Interactive activities

Brainstorming 

http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=SPH2501

Writing Effective Paraphrases

http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=WCN4902

Literature links and study guides

Narrative Genre

http://www.englishlanguageterminology.org/index.htm


Literature Wiki

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Cliffs Notes

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Spark notes

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eNotes

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The Best Notes

A good link for literature

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

http://www.novelexplorer.com/category/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner/

POETRY

WEBQUESTS

Canterbury Tales Webquest

            Today you are going to research background information about Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales.  Anything not completed in class should be finished for HW.

- Working alone or with one other person, use the links to answer the questions listed below.  - Please PARAPHRASE your answers rather than copying and pasting information.You may type your answers directly into the document and print when finished.

1.      Geoffrey Chaucer: What kind of writer was he?

2. What were the years of his birth and death?

3. Where was he from?

4. What was his “masterpiece” ?

http://www.bartleby.com/65/ch/Chaucer.html

2.      What is a pilgrimage? (You should already know this from our vocab. quiz.)

3. Define prologue.http://www.webster.com (or other dictionary site)

4.      Where is Canterbury?

What famous event happened there?

What are the goals of the many people who travel there on pilgrimages?

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Canterbury,-England

http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/history.aspx

5. When were The Canterbury Tales written?  In what language were they written?

·         What are they about? What is a frame tale? What happens in the Prologue?

http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/canttales/gp/

http://www.librarius.com/cantales.htm

        6. What were the “Three Estates” during the Middle Ages?

Estate =

1st =

2^nd =

3^rd=

How were women categorized?

The “___________________ estates”

·          

http://cla.calpoly.edu/~dschwart/engl430/estates.html

6. What was the Black Death?

http://www.bartleby.com/65/ch/Chaucer.html

http://the-orb.net/textbooks/nelson/black_death.html

7. Choose a picture from the site below to copy and paste it into this document:  http://www.godecookery.com/macabre/macabre.htm

(Copy, paste and resize to fit this space.)

What do you notice about the illustration?
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4 Class
A modest proposal
http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Jonathan-swift-a-modest-proposal-annotated#note-1163636
Modern topic
http://www.bbncommunity.com/child-hands-beggar-always-sleeping/

BLOGS 1-2-3-4 L

Class Blogs
1L 2015-2016

Daniele's Blog	Vincenzo's Blog
Sivana's Blog	Ylenia's DM Blog
Lina's Blog	Sara's Blog
Michela's Blog	Caterina's Blog
Ilaria Esp's Blog	IlariaC.'s Blog

Roberta's Blog	Irma's Blog
Anna's Blog	Dalila's Blog
Arianna's Blog	Carmela's Blog
Davide's Blog	Ilenia C

2L

MARTINA V.	CLAUDIA A.
MARIARITA	SARA
EMANUELA	ROMINA's Blog
CLAUDIA C.
PIETRO
Rossella's Blog	Daniele
Angela	Elvira
Federica	Mena

Maria P.	Rita
Elisabetta	Daniele
Noemi	Giovanni
Matteo	Andrea V
NESRY'S BLOG	Giuseppe

3L

GIUSY'S BLOG	MARIA'S BLOG
ALEKSANDRA
	CRISTINA'S BLOG
ORY'S BLOG	SABRINA'S BLOG
SARA'S BLOG	ALESSIA'S BLOG
BIANCA'S BLOG	SARA'S BLOG
CARIMA'S BLOG
VALERIA'S BLOG	ANTONELLA'S BLOG
MARTINA'S BLOG	ANNACHIARA'S BLOG
VALERIA'S BLOG	NATASHA'S BLOG
CIRO'S BLOG	MATTHEW'S BLOG

4L

ELENA'S BLOG	FRANCESCA'S BLOG
ILENIA'S BLOG	ANTONIO'S BLOG
FEDERICA'S BLOG	SARA'S BLOG
PRISCILLA'S BLOG	OMO'S BLOG
ERIKA'S BLOG	CARLO'S BLOG
ILARIA'S BLOG	TETIANA'S BLOG
ANITA'S BLOG	NIKY'S BLOG
	ANISSA'S BLOG
	Claudia's blog

 Daniele's Blog

 Vincenzo's Blog

 Sivana's Blog

Ylenia's DM Blog

 Lina's Blog

Sara's Blog

 Michela's Blog

Caterina's Blog

 Ilaria Esp's Blog

IlariaC.'s Blog     

Roberta's Blog

Irma's Blog

Anna's Blog

Dalila's Blog

Arianna's Blog

Carmela's Blog

Davide's Blog

Ilenia C

MARTINA V.

CLAUDIA A.

MARIARITA

 SARA

EMANUELA

ROMINA's Blog

CLAUDIA C.

PIETRO           

Rossella's Blog

Daniele

Angela

Elvira

Federica

Mena

 Maria P.

Rita

 Elisabetta

Daniele

 Noemi

Giovanni

Matteo

Andrea V

NESRY'S BLOG

Giuseppe

 GIUSY'S BLOG

MARIA'S BLOG

ALEKSANDRA

 CRISTINA'S BLOG

ORY'S BLOG

SABRINA'S BLOG

SARA'S BLOG

ALESSIA'S BLOG

BIANCA'S BLOG            

SARA'S BLOG                      

CARIMA'S BLOG

 VALERIA'S BLOG

ANTONELLA'S BLOG

MARTINA'S BLOG           

 ANNACHIARA'S BLOG           

VALERIA'S BLOG

NATASHA'S BLOG

CIRO'S BLOG

MATTHEW'S BLOG

 ELENA'S BLOG

FRANCESCA'S BLOG

 ILENIA'S BLOG

ANTONIO'S BLOG

 FEDERICA'S BLOG

SARA'S BLOG

 PRISCILLA'S BLOG

OMO'S BLOG

 ERIKA'S BLOG

CARLO'S BLOG

 ILARIA'S BLOG

TETIANA'S BLOG

 ANITA'S BLOG

NIKY'S BLOG

ANISSA'S BLOG

Claudia's blog  

5L 2015-16

Samara's blog	Imma's blog	Nancy's blog
Natalia's blog	Vincenzo's blog	Lelly's blog
Carmela	Mariana's blog	Antonia's blog
Lucia's blog	Lea's blog	Carmela's blog
Noemi's blog	Jessica's blog	Federica's blog
Giovanni's blog	Mena's blog	Chiara's blog

5L 2014-15

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Reading

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http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

http://dreamreader.net/

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https://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/

TOEFL / SAT / GRE / IELTS Readings

Advanced Readings


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http://uniteforliteracy.com/
Reading comprehension activities
http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/beginner.html
http://www.englishcurrent.com/kony-2012-invisible-childre-intermediate-lesson-plan/
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Activities to improve reading skills
Elementary level
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/reading/index.htm

****BREAKINGNEWSENGLISH  ***

Culture shock

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Predictions of life in 100 years time

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Interactive readings Interactive elements of a story

Steve Jobs

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Interactive elements of a story (Cinderella)

http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/cinderella.html
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Read a story online
http://eflclassroom.com/rave/stories/eyebrow.swf
http://www.worldoftales.com/North_American_folktales.html
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The lion and the mouse

http://www.esoluk.co.uk/digibooks/fables/lion/lion_and_the_mouse.html
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15-ways-to-be-irresistibly-attractive

Writing

Dictionary

http://it.bab.la/

SPELLCHECK

Forms of writings

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001156/writing%20process/sl_go_cluster.htm
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                   WRITING ACTIVITIES
2012-2013 Talking Robot
2013-14 Purdue Lab
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Describing a picture     A site that helps you to organize a description of a picture.
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Writing Activities 

Here is an easy and interesting  site where you can grow a story. 

Story Plant

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A format for a simple composition 

http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/lyn/level-b/a-memorable-trip/

How to write a film synopsis
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Various writing activities
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Write a sentence and choose images 
http://www.pimpampum.net/phrasr/
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ReadWriteThink offers a collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning. There are interactive tools that can be used to supplement a variety of lessons and provide an opportunity for students to use technology while developing their literacy skills. Click on the name of each interactive for a brief description of the tool and a list of the ReadWriteThink lessons that use the tool. From there you'll also be able to directly access the tool and use it in your classroom.

http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp

GAMES

GAMES

GAMES DIRECTORY

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Hangman and other games

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Games for beginners(memory games)

http://www.eslgamesplus.com/memory-games/

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Look at the chart & say the color not the word

Left – Right Conflict : Your right brain tries to say the color but your left brain insists on reading the word.

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                           Now try a test:

                                 Colour Test

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                                                           SONGS

http://www.lyricsgaps.com/exercises/view/310/Intermediate

http://www.tefltunes.com/grammarsongs.aspx

http://www.songfacts.com/

http://www.letssingit.com/

http://www.lyrics.net/

http://lyricstraining.com/

http://mondostoppops.blogspot.it/

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Crosswords 

MILITANTPLATYPUS

Do you like ANAGRAMS??? 

Parts of the body -anagrams

Animals-anagrams

Cooking-Anagrams

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English Flash Games
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Quiz Show
http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/Quizshow/Word%20Building%20Game%20Intermediate/index.html