
Written and oral expressions using grammar and vocabulary associated with wishing/wanting and movie going.
Creating a movie poster for a favorite movie.
Reading and writing movie reviews for current movies.
Writing Regents Based essays about the topic.
Watching parts of movies in the target language and doing comprehension exercises.

Resources for Movie Unit

Textbooks used:
Avventure In Citta		Chapter 2 Material
Italian 2 and 3 years	Grammar Review

Italian Search Engines:
Yahoo in Italian	Search Engine in Target Language
Libero	Common Italian Search Engine
Virgilio	Popular Directory
Google in Italian	Popular search engine in Italian
Sussidiario	Extensive Search directory

Links to Current Movie Reviews in Italian:
Cinema.it	Italian movie review site
TrovaCinema	Italian movie critics page
Cinematografo.it	Movie information site in Italian
Cinema Libero	Current Movie Information and reviews
Revision Cinema	Movie Reviews

Links to Current Movie Reviews in English:
E! Online	Reviews of current movies
Ebert & Roeper	Movie Critics Page
Kids-In-mind	Movie reviews based on amount of sex/violence/language
Yahoo Movies	Movie information through Yahoo
Mr. Cranky	Current Movie Reviews from Cranky Critic

Links to Movie Posters:
Cinema Art	Italian movie posters
Italia Mia	Italian posters
All Posters.com	Movie posters
Poster Lovers	Affordable movie posters
Ricks Movie.com	Movie posters and graphics

Sound Clips to Movies:
Wav Site.com	Sound Clips from popular movies
Fun Wavs.com	Movie quotes and sounds
E Baums World	Sound clips from famous actors
About.com Movie Sounds	Movie Sounds
Movie Sounds Central	Movie sounds, alphabetical list.

Assignments Given in the Unit:
1. Selecting a movie based on Review and writing a conversation about it.
2. Creating a movie poster

Regents Essays based on movie topic:

Essay #1	Write a story based on the picture
Essay #2	Write about possible indoor activities (Movies)
Regents Writing Rubric	Ny State Regents Writing Rubric that the students will be scored on.

Sample Student Movie Posters:
The Hulk
Silence of the Lambs
Dumb and Dumber

Italian Grammar Practice Pages:
Oggi e Domani	Exercises for various topics of grammar.
Quia Italian	Games and Review activities
About-Italian	Workbook Exercises in various topics

Review Games:
Vocabulary Bingo		When students hear the Italian word they write the word and it's English meaning and then follow bingo rules.
Vocabulary Bingo Chart		Student chart that they fill in during bingo.

Movies We will watch in class and Related Links:
Il Postino
Cinema Paradiso
La vita e' Bella
La Dolce Vita
Ciao Professore
Caro Diario

Ts 653 Summer I 2004

July 7, 2004