Macbeth

 

witchhunt slides

witchhunt 

PROJECT RESEARCH - A protest song

 CHOOSE, by doing some research on the Internet, a protest song  of American popular music to analyze. Through Internet research you will discover the meaning behind this song and determine the connections between the music and the historical period. You’ll also research the artist who wrote the song.

Eventually, you will create connections between the song you have chosen and your world today. Society has changed a lot since this song was made, have we learned anything from the music or not? 

I suggest authors like Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, James Brown, Marvin Gaye. 

However, if you find a song by another author it’s all right anyway, as long as it’s a protest song.

The questions to be answered are here

1)What does the song you’ve chosen mean? 

2)During which years was it written? 

3) Is there a connection between the meaning of the song and the social and political problems of the time when it was written?

4) What specific issues does it deal with?

5) What part does the music itself (apart from the lyrics) play? 

6)What instruments are used and why, in your opinion? 

7) Who was the artist who wrote the song or the one who sang the song making it popular?

8)Was this an American artist or a European one? Write at least 5 lines about that artist

9) What type of impact do you think this song had on society? Has society changed after the song was written?

10)What do you like or dislike about the song?

QUEEN VICTORIA-easy video

 

JANE EYRE- a romantic and realist novel

 " Women are supposed to be very calm generally:but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do"

Charlotte Brontë  (JANE EYRE)

Jane Eyre has several Romantic features but also it shows new Realistic elements, in tune with realism (first half of Victorian fiction)

>Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde SUMMARY

 

The Woman's condition in The Victorian AGE-mind map

   ESSAY GENDER EQUALITY

Schema da seguire

1)What is gender equality?

Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls (The 2030 Agenda for

Sustainable Development) https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-

content/uploads/2016/08/5_Why-It-Matters-2020.pdf

Article 23 - Equality between women and men EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

https://fra.europa.eu/en/eu-charter/article/23-equality-between-women-and-men

2) SOURCE???? Social norms- socially-constructed roles (traditionally…..what’s considered to be

proper for men and women?....stereotypes……

2) Education- one quarter of girls in the developing countries don’t go to school (Malala

Yousafzai, a life spent fighting for the right to education)

https://www.unesco.org/en/gender-equality/education

Emma Watson’s speech for gender equality in 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkjW9PZBRfk

Positive effects……raise a smaller family, have healthier children, earn an income, participate in

the political process

3) Workplace- job discrimination (me too movement)

Low income……..even being fired ……

4)Politics- underrepresented as decision makers

5) -leaders in gender equality

6) Gender based violence/Gender gap----in some countries women can’t be the owners of land

7) The right to vote----1838 New Zealand, 1894 Australia, 1906 Finland, 1907 Norway, 1920 USA

(when did women start becoming equal to men?)

8) In the UK Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) became involved in women's suffrage in 1880.

She was the founder of the WSPU (Women's Social and Political Union) in 1903….

https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-

heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/overview/startsuffragette-/

In the UK 1918 married women, female householders and female university graduates being 30 got

the right to vote

1928 full suffrage in the UK

CONCLUSION

What does gender equality mean???? What should be done to end gender inequality? SHOULD

we do something else…..or do we have gender equality nowadays?

Protect women from gender based violence, sexual exploitation, grant basic human rights, gender

balance in the workplace, empowerment of women and girls (encourage women into non traditional

vocations)

Gender equality -key words

Discrimination

Empowerment

Gender balance

Gender-based constraints

Gender-based violence

Gender gap

Gender roles

Patriarchy

The American Constitution

 worksheets the American Constitution

Answer the questions related to The British Government

 1.Who’s the head of State in the UK?

2.  How many MPs sit at the House of Commons?


3.  Who’s the head of the government?


4. The Queen reigns, but she doesn't rule. What does it mean?

5. The British political system is said to be a two chamber system. What does it mean?


6.      How often a week do the queen and
the Prime Minister meet?


7.     What does the Cabinet consist of?


8.   Where does the Prime Minister live?


9.   Which are the three parts of Parliament?


10.   How many members sit at the House of
Lords?


11.   Who becomes the Prime Minister?


12.   Which fields do the members of the House
of Lords belong to?


13.   Who makes the laws in the UK?


14. Who appoints the Life Lords?


15 How many lords sit at the House of Lords? Does their number ever change ?

HENRY VIII-video+activity

 1)What did Henry 8th reform?

2)     Was his first marriage arrange?

3)     Give a definition of an arranged
marriage.

4)     How long did his marriage to
Catherine of Aragon last?

5)     Did he have a male heir from her?

6)     Sounds like quite a pickle. What
does this expression mean?

7)     What was the immediate effect of his
break up with the Church of Rome?

8)     Did the Crown get richer?

9)     Who was Thomas More?

10)  What does the expression “the
process was a sham” mean?


11)  Who gave him a male heir?


12)  Apart Anne Boleyn, who was his other
wife he had executed?


13)  Did Henry 8th support the
arts?

14)  Give a synonym in English of the
word beggar

15)  On the verge of the modern era. Write the same idea in another
way.

Go to the website http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/tudors/kings/henry8.htm

and find the information to answer the questions

1. Was Henry the 8 th an only child?

2. How old was he when he came to the throne?

3. Could he speak any foreign languages?

4. What was the family relation between him and Catherine of

Aragon?

5. In 1534 he passed an important law. What was it about?

6. Who was his third wife and why was so important for him?

7. How many people a day did he use to have executed?

Go to the website http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/tudors/kings/henry8.htm

and find the information to answer the questions

1.In what way did Henry the 8 th change in his physical appearance as

he grew old?

2. Could he play any sports in his youth?

3. Why did he want to divorce from his first wife?

4. What happened in England when he proclaimed himself the head of

the Church of England?

5. Elizabeth, the future Elizabeth I was his second daughter. What

happened to her mother?

6. Why did he marry Anne of Cleves?

7. How many years did his daughter Elizabeth rule as a queen?

THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH-video+activity

 Watch the video and sum it up in about 30 lines.
Go on the website https://www.etymonline.com/ and find the origin of the following words:
skate, brother, brigade, , dream,fear, judge, guest,knife,bright, loose,odd, trust,window,egg, court, gossip,cucumber,justice, sauce,beggar,meat
Ex. arm= upper limb of the human body (OLD ENGLISH)
Upload the list in your copybook 

LET's TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY-UNIT 2

LET's TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY UNIT 2 

THE BEST and WORST aspects of technology in education

1. How long has the speaker been teaching in a middle school?

2. The speaker says that technology in education is debatable. Give a definition of this word

3. Why can technology be dangerous, according to the speaker?

4. Why is technology valuable, according to the speaker?

5. Technology is speeding up. What does it mean in other words?

6. What’s an expiration date?

7. What does Generation Z consist of?

8. Who’s a lifelong independent learner?

9. What are digital literacy skills?

10. Technology may be infinitely valuable and infinitely dangerous.

11. What do you think about it? Write at least 10 lines.

HUMAN RIGHTS-lesson, video+questions

 

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

1. What does the video tell us about the Second  World War?

2. Which organization adopted the Universal Declaration of human rights and when?

3. The video says “Everyone benefits them from ……………..”

4. The video says “ They are …………….which are necessary to live well”

5. What human rights are quoted in the video?

6. Rights are interrelated. What does it mean? What example is given?

7. Here the verb trigger is used! Try to understand  its meaning from the context. What’s its translation in Italian?

8. Is the Declaration a legislative text?

9. What’s everyone’role according to the video as  far human rights?

10. According to the video are we allowed to protest against injustices?

ROMEO AND JULIET

 STUDENTS CREATE A STORY using the following words, before getting to know the real story of the play ROMEO and JULIET by SHAKESPEARE

😠FEUD

😊MAKE PEACE

😡ENEMY

💓FALL IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

😉SUGGEST

😢ASK FOR SOMEONE HELP

💗TO BE INVOLVED

💕EXCHANGE LOVE VOWS

😐OVERHEAR

💖MARRY SECRETLY

🍷DRINK

👫MEET

👀LEAP OVER

😧KILL

😧STAB

😟COMMIT SUICIDE

😫FAIL TO REACH

😩DEAD

ELIZABETH 1 MIND MAP

 

MY BEDROOM

 

JANE EYRE

 

https://www.rai.it/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-bf479522-b276-420e-84ea-b46630a71147-cinema.html

MY DAILY ROUTINE

 

How to tell the time

 

relative clauses

 

 

verbs of perception

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/verbs-of-perception-/5099933.html 

https://www.slideshare.net/RaquelCheneauxValz/verbs-of-perception-50070390

object pronouns

object pronouns 

exercises

indefinite pronouns

indefinite pronouns 

Let's recap sonnet 18 and 130

 

Let’s RECAP -SONNET 18 and SONNET 130

My mistress’ eyes

This sonnet MAKES FUN of the conventions of love poetry common to Shakespeare’s day.

Most sonnets were modelled after Petrarch’s ones.

In his sonnets Petrarch praises Laura’s beauty, her WORTH, her PERFECTION using a lot of metaphors based largely on natural beauties.

The result was that poems by Petrarch make highly idealizing comparisons between nature and the poet’s lover, which, if taken literally, are completely ridiculous.

MY MISTRESS’S EYES ARE LIKE THE SUN

HER LIPS ARE RED AS CORAL

HER CHEEKS ARE LIKE ROSES

HER BREASTS ARE WHITE AS SNOW

HER VOICE IS LIKE MUSIC……SHE’S A GODDESS

This sonnet MOCKS the typical Petrarchan metaphors. In  a sense, he decides to tell the truth…..

So my Mistress’ eyes aren’t at all like the sun…..

In other words, he insists that love doesn’t need these conceits in order to be real- and women don’t need to look like flowers or the sun in order to be beautiful.

Though the sonnet may appear to be negative, it has positive words towards the end. Although reality can be quite different from our dreams, the poet knows that his love for his mistress is great. He describes it as unique and makes it clear that he doesn’t need to make false comparisons about her to know that in his heart he feels love for her. Some men may say false words, but he doesn’t need to because he accepts her as she is and is truly in love with her.

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day

It’s divided into two parts:

LINES 1-8 Nature and its laws

LINES 9-14 Art and its effects As long as there are people reading the poem, it’ll live and it’ll give life to the young man’s memory

The two terms of comparison are SUMMER and the YOUNG MAN

The young boy proves to be the better because he’s more lovely and milder and his beauty won’t decay

The poet will make the young man eternal by praising his virtues and his beauty in his poem

WHY DOES he USE THE WORDS ETERNAL SUMMER?

The young man will be made eternal through the poem. He’ll never lose his youthful beauty.

WHAT ABOUT BEAUTY in real life?

It’ll be destroyed by TIME.POETRY is ART. IT’s IMMORTAL

CONCLUSION

ART preserves youth and beauty forever

The British Education system

 

VERBS TO TALK ABOUT FRIENDSHIP

 VERBS TO TALK ABOUT FRIENDSHIP

GET ON WELL WITH

LET DOWN

BREAK UP

FALL OUT

HAVE AN ARGUMENT

HAVE A QUARREL

MAKE UP= MAKE PEACE

DESCRIBE YOUR BEST FRIEND

 

To Describe Your Friends' Qualities, Use These Adjectives:

§  affectionate

§  best/close

§  considerate

§  easy-going

§  faithful                                                                                                            

 §  funny

§  generous

§  genuine

§  hilarious

§  honest

§  irreplaceable

§  kind

§  kindhearted

§  marvelous

§  one-of-a-kind

§  patient

§  precious

§  priceless

§  reliable

§  sincere

§  supportive

§  sweet

§  sweet-hearted

§  thoughtful

§  true

§  trustworthy

§  truthful

§  uncommon

§  understanding

§  unique

§  unselfish

§  uplifting

§  warmhearted

§  wonderful