#Shakespeare

WHO WAS SHAKESPEARE??

 TASK 1

Watch the video then answer the followings:

1.      Who is William Shakespeare? What is he famous for?

2.      When and who did he marry?

3.      What are Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies?

4.      What are his historical plays about?

5.      What comedies did Shakespeare write?

6.      What are the themes of his plays?

7.      Are his plays still popular today?

8.      Have you read any books written by William Shakespeare?

 https://www.raicultura.it/webdoc/william-shakespeare/index.html#services

https://www.mediasetplay.mediaset.it/video/freedomoltreilconfine/messina-origini-italiane-per-shakespeare_F311032501004C05

#Renaissance Art

 Introduction

The Ambassadors - Hans Holbein

Watch the presentation of " The Ambassadors" and study the technique. Then do the activity at this link (on your notebook or print them): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HBx7Fdzx9nTQm8jMhc3L9iA4FOSE-BEE/view?usp=sharing

#POETRY

 

ART CLIL - painting description

Watch the video lesson (you can stop the video and listen again as much you need):

During the video, I ask you to do some exercises. Here below you have the links:

• Link al primo esercizio (LANDSCAPES): https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Bp1y8kpZakCppArjGFEr5KagDF0YXOoA01el3JJALp8/edit?usp=sharing
• Link all'esercizio SPACE:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NTU-NeX3r0hdcHXi1AcYBsYsu9Pd2EuN/view?usp=sharing
• Link ex colours: https://www.liveworksheets.com/id/cf41147ur

#Beowulf

Beowulf is an anonymous epic poem belonging to the oral tradition and transcripted by a monk in the 9th century.

LED IN - Watch the following videos 

As an epic poem, it has all the features which concern this genre (review):

• a recollection of a glorious past
• great deeds of heroes
• military and aristocratic society
• supernatural creatures
• elevated style 
• the use of rich and vivid language
• the type scenes are funeral, banquet, and battles

MAP

Watch the following video lesson and take notes:

Study HELP

TEACHER'S PRESENTATION

TASK 1

Study page 24 and do exercise 1

TASK 2

Watch the video

THE FIGHT   

Read and listen to the text (T1) page 25 and answer the questions aside from the text.

TRADUZIONE DEL TESTO

TASK 3 - PROJECT

Watch the following videos (click on the titles):

1. Hero vs Evil
   
2. A man or a legend
   
3. Epilog
   

Using what you know about Beowulf draw an Instagram page (see 'sample' as an example) that portraits these ballad features and get ready to show the class.

Sample 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ANeDswXVhN8WtiDTmYtPFMmafzRKYmuU/view?usp=sharing

# Future Tenses

Future Tenses

LED IN
Watch this video:

link: https://youtu.be/QTUamuGwG1c


GRAMMAR MAP
Even I'm sure you don't need it...just in case you want further scheme, here's a map in Italian (sen)

Do the following exercises on your handbook (quaderno) or print them:
1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10YdbByCgDdSkyLq8am_sCK_a4neNQqmH/view?usp=sharing
2. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lhWIEgjCckeKAd6ITQuvIn8dmCAp0Wjr/view?usp=sharing

Extention
Click on this link for extra exercises:
https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar-exercises-elementary-3.php

Test your comprehension:
https://www.test-english.com/grammar-points/a2/present-continuous-future-arrangements/

TASK

Now it's up to you!!

Use coogle to prepare a map about the future tenses

# the Building of a Nation

 Early British History

LED IN - Introduction 

(flipped homework)

Do this TEST to practice:

https://zte.zanichelli.it/api/starter/ZmY4MDM2NWUtNmYyYy00NWJiLWIwMjYtMjQ0ZWI4MzM2YTA3

Class activity:

Task 1 (cooperative learning - Jigsaw)

Who were the NORMANS?

Write a PROFILE about the normans, using these questions as a guide:

• What is the origin of the Normans?
• When they came to Britain, which language was spoken by the court and the population? (give examples)
• Which countries of the British Isles did they conquer?
• What did they do in Jerusalem?
• What did they do in Italy?
• What is the characteristic of this population?
• What are their contributions we can see still nowadays?

Now click the following link and answer the question:

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-the-normans-changed-the-history-of-europe-mark-robinson#review

TASK 2 (authentic task)

Transform the PROFILE into a Twitter page (fictional): 

• pretend to be a modern Norman who came to Britain and told about his feat into a digital chronicle site;
• use this software to create the page: https://generatestatus.com/generate-fake-instagram-post/

# Vikings

 

#Borders and walls - active citizenship

 

Mending Wall

by Robert Frost

TESTO E TRADUZIONE

Grammar review

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/intermediate-to-upper-intermediate/present-perfect-simple-and-continuous

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/upperint/grammar/grammar_01_012e?cc=it&selLanguage=it

https://agendaweb.org/verbs/present_perfect_continuous-exercises.html

TEACHER FOR A DAY

 A grammar review activity

All students have to create a map on the suggested grammar topics, using https://coggle.it/

The map should have a schematic explanation on how a linguistic function works, examples and exercises for the class.

Post the link to your map here: 3 ALF GRAMMAR MAP BOARD

Tutorial at this link https://coggle.it/diagram/Xpi3wOpGh-QHpCZA/t/guida-pratica-per-coggle-it

The T-Day I'll pick up a student to be the teacher for a day.

Enjoy!!!!!

FLIPPED CLASSROOM AGREEMENT

 

Prego di prendere visione della lettera del docente, cliccando al seguente link. GRAZIE

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RF6-ER-N1Cdy9iaMgGZBcHoFl61LhOVz/view?usp=sharing

Welcome activity

 Hi guys and welcome back to school!!!!

Let's start to practice the flipped classroom with an ACTIVE learning activity:

in this first module, we're going to review the linguistic functions you've studied last 2 years...

but YOU will be the TEACHER!!

HOW??????

Here we go.

We are going to use genial.ly (a free online tool for presentation)

and coggle (google map creator https://coggle.it/)

First of all, register on both applications!

Then try this activity made by your teacher.

CLICK here: https://view.genial.ly/6123b764c042a90dd93d5063/interactive-content-digilab-english-adventure