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Programma di Lingua Inglese classe 3 F anno scolastico 2015-2016
Insegnante: Iavicoli Anna Maria
Libri di testo adottati:
Spiazzi-Tavella “Only Connect..New Directions” vol.1 Zanichelli
Gould-Rankin “English Language”(AS/A Level) Cambridge
Fotocopie fornite dall’insegnante per la preparazione all’esame IGCSE ENGLISH
AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.
The First Invasions: The Celts, The Anglo-Saxons
“Beowulf”: plot, themes
The Middle Ages: The Norman Conquest and feudalism
Henry II, reforms and Becket
Kings, Magna Carta and Parliament
The Black Death and social change in the 14th century
The Renaissance: The Tudor Dynasty – Henry VIII and the Reformation - Queen
Elizabeth I – James I - The Gunpowder Plot - The Chain of Being – The Elizabethan
Theatre
William Shakespeare: life and works
“Romeo and Juliet”: plot, features, themes. “The Prologue”, “The Great Ball”,
“With a Kiss I Die”: analysis, summary, critical considerations.
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: plot, features, themes. The Story of Pyramus and
Thisbe. “Titania’s Secret Bower”: analysis, summary, critical considerations.
“Julius Caesar”: plot, themes, figures of speech. “Antony's Speech”: analysis,
summary and critical considerations.
“The Merchant of Venice”: plot, features, themes. “Have Not a Jew Eyes?”:
analysis, summary, critical considerations..
“Hamlet”: plot, features, themes. “To Be or Not To Be”: analysis, summary, critical
considerations.
“Othello”: plot, features, themes.
“Macbeth”: plot, features, themes. “The Three Witches”: analysis, summary,
comments. “Duncan’s Murder”: analysis, summary, comments. “A Tale Told by an
Idiot”: analysis, summary, critical considerations.
“The Tempest”: plot, features, themes. “Caliban and Prospero”: analysis, summary,
critical considerations.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS-A LEVEL
PART 1 AS Level
Unit 1: Reading non-fiction
READING AND WRITING SKILLS
Types of question, language and style
Key reading skills for responding to passages
Planning and structuring a commentary
Using evidence and quotations
TYPES OF NON-FICTION TEXT
Descriptive writing:
From “Touching The Void” pg.21,22
“Star Clippers” pg. 24
From “Down the Mine” pg. 30
From “A Letter To My Mother” pg. 33,34
L’insegnante
gli alunni