Hello! My name's Liliana. I'm a teacher of English (Language and Literature) to Italian teenage stu

Saturday, March 16, 2024

YOUNG FOREVER-SONG+ QUESTIONS

 

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

related to the song YOUNG FOREVER



1.      Would you like to live forever?

2.      Does money really want people live forever?

3.      Don’t we often hear of rich people getting depressed? Give some examples and tell his/her story in 20 lines

4.      Can’t life be beautiful even without much money?

5.      The singers of the song seem to say that if you have a good time, you won’t be unhappy when you die. How does it sound to you? Do you agree?

6.      Luxury goods and ambition are a remedy for all the bad things in today’s life. Do you agree with that statement?

7.      Do you believe that such an attitude (giving too much importance to material things)is strictly connected to being young?

8.      Is a desire for immortality a feature only of youth?

9.      Can life be hard and turn into a thunderstorm when things go wrong even when you’re young?

10.   What’s real happiness, for you?

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Who was the first to set foot in America?


 QUESTIONS

  1. Who was Leif Eriksson?
  2. Who was his father?
  3. Which country did his father discover? What was the name that he gave to it?
  4. What was Leif Eriksson good at?
  5. After a difficult, dangerous voyage where did Leif Eriksson land?
  6. What was the name that he used for the new land?
  7. When was it quite clear that the Vikings were the first explorers to get to America?
  8. Where was the Norse settlement found?
  9. What did it prove?
  10. What can we find in many American cities to celebrate the Viking explorers?
  11. So, who was the first to set foot in America?


Saturday, March 2, 2024

To kill a mockingbird and human rights

 





To Kill a Mockingbird (IL BUIO OLTRE LA SIEPE)novel by American author Harper Lee, published in 1960. Enormously popular, it was translated into some 40 languages, sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, and is one of the most-assigned novels in American schools. In 1961 it won a Pulitzer Prize. The novel was praised for its sensitive treatment of a child’s awakening to racism and prejudice in the American South.

Plot summary

 

To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression. The protagonist is Jean Louise (“Scout”) Finch, an intelligent though unconventional girl who ages from six to nine years old during the course of the novel. She is raised with her brother, Jeremy Atticus (“Jem”), by their widowed father, Atticus Finch. He is a prominent lawyer who encourages his children to be empathetic and just. He notably tells them that it is “a sin to kill a mockingbird,” alluding to the fact that the birds are innocent and harmless.

When Tom Robinson, one of the town’s Black residents, is falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman, Atticus agrees to defend him despite threats from the community. At one point he faces a mob intent on lynching his client but refuses to abandon him. Scout unwittingly diffuses the situation. Although Atticus presents a defense that gives a more plausible interpretation of the evidence—that Mayella was attacked by her father, Bob Ewell—Tom is convicted, and he is later killed while trying to escape custody. A character compares his death to “the senseless slaughter of songbirds,” paralleling Atticus’s saying about the mockingbird.

The children, meanwhile, play out their own miniaturized drama of prejudice and superstition as they become interested in Arthur (“Boo”) Radley, a reclusive neighbour who is a local legend. They have their own ideas about him and cannot resist the allure of trespassing on the Radley property. Their speculations thrive on the dehumanization perpetuated by their elders. Atticus, however, reprimands them and tries to encourage a more sensitive attitude. Boo makes his presence felt indirectly through a series of benevolent acts, finally intervening when Bob Ewell attacks Jem and Scout. Boo kills Ewell, but Heck Tate, the sheriff, believes it is better to say that Ewell’s death occurred when he fell on his own knife, sparing the shy Boo from unwanted attention. Scout agrees, noting that to do otherwise would be “sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird.”

Friday, March 1, 2024

HUMAN RIGHTS and THE HANDMAID'S TALE

 

Homework Assignment

Research project to investigate a contemporary human rights issue.

Students present their findings and propose solutions, connecting the real-world issue to the themes explored in "The Handmaid's Tale."

 

FIRST STEP

 

Do some research on  Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Discuss the key principles outlined in the UDHR and relate them to the events in "The Handmaid's Tale."

Focus on one or two of those rights

SECOND STEP

Explore and analyze human rights issues depicted in Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" and connect them to real-world human rights concerns. Analyze the experiences of one or more characters in the book concerning their human rights. Focus on the violation of rights, consequences, and emotional impact.

THIRD STEP

 

Draw parallels and discuss the consequences of rights violations.

 

FOURTH STEP

Focus on the importance of safeguarding human rights in both literature and reality.

 

You can work on Google slides or Canva.

PAY ATTENTION

1)WORK INDIVIDUALLY (8 slides)

2) CHOOSE DIFFERENT HUMAN RIGHTS AND POSSIBLY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS

3) DON’T COPY LONG PASSAGES (you don’t need)to be put onto your slides

To better understand what happens in the book do some research on the Internet and watch all the videos I’ve posted on Classroom