PROGRAMMA DI INGLESE
Classe 4 A liceo classico
a. s. 2015-2016
Grammatica
Dal testo: J.C. Carr, J. Parsons “Success Upper Intermediate” Ed. Pearson Longman:
UNIT 3: Present and Past habits: Present/Past Continuous, will, would, used to- ‘d prefer and ‘d rather
UNIT 4: Narrative tenses with Past Perfect Continuous; Participle Clauses
Sono stati rivisti e approfonditi alcuni argomenti grammaticali e sono stati svolti esercizi in preparazione al
FCE (Use of English e Reading)
Gli argomenti di letteratura trattati sono i seguenti:
Dal testo: M. Spiazzi, M. Tavella, M. Layton - “Performer Culture and Literature 1+2” (From the
Origins to to the Nineteenth century)- Ed. Zanichelli
A CULTURAL AWAKENING
3.1
3.2
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
3.11
3.11
History - Meet the Tudors
The Arts – Portraits of Queen Elizabeth
Society - Elizabethan entertaiment
Insights – The most popular team sport
Insights – The origins of tennis
Science - An expanding world
Literature - The English Renaissance
Literature - The sonnet
Comparing Literatures - The English and the Italian sonnet
I Find No Peace by T. Wyatt
Cultural issues - Woman, lady, mistress
My Mistress’ Eyes by W. Shakespeare
History - King by divine right
Insights – The origins of Thankgiving Day
Mapping History - The Gunpowder Plot
p 58
p 61
p 64
p 66
p 68
p 69
p 70
p 71
p 72
p 78
p 79
WILLIAM SHAKESPERE: ENGLAND’S GENIUS
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
Culture - Why study Shakespeare?
p 85
Literature – William Shakespeare
p 86
Mapping Society - Shakespeare’s London
p 89
Literature - The structure of theatres
p 90
Literature - The world of drama
p 93
The balcony scene from “Romeo and Juliet”
p 93
The bond from “The Merchant of Venice”
p 95
My hands are of your colour from “Macbeth”
p 95
4.6
Literature - Opening scenes in Shakespeare's plays
from “Romeo and Juliet”
p 98
Two household
p 99
from “Macbeth”
p 100
The three witches
p 101
4.7
Literature - Dramatic effects in Shakespeare
p 105
The ball from “Romeo and Juliet”
p 105
Duncan's murder from “Macbeth”
p 106
4.9
Literature – Shakespeare's soliloquies and monologues
p 111
With a kiss I die
from “Romeo and Juliet”
p 111
Macbeth's last monologue from “Macbeth”
p 113
“The Merchant of Venice” è stato letto in italiano da tutta la classe durante l'estate. Nel corso dell'anno sono stati
analizzati in modo più dettagliato, I seguenti estratti:
from Act I Scene III ll 325 - 511
(fotocopia)
from Act IV Scene I ll. 1931- 2431
(fotocopia)
Questi stessi estratti sono stati riscritti in inglese moderno con l'ausilio di un'insegnante di madrelingua che ha fatto 6
ore in questa classe grazie al il progetto SITE.
A TIME OF UPHEAVAL
5.1
5.3
5.5
5.9
History - The Civil War
Society– The Puritans
Literature – John Milton
Satan’s Speech from “Paradise Lost”
“Ode on the Late Massacre in Piedmont”
History - The restoration of the monarchy
p 130
p 133
p 136
p 137
(photocopy)
p 146
SHAPING THE ENGLISH CHARACTER
6.1
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8
6.8
History - The birth of political parties
History - The means for cultural debate
Comparing literatures - The newspapers: “The Spectator” and “Il Caffè”
Literature -The rise of the novel
Literature –Daniel Defoe and the realistic novel
The Journal from “Robinson Crusoe”
Man Friday from “Robinson Crusoe”
Literature –Jonathan Swift and the satirical novel
Gulliver and the Lilliputians from “Gulliver’s Travels”
An extract from “A Modest Proposal”
(photocopy)
Sono state lette le seguenti short stories:
“Christmas Meeting” by Rosemary Timperley
“The Rose” by Peter Carey
“A Rat and Some Renovations” by Bernard MacLaverty
“The Umbrella Man” by Roald Dahl
I rappresentanti di classe
L’insegnante
(Silvana Rossi)
p 152
p 160
p 162
p 164
p 165
p 167
p 169
p 172
p 174
