Manchester: A Case Study in European History MODULE 1 – GROUP 2 From the Industrial Revolution to the Postmodern Crisis of Capitalism Manchester: A Case Study in European History Jeanette Winterson’s Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? A critical review for a school online library

WHAT AND HOW? Task: writing a critical appreciation review about J. Winterson’s novel Objectives: focussing on most relevant features of a memoir, generating a review Materials: J. Winterson’s novel, online reviews, PC, the Internet, teacher’s site Text types analysed: memoir, essays, reviews, narrative texts Methodology: individual reading and group work (cooperative and collaborative learning)

WHY? Language skills: speaking, reading, listening, writing, discussing, public speaking Study Skills and Knowledge: structure of a novel, use of literary code, textual and structural analysis, critical interpretation of resources, spoken and written production ICT skills: Word, PowerPoint, Internet surfing What to do with the language  Competence: Writing a critical review for a school online library

SKILLS - STUDY PRACTICE Learning skills reading/listening, comprehension, textual analysis, group discussion, critical thinking, gathering of ideas, selection, planning, writing drafting, redrafting, peer proof reading, reorganizing, generating a .ppt presentation, public speaking.

FEEDBACK WE HAVE become aware of the effects of the Industrial Revolution learnt about the main features of the different systems of thought (Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, …) learnt to compare different perspectives on the same subject, to distinguish plain facts from opinions and interpretations improved our writing skills found the workshop a more involving and interesting activity than the face – to –face lesson

WORKSHOP 2 CREDITS BERGAMO Anastasia BUCCOLO Nicola FONTANA Tommaso FURLAN Andrea TOSO Martina