Lingua straniera 1

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