*Istituto Comprensivo di Basiglioclass 3D

*We’ve been in class together since we were 6….….

*Our favourite things…….*Basketball going out with friends

volleyball rock music fencing peace football

music Ipod tennis

*Themes that are important to us…..

*Friendship peace

respect tolerance

environment love racism culture family

*Things we don’t like…..

*Racism War

politicians

pollution sexism

Intolerance Hunger child labour

*BASIGLIO….

*Population 7,576

*It is a great place to grow up because there are a lot of parks.

*It is only 13.5 kilometers from the centre of Milan

*Everybody knows everyone so it is a safe place

*Even though it is small we have everything here

*There is a great square where we can meet with friends and hang out.

*Our school……

*Its name is Istituto Comprensivo di Basiglio

*We go there from when we are 6 to 13 years old

*We stay together in our class in the first 5 years (Elementary School) and then again for the next 3 years (Middle School)

*We like it because there is a lot of green around our school and parks to play in.

*What is repect for us..

*Listening

*Collaboration

*Trust

*Empathy

*Dialog

*Friendship

*Helping people

*Communicating

*Our rules for communicating well….

*Listen

*Speak one at a time

*Never interrupt

*Constructive criticism

*Be positive

* Remember body language

*Everyone participates

*There are many different religions in Italy

*The main faith is Christian and the biggest church is the Catholic one.

*Although a lot of us do not go to mass every week we still believe in the Christian Faith.

*Our main holidays: Christmas (when Christ was born) and Easter (when he was crucified)

*We also celebrate the Saint days, here in Milan our Patron saint is Saint Ambrogio

*Religion for us

*Alessandro Manzoni and religion

*Manzoni’s family were not very religious

*He went to a strict Catholic College

*When he was older he converted to the Catholic religion

*He became very devote

*“The Betrothed”

*The first historical novel

*A love story with an important theme

*Manzoni was one of the founding fathers of the unification of Italy

*He was a very influential man for the Italian people

*Converted to Catholic church after the birth of his children

*He has very interesting main characters