Colexio Padre Feijoo- Zorelle English Department

Title

“READING ANNE OF THE GREEN GABLES”

Short description

As its title indicates, this project revolves around the adaptation of American novel Anne of the Green Gables. Its main aim is to encourage primary school students from different countries to start reading in English as they explore American literature. This project includes collaborative tasks that integrate the four skills: reading comprehension, listening comprehension, writing and speaking. The end-products of this project will be published online in various formats.

Communication language

English

Age range

9-11

Number of students

48

Subject areas

English, children’s literature, visual and manual arts

2.0 tools

Skype, Glogster, Issuu, Blogger, Slideshare, Zunal

Aims

•To encourage students to start reading in English. •To know some aspects of American literature. •To help students be familiar with basic cultural aspects of the US •To exchange information about and opinion on reading habits with students from other countries. •To reflect on the advantages of using English as a vehicle of communication. •To learn useful vocabulary related to the field of visual and manual arts.

Work process

This project is to be developed in a number of 10 sessions. In session 1, we will introduce the topic of reading to the class. We will provide students with useful vocabulary and structures to speak about reading habits and this particular writer. In session 2, we will conduct a videoconference session to introduce two classes from different countries

using Skype. Students will be given instructions to plan questions and answers for this session. In session 3 we will create a presentation entitled “Around the class in 20 bookshelves” including images of each student’s favourite books, which will give a clear idea of students’ reading habits. We will then publish and share the presentations on Slideshare. In sessions 4 and 5 we will concentrate on Anne of the Green Gables. In groups, students will read some documents about Roald Dahl’s life and works and elaborate a multimedia poster with Glogster that will include the information chosen. Older students will complete a webquest about this writer’s life and works and present their findings to the class. Sessions 6, 7 and 8 focus on the film Anne of the Green Gables based on the novel of the same title. We will work with pre-watching, while-watching and post-watching tasks, the end-product being the elaboration of a comic with scenes from the film. The comic will be exhibited in the school and will be digitalized and published online on Issuu. Sessions 9 and 10 will close the project with the elaboration of “A Book of Wishes” in which each student will write and illustrate a wish he/she would like to fulfill. The resources and products created will be published on Mytwinspace.