Blogging Bears

Students at Hadley Middle School in Wichita, Kansas - USA, sent a teddy bear named Ted Hadley to students in Italy. In return, students in Italy sent their teddy bear (Bea) to students at Hadley. The students will be journaling from the view point of their visiting bears. This exchange will help the students practice their English, as well as learn about a different country and their culture.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

AT FEDERICA'S HOUSE






Dear Diary,
Today I went to Federica's.
I had a great time with her.
We played in the kitchen, we enjoyed ourselves making dinner.
I fixed boiled potatoes dressed with oil and salt, they were very yummy!!!!
After that I enjoyed myself playing with Davide (Federica's brother) until late. Then he remembered that he had some English homework to do, so I helped him with his work and I taught him some English.
Federica is a bit sad, she fears it’s the last time I’m visiting her because her teacher of English told her students that she was going to involve another class in this project. I’ve soon become sad because I’m very affectionate to these friends and I don’t want to leave them!

Now it’s late but tomorrow I’ll ask Mrs Andriulo for further details!

Good Night

TED

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

I LOVE ASTRONOMY







Dear Friends,

I’ve been with Alice for two days.
Yesterday I had a stomach-ache so I stayed in bed until late.
Then, when I got up I soon went into the kitchen and ate up three biscuits that Alice’s mother had just cooked. They were very good, filled with chocolate and marmalade.
When Alice came back from school we had lunch in a great hurry because Alice had to go back to school for her Astronomy course. She took me there with her and I enjoyed the lesson very much, I would like to study the stars!
In the evening I had dinner and then we saw a quiz show on TV and guess what? I found out that I am very good at this quiz because I could answers all the questions!!!!!!
Today was my last day with Alice. This morning I got up at 8:00 o’clock and I went to school with Alice.
The Italian teacher answered me some questions about the Holocaust Memorial Day. They are studying some poems written by the children of Terezin. I’ve been here since September and my Italian is quite good even if I practice my English when I help my friends during their English lesson. At 2 pm Alice and I left school and went to her uncle’s where we ate spaghetti with a lot of parmesan and meat. At half past four Alice and I paid a visit to her grandmother and while Alice was doing her homework I played with the playstation .
At 5:00 p.m. we came back home and enjoyed ourselves playing her musical instruments. I played the drums, while Alice played the flute. Then I played the role of the Astronomy teacher, so Alice lent me her glasses because my sight is not very good and I saw the stars. At 8:00 in the evening I ate a slice of pizza with mozzarella cheese and then Alice and I walked to the park to meet her friends.
It was a very nice evening! But I wished you were here with me!

Lots of love,
Ted

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM



Hi my dear friends,

I’ve stayed with Giorgia for two days.
Today I went to school with her because all her class had to go to the theatre to see a play by Shakespeare “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. It was very funny and interesting because it was linked to all the changes that adolescents live. When the play finished I wanted Giorgia to take a photo of me with the actors, but it was too late and we had to go back to school. On our way back we went past the park where there were some rides, so Giorgia took a photo of me and Annachiara on the swing.
Giorgia and her friends love me a lot and don’t want I to stay with students of other classes. They say I’m their bosom friend!
We’ll see what Miss Andriulo decides…

By the way you know that I love you very much and I miss you a lot.

Love, Ted