LICEO CLASSICO “JACOPONE DA TODI”

PROGRAMMA DI LINGUA E LETTERATURA INGLESE

a.s. 2008 – 2009

CLASSE 1BC

LINGUA LIBRO DI TESTO: Straight forward intermediate, Macmillan

UNIT 1: 1A Double lives/1B Britishness/1C First impressions

Grammar: stative & dynamic verbs – present simple & present continuos – subject & object questions

Vocabulary: verbs with two meanings – self-image – describing people

Function of language: describing people

Pronounciation: intonation

Reading & Listening: R:Liars! – L: Radio Review of TV programme: How Michael Portillo became a single mum – R: Are you British enough? – L: three conversations in an office

Speaking: discussing what people are most likely to lie about – talking about yourself – did you know?British political parties – discussing answers to a British culture quiz – devising a quiz about culture in your country – talking about first impressions

Writing: (WB) a description of a best friend

Language reference

UNIT 2: 2AJourneys/2B Down under/2C Getting around

Grammar: present perfect & simple past 1 - present perfect & simple past 2

Vocabulary: phrasal verbs(separable & inseparable) – verb collocations(travel)

Function of language: travelling

Pronounciation: word linking

Reading & Listening: R:Lawyer gives up job to cycle around the South America L: three unusual journeys – R: an excerpt from a web diary about a trip around Australia – L : three conversations about trying to get somewhere

Speaking: discussing travelling – talking about a film or a book of a long journey– talking about Australia – planning a journey across your country – talking about daily transport – Did you know? New YorkLondon taxis

Writing: (WB) a description of a town or a city

Language reference

UNIT 3: 3ADream homes/3B Bedrooms/3C Dinner date

Grammar: modals of obligation, permission &prohibition(present & past time) – Make ,let & allow

Vocabulary: accommodation – verb collocations(sleep) – conversation fillers

Function of language: requests

Pronounciation: intonation(requests)

Reading & Listening: R:Paradise Ridge L: interviews with residents talking about disadvantages of living in Paradise Ridge – L: interviews with people who live in unusual homes – R : Six things you probably didn’t know about beds & bedrooms – L: three conversations at a dinner party

Speaking: discussing where you live – designing a luxury holiday home - talking about sleeping & dreaming –describing a recent dinner party– Did you know? Food in Britain

Writing: (WB) advantages & disadvantages

Language reference

UNIT 4: 4ALuck of the draw/4BCoincidences/4C Twists of fate

Grammar: past simple & past continuous – past perfect simple

Vocabulary: idioms(taking risks)

Reading & Listening: R:Lottery winners & losers L: conversation:discussing things in common

LETTERATURA LIBRO DI TESTO: Lit&Lab Volume One Zanichelli

Introduzione allo studio della letteratura (lucidi insegnante)

THE TOOLS OF POETRY

Definitions pp. 2 – 3 – 4 - 5

Texts: A Dirge – Snake Glides

THE TOOLS OF POETRY

Basic structural units – common types of stanza – run-on line, assonance, alliteration, repetition, onomatopoeia; simile, metaphor, personification & symbol pp. 5 - 6 – 7 – 9 – 10

Texts: The Wind tapped like a Tired Man – Dreams

THE ORIGINS & THE MIDDLE AGES

Access Pages: pp. 34 - 35

Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons , The Viking invasions, The Norman invasion pp. 36 - 37

Feudal society, the growth of the middle classes, the role of the church pp.36 – 37

The Plantagenets: Henry II, Magna Charta, Model Parliament, The Black Death, Lollardy & Trade Guilds pp. 38 – 39

THE MEDIEVAL NARRATIVE POEM

Mind map p. 46

Text: When in April the Sweet Showers Fall + analisi testuale (from the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales)

G. CHAUCER

Life, literary production, The Canterbury Tales, realism and allegory, the characters pp. 52 – 53

Texts :

The Prioress + analisi testuale

The Merchant + analisi testuale

Todi 10-06-2009

GLI ALLIEVI L’INSEGNANTE

Michela Boccali