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**ON HOLIDAY WITH**...

//the "Nonsense" literature //

- A **Sentimental Journey** **through France and Italy** by Lawrence Sterne The novel is a parody of the travel literature which was popular in the 18th century, as you know even too well... Read the [|introduction] and the [|first chapter] only.

- **Alice in Wonderland** by Lewis Carroll the novel is on line, click here: []

//the theme of the "double" in Victorian literature //

- **Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde** by R. L Stevenson (you can read the novel [|on line])

- **The Picture of Dorian Gray** by Oscar Wilde Versione ridotta Edizione CIDEB, collana "Black Cat" Codice 978-88-530-0548-9 Book + CD pp. 144


 * - Reading comprehension / preparazione al FCE **

**ALLERTA LIBRI DI TESTO** per l'anno scolastico 2012/2013! Ho riscontrato più volte errori da parte della segreteria e vi prego quindi di controllare BENE che il testo **VOICES & VISIONS** di inglese sia fra quelli della lista che andrete a ritirare fra pochi giorni e che accanto sia specificato che è già in uso. NON ACQUISTATE QUINDI NESSUN ALTRO LIBRO DI INGLESE dato che <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">VOICES & VISIONS <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;"> è già in possesso da parte di tutta la classe!! Se nella lista trovate un altro libro di testo tipo LIT & LAB (l'ho già detto alla segreteria, ma non si sa mai...) NON acquistatelo perché è un errore!!!

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">HI THERE! A NEW SCHOOL YEAR HAS JUST BEGUN... <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">R U ready to start???

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Our newcomers (Lucrezia and Alice), might need to know how we used wikispaces last year and have a look at what we did.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">We will also experiment with [|//QUIA//,] a new webtool, where I have created some activities <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">(a quiz on Chaucer's Prologue). It's fun and easy to use. Unfortunately, it is a trial version and I won't be able to exploit its functions for ever...

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">This is also the place where LORENZO LELLI will find his own material in History, Italian, French, Biology, Art, Spanish, Philosophy, etc. because I know he is really looking forward to sharing __everything__, as he misses us (is that true Lawrence?)

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**May 2012**

__**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Poetry in the Augustan Age **__ <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**As I announced in class last Thursday (26th May), your textbook does not provide you with any specific section on poetry in the Augustan Age, so you will have to download the file below to read an extract from //The Rape of the Lock// (Canto 1). A short commentary will help you understand its content:**



<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**March 2012** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">**MADNESS in** //HAMLET// (cross-curricular project: Italian Literature and Philosophy) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Madness is an ongoing theme throughout **//Hamlet//**. It emerges primarily in two characters, Hamlet and Ophelia, but other characters comment on it and speculate about it.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The madness of Hamlet is one of the most oft-debated aspects of the play. Was Hamlet really mad, or was he feigning madness the entire time as part of his plan to kill Claudius? Through Hamlet’s conversations with Horatio it is seen that he plans to pretend to be mad, but his actions later in the play call the reality of his madness into question. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Click on the link below and read the introduction (not the Questions): []

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Then, go to the //Madness Quotes// (4 pages):

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<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Now you can answer these questions:

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Questions About Madness

 * 1) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">We know that Hamlet says he's going to pretend to be insane. Is there any textual evidence in the play that Hamlet actually //does// descend into madness?
 * 2) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">What is the difference between Hamlet's madness and Ophelia's? Is there a marked difference in their behaviour and speech?
 * 3) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">What causes Ophelia to go mad? What purpose does her madness serve in the play? What textual evidence would you use to support your claim?


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">February 2012 **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Click on the page WEBQUEST to find all you need to know to carry out an online collaborative project on The Elizabethan Age. **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">LANGUAGE **

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">October/November 2011

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Here's a podcast (in Italian) for the ones who find it difficult to use make, let, have, etc <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">as causative verbs. It's from Raffaele Nardella's online grammar of English. THANK YOU <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">MR NARDELLA! media type="custom" key="11468374" <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Is the concept clear? What about trying these on line activities? They are <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">taken from the mentioned site. Remember that "practice makes perfect" :-) [|exercise 1] [|exercise 2] [|exercise 3] [|exercise 4] [|exercise 5]
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Causative use of have, make, let, get


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Reported speech

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[|Keys]to activity on reporting verbs (Friday, 25th November)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">LITERATURE <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__G. CHAUCER__ (supplementary material/worksheet)



and don't forget the [|on line quiz]on Chaucer's Prologue I created for you!