Middletown Township High School North and High School South AP Italian Summer Assignment 2013

ADVANCED PLACEMENT ITALIAN 2013-2014: Summer Course Work

All work to be completed the by first day of class in September. Any questions, please contact Ms. Santore who will be teaching the Summer Enrichment Class at: [email protected]. In bocca al lupo e buona vacanza!

1) Complete three reviews of accredited Italian news articles (i.e., current events, etc.) a. Article reviews may be written in English and must be at least two paragraphs in length (at least 5 sentences per paragraph) b. The accompanying Italian article (printed directly from the source) must be attached to your review c. All reviews must be typed d. All sources must be credible; they may include (but are not limited to) such Italian news sources as: i. (www.larepublica.it) ii. (www.lastampa.it) iii. La Nazione (www.lanazione.quotidiano.net) iv. Il (www.corriere.it) v. RAI (www.rai.it) vi. RAI Educational (www.educational.rai.it)

2) Complete all distributed worksheets and packets. a. “5 The Future and Conditional” packet: pp. 98-122 (read and complete all exercises) b. “Torino” reading comprehension packet: pp. 3-6 (read poem excerpt and complete all activities on a separate sheet of paper – typed) c. “La Moda italiana” reading comprehension packet: pp. 90-95 (read web site excerpt and complete all exercises on a separate sheet of paper – typed) d. “La maturità” reading comprehension excerpt: pp. 143-147 (read article and complete all activities on a separate sheet of paper – typed) e. “11.6 Chi li farà?” packet. Complete all activities within the packet (except for “11.9 : Le promesse per l’anno nuovo”) f. “Non faccio mai niente!” worksheet: p. 70 g. “Meglio? Peggio? Migliore? Peggiore?” worksheet: p. 89, #14 & #15 h. “12 Il lavoro del ” : pp. 82-85. Complete all pages except for p. 84.