A piece of Literature: War Poets

Hi guys...

a challenge activity for you:
let's talk about Literature...

Context: WWI

Contents: War Poet, Poems' Analysis, Life in the Trenches

Warm-up: Reflections 
Before you start try to answer these questions with a post:

1. Who were the 'War Poets'?
2. Why did they get that name?
3. In which historical period did they live?
4. What do their poems talk about?
5. Why are they so important?

Now click on the link below and watch the video:

http://www.nfb.ca/film/front-lines-the-trenches/

Then read a letter (following link) W. Owen wrote to his family:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDSfA05oy-JoImS2zKTCeE-__KGwlO-G/view?usp=sharing

Give a brief description of the life in trenches:
Time travel: go back to 1914/18 (be careful it was a terrible time) and pretend to be a soldier on Britain's front.
Write a letter to your family, describing your daily life and your feelings.

See you back at school!

Here's the text analysis, print it and take it to school:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xYsyTAq7XubT_kNW_P4gFZIIJujs3nge/view?usp=sharing

Class PPT to study:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eq3BMjiS0pmSLq13V2531ehXK9hmqCWn/view?usp=sharing

Henry VIII and the Tudors

Here you can find a funny version of King's six wives (by Abba)

https://youtu.be/3EGzHsye71c

or an other musical version of the king's biography...

https://vimeo.com/90738933

Poor King's WIVES!!

Civil Rights Movement

Hi Guys!!

Click on the link below to join a new topic web quest:
http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=58720

How would you feel, if you couldn't sit next to your classmates only because of the colour of your skin?

Let's have a time journey back to the 1960s....be aware! it was a dangerous time...

I'll be there when you will come back, waiting for what you learn during this travel to be heard!

Your Teacher.

Remember you have 2 weeks to prepare your CARDS!!
[DUE DATE 22/03]

Italians Immigration to USA

Hi guys!

Here you can find information for your research:
https://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/italian.html

Click on this link and read at least the first 3 slides of the presentation.

Then watch the videos below:
1. https://youtu.be/56Iv9_XPD-s
2. https://youtu.be/c0MyxKugbDY

Then write a paragraph, as in the ex 4 page 57 of the Culture book, about Italian Immigrates to the USA.

If I were a boy.... listening to a song

Hi Guys!!

Here's a song you will appreciate:

'If I Were a Boy' by the pop star Beyocé

Find the sheet below to analyze the song.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OUoOT1TS16ImytnsjvDks76huhzTHS6d/view?usp=sharing

Watch the official video on YouTube and do all the given exercises.

The time

https://pin.it/aj7rjxssbfepp2

Verona Goose Game

Welcome Guests!!

We want to show you our wonderful city, but in a different way:


Let's play a GOOSE GAME!

Verona
 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1152531839018074115

Verona 2
https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1152890666355785729

Verona 3





This is the presentations:
https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1151190507821465601


https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1151197651534872577



Link online source
https://www.touropia.com/tourist-attractions-in-verona/

Descriptions of the monuments for the students:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dHX1smqOMxU_if_uqju32SWGnkeWSTaC/view?usp=sharing

Houses: rooms and forniture

Look at these pictures: can you describe them? Use the 'prepositions of place' you learned and as many details as you can.....

Silent letters

What are they doing?