Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Jeanette Winterson A Memoir Review A Memoir Review From the Industrial Revolution to the Postmodern Crisis of Capitalism Manchester: A Case Study in European History MODULE 1 - GROUP 3
WHAT AND HOW? Task: reviewing Jeanette Winterson’s Memoir for a newspaper Objectives: discussing a thesis about a novel, sharing ideas, information and reflection, generating a review Materials: Jeanette Winterson’s Memoir, texts, videos, podcast, articles, Pc, the Internet, teacher’s site Text types analysed: argumentative texts, essay, interview, articles Methodology: Individual Reading of the novel, group work (cooperative and collaborative learning)
WHY? To practice Language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, discussing, interacting, public speaking Study Skills and Knowledge: structure of argumentative text, literary code, textual and structural analysis, critical interpretation of resources, spoken and written production, interaction. ICT skills: Office:.doc,.ppt, Internet surfing, Picture Manager Competence What you can do with the language Selecting information to discuss about the novel and to support a thesis Writing a review for the newspaper
LEARNING SKILLS PRACTICE Learning skills reading/listening comprehension textual analysis group discussion critical thinking gathering of ideas selection planning drafting redrafting peer proof reading image selection reorganizing generating a.ppt presentation public speaking
FEEDBACK We have learnt about the Industrial Revolution, its consequences on the world situation and in the Post-modern period, from different perspectives We have improved our writing skills We have worked from an inter-textual perspective (the links between Jeanette Winterson’s view of the Industrial Revolution and its implications in later times) We have liked the workshop because we have read Jeanette’s memoir again and we have appreciated it from a different point of view
WORKSHOP 3 CREDITS CAVALLARI Piero LICATA Giorgia ROMANO Alice