I Malavoglia è un romanzo che nasce da una profonda riflessione di Verga sull'uomo e sulla letteratura. Un romanzo corale che racconta la storia di una famiglia di pescatori e di tutti gli altri abitanti del piccolo paese di Aci Trezza, in Sicilia. Persone unite dalla stessa cultura e dallo stesso modo di pensare, ma divise per questioni di interesse. Tra false amicizie, veri amori e grandi rivalità, il declino della famiglia Malavoglia sarà inarrestabile e drammatico. Ma dalla fine di ogni cosa nasce sempre un nuovo inizio. Il capolavoro del padre del Verismo italiano. Pronomi relativi; pronomi e ... |
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Have you ever seen a sloth? Jim and his brother and sister meet one in this adventure in the Amazon Rainforest. This is a story of how they team up with Slowly, the Sloth and his friends, helped by Uncle Jack, his daughter Dr Silver and some Amazon Indians to save their habitat. Vocabulary areas: The world around us, family, the body. Grammar and Structures: Present, Present continuous, Past verb + ing, Infinitive of purpose, Comparatives, Adverbs, Let's..., Must for obligation, Should for advice, Question words: What... How... Topic: Adventure, Protecting our environment, Solidarity. Level: Beginner A1.1. ... |
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Retold by Jane Cadwallader. ... Aladdin is a poor boy who plays all day long in the streets with his monkey, but something will change his life. Aladdin loves Bulbul but his love is impossible. She is a princess and he is just a poor boy. But the magic lamp of a bad magician changes everything and helps Aladdin to get what he wants. Well, that's what he thinks! The bad magician has other ideas! Vocabulary areas: The home, animals, numbers, fruit, the world around us. Grammar and Structures: Present simple, Present continuous, Prepositions of place, Question words, Let's, Like + v + ing, Adjectives of description ... |
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The Woman in White is the first English sensation novel full of mystery and dark secrets. After meeting a strange woman one night in London, Walter Hartright begins to realise that this mysterious woman is connected, in some way, to his new life at Limmeridge House and the woman he loves, Laura Fairlie. The story is told through different characters, and soon we find Walter, Marian and Laura caught up in a frightening world of crime, madness and mistaken identity. Count Fosco with Sir Percival Glyde, will do anything to get their hands on Laura's money and think up a terrible crime that could destroy her life forever. ... |
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Di notte, per le strade di Firenze puoi fare gli incontri più magici. Stai attento, quando cammini per questa bellissima città: qui ogni strada è piena di storie! Max abita a Firenze ed è uno studente di liceo appassionato di tecnologia. Quando il professore di italiano gli dà un compito sul poeta Dante Alighieri, autore della Divina Commedia, Max non è per niente contento! Dante non è moderno, è un uomo medievale, che noia! Ma Dante e la sua Commedia hanno molti misteri, nascosti nelle magiche notti di Firenze. Per Max comincia un’appassionante avventura per le strade della ... |
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A man goes back to the house where he grew up and becomes a little boy again. Tom visits the house he lived in when he was a little boy, and he finds an old newspaper in the wardrobe. He picks it up, and becomes that little boy again. He is standing in front of a mirror, and is confused by what he sees. What does he see in that mirror? Read on to find out. Topics: Family, School, Food & Drink, Feelings & Emotions, Rooms & Furniture. Verbs: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect Simple, Past Perfect, Simple - Future with Going to and Will for future reference, promises and ... |
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Look at the parrots! Pink and blue Grey and purple Green ones too. Parrots parrots everywhere One on the wardrobe One on the chair. When Jill and Ahmed find themselves by magic on a pirate ship they meet sad Pirate Bill. He has no pirate hat, treasure or parrot! But with Granny Fixit around no one stays sad for long! Vocabulary areas: Animals, furniture, numbers, colours. Grammar and structures: Present simple, Present progressive, Imperatives, Have for possession, There is / There are, Can for ability, Question words: what? / where? /who?, Conjunctions: and / but. Topic: Friendship, Adventure, Magic. Level: Absolute ... |
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We don't stop at any towns for days and days. We just keep going down the river. This is the story of Huckleberry Finn and his adventures on the Mississippi River. Huck's father kidnaps him from his new life with a kind old lady called Widow Douglas, and hides him in a hut. Huck escapes and goes down the river. He meets Jim, a black slave, and they travel down the river together. We read about their adventures and troubles, and how they meet Tom Sawyer again. Vocabulary Areas: Home, Family, Nature, Colours, Clothing. Grammar and Structure: Simple Present: states and habits, Present Continuous: actions in progress, ... |
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Folge uns auf diese Reise durch Berlin von A - Z in diese ungewöhnliche, kreative und verrückte Stadt. Hast du Lust Berlin zu erkunden und einen Städtetrip in diese spannende Stadt zu unternehmen? Eine Stadt voller Überraschungen, in der es an jeder Ecke etwas Neues zu entdecken gibt. Wenn du dich für Kunst und Kultur, Sehenswürdigkeiten, Sport, Musik, Veranstaltungen, Museen und Kunst und vieles mehr interessierst, ist Berlin deine Stadt! Also, worauf wartest du noch? Komm mit auf diese Städtereise und lerne alles Wissenswerte über Berlin kennen! Syllabus: Sprechen Aussagen ü ... |
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Un falegname di nome Geppetto decide un giorno di costruire un giocattolo di legno che, per miracolo, è vivo e anche un po' dispettoso. Iniziano così le avventure di Pinocchio, un viaggio tra sorprese, bugie, momenti tristi e gioiosi, incontri pericolosi e aiuti inaspettati, errori e pentimenti. Protagonista assoluto della storia è l'irresistibile burattino dal naso lungo, nel difficile tentativo di superare mille difficoltà e trasformarsi in un bambino vero. Il libro italiano più tradotto nel mondo viene qui presentato in un'edizione resa preziosa dalle bellissime e originali ... |
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Journey to the center of Earth is a masterpiece by Jules Verne: a master of adventure stories. He also wanted children to think about nature. This story asks them to wonder what can be found underground and if there is another world there. It is told by a young man, Axel, who with his uncle and a guide go down under the Earth through the crater of a volcano. The children follow them through tunnels and caves to find strange plants and animals and have exciting adventures. It's a story about natural phenomena but also about persistence, initiative and courage in the face of the unknown. Vocabulary areas: science, ... |
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Once upon a time, a long time ago, in London there was a happy family in a happy house... This is a story of a boy who never grew up, with his friends Wendy and the jealous fairy Tinker Bell. Why are there no Lost Girls in Neverland? What did the crocodile want to eat? Vocabulary areas: Family, gender and gender role. Grammar and Structures: Common regular and irregular verbs in the simple past, all forms, Common regular and irregular verbs in the present, all forms; There is / are / was / were, all forms + simple determiners; Modal verbs: can and could for ability; Adverbs of manner and frequency; Adjectives; ... |
