What is literature?

Brainstorming: Write any words, sentences and links, videos or images in relation to your idea of literature.

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What is literature for?

The video What is literature for? was created by Marcus Armitage and Ignatz Johnson Higham for The School of Life. The video explains why we read books and the benefits of this activity. 

 "Why should we spend our time reading novels and poems when, out there, big things are going on? We tend to treat literature as a distraction, an entertainment (something for the beach). But it’s far more than that, literature deserves its prestige for one reason above all others: because it’s a tool to help us live and die with a little more wisdom, goodness and sanity."

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.

What is literature for?

The video What is literature for? was created by Marcus Armitage and Ignatz Johnson Higham for The School of Life. The video explains why we read books and the benefits of this activity. 

 "Why should we spend our time reading novels and poems when, out there, big things are going on? We tend to treat literature as a distraction, an entertainment (something for the beach). But it’s far more than that, literature deserves its prestige for one reason above all others: because it’s a tool to help us live and die with a little more wisdom, goodness and sanity."

Be happy

The first actitivity of this year is taken from the excellent 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 Lifeby 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 literature (school year 2015/16)

Excellent! Congratulations :-)

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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

group 1: Chiara Deriu, Ilaria Ortu, Maura Chiesa, Ylenia Silai 

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

group 2: Iacopo Ricci, Andrea Pinna, Alberto Melis, Luigi Pusceddu

Your Powtoon videos about grammar

Excellent job :-)


Group 1: Maura Chiesa, Chiara Deriu, Ilaria Ortu, Ylenia Silai


Group 2: Giuseppe Cadeddu, Alessia Marrocu


Group 3: Giorgia Flore, Federica Loi, Sara Aritzu


Group 4: Sebastiano Cau, Iacopo Ricci, Daniele Serra, Enrico Corda