PROGRAMMA EFFETTIVAMENTE SVOLTO LINGUA E CULTURA INGLESE. Classe IVd A.S Sequenze di apprendimento per argomenti

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1 PROGRAMMA EFFETTIVAMENTE SVOLTO LINGUA E CULTURA INGLESE Classe IVd A.S Sequenze di apprendimento per argomenti Analisi strutturale del progetto didattico - Prospetto esemplificativo delle abilità, conoscenze e competenze sviluppate nelle sequenze modulari del programma. Contenuti (conoscenze) History Mapping history Society Science and Philosophy Esame di Stato: Prova orale e scritta Milestones Insights Literature The Arts Internet Lab Films Cultural Issues Comparing Literatures Music Abilità e competenze Riferire fatti, descrivere situazioni, consolidare il metodo di studio praticando Questions & Answers. Analizzare criticamente aspetti relative alla cultura, argomentare e sostenere le opinioni. Scoprire i luoghi dove si è fatta la storia, studiare la storia attraverso la geografia. Analizzare un aspetto particolarmente significativo della società, della scienza o della filosofia di un particolare periodo storico-letterario Descrizione delle parti da cui sono costituite la prova orale e le prove scritte dell'esame di Stato. Approfondire un evento particolarmente significativo. Approfondire la cultura della lingua di riferimento. Leggere, analizzare e interpretare testi letterari di epoche diverse. Approfondire gli aspetti della cultura relativi alla lingua di studio (ambito artistico). Utilizzare le nuove tecnologie per fare ricerche, approfondire argomenti. Analizzare prodotti culturali della lingua di studio (cinema) Trattare specifiche tematiche che si prestino a confrontare e mettere in relazione lingua, culture, sistemi semiotici (arte, fotografia, cinema, musica ecc.) diversi nello spazio e nel tempo. Analizzare e interpretare testi letterari, di epoche diverse, confrontandoli con testi italiani o relativi ad altre culture. Analizzare brani musicali caratterizzanti un periodo storico culturale e/o particolari argomenti trattati nel programma Lessons FCE Tutor - Lifestyles Culture and Literature Shaping the English Character: Defoe and His Times (1) 1 FCE Reading - Part 2 Reading 1 Can we be allergic to food? Gapped text Culture Daniel Defoe and his World, in: D. Defoe,

2 Robinson Crusoe, simplified ed. Black Cat 3 Grammar 1 Modals of obligation and necessity and modals of ability and possibility Vocabulary 1 Word formation (exercises 1, 2,3). Negative prefixes Expressions to do with health 5.2 History The Civil War FCE Use of English Part 1 Oliver Cromwell and the Ironsides Multiple Choice Cloze 4 FCE Listening Part 2 Sentence Completion Fitness for all tastes 5.3 Society The Puritans FCE Listening Part 2 Sentence Completion The Puritan Mind Insights: The Puritan heritage in America The Arts A Puritan Painter: William Dobson 5 Grammar 2 Use of English Part 1,2 Countable and uncountable nouns and quantifiers W. Dobson: Portrait of a Puritan Family 7 FCE Use of English - Part 1 Multiple Choice Cloze Do you have a healthy diet? 5.6 History 1660 The Restoration of the Monarchy 1665 The Plague 1666 The Great Fire of London FCE Use of English - Part 2 Open Cloze

3 Fitness for Free Literature The Diary S. Pepys: Diaries The Great Fire of London Lessons FCE Tutor - Travelling Culture and Literature Shaping the English Character: Defoe and His Times (2) 1 FCE Reading Part 2 Reading 1: Travelling with parents Gapped text 6.1 Science The scientific revolution 1662 The Royal Society FCE Use of English Part 2 New Scientific Methods Insights: The Royal Society today FCE Reading Part 2 Newton s view of the universe Gapped text 6.2 Literature The teachings of the Royal Society and literature A. Pope: Essay on Human Understanding First Follow Nature 6.3 The Arts The teachings of the Royal Society and art Sir Christopher Wren Christopher Wren: St. Paul s Cathedral Christopher Wren: Hampton Court Palace Christopher Wren: Greenwich Royal Naval Hospital A Film about the 18th century S. Kubrick: Barry Lyndon Barry Lyndon as a Homo Economicus Class Consciousness

4 English Landscape Garden and the aesthetic of the Picturesque as opposed to the Beautiful Marriage, the family, the role of the woman, the education of children Social issues: The 18 th century in Britain and prostitution, the workhouse system, the Poor Laws The Arts T. Gainsborough: Mr and Mrs Andrews 2 Grammar 1 Zero, first and second conditionals Unless,in case, as long as, provided that Vocabulary 1 Prepositions: place and means Easily confused words: travelling Phrasal verbs: travelling 3 Grammar 1 Expressing hypothetical Meaning: wishes and regrets Wish-clauses/If only-clauses With the English mother tongue assistant: Language and Culture: The British Legal System and the Law Vocabulary: Connected with the law Language Functions: Agreeing and Disagreeing formally 6.4 History Milestones: 1688, the Glorious Revolution The birth of political parties Use of English Part 2 The Tories and the Whigs Open Cloze Milestones: 1707 the Act of Union Insights: Modern political parties, The prime minister and the Cabinet 6.5 The Arts W. Hogarth: A Rake s Progress Mapping Society The English landscape garden

5 5 6.7 Society A golden age Use of English Part 3 Reason and Common sense Word formation The new view of Nature The Arts 7 FCE Listening Part 2 Why do people travel? Sentence completion The aesthetic category of the picturesque Group Research Project: The English Landscape Garden T. Gainsborough: Mr and Mrs Andrews Speaking Part The Arts Individual long turn (picture exploitation) William Hogarth s satire and social criticism FCE Listening Part 2 Sentence completion Group Research Project: Satire in 18th century England Internet Lab Hogarth s paintings. Speaking Part Literature Individual long turn (picture exploitation) The means for cultural debate: The birth of Journalism Reading Part 1 Multiple choice questions Milestones: , the first dictionary of the

6 English language Insights: British newspapers Comparing Literatures 11 Grammar 2 12 Reading 2 Comparatives and superlatives Expressions using comparisons Reading Part 1 Could you survive on a desert island? multiple choice questions Literature Two newspapers: The Spectator and Il Caffè The rise of the novel Literature Group Research Project: The Epistolary Novel, the character of the Damsel in Distress and the Byronic Hero Daniel Defoe and the realistic novel D. Defoe: Robinson Crusoe, in full, simplified edition 15 Use of English Part 2 Gulliver s Travels Open cloze 6b.2 Cultural Issues The Slave Trade, in: D. Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, simplified ed. Black Cat Group Research Project: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 16 Use of English Part 3 Travelling essentials for backpackers Word formation 17 FCE Writing Part 2 Writing Part 2, a story Literature

7 Jonathan Swift and the satirical novel J. Swift: Gulliver s Travels Gulliver and the Lilliputians The Academy of Lagado J. Swift: A Modest Proposal It is a melancholy object Lessons FCE Tutor Communication and Technology 6.11 Cultural Issues Tourists, Travellers and Movers EM Forster: A Room with a View, in full, unabridged edition S. Rushdie: Shame About Movers B. Chatwin: The Nomadic Alternative The Anatomy of Restlessness Culture and Literature An Age of Revolutions History An Age of Revolutions 7 FCE Reading 1 Part 3 Are search engines editing our information? Multiple matching The Industrial Revolution The Agrarian Revolution The American Revolution Echoes of the French Revolution 7.2 Literature J. Addison: The Royal Exchange, in: The Spectator, no. 69, May 19, 1711 J. Nasmyth: The Black Country, in: Autobiography, Grammar 1 The Passive Have/get something done 7.4 Society Industrial society Use of English Part 2 How child labour changed the world open cloze 12 Vocabulary Phrasal verbs for technology

8 Word formation: suffixes FCE Listening Part 3 Follow your interests Multiple matching Lessons The Stage in Dublin Culture and Literature A Cultural History of Ireland Irish Culture: Describing Ireland Places and Cities of Ireland Regions in Ireland Irish Culture: St Patrick s Day Who is St Patrick? History of St Patrick Legend and Folklore What do people do on St Patrick s day? Traditional food and drink on St Patrick s day Irish proverbs Irish Culture: Famous Irish Songs and musical instruments The Wild Rover Molly Malone Irish Culture: Leprechauns Irish Culture: Irish Food and Sports Irish Culture: Dublin City, some things to see and do Early Irish History Early Christian Ireland The Viking Era and Glendalough The Norman Era Plantations and Penal Laws Union with Great Britain The Great Famine Home Rule Easter Rising War of Independence Civil war Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland 20 th century to present day Trinity College and the Book of Kells Guinness Store House St Patrick s Cathedral Irish Culture: Irish Writers: Ireland s Literary Tradition O. Wilde: Vision of the play The Picture of Dorian Gray, at Teatro Carcano, by Palchetto Stage J. Joyce: Multiple Joyce Questions, a lecture by Prof. Michele Puglisi, Università Carlo Cattaneo Castellanza J. Joyce: Dubliners - Eveline L Insegnante Gli Studenti

9 Indicazioni per il lavoro estivo: Per tutti gli studenti: Lettura completa ed esercizi dei seguenti testi: P. Pace Simply Dickens ed. Loescher J. Joyce Four Stories from J. Joyce s Dubliners ed. Loescher Per gli studenti con sospensione del giudizio o con segnalazione di aiuto: Accurato ripasso e consolidamento del programma annuale, più, per quanto riguarda l alunna Fiorino, gli esercizi del seguente testo: AAVV: Grammar Practice for Upper Intermediate Students, 3rd edition with keys ed. Pearson Longman