ROMANTICISM

Characteristics of the Romantic Age & Romantic Literature

1. Individuality/Democracy/Personal Freedom

2. Spiritual/Supernatural Elements

3. Nature as a Teacher

4. Interest in Past History/Ancient Greek and Roman Elements

5. Celebration of the Simple Life

6. Interest in the Rustic/Pastoral Life

7. Interest in Folk Traditions

8. Use of Common Language

9. Use of Common Subjects

10. One Sided/Opinionated

11. Idealized Women

12. Frequent Use of Personification

13. Examination of the Poet's Inner Feelings

 

ABOUT RACISM

RACISM

1.  "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal".... I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.....I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Comment. Who said these words? Where? What did he want to say?

2. What was the "bus boycott"?

3. What happened to 9 students who wanted to attend a non segregated public school?

4. What is the Ku Klux Klan?

5. Do you rememeber the episode of the black guy at the cafè? Talk about it

6. What was apartheid?

7. What do you remember about Nelson Mandela?

8. What touched you most in the films we have seen? Which one did you like better?

9.Have you heard about any other episode related to some form of racism, in Italy or around the world?

Scheda WHITE HOUSE - question 10

Describe a building, or a museum that you have visited. Was it a big place? What did you see there? Did you enjoy the visit? Why or why not?

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS (conjunctions, prepositions etc...)

ESPRESSIONI UTILI PER ESPRIMERSI /

 USEFUL EXPRESSIONS 1

ESEMPI

PER UNIRE DUE FRASI

AND (E)

I LIKE READING AND I READ EVERY NIGHT

ALSO (INOLTRE)

I LIKE READING, ALSO I LIKE LISTENING TO MUSIC

SO (COSÌ…)

I LIKE READING, SO I BUY MANY BOOKS

THEN (POI…)

I HAVE BREAKFAST, THEN I GO TO SCHOOL

MOREOVER (INOLTRE)

I LIKE DANCING, MOREOVER I PAINT SOMETIMES

PER FARE UN CONTRASTO

BUT (MA)

I DON’T LIKE MILK BUT I LIKE YOGURTH

HOWEVER (TUTTAVIA)

I DON’T LIKE SCIENCE, HOWEVER I STUDY IT A LOT

EVEN IF... (ANCHE SE)

EVEN IF IT IS RAINING WE ARE GOING OUT

ALTHOUGH (SEBBENE)

ALTHOUGH YOU ARE WRONG I DON’T WANT TO ARGUE

ON THE OTHER HAND (D’ALTRO CANTO)

I DON’T LIKE STUDYING ENGLISH, ON THE OTHER HAND I KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT

PER INDICARE LA CAUSA

BECAUSE (PERCHÉ)

I AM NOT GOING OUT TONIGHT BECAUSE I’M TIRED

BECAUSE OF (A CAUSA DI)

WE CANCELED THE TRIP BECAUSE OF THE RAIN

SINCE (DAL MOMENTO CHE)

WE DIDN’T GO OUT SINCE IT WAS RAINING

PER INDICARE LO SCOPO

IN ORDER TO (IN MODO DA...)

I STUDIED A LOT IN ORDER TO PASS THE EXAM

SO THAT (COSÌ CHE...)

I WILL HELP YOU STUDYING MATHS, SO THAT YOU WILL PASS THE EXAM

SO (COSÌ...)

I GIVE YOU MY NUMBER SO YOU CAN CALL ME

PER INDICARE IL RISULTATO:

SO (COSÌ)

I GOT WET, SO I GOT A COLD

AS A RESULT (COME RISULTATO)

I DID NOT STUDY, AS A RESULT I FAILED THE EXAM

THEREFORE (QUINDI)

SHE ASKED ME MY NUMBER, THEREFORE I GAVE IT TO HER

FINALLY (IN FINE)

IT RAINED ALL DAY, FINALLY IT STOPPED

IRREGULAR VERBS

IRREGULAR VERBS

REPEAT, REPEAT, REPEAT!!!!!

...and to learn them better you can also try this...

Max the cat part 1

...and this...

Max the cat part 2

...and this:

Max the cat part 3

ATTENTION!!! RULES FOR THE DEFINITE ARTICLE

L’articolo THE non si usa:

REGOLA	ITALIANO	INGLESE
Davanti ai nomi propri di nazione.	La Francia L’Inghilterra	France England
Davanti ad aggettivi e pronomi possessivi.	Il mio libro È il mio	My book It is mine
Davanti ai titoli di cortesia o titoli nobiliari.	Il signor Brown Il Dottor Smith La regina Elisabetta	Mr Brown Dr Smith Queen Elizabeth
Davanti a sostantivi che indicano una categoria generica di cose, animali o persone.	I cani abbaiano Mi piacciono  le caramelle	Dogs bark    I like sweets.
Davanti agli aggettivi che indicano una lingua.	Il cinese è difficile da imparare.	Chinese is difficult to learn.
Davanti a giochi e sport.	Mi piacciono gli scacchi.	I like chess.
Davanti ai pasti in generale.	La cena è alle 7.	Dinner is at 7 o’clock.
Davanti al sostantivo television.	Guardo la televisione dopo cena.	I watch  television after dinner.

L’articolo THE, invece, si usa:

REGOLA	ITALIANO	INGLESE
Davanti ai nomi di nazione espressi da nome comune.	Gli USA (The United States of America) dove la parola States, stati, è un nome comune.	The USA
Davanti ai nomi di monti o catene montuose.	Le Alpi	The Alps
Davanti ai nomi di fiumi e laghi.	Il Tamigi	The Thames

The resta invariato, a prescindere dal genere e dal numero del sostantivo che accompagna.
Esempi:

Il ragazzo	The boy
I ragazzi	The boys
La ragazza	The girl
Le ragazze	The girls

The viene pronunciato "the" (dhë) quando la parola che segue inizia per consonante o per acca aspirata*.
Esempi:

The book

The house

Viene invece pronunciato "thi" (dhi) quando la parola che segue inizia per vocale o per acca muta*.
Esempi:

The apple

The hour

WELCOME TERZA G!

Hallo class! This is our blog, a space that we can use to communicate with each other. I can give you grammar explanations, interesting links to explore, exercises that you can either do here or on your notebook...as I told you if you work on the blog it is possibile for me to read carefully all your works, while it isn't possibile for me to read all your notebooks.... On the other hand, you can ask me more explanations about things that aren't clear for you...
I hope you'll find it useful and pleasant.
Bye bye!

GF