PROGRAMMA LINGUA E LETTERATURA INGLESE CLASSE 3 SEZ. A

A.S. 2013/14 Prof.Elisabetta Nuti

Testi in adozione: M.Spiazzi, M. Tavella, Only Connect…New Directions, Zanichelli, vol.1 G. Brook-Hart, Complete First Certificate, C.U.P. 1. LETTERATURA da Only Connect…New Directions. The Origins Cenni alle origini della società Britannica (dai Celti agli Anglo-Sassoni) The Literary Context 1. Poems and chronicles

2. The epic poem Beowulf: a primary epic. “ Beowulf and Grendel: the fight” “Beowulf prepares to fight Grendel’s Mother” “Beowulf’s Funeral” The Middle Ages 1.Kings, Magna Charta and Parliament

2. Middle English

3. Medieval drama The Literary context:

1. The Medieval Ballad

2. The Medieval narrative poem Lord Randal The Elfin Knight G. CHAUCER Biography The Canterbury Tales (plot, structure, characters, realism and allegory) “The General Prologue” “The Prioress” “The Wife of Bath” The English Renaissance.

1. Introduction

2. The historical and social context: the Tudor dynasty; Tudor and early Stuart Society

3. The Myth of Elizabeth I

FILM: “Elizabeth” (S. Kapur, 1998) The Literary Context. 1. The Chain of Being 2 . New Learning

3 . The sonnet

4. The Elizabethan sonneteers THOMAS WYATT I find no peace…

EDMUND SPENSER Coming to kiss her lips… WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE His life and his sonnets Sonnet 130, My Mistress’ eyes… Sonnet 18, Shall I compare thee… The Development of Drama The World of theatre Shakespeare the dramatist From Romeo and Juliet: “The Prologue” “The Great Ball” (ll.1-10) 2. LINGUA da Complete First Certificate: Il testo serve per la preparazione agli esami dell’Università di Cambridge (FCE) ed ha validità biennale. Quest’anno sono state svolte le Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 toccando i seguenti argomenti: Grammar:

Present simple and continuous

Present perfect simple and continuous

Asking questions

Adjectives with –ed/-ing

Comparison of adjectives and adverbs

Past simple, past continuous, used to

Past perfect simple and continuous

So and such

Too and enough

Zero, first and second conditionals

Indirect questions

Ways of expressing the future

Countable and uncountable nouns

Articles

Infinitive and verb + ing Vocabulary: Adjectives describing character

Housework collocations

Collocations with make/do

Phrasal verbs

Types of holiday, holiday locations and activities

Journey, trip, travel, way

Food, dish, meal

Words connected with studying

Find out, get to know, know, learn, teach, study;

Attend, join, take part in, assist

Words connected with the environment

Look, see, watch, listen, hear

Prevent, avoid, protect, reach, arrive, get to Work/job; possibility/occasion/opportunity;

Fun/funny

Types of adventures sports Sono state svolte le attività relative a reading, listening e speaking proposte dal testo e particolare attenzione si è posta agli esercizi relativi a Use of English che rappresentano sempre una notevole difficoltà per gli studenti. ALTRE ATTIVITA’ Esercitazioni col dizionario monolingue COMPITI PER LE VACANZE Durante le vacanze gli studenti devono leggere due opere di Shakespeare, avvalendosi di una edizione con testo a fronte: The Merchant of Venice Macbeth L’Insegnante Prof. Elisabetta Nuti Gli alunni