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1 PROGRAMMA DI LINGUA E CULTURA INGLESE Liceo Scientifico Castelnuovo A.S. 2017/2018 Insegnante: Letizia Gasperini Destinatari: classe quarta B Scienze Applicate ATTIVITA SUI TESTI Language Sono stati eseguiti esercizi relativi alle ultime unità del testo English Plus, Upper Intermediate B2 sui seguenti argomenti: o Defining and non-defining relative clauses o Uses of gerund and infinitive o Verbs followed by gerund and infinitive o The passive: statements, questions, transformations o Have/get something done o Articles and absence of articles o Emphasis: too/enough/so/such o Used to and would o Be/get used to o Linkers Literature Il testo in uso è Cattaneo, De Flaviis, Millennium, Signorelli. Le unità sono state introdotte dal punto di vista storico-sociale e letterario, fornendo appunti e materiale integrativo agli studenti. La classe ha svolto esercizi sia sui brani letterari che sui testi introduttivi. I contenuti affrontati in dettaglio sono stati i seguenti: UNIT B The Renaissance The Puritan Age Hobbes- text from Leviathan

2 Charles I s reign The Civil War and the Commonwealth The Puritan mind Renaissance and Humanism Metaphysical poetry John Donne Life and works Unconventional poetry Sensual and spiritual imagery The metaphysical conceit- Style -Songs and Sonnets The Sun Rising Death, Be Not Proud (extra text) John Milton Life and works Paradise Lost A religious epic poem The universe of Paradise Lost Satan: an instrument in Dante and Milton Style Satan Takes Possession of Hell Freedom of the Press (extra text) UNIT C- The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century The Restoration and the last Stuarts The Glorious Revolution The Augustan Age Reason and sense Artifice and real life: a survey of Augustan literature Journalism The rise of the novel Features of the Novel Daniel Defoe Life and works Structure of the novels Characterisation- The new middle-class hero The individual and society The style Robinson Crusoe- plot- style- characters

3 Robinson and Friday Robinson s Account of His Condition After the Shipwreck (extra text) Samuel Richardson Life and works Characterisation The epistolary novel Narrative technique Pamela or Virtue Rewarded Plot Characters Style and popularity Pamela Refuses Mr B s Advances Jonathan Swift life and works An Irish hero A controversial writer A Modest Proposal (extra text) Gulliver s Travel -The sources of the novel The character of Gulliver Swift s satiric technique Levels of interpretation Beloved Horses, Hateful Men Politicians Playing for Power (extra text) Laurence Sterne Life and works Tristam Shandy Plot Influences Narrative technique Characters Uncle Toby s Hobby Horse (extra text) UNIT D- The Romantics Emotion vs reason -The Sublime -The Gothic novel Pre-Romantic literature Thomas Gray A transitional poet -Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Themes Meditative mood A new sensibility William Wordsworth Life and works Man and nature The sense and memory -Recollection in tranquillity -The poet s task and his style Preface to Lyrical Ballads I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood

4 Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Life and works Importance of imagination Importance of nature The language, the style The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Content Atmosphere and characters Interpretations The killing of the albatross -Death and Life-in-death -The Water Snakes It Is an Ancient Mariner John Keats Life and works The substance of his poetry The role of Imagination Beauty: the central theme of his poetry Ode on a Grecian Urn The Romantic novel and short-stories: different themes and genres. Letture integrali individuali di uno dei seguenti testi: Jane Austen- Pride and Prejudice Mary Shelley Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus E. A. Poe Tales of the Grotesque and the Arabesque (selezione di short-stories) CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) Gli studenti hanno riferito e discusso argomenti di carattere scientifico, geografico ed artistico. Internship Project La classe ha approfondito i seguenti argomenti presentati da uno studente universitario americano, J. Cabrera The fourth Industrial Revolution Aspects of American History The main social issues in the US Economy and marketing strategies Spettacolo in lingua inglese Gli alunni hanno partecipato ad un workshop sui poeti romantici inglesi ideato dalla sig.ra Alex Griffin.

5 LETTURE ESTIVE Due opere in lingua originale a scelta tra: R.Kipling -Kim C. Dickens David Copperfield R. L. Stevenson The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde O. Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest The Picture of Dorian Gray J. Joyce Dubliners Per gli studenti: La docente: Prof. Letizia Gasperini Firenze,

PROGRAMMA LINGUA INGLESE - CLASSE 2 SEZ.D ANNO SCOLASTICO PROF. STEFANO MOCHI

1 PROGRAMMA LINGUA INGLESE - CLASSE 2 SEZ.D ANNO SCOLASTICO 2016-2017 PROF. STEFANO MOCHI Testi: Ben Wetz, English Plus Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate (Oxford University Ben Wetz, English Plus Intermediate