4 Classico
Programma Lingua e Civiltà Inglese classe IV Classico a.s.2013/14
CIVILTA’
Literature
J.Swift and the satirical novel. Life,works
“Gulliver’s Travels” plot, features and themes
S.Richardson and the epistolary novel. Life, works
“Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded”: plot, features and themes
L.Sterne and the anti-novel. Life, works
“The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy” plot, features and themes
History and society
The American Revolution
Reading:T. Jefferson “The Declaration of American Independence”
The French Revolution
The Industrial and Agrarian Revolution
Social unrest
Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Culture
The Romantic Revolution
Philosophy and the Arts
The Sublime: a new sensibility
Literature
The Gothic Novel
Mary Shelley and the new interest in science. Life and works.
“Frankenstein” plot, features and themes
Reading, comprehension, commentary “The Creation of the monster”
Romantic poetry
W.Blake and the victims of industrialization. Life and works.
“The Chimney Sweeper” from “Songs of Innocence” and from “Songs of Experience”
The First Generation of Romantic poets. Wordsworth and Coleridge: Lyrical Ballads
W. Wordsworth and nature. Life and works
“Daffodils” reading,comprehension, text analysis
From “Intimations of Immortality” 5th stanza
The Second Generation of Romantic Poets. P.B.Shelley, Lord G.Byron, J.Keats: general features.
J Keats and Beauty. Life and works
“Ode on a Grecian Urn” reading,comprehension, text analysis.
History and society
An age of industry and reforms
The British Empire
Culture
The Victorian Compromise
Science and Philosophy
Charles Darwin and evolution
Literature
The Victorian Novel
C.Dickens and children. Life and works
“Oliver Twist”: plot, features and themes.
“Hard Times”: plot, features and themes
Reading, comprehension, text analysis “The definition of a horse”
Stevenson : Victorian hypocrisy and the double in literature
“The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”:plot,features and themes
The Arts
New Aesthetic theories: the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Literature
Aestheticism
Oscar Wilde: the brilliant artist and the dandy. Life and works
“The Picture of Dorian Gray”: plot, features and themes
The Victorian Poetry
The Dramatic Monologue
A.Tennyson: “Ulysses” reading, comprehension, text analysis
Comparing Cultures
The Myth of Ulysses : Homer and Dante
Cattaneo- De Flaviis “Millennium” vol.1 vol.2 Ed. Signorelli
LINGUA
Unit 4
Future ( will- be going to- present simple and present continuous for future- future continuous and
future perfect)
Unit 5
Modal verbs
1st,2nd,3rd and mixed conditionals
Unit 6
The Passive
Have something done
Readings
Science: The future of food
Literature: “Oliver Twist” Oliver wants some more
Literature: “The Picture of Dorian Gray” : the final scene.
D.Spenser “ Gateway Destination B2” Macmillan
Fiocchi- Jordan “Grammar Files- Blue Edition” Trinity Whitebridge
4A
Programma Lingua e Civiltà Inglese classe 4 sez A a.s.2013/14
CIVILTA’
Literature
J.Swift “Gulliver’s Travels” plot, features and themes
History
An age of revolutions
Society
Industrial society
Literature
W.Blake and the victims of industrialization. Life and works.
“The Chimney Sweeper” from “Songs of Innocence” and from “Songs of Experience”
History
The American war of Indipendence
Philosophy and the Arts
The Sublime: a new sensibility
Literature
The Gothic Novel
Mary Shelley and the new interest in science. Life and works.
“Frankenstein” plot, features and themes
The Romantic Spirit: Emotion vs reason; The emphasis on the individual
The First Generation of Romantic poets. Wordsworth and Coleridge: Lyrical Ballads
W. Wordsworth and nature. Life and works
“Daffodils” reading,comprehension, text analysis
The Second Generation of Romantic Poets. P.B.Shelley, Lord G.Byron, J.Keats: general features.
J Keats and Beauty. Life and works
“Ode on a Grecian Urn” reading,comprehension, text analysis.
History
Queen Victoria’s reign
The Arts
The British Museum
Buckingham Palace
Society
Life in the Victorian town
The Victorian compromise
Literature
The Victorian Novel
C.Dickens and children. Life and works
“Oliver Twist”: plot, features and themes.
Reading,comprehension, text analysis “Oliver wants some more”
“Hard Times”: plot, features and themes
Reading, comprehension, text analysis “The definition of a horse”
Cultural Issues
The role of woman: angel or pioneer?
Science and Philosophy
Charles Darwin and evolution
Literature
Stevenson : Victorian hypocrisy and the double in literature
“The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”:plot,features and themes
The Arts
New Aesthetic theories: the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Literature
Aestheticism
Oscar Wilde: the brilliant artist and the dandy. Life and works
“The Picture of Dorian Gray”: plot, features and themes
Reading, comprehension, commentary: “Basil’s studio”, “I would give my soul”
Spiazzi-Tavella-Layton” Performer: Culture & Literature” vol. 2 Zanichelli
LINGUA
Unit 4
Future ( will- be going to- present simple and present continuous for future- future continuous and
future perfect)
Unit 5
Modal verbs
1st,2nd,3rd and mixed conditionals
Unit 6
The Passive
Have something done
Readings
Science: The future of food
Civilisation: Thanksgiving Day
Science: Genetically- modified Foods
Civilisation: The IG Nobel Prizes
Literature: “The Picture of Dorian Gray” : the final scene.
D.Spenser “ Gateway Destination B2” Macmillan
Fiocchi- Jordan “Grammar Files- Blue Edition” Trinity Whitebridge
4B
Programma di Lingua e Cultura Inglesen Classe IV B - Anno scolastico 2013-2014
Prof.ssa Marialuisa Pasquariello
LITERATURE
Libro di testo: M. Spiazzi, M. Tavella, M. Layton – Performer – Culture and Literature, volumi 1 e 2,
Zanichelli.
The 18th- century novel
The satirical novel
JONATHAN SWIFT : life, main works, narrative technique, characterization, themes, style.
Gulliver’s Travels: plot, features and themes.
An Age of Revolutions
Historical and social background
The industrial revolution – Industrial society
The American War of Independence
Culture and literature
How child labour changed the world, p. 185
Edmund Burke and the sublime in nature.
The Sublime: a new sensibility, pp. 199-200
WILLIAM BLAKE
Life, main works, themes, style. The poet and the artist. Blake and the victims of industrialisation.
 From the Songs of Innocence (1789) “The Chimney Sweeper” – Comprehension, analysis,
translation and commentary.
 From the Songs of Experience (1794) – “The Chimney Sweeper” – Comprehension, analysis,
translation and commentary.
The novel in the romantic age
The Gothic novel, p. 202
MARY SHELLEY: life, main works, narrative technique, characterization, themes, style.
Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus: plot and themes.
Extract: “The Creation of the Monster”, pp. 205-206 – reading comprehension, translation, analysis
and commentary.
The Romantic Spirit
The origin of the term ‘romantic’.
The main features of Romanticism: nature, emotion, imagination, freedom, titanic attitude, the cult of the
exotic, escapism.
Romantic poetry vs Augustan School of poetry.
A new sensibility. The emphasis on the individual.
The first and the second generation of Romantic poets.
The language of sense impressions.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH : Life, works, themes.
 Extract from the Preface to Lyrical Ballads (1800): “A certain colouring of imagination”
(photocopy): reading comprehension, translation and commentary.
 “Daffodils” (from Poems in Two Volumes), p. 218 – reading comprehension, text analysis,
translation and commentary.
JOHN KEATS : Life, works, themes. Beauty and art. The role of imagination. Negative capability.
 “Bright Star”, p. 235– reading comprehension, text analysis, translation and commentary.
Coming of an age
Historical and social background
The first half of Queen Victoria’s reign (Early and Mid-Victorian period).
The Chartist Movement. Laws and reforms. The Great Exhibition. The building of railways.
Life in the Victorian town. The Victorian compromise.
The British Empire. The mission of the coloniser. The white man’s burden.
Charles Darwin and evolution.
Culture and literature
The Victorian novel. The 19th-century novel and the 18th-century novel: similarities and differences.
Types of novels: humanitarian novel, the romantic novel, the naturalistic novel, adventure novels, colonial
novels, nonsensical novel.
Victorian education.
New aesthetic theories. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Aestheticism. Walter Pater and the Aesthetic Movement. The dandy.
CHARLES DICKENS : Life, main works, themes. Characters. The humanitarian novel. The theme of
education.
 Oliver Twist (1837-39). Plot, features and themes. Extract: “Oliver wants some more”, pp. 303304 – reading comprehension, analysis, translation and commentary.
 Hard Times (1854). Plot, features and themes. Extract: “The definition of a horse”, pp. 309-311 –
reading comprehension, analysis, translation and commentary.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON : Life, main works, themes. The anti-Victorian reaction. Victorian hypocrisy
and the double in literature.
 The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886). Plot, features, themes, symbolism. Extract:
“The evil side of my nature”, p. 360 - reading comprehension, analysis, translation and
commentary.
OSCAR WILDE : Life, main works. The brilliant artist and the dandy. Themes: beauty, the double.
 The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891). Plot, features, themes, symbolism. Extract: “I would give my
soul”, pp. 354-356 – reading comprehension, analysis, translation and commentary.
LANGUAGE
Dal testo: Jordan – Fiocchi, Grammar Files, Trinity Whitebridge.
Revisione, studio e/o approfondimento delle principali strutture grammaticali e funzioni comunicative
studiate nel primo biennio + esercizi. (definite and indefinite articles, demonstratives, have got, present
simple, present continuous, like vs would like, question words, countable and uncountable nouns).
File 23: Present perfect simple vs Past simple
File 24: Present perfect simple con for e since (Duration form). Present perfect continuous. Present perfect
simple vs Present perfect continuous.
File 27: Il futuro nelle subordinate ipotetiche e temporali. Principali connettivi di “condizione” e di “tempo”.
Periodo ipotetico di tipo 0. Periodo ipotetico di tipo 1.
File 28: Future continuous. Future perfect simple. Future perfect continuous.
File 33: Present conditional. Periodo ipotetico di 2° tipo.
File 34: Perfect conditional. Periodo ipotetico di 3° tipo. Forme composte con i modali (riferimento al
passato).
Dal libro di testo “Gateway – Destination B2”, Macmillan
Unit 3 – City Life
Grammar: Present perfect simple and past simple. Present perfect continuous. Duration form. Adverbs.
Functions and vocabulary: Cities and houses – Adjectives describing a city – Extreme adjectives –
Describing places and buildings.
Unit 4 – Food for thought
Grammar: Will, be going to. Present simple and present continuous for future. Future continuous and future
perfect. Prefixes.
Functions and vocabulary: Food – Describing food – Making plans – Making predictions.
Reading: “The Future of Food” (comprehension and written summary). “Enjoy the real taste of Vietnam at
Saigon Kitchen”. “Sheffield Restaurant Guide”.
Civilisation: Thanksgiving day
Unit 5 – Learning for life
Grammar: Modal verbs of obligation, prohibition, advice and permission. First and second conditional.
Functions and vocabulary: School and university subjects – Giving advice and comparing ideas – Making
hypotheses.
Unit 9 – History’s Mysteries
Grammar: Modal verbs of speculation and deduction – present and past. Third conditional. Narrative tenses.
Functions and vocabulary: State and politics. Making speculations and deductions.
Developing Speaking: Describing photos - Developing Writing: A story
Reading: The Mystery of Louis XVII, p. 107.
CLIL Geography – The Commonwealth of Nations, p. 114
CLIL Literature – Small Island, by Andrea Levy, p. 115
Extra- activities
Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” – plot, characters, themes
The Frogs’ version of “Dracula”: the scenes.
4E
PROGRAMMA DI INGLESE
CLASSE IV SEZ .E
2013/14
EARLY-ROMANTIC AGE/ AN AGE OF REVOLUTION
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
-Industrial revolution
- American revolution
- French revolution
SOCIAL BACKGROUND:
- Industrial society
- Consequences of Industrial revolution
LITERALY BACKGROUND:
- The Gothic novel
- MARY SHELLEY and a new interest in science
- “Frankenstein”: plot, structure and themes
From “Frankenstein” :
- “The creation of the monster”: reading, translation, text analysis
- The Epistolary novel
- Mary Shelley and Foscolo
THE ROMANTIC AGE
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
- From Napoleonic wars to the Regency
SOCIAL BACKGROUND:
- English society in the early 19th century
LITERALY BACKGROUND:
- Romanticism
-Features of Romantic poetry
-The first and second generation of Romantic poetry
- WILLIAM WORDWORTH: the nature poet
From “Lyrical Ballads”:
- “ A certain colouring of imagination”: reading, translation, text analysis
- “The solitary reaper”: reading, translation, text analysis
- “The “rainbow”: reading, translation, text analysis
- “Daffodils”: reading, translation, text analysis
- SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
- “The Rime of Ancient Mariner”: plot and characters
From “The Rime of Ancient Mariner”:
- “The killing of the Albatross”:reading, translation, text analysis
- JOHN KEATS: unchanging nature
- “Ode on a Grecian Urn”: reading, translation, text analysis
-GEORGE GORDON BYRON: the Byronic hero
-PERCY SHELLEY: features and themes
-JANE AUSTEN: the theme of love
- “Pride and Prejudice”: plot, themes, characters, style
From “Pride and Prejudice”:
- “Darcy proposes to Elizabeth”:reading, translation, insight
VICTORIAN AGE
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
- The life of young Victoria
- The first half of Queen Victorian’s reign
SOCIAL BACKGROUND:
- Victorian society
- The life of Victorian town
- The Victorian compromise
LITERALY BACKGROUND:
-The Victorian novel
-CHARLES DICKENS: the painter of English life
-“Oliver Twist”: plot
From “Oliver Twist”:
-“ Oliver wants some more”:reading, translation, insight
-CHARLES DICKENS and CHARLOTTE BRONTE and the themes of education
- “Hard Times”: plot
From “Hard Times”:
- “The definition of horse”:reading, translation, insight
-“ Coketown”:reading, translation, insight
- CHARLOTTE AND EMILY BRONTE: the voice of women novelists
- “Jane Eyre”: plot
From “Jane Eyre”:
- “Punishment”:reading, translation, insight
-The role of the women: “angel or pioneer?”
VICTYORIAN POETRY: its features
- The Aesthetic movement
-Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- Decadence
-OSCAR WILDE: the representative of Aestheticism
-“The picture of Dorian Gray” and the themes of beauty
From “The picture of Dorian Gray”:
- “Basil’s studio”:reading, translation, insight
-The decadent artist: WILDE and D’ANNUNZIO
-ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: Victorian hypocrisy and the double in literature
- “The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”: plot
From “ The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”:
- “The story of the door”:reading, translation, insight
MID-VICTORIAN PERIOD
-CHARLES DARWIN and Evolution
From “ The descent of Man and Selection in Relation to sex”:
-“Man’s origin”:reading, translation, insight
GATEWAY
-UNIT 5: modal verbs of obligation, prohibition, advice and permission: first and second
conditional
-UNIT 6: the passive; have something done
-UNIT 7: defining relative clauses; non-defining relative clauses
-UNIT 8: reported speech- statements; reported speech- questions, suggestions and
invitations; reported speech- commands
-UNIT 9: modal verbs of speculation and deduction- present and past; third conditional;
narrative tenses
-UNIT 10: indeterminate pronouns; so and such; I wish if only