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James Joyce

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Virginia Woolf - Inside Interior Time

Here you have a Prezi presentation on Virginia Woolf. Click on the image to open it.

Modernism

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Oscar Wilde

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Robert Louis Stevenson

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Charles Dickens

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The Victorian Age

Prezi presentation. Click on the screenshot to open it.

Mindomo map with presentations and videos on Victorian Era and literature.
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

As an introduction to the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley we have watched the film directed by  Kenneth Branagh in 1994. The movie, starring Robert De Niro and Kenneth Branagh himself, is considered the most faithful film adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel.

Here you have the Wikipedia page of the film.

official trailer

Task: write a short review of the film. Focus on the theme, the two main characters -  Doctor Frankenstein and the creature/monster, don't forget to give your personal opinions, what you liked and disliked about it.  (120-180 words)

Post your written task here in comment.

Mary Shelley

Here you have a Mindomo map with a collection of resources on Mary Shelley and her novel Frankenstein.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Prezi presentation. Click and open it.

William Wordsworth

Here you have a Mindomo map about William Wordsworth. Click on the map to open it.

English Romantic Literature

Here you have the Prezi presentation. Click on the screenshot to open it.

A video on William Blake

To work on this video you need to join the classroom in Edpuzzle using the code you got during lessons. After that you have to watch the video and answer to the questions.

William Blake

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A video on Romanticism

"Romanticism is one of the most important historical events of all time. Unlike a lot of what gets called ‘history’, Romanticism isn’t a war or a piece of technology or a political event. It refers to the birth of a new set of ideas; it’s about a mindset and a way of feeling."

I've used the web tool VideoAnt to create comments/questions on the video History: Romanticism created by The School of Life.
@students: go to this link , watch the video and answer to the questions.

Brainstorming on Romanticism using Padlet

Let's do a brainstorming activity  as an introduction to Romanticism, using the online tool Padlet.

@students: click here to go to the Padlet wall on Romaticism and write few words/sentences/ideas in connection with Romanticism. Add an image related to the topic.
Or click on the screenshot of the Padlet wall.

You can also use the following QR code to go directly to the Padlet wall. 

Be happy

Also this year we start with an activity taken from the webpage Film English by Kieran Donaghy. This lesson is designed around a beautiful short film which was inspired by Be Happy: A Little Book to Help You Live a Happy Life by Monica Sheehan. Following Kieran’s lesson instructions students speak and write about happiness, and watch a short video. As homework students write a short composition titled: What I do to live a happy life.

Watch the film on Vimeo.

@students: post your composition in commento.

Your presentations on Shakespeare's works (school year 2015/16)

Excellent! Congrats:-)
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Macbeth by William Shakespeare

group 1: Silvia Serra, Giovanna Nonnis, Anita Zucca, Chiara Malloci

From Shakespeare to our days

group 2: Nicola Atzori, Stefania Chergia, Francesca Pala, Nicola Piredda

Hamlet

group 3: Fabio Allegra, Davide Cossu, Filippo Erdas, Federico Caboni

Shakespeare

group 4: Arianna Catzula, Martina Floris, Francesca Fresu, Chiara Scanu

The Suffragettes

By Unknown - http://www.hastingspress.co.uk/history,  https://commons.wikimedia.org

Here you have the link to a Padlet created to collect resources about the suffragettes. Click here.