1. 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

2. 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)

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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

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