Maya+F.

This page will be for Maya M. and (student from Mr. Galimberti's class) to have discussions.
 * __Topic One: Introduction Letter__**

Hello E-pal, My name is Maya F. I am a ninth grader at Patrick Henry High School in San Diego California, U.S.A. The classes I am taking are Art, Geometry, French, Physical Education, Physics, and English. My favorite classes are French, Art, and Physical Education. I would love to know about the courses you are currently enrolled in. After school, I return home and study, which takes away much of my free time. Fortunately, we have weekends (my favorite part of the week). Me and my friends go out to the mall, and sometimes we catch movies. There have been a lot of good movies coming out. My favorite film is The Notebook. What do you do afterschool? On weekends? I am 14 years old, and will be turning 15 on the second of June. When is your birthday? My family moved to the United States from Lebanon in the 1980s and I was born in San Diego. Were you born in Italy? I have 2 brothers; one is 10 and the other 16. Do you have any siblings?

I am looking forward to hearing from you! I am so enthusiastic about this experience :).

Bye, Maya F. Patrick Henry High School San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Hello Maya, I'm very happy to receive your e-mail because it is the first time I do this experience. My name is Marta I’m 16 years old and my birthday is on the 1st of April. I study to the Liceo Amaldi in Alzano. I study art, maths, french, history, physics, philosophy, physical education, science and latin. I like very much French and maths! I’m very good at it! I go to school from Monday to Saturday: lessons start at 8.10 am and finish at 12.50. After school I return at home by bus and I study all the afternoon. In my spare time I play the piano or I go out with my friends and my boyfriend Claudio: we go to the cinema, we go to the swimming pool and sometimes on Saturday evening we go to the disco. Last summer I have read the story of the Notebook (it’s very nice!) but I’ve never seen the film. I live in a little village ( Gazzaniga ) in north of Italy near Bergamo. I was born in Alzano which is a town near my village where now I study. In my family we are 4: I, my mum, my father and my brother Stefano who is 12 years old. I have also a dog and an orange canary. Do you have any pet? Do you play an instrument? What kind of music do you like? I like House music but my favourite singer is Vasco Rossi. Do you know him? Write soon. ;) Bye bye!!! Marta

P.s. If I have made any mistakes, could you tell me how to say them better?

February 3, 2007 Hi Marta!

I am so glad to hear back from you! It is my first time doing this as well and it is very exciting for me! I have so many things to tell you…First of all, I noticed both of our names begin with the letter “M” and end with the letter “A” :). We have some classes in common (art, French, physics, and physical education). What do you learn in Maths? Is that what you call math classes or is one class? Our school is from Monday to Friday, but classes begin at 7:30 am and end at 2:14 pm. It is amazing to me that you are learning French and Latin as well as English! You must be very intelligent.

Unfortunately, I am not familiar with the singer Vasco Rossi, but I did look him up on the internet. Although he speaks Italian, his words seem very outspoken and strong! Maybe you could teach me a couple of Italian words :). One song I listened to called “Comunicato Di Oggi” sounded really pretty. I am wondering what the song title means…. As for House Music, I honestly did not know that this type was well known; I enjoy it! We have a similar type here, called techno, which does not contain much singing but mainly computer generated sounds. I am most interested in classical music. Mozart is my hero! I also like some Arabic Pop from my cultural background.

As much as I love Classical Music, playing it is completely different for me. I have tried to play the trumpet, the Saxophone, and the Keyboard, but lost interest very quickly. I think it is because I like doing new things, so it is hard to stick with one thing.

If you liked reading The Notebook, then I am sure you will enjoy the film. What kind of books are you interested in? What kind of movies do you and Claudio like to see? I have never been to a disco. What is it like?

Over the years, I have had a variety of pets: about 6 parakeets, a hamster, a mouse, and 4 cats. Now, I only have a cat. When I was younger I always wanted a horse, but there is no place for a horse at my house! Do you live in an apartment or in a house? What is the weather like over there? Does it snow? It never snows here in San Diego, because it is at sea level. Fortunately, we can go to the beach all year! The only down side of not getting snow, is if we want to see it, we have to travel up into the mountains, like Big Bear, which is two and a half hours away.

Please tell me more about life in Italy! I will be waiting for your letter E-pal…Take care of yourself!

Ciao, Maya F.

P.S.: Tu la vie est tres interessante! And I would love to help you in English… you are doing very well!

February 8, 2007 Hi Maya!!!!!!! Here the weather isn’t very good!! This year it snowed only a time and only in the mountains there is the snow. Temperatures are about 0° in the morning and 12° in the afternoon because we are in winter. During the day it is often cloudy!! :( So in our spare time we can only stay at home or we can go to skate on the ice. In maths ( it is only one class) I learn a lot of thing. For exemple now we are studyng some function of seno, coseno,…

I like Mozart too and now I am studying a very nice symphony to the piano. The title of the song of Vasco Rossi that you have found it doesn’t exist and it means “ communiqué of the day”.

My father had a horse when I was a little girl but then he has sold it because he must work a lot and he hadn’t a lot of time to look after it.

I live in a house (and you?) near some big meadow where in summer there are cows and goats. I like very much this place because there isn’t the chaos of the city!! The sea isn’t close to us and if we want to see it we have to travel for about 4 hours. You are very lucky because you live near the sea!!!!! I like very much it and in summer I always go to the sea with my parents in a island of Italy (Sardegna) and I enjoy myself a lot!!!!!! I don’t know a lot of things about California… can you tell me something about the life in this place? I know the telefilm O.c.!! it’s very nice!!!

My favourite films are sentimental film but my boyfriend prefers action films and sometimes we quarrel for this reason. :(

I like very much cooking even if I’m not very good at it! I like cooking the apples’ cakes and pizza because they are my favourite food!! Do you like them?

I hope you will write me soon!!! Bye bye…..Salut…..ciao ciao Marta