3B
Programma di Lingua e Cultura Inglese Classe
Prof.ssa Marialuisa Pasquariello
3 B - Anno scolastico 2014-2015
CULTURE
Libro di testo: Cattaneo – De Flaviis, Millennium, vol. 1, Carlo Signorelli editore
MODULE A : The Middle Ages
HISTORY and SOCIETY:
Celtic, Roman and Anglo-Saxon Britain. Alfred the Great.
The Warlike ideal. The Vikings.
The Norman Conquest. The feudal system.
Henry II. Thomas Becket. Richard I. John I. Magna Charta. Model Parliament.
The Hundred Years’ War – The Peasants’ Revolt – The Wars of the Roses
The three phases of the English Language: Old English, Middle English, Modern English.
Towards FCE: An age of migrations and war. The Anglo-Saxon invasions. Manor and Knights.
HOW TO READ A POEM
Poetry as a literary genre. Basic structural units, common types of stanzas. Layout of a poem.
The language of poetry: denotation and connotation. Rhythm. Metrical pattern. Rhyme. Common
rhyme schemes. Run-on line (enjambment). End-stopped line.
Sound devices (alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, repetition and refrain).
Meaning devices (metaphor, simile, personification, symbol, allegory, antithesis, paradox,
oxymoron, hyperbole).
ENGLISH LITERATURE:
Anglo-Saxon poetry: stylistic features.
The Medieval ballad: layout, sound devices, rhyme scheme, language, story, themes, narrative
technique, setting, characters, aim.
Text: “Lord Randal”: reading comprehension, translation, text analysis and commentary.
The narrative poem : features and themes
Geoffrey Chaucer. Life and works. Language and other elements of innovation.
The Canterbury Tales. Main features, language, style, characters, framework.
Extract: “The Wife of Bath” – reading comprehension, translation, text analysis and commentary.
COMPARING CULTURES
Chaucer, Boccaccio and Dante
MODULE B : THE RENAISSANCE
HISTORY and SOCIETY
The first Tudors and the Reformation.
Elizabeth and the conquest of the sea.
The Stuart dynasty and James I. The Gunpowder plot.
The Civil War and the Commonwealth. Oliver Cromwell.
The Puritans.
PAINTING
The Cult of the Sovereign – British School, The Armada Portrait, 1588.
CULTURE
The English Renaissance – New Learning – Humanism.
The persistence of the old view of the world: the Theory of the Correspondences.
SCIENCE
The old and the new model of the universe. The Copernican Revolution.
ENGLISH LITERATURE
The Sonnet: features and themes
Shakespeare’s sonnets : features and themes
W. Shakespeare:
My Mistress’ eyes – reading comprehension, text analysis, translation, commentary.
Shall I compare thee ... – reading comprehension, text analysis, translation, commentary.
COMPARING CULTURES
From the Petrarchan sonnet to the English sonnet
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Drama
Glossary: drama, theatre, playhouse, performance, play
Dramatic techniques: dialogue, soliloquy, monologue, aside, stage directions
Types of plays: Comedy, Tragedy, Romance, History Play
Features of a play: scenery, light and sound effects, props.
Renaissance drama
The Elizabethan playhouse
William Shakespeare: life and works. Comedies, histories and tragedies. Sources of the plays.
Main themes. Shakespeare’s universality. The characters. Influences in his works.
Romeo and Juliet: plot, themes, characters.
Extract: “Only Your Name Is My Enemy” – text analysis, translation and commentary
Hamlet: plot, characters and themes
Extract: “To Be, or Not to Be”, text analysis, translation and commentary
COMPARING CULTURES: Shakespeare, Bandello and the Italian Novellisti
MODULE C: THE RESTORATION AND THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
HISTORY and SOCIETY
The Restoration. Charles II. James II. The Glorious Revolution. The reign of Queen Anne.
The first Hanoverian Kings. George I. George II. Robert Walpole. The Seven Years’ War. William
Pitt. The Conquest of India.
LANGUAGE
Dal libro di testo: Prodromou-Morris, Flash on English – B2, ed. ELI
Unit 1 – Connect!
Functions: Agreeing and disagreeing.
Grammar: Present simple and Present continuous – State and action verbs – Adverbs of frequency
– “Always + ing” to talk about actions which annoy the speaker . Past simple. Past continuous.
Verb and preposition collocations. Phrasal verbs.
Vocabulary: Technology. Computer words
Culture: A day in the life of a digital native.
Social Media: A survey about the teens and social media.
Unit 2 – Feelings
Functions: Talking about feelings in the past.
Grammar: Past perfect simple and continuous – Used to – Would for past habits – Adjectives ending
in –ed and –ing.
Vocabulary: Feelings, relationships.
Civilisation: Feeling sorry for yourself?
Significant others.
CLIL – Psychology. Reading: A text about Abraham Maslow and his idea of self-esteem.
Unit 3 – Leisure
Functions: Talking about plans and intentions.
Grammar: Be going to and Will for future. Future continuous. Present simple and continuous for
future. Future perfect.
Vocabulary: Entertainment.
Culture: My Sight & Sound Blog.
Extra module: Summary writing
How to write a summary: esercitazioni volte a sviluppare l’abilità di redigere un riassunto in forma
semplice. How to use linking words (materiale distribuito in fotocopia).
3C
Programma di Inglese Classe III C Anno scolastico 2014/2015
Prof.ssa Paola Desiderio
Course book: Performer Culture & Literature: From the Origins to the Eighteenth Century
Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella e Magaret Layton
Cuture
HOW TO READ A POEM
Types of rhyme and function of the rhyme
Sound effects: alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, run-on-line,
repetition , refrain.
Figures of speech: simile, metaphor, paradox and personification, allegory, symbol.
Module I
History:
Meet the Celts
Roman Britain
The Arts:
History :
Literature:
History:
Literature:
The Anglo-Saxons
The Norman invasion
The Domesday Book
A war of succession
The Gothic cathedral
King John and the Magna Carta
Introduction to the genre poetry
The medieval ballad
Reading, translation, text analysis: Bonny Barbara Allen
The birth of Parliament
G. Chaucer and The Cantebury Tales
Reading, translation, text analysis: The Wife of Bath
Module II
History:
The Wars of the Roses
Meet the Tudors
The Arts:
Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I
Society:
Elizabethan entertainment
Science:
An expanding world
Literature:
The English Renaissance
The Sonnet
Italian Literature: The Italian sonnet
Reading, translation, text analysis:My Mistress’Eyes by
W.Shakespeare
History:
The Stuarts
The Gunpowder Plot
Literature
William Shakespeare
The structure of theatres
The world of drama
Reading, translation and commentary:The balcony scene from Romeo and
Juliet
To be or not to be from Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet: plot, features and themes
Macbeth: plot, features and themes
Hamlet :plot, features and themes
Dramatic techniques: dialogue, soliloquy, monologue, aside, stage
Directions
Module III
History:
Science:
History:
The Arts:
History:
The Arts:
Literature:
Italian Literature:
Literature:
The Civil War_ The Puritans
The scientific revolution-Newton
The Restoration of the monarchy
Sir Christopher Wren
The birth of political parties
Hogarth’s satire and social criticism
Newspapers
Il Caffè
The rise of the novel
D.Defoe and the rise of the realistic novel
Plot, features and themes: Robinson Crusoe
Reading , comprehension, text analysis “Friday”
LANGUAGE
Course book Into English. H.Putcha e J.Stranks
Unit 1: Communication. Grammar: Past simple vs. present perfect simple
Unit 2: Friends forever. Grammar: Past simple and present perfect
Unit 3 Real Life: Present perfect simple vs.continuous review. Should/ought to/had better
Functions:Talking about problems and giving advice.Talking about jobs and work. Exchanging
information
Unit 4: Staying alive. Future predictions.First conditional review: in and unless.Time
conjuctions:if/unless/when/until/as soon as
Functions: Making predictionsabout the future
Unit 6: Changing world. Present passive and past passive. Have something done
Functions:Talking about future issues
3D
PROGRAMMA INGLESE Svolto dalla 3°D Anno scolastico 2014/2015
Testo: Performer Culture & Literature 1
Autori: Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella, Margaret Lyton
Module I
 History:
Celts
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The arts:
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Literature:
Roman Britain
Anglo-Saxons
A war of succession
King John and the Magna Carta
The Gothic cathedral
The medieval ballad
G. Chaucer and The Canterburry Tales
The Wife of Bath (G. Chaucer)
Module II
 History:
The war of Roses
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The Arts:
The Tudors
Portraits of Queen Elizabeth
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Science:
The views of universe
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Literature:
The English Renaissance
The Sonnet: I find no peace (T. Wyatt),
My Mistress'Eyes
(W. Shakespeare), Anne Hathaway (Carol and Duffy)
"Shall I compare Thee to a Summer's Day?"
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Italian Literature:
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History:
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Literature:
The Italian Sonnet
The English and the Italian Sonnet
The Stuarts
Shakespeare + plot of plays and readings of extracts:
Romeo and Juliet- "Only Your Name Is My Enemy"
Comparing Cultures: Shakespeare, Bandello and the Italian
Novellisti
Macbeth
Hamlet- "To Be, or Not to Be"
A Midsummer Night's Dream - An anthead
Illusion and Reality: The World of Fairies
The Tempest
Module III
 History:
The Civil War- The Puritans
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Philosophy:
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Science:
The scientific revolution- Newton
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History:
The Restoration
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History:
The birth of Political Parties
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The Arts:
Hogart's satire and social criticism
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Literature:
Newspapers
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Italian Literature:
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Literature:
The development of Human Rights (Hobbes; Locke)
Il Caffè
The rise of the novel
Defoe + reading of extracts
Lingua: le unità 1-2-3-4 del libro di testo "Flash on English B2"
3E
Programma di Lingua e Letteratura Inglese Classe III E Anno Scolastico 2013/2014
Dal Libro: MILLENNIUM 1
MODULO 1
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
- The beginning of Great Britain
- The Iberians and the Celts
- Roman Britain
- The Anglo-Saxon
- Norman invasion and the introduction of the feudal system
- Henry II and the beginning of the Plantagent dynasty
- Richard II
- JhonLackland and the Magna Charta
- Henry III, Simon the Montfort, feudal assembly
- Edward I and the Model Parliament
- Edward III and the Hundred Years War, Black death, Lollardy movement
- Henry IV of Lancaster and the War of Roses
MODULO 2
Poetry
- Pagan poetry in Anglo Saxon literature
- Pagan epic poetry: Beowulf: plot, features
- Medieval ballad: its features
- Lord Randal: reading, translation, text analysis
Geoffrey Chaucer: life, works, critique, thought
- The Canterbury Tales: plot, sources
From the Canterbury Tales:
• The Wife of Bath: reading, translation, test analysis
• Comparing Culture: Chaucer, Boccaccio and Dante
- Medieval Drama
• Miracle and mystery plays
• Moralities
MODULO 3
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: The Renaissance
- Tudor period ( Henry VII, Henry VIII, Mary I, Elizabeth I)
- The Reformation: from Catholicism to Anglicanism
- The Stuart period ( James I )
SOCIO ECONOMIC BACKGROUNG
- England in the 16th century
- From feudalism to the Renaissance
Literary production: poetry
- Philip Sidney: life and works
• Astropher and Stella: plot
- Edmund Spenser: life and works
• Amoretti: plot
- Thomas More: life and works
• Utopia: plot
- Elizabethan theatre
- William Shakespeare: life and works
THE DRAMATIST
- Shakespeare and Italy
- Romeo and Juliet: plot and themes
- Macbeth: plot and themes
- The Tempest: plot and themes
- Hamlet: plot and themes
THE POET
- Sonnets: features and themes
- Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?
MODULO 4
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
- The Puritan Age: its features
- The Restoration: its features
- The Augustan Age: its features
SOCIO ECONOMIC BACKGROUND
- The scientific revolution
- Reasons and common sense
- Journalism/ Coffee houses ( The means for cultural debate)
LITERARY BACKGROUND
- The rise of the novel
Daniel Defoe and the realistic novel
From Robinson Crusoe
•Robinson and Friday: reading, translation, insight
From Moll Flanders
• Moll’s Analysis of the Marriage Market
Jonathan Swift and the satirical novel
From Gulliver’s travel
• Beloved Horses, Hateful Men
Dal libro : LASER B2
- UNIT 1: Relationship
• Grammar: Present Simple, Past Simple, stative verbs
- UNIT 2: Travelling
• Grammar: Present Continuous, Past Continuous, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect
Continuous
-UNIT 3: Technology
• Grammar: The Future
-UNIT 4: Money
• Grammar: Conditionals: zero, first, second; unless, in case, as long as, provided that
3 A Ling
Programma Di Lingua E Letteratura Inglese Classe 3 A Linguistico A.S. 2014-2015
DAL TESTO: PERFORMER, CULTURE AND LITERATURE
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Early Britain: a history of invasions
the Iberians, the Celts, the Romans, the Anglo-Saxons.
The Norman conquest, the Vikings.
o
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o
o
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The medieval Literature.
'Beowulf, the plot.
the pagan elegy.
the medieval drama, the Ballad: 'Lord Randal
the war of two roses,
the one hundred years war;
- the Magna Charta.
LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGE
G.Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales, 'The Wife of Bath': analysis.
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THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
The historical background, social and economical aspects,
The Protestant Reformation; The Elisabethan theatre.
Literature in the Renaissance:
The English and Italian sonnets, S.P.Sidney; E.Spenser; W.Shakespeare: life and works;
The Sonnets: critical analysis; 'My mistress'eyes'
the plot of ' The Tempest'.
The civil war;
the birth of political parties; The puritan Age:O. Cromwell age.
The restauration; The blodless revolution.
The birth of print and the novel: its main features.
The enlightment spirit ( from a philosophical, scientific and literary point of view).
The novels of D.Defoe, 'Robinson Crusoe' ( plot and themes), J.Swift, 'Gulliver's travels'
(plot and themes), S.Richardson, 'Pamela' ( plot and themes). The epistolary novel.
The Augustan age: George I, George II, George III.
Durante il corso dell'anno scolastico si e' proceduto alla lettura in classe di alcuni brani antologici.
3 B Ling
Programma di Lingua e Cultura Inglese classe III B LINGUISTICO Anno Scolastico 2014/2015
CULTURE
MODULE A : THE MIDDLE AGES
HISTORY and SOCIETY:
Celtic. Roman and Anglo-Saxon Britain
The Normans
A feudal society, Magna Carta, Model Parliament, Henry II and Thomas Becket,
The War of the Roses.
A short history of English language.
Old and Middle English
HOW TO READ A POEM
Types of rhyme and function of the rhyme
Sound effects: alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, run-on-line,
repetition , refrain.
Figures of speech: simile, metaphor, paradox and personification, allegory, symbol.
Layout, stanza forms
Themes
ENGLISH LITERATURE
The traditional ballad: features and themes
Reading, translation, text analysis:
“ Lord Randal”
“Beowulf”
The narrative poem : features and themes
G. Chaucer: life, works
“The Canterbury Tales” features and themes
Reading, translation, text analysis: The Wife of Bath
COMPARING CULTURES
Chaucer, Boccaccio and Petrarca
MODULE B : THE RENAISSANCE
HISTORY and SOCIETY
The first Tudors and the Reformation
Elizabeth and the conquest of the sea
The Stuart dynasty and James I
The Civil War and the Commonwealth
The Puritans
CULTURE
Renaissance and Humanism
SCIENCE
The old and the new model of the universe
ENGLISH LITERATURE
The Sonnet: features and themes
J.Donne: Death be not proud
Shakespeare’s sonnets : features and themes
W. Shakespeare: My Mistress’ eyes
Shall I compare..
COMPARING CULTURES
From the Petrarchan sonnet to the English sonnet
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Drama: “How to read drama ”
Device of a play: stage directions, dialogue, soliloquy, monologue, aside
Features of a play: scenery, light and sound effects, props.
Kind of drama; comedy, tragedy, romance, history play
Medieval Drama:
Renaissance drama
The Elizabethan playhouse
The Elizabethan drama
C. Marlowe: life and dramatic works
“Dr.Faust” plot, features and themes
W. Shakespeare: life and dramatic works
“ Hamlet” plot, features and themes
Reading, translation and commentary : “To Be Or Not To Be”
“Romeo and Juliet” plot, features and themes
“Midsummer night’s dream” plot, features and themes
“MacBeth” plot, features and themes
“The Tempest” plot, features and themes
THE RESTORATION AND THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
HISTORY and SOCIETY
The Restoration and the last Stuarts
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Reading Fiction
Identifying: themes, analogies and differences among texts, novels and authors.
The rise of the novel.
The Realistic Novel: features and themes
D. Defoe: life and works
“R. Crusoe”: plot, features and themes
Reading , comprehension, text analysis “Friday”
J. Swift: life and works
“Gulliver's travels”: plot, features and themes
“A Modest Proposal”: plot, features and themes
“Into english Plus: student's book & workbook 3”
Into culture: Ghost stories
Protests and Riots
The legalization of Cannabis and the difference between light drugs and heavy drugs.
3 A Sc.Applicate
Programma Di Lingua E Letteratura Inglese Classe 3 A Scienze Applicate A.S. 2014-2015
DAL TESTO: PERFORMER, CULTURE AND LITERATURE
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Early Britain: a history of invasions
the Iberians, the Celts, the Romans, the Anglo-Saxons.
The Norman conquest, the Vikings.
o
o
o
o
o
The medieval Literature.
'Beowulf, the plot.
the pagan elegy.
the medieval drama, the Ballad: 'Lord Randal
the war of two roses,
the one hundred years war;
- the Magna Charta.
LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGE
G.Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales, 'The Wife of Bath': analysis.
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THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
The historical background, social and economical aspects,
The Protestant Reformation; The Elisabethan theatre.
Literature in the Renaissance:
The English and Italian sonnets, S.P.Sidney; E.Spenser; W.Shakespeare: life and works;
The Sonnets: critical analysis; 'My mistress'eyes'
the plot of ' The Tempest'.
The civil war;
the birth of political parties; The puritan Age:O. Cromwell age.
The restauration; The blodless revolution.
The birth of print and the novel: its main features.
The enlightment spirit ( from a philosophical, scientific and literary point of view).
The novels of D.Defoe, 'Robinson Crusoe' ( plot and themes), J.Swift, 'Gulliver's travels'
(plot and themes), S.Richardson, 'Pamela' ( plot and themes). The epistolary novel.
The Augustan age: George I, George II, George III.
Durante il corso dell'anno scolastico si e' proceduto alla lettura in classe di alcuni brani antologici.
3 B Sc.Applicate
Programma di Lingua e Cultura Inglese Classe
3 B scienze applicate - Anno
scolastico 2014-2015
Prof.ssa Marialuisa Pasquariello
CULTURE
Libro di testo: Medaglia-Young, Visions and Perspectives, vol. 1, Loescher
MODULE A : The Origins and the Middle Ages
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
Celtic, Roman and Anglo-Saxon Britain. Alfred the Great.
The Warlike ideal. The Vikings.
The Norman Conquest. The feudal system. The Domesday Book.
Henry II. The Common Law. Thomas Becket. Richard I. John I. Magna Carta. Parliament.
The Hundred Years’ War – John Wycliffe and the Lollard Movement – The Peasants’ Revolt.
The Wars of the Roses
The evolution of the English Language: Old English, Middle English, Modern English.
HOW TO READ A POEM
Poetry as a literary genre. Basic structural units, common types of stanzas. Layout of a poem.
The language of poetry: denotation and connotation. Rhythm. Metrical pattern. Rhyme. Common
rhyme schemes. Run-on line (enjambment). End-stopped line.
Sound devices (alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, repetition and refrain).
Meaning devices (metaphor, simile, personification, symbol, allegory, antithesis, paradox,
oxymoron, hyperbole).
ENGLISH LITERATURE:
Anglo-Saxon poetry: stylistic features: kenning, caesura, alliteration.
“Beowulf”- the language and the story
- Extract, text 2, p.19
The Medieval ballad: layout, sound devices, rhyme scheme, language, story, themes, narrative
technique, setting, characters, aim.
Text: “Lord Randal”: reading comprehension, translation, text analysis and commentary.
The narrative poem : features and themes
Geoffrey Chaucer. Life and works. Language and other elements of innovation.
The Canterbury Tales. Main features, language, style, characters, framework.
Extract: “The Prioress” – reading comprehension, translation, text analysis and commentary.
Chaucer and Boccaccio – Extract: “The Wife of Bath”.
TODAY’S PERSPECTIVE: “Festivities”: Patrons, Guy Fawkes Night, Remembrance Day,
Halloween, Festivals in the USA (reading comprehension, written summary + activities).
LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE:
“The Legend of Robin Hood” – Reading comprehension + activities, pp.26-27
“The Origins and the Middle Ages” – Reading comprehension + activities, pp. 56-58.
MODULE B : THE RENAISSANCE
THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The first Tudors and the Reformation.
Elizabeth and the conquest of the sea.
The Stuart dynasty and James I. The Gunpowder plot.
CULTURE
The English Renaissance – New Learning – Humanism.
The persistence of the old view of the world: the Theory of the Correspondences.
SCIENCE
The old and the new model of the universe. The Copernican Revolution.
CLIL Science: “Galileo Galilei”, pp. 90-91 (reading comprehension, written summary + activities)
ENGLISH LITERATURE
The Sonnet: features and themes. Petrarchan sonnet vs. English sonnet.
Shakespeare’s sonnets : features and themes
W. Shakespeare:
My Mistress’ eyes (Sonnet 130) – reading comprehension, text analysis, translation, commentary.
Shall I compare... (sonnet 18) – reading comprehension, text analysis, translation, commentary.
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Drama
Glossary: drama, theatre, playhouse, performance, play
Dramatic techniques: dialogue, soliloquy, monologue, aside, stage directions
Types of plays: Comedy, Tragedy, Romance, History Play
Features of a play: scenery, light and sound effects, props.
Renaissance drama
The Elizabethan playhouse
William Shakespeare: life and works. Comedies, histories and tragedies. Sources of the plays.
Main themes. Shakespeare’s universality. The characters. Influences in his works.
Romeo and Juliet: plot, themes, characters.
Extract “Text 1”, p. 108 – text analysis, translation and commentary.
Hamlet: plot, characters and themes
Extract: “To Be, or Not to Be”, text analysis, translation and commentary.
LITERATURE AROUND THE WORLD: “Shakespeare and Italy” (reading comprehension,
written summary + activities)
LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE: “Finding Richard III”, pp. 118-119 (reading comprehension,
written summary + activities).
LANGUAGE
Dal libro di testo: Mann-Taylore-Knowles, Laser – B2, ed. Macmillan
Unit 1 – Relationships
Functions: Talking about relationships and feelings.
Grammar: Present simple and Past simple, stative verbs. “Always + ing” to talk about actions
which annoy the speaker. Present perfect simple, past perfect simple. Phrasal verbs. Word
formation. Active and passive participle. Confusable words. Emphatic use of do / did.
Vocabulary: Feelings and situations.
Culture: “Are you a heartbroken teenager?”, pp. 12-13 (reading comprehension, written summary +
activities)
Unit 2 – Travelling
Functions: Talking past experiences.
Grammar: Present continuous, past continuous, present perfect continuous, past perfect continuous
Vocabulary: Travel and tourism.
Dal libro di testo: Jordan-Fiocchi, Grammar Files – Blue Edition, Trinity Whitebridge
File 36: Forma passiva – tutti i tempi e i modi. Forma passiva con i modali.
File 39: Discorso diretto e indiretto: to say / to tell. Riportare affermazioni. Riportare domande e
risposte. Riportare richieste, ordini, consigli. I modali nel discorso indiretto.
Extra module: Summary writing
How to write a summary: esercitazioni volte a sviluppare l’abilità di redigere un riassunto in forma
semplice. How to use linking words (materiale distribuito in fotocopia).