3+N+2015+-+2016


 * 3 N sc. umane a.s. 2015/2016 **

**JUNE 2016**

**SUMMER WORK** **- Scaricare i seguenti file ed eseguire gli esercizi**

**- Leggere, in lingua originale, il romanzo //GULLIVER'S TRAVELS// di Jonathan Swift.** **Potete s****caricare la versione digitale del romanzo qui sotto**

http://www.planetebook.com/ebooks/Gulliver%27s-Travels-2.pdf

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**- Leggere "Amleto" e "Macbeth" (W. Shakespeare) in italiano. Una delle tematiche** **"trasversali" che verranno affrontate il prossimo anno, sarà proprio la follia nella** **letteratura italiana e inglese.**

**All'inizio dell'anno scolastico verrà somministrato un questionario scritto volto** **a verificare il lavoro svolto durante la vacanze.**

**Have a great summer!**

**MAY 2016** **Quiz Test on Literature** **From fiction to drama ( ripasso di tutti gli argomenti studiati, fino a Romeo and Juliet)** **Qui sotto le soluzioni degli esercizi di analisi del testo su "Romeo and Juliet"** **(tralasciando gli altri già commentati ampiamente, vi inserisco le risposte** **dall'es 5 all'11)**



**__If clauses: listening practice__** **Open the links below to test yourselves:**

http://www.bes.info.pl/listening/conditionals-listening.html

https://esol.britishcouncil.org/content/learners/grammar-and-vocabulary/grammar-lessons/regrets-third-conditional


 * Literature: Romeo and Juliet **
 * Poetic devices: what to know before tackling a literary text **



**__If clauses__ (mixed types) da preparare in vista della verifica!!**

**Esercizio, con soluzioni, su tutte le forme ipotetiche (type 1, 2 and 3)**

__ **If clauses, type 3** __ **ecco una scheda da scaricare con esercizio (e soluzioni)**

**Chi fosse stato assente o chi vuole allenarsi di più, può svolgere questi esercizi on line :** **- very easy:**

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-3/exercises

**- quite easy:**

http://first-english.org/english_learning/if_clauses_conditional/45_if_clauses_type_3_exercises.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/if_clauses/type_3_statements.htm

**- a bit difficult:** http://first-english.org/english_learning/if_clauses_conditional/48_if_sentences_type_3.htm

**APRIL 2016 (Friday 29th)** **- reporting statements, questions, commands, short dialogues, etc (with answers)** http://www.grammarinenglish.com/dialoguereporting/?lesson=exercises

**- in preparazione alla prossima verifica scritta**

**- reported speech: listening practice** **al link qui sotto, un'attività di ascolto:**

http://thegreenchalkboard.blogspot.it/2011/05/intermediate-2-listening-3-reported.html

**Esercizi in preparazione alla verifica del giorno 11/04**



**April, 8th** **Reporting questions**



**From Indirect to Direct speech**

1-Svolgete questo esercizio per giovedì 7 aprile

a) The teacher said that she was going to postpone the test The teacher: " I ......................................................................"

b) Sheila said that she had not slept well the night before. Sheila : " I ...................................................................... yesterday"

c) Peter said that he hoped he would pass the exam Peter: " I hope ........................................................................."

d) Gillian told me that she had already done her homework Gillian : " I ..........................................................................."

e) John said that he couldn't drive a lorry John: " I .................................................. !"

f) He asked me what I wanted from him He " What ................................from ..... ?"

g) Mary wanted to know if I had received her message Mary : ".............you .................................my message? "

2- Ora aprite questo link e svolgete l'esercizio online per venerdì 8. Questa volta si tratta di dialogo da trasformare in forma indiretta (è un esercizio autocorrettivo, don't worry!!) http://www.e-grammar.org/reported-speech/test2-exercise1/

**Exercise 1**

**MARCH 2016** **Compiti vacanze (Easter holidays)**

**- Prepararsi al** **//Listening Test// :** Open this link and listen :

http://www.eslgold.com/speaking/asking_giving_advice.html

Watch these short videos to revise the expressions people use to give advice:

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A nice listening comprehension test on the use of the past perfect

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**- Esercizi (past perfect and simple past) con soluzioni in fondo alla scheda**



**FEBRUARY 2016** **Recupero Debito (25th Feb.)** **Prova semistrutturata** (no reading comprehension!) - Esercizi di riempimento (coniugare il verbo tra parentesi), sul tipo di quelli utilizzati nel corso di recupero a) su tutti i tempi futuri b) su tutti i tempi passati, compresa la "Duration Form" (con diff. tra "since" e "for") c) i pronomi relativi (who, which, where) d) verb pattern: verbi seguiti dall'infinito o dalla forma "-ing" e) i verbi riflessivi f) le forme passive del present e del past simple. - Dialogo da completare (Acquistare abiti/scarpe) - Completare mini dialoghi (offrire, invitare, rifiutare, suggerire, chiedere e dare consigli utilizzando "I'd better", "should")
 * Parte 1, Strutture** linguistiche
 * Parte 2, Funzioni linguistiche**


 * Si consiglia di ripassare il __lessico__ relativo alle unità 4 e 5 e... i verbi irregolari!**


 * Eccovi il copione (versione "adattata" per gli studenti) che mi ha fornito la compagnia teatrale "TeatroDelleDue"**
 * Leggete intanto le prime due scene (that's scheduled for Monday, 15th February)**



**JANUARY 2016** **A Midsummer Night's Dream!**



**DECEMBER 2015** **Prepariamoci per l'ultima prova del trimestre!**

- Iniziamo dai **verbi irregolari**. Ecco la lista completa dei verbi da ripassare:



- Continuiamo con il ripasso di alcune **"collocations"** (eh già, sono un tormento...)



- Passiamo quindi ai **"verb patterns"** che dovete ripassare sul vostro libro di testo (lista su Student's book e su workbook)

- Ripassiamo i **tempi passati e futuri.** Ho pensato a un esercizio in cui dovrete trovare l'errore in ogni frase (es un simple past al posto di un present perfect, una "Duration Form" al posto di un simple past, etc.)

- Concludiamo con le **forme passive,** che potrete esercitare anche utilizzando questi link :

http://www.grammarbank.com/simple-present-passive.html http://www.grammarbank.com/simple-past-passive.html Qui sotto c'è una bel riepilogo della regola della forma passiva, seguita da un esercizio online: http://www.espressoenglish.net/passive-voice-examples-exercises-present-past/

Ora aprite il link e svolgete l'esercizio on line. Dovrete stabilire se il verbo dato tra parentesi deve essere coniugato nel tempo giusto (present or past) della forma passiva. In alcune frasi (la 1, la 12 e la 15) si vede un uso particolare del passivo che studieremo più avanti (I was asked= Mi fu chiesto) Don't worry, nel test non vi proporrò frasi simili :-)

http://www.english-4u.de/passive_ex2.htm


 * THAT's all folk!**

**NOVEMBER 2015** Monday 23rd: **Araby** (by James Joyce) Se non volete riascoltarla con i sottotitoli, aprite questo link

http://betterlesson.com/community/document/99606/araby-full-text

Dopo avere letto la short story, rispondete ai seguenti quesiti di comprensione

1 Who was the previous tenant of the house (the narrator's house)? What did the narrator find in the waste room behind the kitchen? 2 What did the children do if they saw the narrator's uncle turning the corner while they were playing? 3 Why did Mangan's sister come to the door? 4 What "ritual" did the narrator go through every morning? 5 Who did he think about as he made his way to the market? 6 Why couldn't Mangan's sister go to the bazaar? What did the narrator promise her? 7 Why did he neglect his schollwork? 8 How did he pass the time while he was waiting for his uncle to return? What did he do after Mrs Mercer left? 9 Why did his uncle let him go to the bazaar in the end? 10 What time was it when he got to the bazaar? Why did he pay a shilling to enter? Did he buy anything at the bazaar?

Monday 16 th November : Evelyne (ripassare esercizi 7 a-b-c-d + esercizio 9 pp16-19) Preparazione alla verifica di comprensione scritta (reading comprehension test)

Se andate a questa pagina http://englishfeast.wikispaces.com/Fashion+Exercise

troverete un testo ("What is fashion?") con due esercizi di comprensione (autocorrettivi) on line

Have a nice Sunday!

**NEW!! //Araby// by J. Joyce (assignment for 23rd November)**

This is another story from James Joyce's celebrated volume of short stories entitled //Dubliners//. It is the story of a young narrator (we don't know his name) who becomes infatuated with a girl and tries to win her love by purchasing a gift for her from a bazaar (a market fair) called "Araby" that is in Dublin. Here below, a free "audiobook" for you: instead of reading "Araby", you will have the possibility to read and listen at the same time. Some people prefer audio over text for learning and maybe you’re one of them. If you don’t like reading, experiment with audiobooks and see if this helps you with learning! If you want to read and listen when you play the video, move your mouse at the bottom of the video and click on "subtitles". Have fun!

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 * Are you worried about your listening test ? Here are some more listening activities !! **

Fiona is trying on a pair of jeans in a clothes shop. She has just returned from the changing rooms to show them to John. She wants to know if he likes them. Click on the link below to listen to the dialogue and follow the instructions :
 * 1) **

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/london/unit4/listen2.shtml **2)** Now, watch these videos (there are also subtitles for you!) to revise vocabulary as well!

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**OCTOBER 2015**
 * Buying clothes **
 * Homework for next Thursday: a dialogue (scheda "homework) and ... some vocabulary (scheda "Lessico_Part1) **
 * Have a nice weekend !! **





Dialogue: **buying clothes** (Unit 4). To do some more practice, open the link below, listen to 2 more dialogues take notes of the new words/ expressions and check your comprehension.

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- **formazione e uso dei futuri (will, to be going to e present continuous ) In questo link**
 * In preparazione alla verifica, vi chiedo di esercitarvi su **

http://www.tuttoinglese.it/esercizi-futuro.html

troverete tantissimi esercizi (tutti con soluzioni!) che vi mettono in evidenza le differenze fra i vari futuri e sono molto simili alla tipologia di esercizi che metterò nella verifica

- **formazione e uso dei tempi passati con particolare riferimento al simple past, present perfect e present perfect** Per chi avesse ancora qualche problema sulla "Duration Form" (present perfect o present perfect continuous) c'è questa scheda ben fatta che potete scaricare e mettere sul vostro quaderno
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Per esercitarvi sulle differenze ra simple past/present perfect, etc. vi rinvio ai soliti link:

http://www.tuttoinglese.it/present-perfect-vs-past-simple-exercises.html http://www.tuttoinglese.it/present-perfect-simple-vs-present-perfect-continuous-exercises.html

Utilizzerò la stessa tipologia di esercizi

N.B.: se volete fare ancora esercizi, andate sulla sezione **"Revising grammar"** (menù a sinistra)

HAVE A NICE SUNDAY!


 * SEPTEMBER 2015 **

Module 1- Grammar Revision (future tenses) - Homework for next Thursday (1st October)




 * JUNE 2015 **
 * SUMMER ACTIVITIES!!! **
 * - Reading (lettura + attività di comprensione/lessico/etc ) **
 * Geoffrey Chaucer : T****HE CANTERBURY TALES - new edition (adapted by** **Robert Hill)**

9,80 € Codice: 9788853014177 Book (112 p.) + CD


 * - More reading practice **




 * - Grammar **






 * HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY!! **

(Uploaded on 21st May, at 18.30!!!)
 * MAY 2015 **
 * Mock test, again... **




 * APRIL 2015 **
 * Ready for the test on verbs?? **



Sorry for not uploading that reading activity I talked about last Thursday. I thought I had in one of my folders, but I couldn't find it :-(( Anyway, if you click on the link below, you can train on the use of the present perfect continuous (or progressive) without any difficulties. Have a nice Sunday!

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 * MARCH 2015 **
 * Prepariamoci per la verifica di comprensione orale... **

**Homework : simple past or present perfect? (for Monday 16th)**



Prepariamoci alla verifica di mercoledì 11! Attenzione: l'argomento che trovate nel file qui sotto è solo un esempio! Nella verifica potreste incontrare anche altri argomenti relativi al sistema scolastico nel Regno Unito :-)) Break a leg!



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 * The British School System **
 * To begin with, watch and enjoy this video : **


 * Now click on the link below and read the passage "Education in England" **

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The statutory school age in England, Wales and Scotland is __from 5 years to 16 years.__ In England school starts in September, the entry year is called "reception" (R) and children must be 5 before August 31 the following year. The Scottish school year starts in August. The entry class is primary 1 (P1) and a child must be 5 before the end of the following February to gain admission to P1.
 * Things you should remember: **

Primary schools  ** (5 - 11 year olds) ** In the UK, the first level of education is known as **primary education.** These are almost always mixed sex, and usually located close to the child's home. Children tend to be with the same group throughout the day, and one teacher has responsibility for most of the work they do. Parents are strongly encouraged to help their children, particularly with reading and writing, and small amounts of homework are set to all children, even during the early years at school. Children study English, Mathematics, Science, Religious Education, History, Geography, Music, Art and Crafts, hysical Education, Information Technology and a foreign Language (French or Spanish, mainly) Secondary schools  ** (11 - 16 year olds) ** Most children transfer at the age of 11 - usually to their nearest secondary school, though the law allows parents in England and Wales to express preferences for other schools too. A place has to be offered at the parents' preferred school unless the school has more applicants than places; in that case it will admit the children who have the highest priority under its published admission arrangements which can vary a little in different places. Most secondary schools cater for both sexes. They tend to be much larger than primary schools. Nearly 88 per cent of secondary school pupils in England go to **comprehensive schools**, as do all pupils in Wales. These take children of all abilities and provide a wide range of secondary education for all or most of the children in a district from 11 to 16 or 18. All children in Scotland go to non-selective schools. **Grammar Schools** are selective, they offer academically oriented general education. Entrance is based on a test of ability, usually at 11 ([|11+]). Grammar schools are single sexed schools i.e. Children either go to a boys Grammar School or a Girls Grammar School. There are grammar schools in Northern Ireland and some parts of England.

** Higher Education ** Around 30% of the 18 to 19 year olds enter full-time higher education. The formal entry requirements to most degree courses (= corsi di laurea) are two or three "A-levels" at grade E (= voto "E", è proprio il minimo ...) or above. In practice, most offers of places require higher qualifications.


 * FEBRUARY 2015 **


 * READING COMPREHENSION: A GAP YEAR **
 * Leggete il testo sul documento scaricabile qui sotto e svolgete le attività di comprensione per lunedì 2 Marzo! **




 * Ecco la cartina della metropolitana di Londra (London underground) **




 * Il link qui sotto ti porterà alla pagina di un famoso sito britannico dove potrai ascoltare **
 * un dialogo (più breve rispetto a quello riportato nell'ultima pagina della Unit 12) **


 * tra due persone, John e Fiona, che devono prendere la metropolitana. **


 * Dopo avere fatto click sul link, segui attentamente le istruzioni **

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Remember your homework (Monday, 26th) : 2 exercises on the student's book and 2 on the workbook!!!
 * JANUARY 2015 **


 * Lesson in the lab: WEB QUEST **






 * Ecco un bell'esercizio di listening, ma finalizzato ad apprendere alcune tecniche **
 * per imparare a fare un buon riassunto!! Ascoltatelo bene, anche più di una volta, **
 * se necessario... **

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 * Sareste in grado, ora, di riassumere la short story assegnata per **** le vacanze natalizie?? Provateci! **


 * DECEMBER 2014 **
 * HOMEWORK (January, 7th) **
 * Part1: all the exercises pp. 106-107 (Language check) **
 * Part 2: reading a short story " An unexpected murder" **
 * pp. 8-9 (ex 1, 2, 3 and 4) on the booklet Advantage "Culture Gym 2" **


 * Test your reading skills before the test... (as you know, practice makes perfect!) **




 * NOVEMBER 2014 **


 * HOMEWORK for next Monday :-)) **




 * MOCK TEST, at last! **



Se non riuscite ad aprire il file, provate qui sotto



Se volete fare esercizi autocorrettivi su tutti e tre tipi di futuro fate click qui sotto : [] []

Ricordatevi che nel menù di sinistra, alla pagina "Revising Grammar", potete trovare tutti gli esercizi che volete :-) e nella pagina delle "mappe concettuali" c'è una mappa specialissima sui tre futuri!

BUON LAVORO!

** NEW!!! ****Making plans, suggestions, arrangements, etc**

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 * In preparazione al listening test:**
 * Aprite questi link ed eseguite gli esercizi di comprensione on line**

**A) Listen to the weather forecast and answer (orally) the questions the end of the video clip**
 * Future events: weather forecast **

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**B) Pronti per un altro video? Fate ora un click sul link blu che troverete qui sotto e seguite tutte le istruzioni:** - PRIMA DI GUARDARE il video, FATE UN CLICK su PREPARATION (freccia orizzontale color blu) : è un breve quiz di ripasso sulle espressioni  legate al tempo atmosferico (es. cloudy, stormy, etc.).

- GUARDATE il video, anche due volte se necessario - INFINE svolgete le attività di comprensione online (frecce color blu,) per verificare se avete compreso tutto :-)

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 * BUON LAVORO!! **


 * OCTOBER 2014 **

Hi there! Watch this video about the difference between the present continuous and "to be going to" future", in case you need more explanation. The video will also ... test you (it's just a short quiz, RELAX!)

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 * Mock Test **