LICEO SCIENTIFICO STATALE “NOMENTANO”
PROGRAMMA LINGUA INGLESE A.S. 2013-2014
DOCENTE: MARIA LORELLA IACARELLI
CLASSE II P
GRAMMAR.
Revision (Units 1-4 “English plus pre-intermediate”)
Subject pronouns, object pronouns and possessive adjectives. Plurals: regular and
irregular. Present simple of be (all forms), have (all forms). Question words (who,
what, which, where, when, why, how). Possessive ‘s. A/an, the. Demonstrative
pronouns. Whose and possessive pronouns. There is/there are. Present simple (all
forms). Adverbs of frequency. Adverbs of manner. Verbs and prepositions in
questions. Likes and dislikes. Verbs + -ing. Present continuous (all forms). Present
simple v Present continuous (present). Countable and uncountable nouns Some, any,
no and indefinite pronouns. Much, many, a lot of/lots of, a little and a few. Too, too
much, too many, (not) enough. Can/can’t; can/could..? Adjectives to describe
abilities: good at, bad at, hopeless at etc. Would love, would like, would prefer, would
hate. Past simple of be and there was, there were (all forms). Past simple of regular
and irregular verbs (all forms). Past time expressions. Imperatives. Past continuous.
Past simple v Past continuous. Defining relative clauses. Comparative and superlative
of adjectives. Present perfect with ever and never. Present perfect (regular and
irregular verbs) all forms.
Units 5-9 “English plus pre-intermediate” and U 1 “English plus intermediate”
Present perfect v Past simple. Present perfect with just, still, already, yet. Present
perfect with for and since. Present perfect continuous. Should v must; have to/don’t
have to; should, must and have to; will v might; how about..? let’s… why don’t we..?
shall we..? 1st conditional; going to; will v be going to; present progressive v present
tense (future) like v would like; can, could and will be able to; 2nd conditional.
Present passive and Past simple passive: positive and negative. Active to passive.
Present simple passive and Past simple passive: questions. Prepositions: across,
through, along. Double object: active: he gave me a present; passive: I was given a
present. Want someone to do something. Verbs pus prepositions.
VOCABULARY
Clothes. Show business. Star qualities. Suffixes: meaning. School life: verbs and
compound nouns. American English. Action and protest. Phrasal verbs: look after,
wipe out, carry on, end up, set up, find out, sign up for, join in. Prefixes: un-, in-, im-.
Books and films: genres and features. Suffixes: -er and –or. Art: nouns and
adjectives: synonyms. Relationships. Extreme adjectives. Both and either.
READING AND LISTENING
“Instant fame”, “(NOT) A fame school. “Cheat!” “Schools- what’s best?”. “My
Word”. “Save the Amazon!”. “Moving pictures – technology and the movies”. “Book
world”. “Dada” “Arts spectrum”.
COMMUNICATION
Talk about qualities. Apologise and explain. Agree and disagree. Ask for and give
advice. Make suggestions. Talk about future plans. Talk about wishes and likes.
Recommend and express preferences. Do a quiz. Express doubt and persuade. Give
extra details. Invite someone out.
WRITING
Biography (past and present). Opinions essay (home schooling). Formal letter
(protest). Book review. Review of a work of art. Email asking for advice.
EVERYDAY LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Describing people. Deciding what to watch on TV. Discussing how to be green.
Reporting a theft. Making a complaint. Giving opinions about school. Interviewing a
campaigner. Buying cinema tickets. Asking for information. Changing a plan.
CULTURE AND CLIL
The Face of the UK. A national obsession. Think globally, act locally. An English
comprehensive. The mother of modern nursing. Lights, camera, action. Andy
Warhol. Wedding bells. VIDEOS: “The Baishakhi Mela”. “ A US newsroom”. “The
Eden Project”. “The World Wide Web”. “Agatha Christie”. “An American High
School”. “Emmeline Pankhurst and the Suffragettes”. “Pinewood Studios”.
LITERATURE
Reading and listening comprehension of passages from the following novels or plays:
Jane Austen ‘“Emma”; Daniel Defoe “Robinson Crusoe”; William Shakespeare
“Romeo and Juliet”; Charles Dickens “Nicholas Nickleby”; Oscar Wilde “The
Importance of Being Earnest”; Robert Louis Stevenson “Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”.
THEATRE
Visione al teatro “Sala Umberto” della commedia in lingua inglese “Charlie
Charleston”, con attori e regista inglesi; l’attività è stata preceduta dalla lettura dello
script e seguita da schede operative. Durante le “giornate dello studente”, un gruppo
di ragazzi con maggiore fluidità nella lingua inglese ha partecipato alla visione dello
spettacolo teatrale “Dracula” di Stoker presso il medesimo teatro.
Roma, lì 4 giugno 2014
Maria Lorella Iacarelli