E-twinning video

Hello!
Here's an interesting video about etwinning.
Just click and have a look!

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Teacher Anna

Simple past ppt copia scaricabile

Hello!

This is the lesson on simple past  you can download.

I hope you will use it.

See you.

Teacher Anna

 Past simple

Adele Someone like you

Hi my dear students,
today we are going to practice the simple past using a very popular song.
 You have to write the lyrics of this song first, and then complete the missing parts.
Let's get started!
Teacher Anna

Adele - Someone like you

Adele Someone like you lyrics

Pink Just give me a reason

Pink!!!!
Beautiful but sad song!
Can you find any of the verbs we studied?

Teacher Anna

Just give me a reason- Pink

WAKA WAKA

Hello my dear students,
we are going to listen and study this song.
Enjoy it!
Teacher Anna

Waka waka

WILL

Today we are going to watch a few lessons both on the use of WILL and on TO BE GOING TO.
 Pay attention, will you?
Teacher Anna



Will and going to for predictions


Other videos with explanations.....

 WILL and TO BE GOING TO

 will and to be going to

And now EXERCISES!!!!
  Exercises

Will or to be going to ?

Let's listen to a song: I will always love you

I will survive Gloria Gaynor

It's my life Bon Jovi

Helloooo!
Here's another song we are going to use to learn new vocabulary.
Please write down the following words.

ain't gonna= I'm not going
alive = vivo/ in vita
broken hearted = cuori infranti
faith departed = allontanati dalla fede/ che hanno perso la fede
highway = autostrada
shout = gridare
stand my ground = tenere duro
back down = cedere
stand tall = restare a testa alta/ essere orgoglioso
It's my life -Bon Jovi

I don't want to miss a thing! Aerosmith

Hello ! Here's a breathtaking love song  to revise and learn  new vocabulary.
Enjoy!
Teacher Anna

Please write down these words and expressions:
could= potrei/sapevo
don't wanna miss a thing = I don't want to miss a thing  = Non voglio perdere niente.
wonder = chiedermi /domandarmi
beat= battere
breath = respirare
miss= perdere/ sentire la mancanza/ anche perdere il treno.
hold close = tenero stretto
dream= sognare
just like this= proprio così
lie = stare sdraiato  verbo irregolare LIE LAY LAIN-
 DA NON CONFONDERE CON : LIE LIED LIED = Mentire / dire bugie
surrender =resa/abbandono/ come verbo significa = "abbandonarsi/ arrendersi"
awake= sveglio
treasure = tesoro e come verbo significa " fare tesoro"
'cus = because
do= bastare











I don't want to miss a thing! Aerosmith

Present continuous

Simpsons and the present continuous





Present progressive "Mr Bean"

Present continuous interrogative and negative
Lesson "What are you doing?"



What's your family doing now?
Present progressive in films

 And now let's sing:
I am sailing by Rod Stewart
I'm with you Avril Lavigne

Past progressive (Prezi)

Hi my dear students!
I'm on holiday but I've been working for you!
Here is another lesson on "Past progressive" I made with "prezi".
Enjoy.
Teacher Anna

Past progressive Prezi



Past progressive exercises

Simple past or progressive?

Past progressive negative

Past progressive exercises

The immigrant journey prezi

Here is a presentation of the long journey our Italian ancestors did many years ago.

Teacher Anna

The journey to America

Prezi personal pronouns

Hi! Here is another presentation I made  with Prezi.
This time is on Personal pronouns.
Let's watch it together.
Teacher Anna


Prezi personal pronouns

Adesso per esercitarci sui pronomi personali dovete andare su

 kubbu.com

Si apre la pagina, cliccate in alto a destra su "student login"

Vi chiede di mettere your teacher, inserite i dati che vi ho fatto scrivere  a scuola.

Good luck.

Teacher Anna

Prezi the verb "to have"

Hello my dear students!
I prepared a new lesson on the auxiliary "to have" using Prezi.
Have a look.
Teacher Anna

To have simple present

Videos on past progressive

video on past progressive

Hi there!
Here are a few videos on past continuous.
Soooooooooooooooooooo   let's revise!

Teacher Anna

Side by side tv news

Past progressive

Video con i phones

Canzoni con il past simple e progressive
Past continuous examples

Scent of a woman Final speech

Hi My dear students,
Here's the final speech by Colonel Slade.
Enjoy
Teacher Anna

Here are some words and verbs in the video, take note, please:
snitch spia, 
liar bugiardo, 
barracks caserma,
I'm just getting  warmed up mi sto appena scaldando,
  labelled etichettato, 
burn at the stake mandare al rogo, 
crock of shit (slang volgare) fesseria/ str.........ata, 
prosthetic rimedio/protesi,
 bum che non vale niente/scansafatiche, flamethrower lanciafiamme
minnows piccoli, 
manhood virilità/ mascolinità,
 rat ship nave di spie,
 tail between his legs la coda tra le gambe,
 path sentiero/via/ strada.
Now have a look at these verbs used in the video:
I've been, I've seen, it has fallen, I've come, he has chosen, WHAT TENSE  IS IT ?
Final speech by Colonel Slade



Discorso finale in italiano

Scent of a woman

Scent of woman 1992  by Martin Brest

Starring Al Pacino Chris O’ Donnel

Frank is a retired Lt Col in the US army. He's blind and impossible to get along with.   Charlie Simms is a boy from Oregon who attends Baird School, a Boys’ boarding school (In New Hampshire)

 Unlike most of the other boys who come from rich and affluent backgrounds Simms is there on a scholarship. One evening  while Charlie and a very well-off boy are walking , they see that some friends of George's  are preparing a  prank on Mr Trask, the Dean (the headmaster) of the school.

 The headmaster learns that Charlie and George know who pulled the prank and invite them to tell him their names, but they refuse to.

 He gives the Thanksgiving Holiday to think about it. He also tells Charlie that he's recommending him to an Ivy League College.

 Charlie then goes off to a Thanksgiving job--taking care of Colonel Frank Slade.

 To Charlie’s surprise  Slade has a plan: to go to New York where he has several agendas of his own.

Here are few words to look it up: big hug, fearless, voracious reader, rippling creek, endowed with wisdom, of judgement sound, abound,deal, conniving, crass, puckered his lips, stunt, lamppost, pulled focus.

Scent of a woman "the prank" 

1 Vowels

Hello my dear students,
Here's a very cool way of practicing pronunciation!
Let's do it at school tomorrow.
Teacher Anna

1 Vowels Pronunciation

Animal farm second part

Even the seven commandments were changed into one:

The theme of betrayal of democracy is summed up in this slogan.
 So their communist rebellion ended in fierce dictatorship by the pigs. The initial protest revealed to be a complete failure because their former comrades were now their dictators and enemies.

With "Animal farm" Orwell wanted to describe and denounce the degeneration of the Russian Revolution and the horrors of Stalinism. The story can be considered also as a satire on dictatorship in general, not only in Russia; Orwell was convinced that his duty was to show people the deceptions of a Communist State. He believed that power corrupts all men.

Animal farm story First part

 Animal farm is a fairy story which tells the animals' revolution against their enemy: MAN!!!!
The leaders of the revolt were two pigs : Napoleon and Snowball. They formulated the Seven commandments which were the principles of Animalism:







Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
Whatever goes upon four legs or has wings is a friend.
No animal shall wear clothes.
No animal shall sleep in bed.
No animal shall drink alcohol.
No animal shall kill any other animal.
All animals are equal.


Years passed but the pigs started to behave like men: they walked on two legs, they wore clothes,  and they sat at tables drinking wine and alcoholic drinks; it was now impossible to distinguish pigs from men.......

To be continued...............................

Characters in Animal farm

In the story the main characters represent a historical character.

The old major  represents Lenin the charismatic leader.

Napoleon represents Stalin, who,like Napoleon, turned revolution into dictatorship.
.He is the ambitious pig, who does not hesitate to betray (tradire) the
revolution to become a dictator

Snowball represents Trotsky
for his white beard and hair,and the fact that he was eliminated by Stalin.





Boxer the simple and honest horse,whose strength is exploited by the pigs (the intellectuals) represents the workers ; they are  destined to work incessantly to make others (the pigs) comfortable and gaining nothing from their work.

Animal farm Movie

Hi dear students,
Here is "Animal farm" in cartoons. We are going to watch just a few scenes.
Have fun!
Teacher Anna

Movie Animal farm

The Hall of Fame

Hello everybody,
Here's a very good song to revise superlatives having fun!
What do you think?
We are going to do this at school.
Meanwhile enjoy...it!
My best wishes to you all
Teacher Anna 


The Hall of Fame with lyrics


The Hall of Fame in Italian

Superlatives

Hi kids!
Here is a video on superlatives.

Teacher Anna

Superlatives

Now let's focus on the refrain of this exciting song by the unforgettable TINA TURNER!
First write down these words:
I've ever met  = Che abbia mai incontrato
I'm stuck on your heart = sono "incollata"/ "bloccata" nel  tuo cuore= Sono innamorata persa!
STICK STUCK STUCK = conficcare, incollare, appiccicare Verbo irregolare 
I hang on every word you say = Pendo dalle tue labbra
HANG  HUNG  HUNG = appendere, stendere Verbo irregolare.
Hang on somebody's lips = pendere dalle labbra di qualcuno.
N.B. Esiste anche il passato HANGED = ma significa Impiccare.
Tear us apart  = Separateci
I would rather be dead = Preferirei esser morta


"You're simply the best " Tina Turner

Present perfect

Hello!
Here's a lesson on :

Teacher Anna

N. B.Questa lezione non è scaricabile se non avete activinspire




Present perfect Activinspire

Exercises 1

Exercise 2
Exercise 3                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Exercise 4

exercise 5

Little talks

Hi, my dear students!
I do love this song!! What about you?
We are going to do this at school. Soooo get ready!
See you.
Teacher Anna

Little talks

Hi!
Here's both the Italian and English version of the poem by Walt Whitman.
Whitman admired  President  Lincoln(1809-1865) and considered him the symbol of the goodness of mankind. On the  occasion of his murder he wrote this poem which is included in "Leaves of Grass" his most famous collection of poems. In the Preface  he exhorted his country fellows to love nature, to despise wealth, to hate tyrants, to be generous with the poor, to follow the laws of God. He also exhalted common people, the nobility of hard manual work, the beauty of nature but also the greatness of technology.

Let's listen to it.

Teacher Anna







Poem by Whitman O Capitano, mio Capitano

Oh Captain , my Captain in English

Script of SEIZE THE DAY

The students quickly quiet down as Keating emerges from the other room,
whistling the 1812 Overture. He walks up the length of the classroom and
out the door without a word. The students look around at one another,
uncertain of what to do. Keating pokes his head back in the doorway.

    KEATING
  Well come on.

He gestures them to follow and the students, after some hesitation, grab
their books and follow Keating out into the main entranceway. 

INT. ENTRANCEWAY - DAY

Keating stands before the school's trophy cabinets and waits until all
the boys arrive.

    KEATING
  "Oh Captain, My Captain" who knows where
  that comes from?

Todd looks up as if he knows the answer, but says nothing. Spaz blows his
nose a little too close to Meeks for his liking.

    KEATING
  Not a clue? It's from a poem by Walt
  Whitman about Mr. Abraham Lincoln. Now in
  this class you can call me Mr. Keating. Or,
  if you're slightly more daring, Oh Captain,
  My Captain.

The students laugh slightly.

    KEATING
  Now let me dispel a few rumors so they
  don't fester into facts. Yes, I too
  attended Hell-ton and survived. And no,
  at that time I was not the mental giant
  you see before you. I was the intellectual
  equivalent of a ninety-eight pound
  weakling. I would go to the beach and
  people would kick copies of Byron in my
  face.

The boys laugh once again, while Cameron, obviously trying to write all
this down, looks around confusedly. Keating looks down at papers in his
hand.

    KEATING
  Now, Mr… Pitts. That's a rather
  unfortunate name. Mr. Pitts, where are
  you?

Pitts raises his hand while everyone around him snickers.

    KEATING
Mr. Pitts, would you open your hymnal to page 542 and read the first
stanza of the poem you find there?

    PITTS
  "To the virgins, to make much of time"?

    KEATING
  Yes, that's the one. Somewhat appropriate,
  isn't it.

    PITTS
  "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, old
  time is still a flying, and this same
  flower that smiles today, tomorrow will
  be dying."

    KEATING
  Thank you Mr. Pitts. "Gather ye rosebuds
  while ye may." The Latin term for that
  sentiment is Carpe Diem. Now who knows
  what that means?

Meeks immediately puts his hand up.

    MEEKS
  Carpe Diem. That's "seize the day."

    KEATING
  Very good, Mr.-

    MEEKS
  Meeks.

    KEATING
  Meeks. Another unusual name. Seize the
  day. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
  Why does the writer use these lines?

    CHARLIE
  Because he's in a hurry.

    KEATING
  No, ding!

Keating slams his hand down on an imaginary buzzer.

    KEATING
  Thank you for playing anyway. Because we
  are food for worms lads. Because, believe
  it or not, each and every one of us in
  this room is one day going to stop
  breathing, turn cold, and die. 

Keating turns towards the trophy cases, filled with trophies, footballs,
and team pictures.

    KEATING
  Now I would like you to step forward over
  here and peruse some of the faces from
  the past. You've walked past them many
  times. I don't think you've really looked
  at them.

The students slowly gather round the cases and Keating moves behind them.

    KEATING
  They're not that different from you, are
  they? Same haircuts. Full of hormones,
  just like you. Invincible, just like you
  feel. The world is their oyster. They
  believe they're destined for great things,
  just like many of you. Their eyes are full
  of hope, just like you. Did they wait until
  it was too late to make from their lives
  even one iota of what they were capable?
  Because you see gentlmen, these boys are
  now fertilizing daffodils. But if you listen
  real close, you can hear them whisper their
  legacy to you. Go on, lean in.

The boys lean in and Keating hovers over Cameron's shoulder.

    KEATING
       (whispering in a gruff voice)
  Carpe.

Cameron looks over his shoulder with an aggravated expression on his face. 

    KEATING
  Hear it?
       (whispering again)
  Carpe. Carpe Diem. Seize the day boys,
  make your lives extraordinary.

The boys stare at the faces in the cabinet in silence.

EXT. SCHOOL STEPS - DAY

O Captain, my Captain

Hello my dear students,
You read the poem by Walt Whitman "O Captain ! My Captain! by Walt Whitman with your Italian teacher.
For this reason I uploaded some extracts, taken from the film "Dead poets' society" starring Robin Williams.
In this movie the teacher Mr Keating, is a non-conformist and eccentric teacher.
In his lesson (the one I uploaded) Mr Keating refers to the American poet Walt Whitman, who was a poet full of passion, innovator and anti -conformist.
In this scene the teacher introduces and invites  the students to the philosophy of CARPE DIEM (Latin words) SEIZE THE DAY (in English).
I uploaded both the English and the Italian version.

Enjoy!
Teacher Anna

Carpe diem

Hi kids,
Copy these words and then sing and mime all together!
Enjoy it!
Teacher Anna

Open shut them, open shut them,
give a little clap, clap, clap,
open shut them, open shut them,
put them in your lap, lap ,lap
Big and small,
Please, No thank you.
Fast and slow.
Loud , quiet
Peek- a- boo!

Open, shut them

Charlie Chaplin

CHARLIE CHAPLIN





Your Italian teacher told me you're going to study the birth of the cinema and Charlie Chaplin.
So today, after writing Charlie Chaplin's biography, we are going to watch a few trailers from his most famous films.
Teacher Anna

Modern times
The flag- You are the leader!
In prison

Payphone

Hi my dear students!!!
I've just uploaded the song you told me about this morning.
It's VERY COOOOOOOLL.
 Enjoy the song.
 We are going to do it at school.
Cheerio
Teacher Anna

PAYPHONE!!!

The farm animals

Hi Kids,
Let's listen to the animals' sound.!
Take a seat and enjoy!

Teacher Anna
The farm animals.

Lezione sui verbi regolari ed irregolari

Salve a tutti!
Se cliccate l'indirizzo qui sotto potrete vedere la mia lezione sul simple past (verbi regolari ed irregolari)

Mia lezione su verbi regolari ed irregolari
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/94528216/Active%20past%20simple%20v%20irregolari.flipchart

 Verbi regolari ed  irregolari

Rules on comparatives and superlatives

 Comparatives and superlatives BC

Here is a video on comparatives and superlatives.                                   

                                                              

Video on comparatives and superlatives
Waving flag (on comparatives)

Survivor Destiny's child
Teacher Anna

 

Songs and a video on comparatives and superlatives.

Hi everybody!
Browsing in the net I've found this useful song and a video!

Songs on comparatives


Video

Moves like Jagger

Hi my dear students!
Let's learn some new vocabulary with this song. Actually I posted two videos. In the first you can find the lyrics, while in the second one there's the translation in Italian.
Have fun!!
Teacher Anna

Video with lyrics



Video with translation into Italian

Mr. Bean "At the Discotheque

Hi my dear students! Here are some useful vocabulary and expressions of Mr Bean's video.

"Next stop is a fashionable discotheque. Once inside you might look slightly strange if you try and talk over the music, so just stand casually and look sexy".

This is good. This is better. This is starting to be misguided. 

After stance, dance technique is most important. Most people don't know how to dance and so do too much. Other people do too little.  
When all's said and done it's best probably not to dance at all.
A well-mimed sporting injury is always useful and a good excuse for leaving the discotheque.

 you should be back  at your place. 

It's important to relax and make your guest feel at home.E' importante rilassarti e far sentire la tua ospite a suo agio.
 extra special effort: ulteriore speciale sforzo

 put on the music: mettere su un pò di musica
 even though: anche se
it would be a mistake : sarebbe un errore

At all cost: a tutti i costi
 to brag about your stereo: vantarti del tuo stereo

GAME FIRST CLASS

Let's revise!
Click to play the dustbin game.

CLICK HERE:
Game

Mr Bean elementary dating

Have a look at the meaning of these words:
Date: appuntamento galante
First date: il primo appuntamento con la ragazza/o che ci interessano!!!
Taking out a girl for the first time: portare fuori una ragazza per la prima volta.
a very complex issue: un argomento molto complesso.
"Tonight we look at the first date. Obviously taking out a girl for the first time is a very complex issue. 
The first crucial step is, having arranged to pick up your date, not to look like a complete idiot when she first opens the door. Best to look as if your attention has been momentarily distracted. But when you do notice her it is vital to say how pretty she is looking straight away, but don't overdo it." 

straightaway: subito  
Don't overdo: non esagerare
Attitude to her parents: atteggiamento nei confronti dei suoi genitori
You can be too casual: puoi essere troppo disinvolto
"      "      "    "   keen   : puoi essere troppo entusiasta
You say goodbye to her parents. Saluti i suoi genitori
In the car
Lead her to your car: conducila/ accompagnala all tua macchina
There are various ways of driving : ci sono vari modi di guidare
You might lose her respect: potresti perdere il suo rispetto
You should have taken a taxi : avresti dovuto prendere un taxi
In the restaurant
Escort her to your table: accompagnala al tavolo
Tuck her into her seat yourself:  falla accomodare tu stesso sulla sedia
Attract the waiter's attention: attira l'attenzione del cameriere
Selecting from the wine list is important: scegliere dalla lista dei vini è importante
Complete ignorance is not good: assoluta mancanza di conoscenza non è positivo
Don't be too professional: non fare troppo il professionista
Don't eat too fast : non mangiare troppo velocemente
"         "     "    slowly : non mangiare troppo lentamente
Not to lose your cool : non perdere la calma
The girl may of course offer to pay herself, in which case you should refuse, for a while
La ragazza potrebbe offrirsi di pagare lei stessa, nel qual caso dovresti rifiutare, per un attimo

Click here to watch this hilarious sketch!

Sassello

Welcome back!!!

Hello everybody! I made a brief video for you all! Click on  "Welcome back" and you'll see.

Welcome back!!!

Voki

Here is an example of Voki

 http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=6580396&height=267&width=200

Mr Bean and the invisible man

Salve ragazzi!
Prima di guardare questo simpatico video di Mr Bean, vorrei focalizzare la vostra attenzione sui seguenti vocaboli.

Please write them down into your copybook.

GO TO WORK BY TUBE  Andare al lavoro con la metropolitana
GET BORED  Annoiarsi
START ANNOYING Comincio a disturbare
THE MOST RESPECTABLE il più rispettabile
BLOW INTO HIS LEFT EAR soffiare nel suo orecchio sinistro
I AM A DRAFT che sia una corrente d'aria
STICK TWO FINGERS UP HIS NOSE infilare due dita nel naso
HIGHER AND HIGHER sempre più in alto
SNEEZE starnutire
MANIPULATE OTHER LIMBS manipolare altre parti del corpo
LEAVE HIM ALONE lasciarlo in pace/da solo
JUST FOR A WHILE solo per un pò
AT HIS MOST VULNERABLE quando è nel momento più vulnerabile
KICK HIM IN THE GROIN gli dò un calcio all'altezza dell'inguine.
STEAL HIS SEAT rubare il posto

Ed ora godiamoci il video di Mr Bean!!!

Video su irregular verbs con spiegazione in inglese

Salve ragazzi! In questo video l'autore spiega in inglese come si forma il simple past dei verbi regolari ed irregolari, vi suggerisce anche un modo per impararli!
See you!
Teacher Anna

http://www.autoenglish.org/videos/irregularverbs.htm

Video su Irregular verbs Pronunciation

Salve ragazzi!
Vi ho postato un video sulla pronuncia dei principali verbi irregolari. Ci sono anche degli esercizi.
See you!

Teacher Anna

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/irregular-verbs.html