London up and down

Pon-Didetec
Corsista: Prof.essa Giuseppina Bernaudo
Classe: III A
Descrizione del caso :
London up and down ,
Selezione di testi utilizzati e attività svolte
Presentazione di Londra:
TEXT: London the compendium of the world
London the compendium of
the world
It is difficult to speak adequately or justly of London. It is not a pleasant
place, it is not agreeable , or cheerful ,or easy ,or exempt from reproach. It
is only magnificent . You can draw up a tremendous list of reasons why it
should be insupportable . The fog ,the smoke ,the dirt , the darkness ,the
distances,the brutal size of the place ,the horrible numerosity of society
,the manner in which this senseless bigness is fatal to amenity ,to
convenience ,to good manners , all this and much more you many
espatiate upon . You many call it dreary ,heavy , stupid, dull, inhuman,
vulgar at heart,and tiresome in form.
I have said all these things at time so strongly that I have said « Ah
London ,you too are impossible! ». But these are occasional moods ; and
for one who takes it ,as I take it , London as a whole is the most possible
form of life, I take it as an artist and a bachelor ; as one who has the
passion of observation and whose business is the study of human life . It is
the biggest aggregation of human life – the most complete compendium of
the world .
Activities
1)Fill in:
a)It is difficult ……………………………………………………………...
It is difficult
to speak justly or adequately of London.
b)It is not a pleasant…………………………………………………...........
c)It is only ………………………………………………………………….
d) The fog , the smoke ……………………………………………............
e)You many call it dreary ………………………....and tiresome in form .
f) So strongly that I have ………………………………………………….
g)London is the most ………………………………………………………
h)I take it as…………………………………………………………………
i)It is the biggest ……………………………………………………………
l) The most complete ……………………………………………………….
2)Conversation:
Q. How can you define London?
A. Well, London is defined as a compendium of the world ,that is the hearth
of Britain and one of the greatest centres in the world . In London you can
see representatives of all peoples of any race and language.
Q. Differently from any other big town what is the peculiarity of London?
A. New York ,for instance is a big concentration of peoples from every part of
world, but is different. London familiarizes the present with the past . In it
you can see ancient buildings, Roman ruins and modern skyscrapers.
Q. Whic are the places that most attract foreigner?
A. St. Paul’s Cathedral , Piccadilly, Circus, The Tower of London , Buckingham,
Palace,Trafalgar Square, Westminster Palace , and so on.
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DVD è stata realizzata un ‘utile e originale sezioni di Activities per giocare e
conoscere la lingua inglese.
Realizzazione
di un video in
Power Point.
London
up and down
Big Ben
Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north
end of the Palace of Westminster in London ,and often extended to refer
to the clock and the clock tower. The tower is now officially called the
Elizabeth Tower, after being renamed in 2012 (from "Clock Tower") to
celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The tower holds the largest
four-faced chiming clock in the world and is the third-tallest freestanding clock tower. The tower was completed in 1858 and had its 150th
anniversary on 31 May 2009, during which celebratory events took place.
The tower has become one of the most prominent symbols of both
London and England and is often in the establishing shot of films set in
the city.
Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge (built 1886–1894) is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in
London which crosses the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, from
which it takes its name, and has become an iconic symbol of London.
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is the official London residence and principal
workplace of the British monarch. Located in the City of
Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal
hospitality. It has been a focus for the British people at times of
national rejoicing.
Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the
West End of London. It is Europe's busiest shopping street, and
as of 2011 had approximately 300 shops.The street was
formerly part of the London-Oxford road which began at
Newgate, City of London, and was known as the Oxford Road.
Today it forms part of the A40 trunk road, although like many
roads in central London which are no longer through routes it is
not signposted with the road number.
Piccadilly
Circus
Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London's West End in
the City of Westminster, built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with the major
shopping street of Piccadilly. In this context, a circus, from the Latin word
meaning "circle", is a round open space at a street junction.
The Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It
was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men,
on land owned by Thomas Brend and inherited by his son, Nicholas Brend and
grandson Sir Matthew Brend, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613.A second
Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642. A modern
reconstruction of the Globe, named "Shakespeare's Globe", opened in 1997
approximately 750 feet (230 m) from the site of the original theatre.
Examination of old property records has identified the plot of land
occupied by the Globe as extending from the west side of modern-day
Southwark Bridge Road eastwards as far as Porter Street and from Park
Street southwards as far as the back of Gatehouse Square. However, the
precise location of the building remained unknown until a small part of the
foundations, including one original pier base, was discovered in 1989
beneath the car park at the rear of Anchor Terrace on Park Street. The
shape of the foundations is now replicated on the surface. As the majority
of the foundations lies beneath 67-70 Anchor Terrace, a listed building, no
further excavations have been permitted.
Second Globe Theatre, detail from Hollar's View of
London, 1647. Hollar sketched the building from life (see
top), but only later assembled the drawings into this View;
he mislabelled his images of The Globe and the nearby
bear-baiting enclosure. Here the correct label has been
restored. The small building to the left supplied food- and
ale-sellers at the theatre.
The Globe Theatre is shown at the bottom centre of this
London street map
Position on modern street planSite of the Globe Theatre,
from Park Street; the dark line in the centre marks the
foundation line. The white wall beyond is the rear of
Anchor Terrace.
A modern reconstruction of the theatre, named "Shakespeare's Globe", opened in
1997, with a production of Henry V. It is an academic approximation of the
original design, based on available evidence of the 1599 and 1614 buildings, and
is located approximately 750 feet (230 m) from the site of the original theatre.
The new theatre was larger than the building it replaced, with
the older timbers being reused as part of the new structure; the
Globe was not merely the old Theatre newly set up at Bankside.
It was probably completed by the summer of 1599, possibly in
time for the opening production of Henry V and its famous
reference to the performance crammed within a "wooden O".
Dover Wilson, however, defers the opening date until September
1599, taking the "wooden O" reference to be disparaging and
thus unlikely to be used in the Globe's inaugural staging. He
suggests that a Swiss tourist's account of a performance of Julius
Caesar witnessed on 21 September 1599 describes the more
likely first production. The first performance for which a firm
record remains was Jonson's Every Man out of His Humour—
with its first scene welcoming the "gracious and kind
spectators“-at the end of the year.
Who is William Shakespeare?
He is the greatest English dramatist . He wrote a lot
of plays which have been represented everywhere in
the world. William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 – 23
April 1616)was an English poet and playwright,
widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English
language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He
is often called England's national poet and the "Bard
of Avon". His extant works, including some
collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154
sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other
verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain.
His plays have been translated into every major
living language and are performed more often than
those of any other playwright.
Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the
age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three
children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and
1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and
part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men,
later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to
Stratford around 1613 at age 49, where he died three years later. Few
records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been
considerable speculation about such matters as his physical
appearance, sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works
attributed to him were written by others.
Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and
1613.His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he
raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the
16th century. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608,
including Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth, considered some
of the finest works in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote
tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other
playwrights.
Activities
1)Answer the following questions :
a)What do the Scots and the Welsh think of the theatre?
b)What is the Irish opinion on the theatre?
c)How many theatres are there in London ?
d)On what occasion does a Londoner go to the theatre?
e)What do people from the provinces do when visiting London?
f)What can you see if you walk through West End?
g)Why are they waiting?
h) How long do people sometimes stand to buy a ticket?
i)What have you got to do when the theatres are booked up so far abead?
Efficacia dell’intervento:
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Nel laboratorio sotto la guida dell’insegnante sono stati visualizzati su
Google Maps e Google Earth i monumenti ,musei , teatri da visitare . I
gruppi degli studenti si sono confrontati tra loro e formulato ipotesi di
programma . Il risultato è stata la presentazione del lavoro su Power Point
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selezionare informazioni per un ragionamento logico , confrontando
ipotesi di soluzioni per la loro rappresentazione e presentazione
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