L3T'S C: March 2017

18 - 6-word stories

THE BEST 6-word stories:

Fabiana: "More texts, I want to die."

Rita: "One guy, 2 diamonds, 3 cops."

Anna: "A ballerina, pink pointes, on stage."

Carola: "An island, two people, a letter."

Teresa: "Beautiful day: my friends, special picnic."

Marianna: "Screech...child's ball bouncing, bouncing...."

17 - YOUR TRAVEL LOG

Go to blog to find out more on school trips:

http://albertininolatravels.blogspot.it/

16 - Alternanza Scuola Lavoro website

Go to your "Alternanza Scuola-lavoro" website to find out more on translations done in class:

http://aslalbertininola.blogspot.it/

15 - Medieval Drama: Miracle Plays vs. Morality Plays

The medieval drama

Miracle plays were performed on pageants and acted in English. The actors were member of the guilds and the main themes were Biblical scenes and characters.

Morality plays contain invented plots. There is the personification of vices and virtues of that time and the characters are not Biblical. Here it is important the psychological interpretation of the character.

“The Book of Counts” is a play that talks about the story of Everyman, a merchant who is summoned by Death and finds out that everything he has loved during his life will not help him on his journey to the grave. However, he is not ready to go and asks for more time before appearing before God.

Interludes are short stories that combine serious and comic elements where the characters use masks.

SYLLABUS of academic year 2016 - 2017

TEMATICHE DISCIPLINARI

Theme: The Arts – Music, the Theatre and the Cinema

ARGOMENTI	TEMPI
GRAMMAR REVISION Past Perfect Simple/ Past Perfect Continuous Periodo ipotetico Present perfect Simple /Present Perfect Continuous Modal verbs : might / may /could / be able to Passivo	Settembre Ottobre
The Anglo-Saxon period First invasions: Iberians, Celts, and Romans The Danes, the Vikings; The Anglo-Saxons; Alfred the Great and Anglo-Saxon culture; Anglo-Saxon literature; Pagan epic poetry “Beowulf”. The development of the English language. The origins of literature Various genres: drama , poetry and prose. Ballads: “Robin Hood” and metrical romances The Middle Age The Norman Conquest; Feudalism in England; The Plantagenets; The houses of Lancaster and York and the end of an age. Medieval literature Geoffrey Chaucer: “The Canterbury Tales”; Medieval drama: Miracle and Morality Plays	Novembre Dicembre Gennaio Febbraio Marzo
The Renaissance The Tudor period; The Elizabethan Age; English Humanism; Elizabethan sonnets: Sir Philip Sidney & Edmund Spenser ; Drama in the Elizabethan Age; Christopher Marlowe: “Doctor Faustus”; William Shakespeare: life and works Shakespeare’s sonnet: “Shall I compare thee” and “Romeo & Juliet”	Aprile Maggio