Gothic literature.

Let's learn more about ... GOTHIC LITERATURE.

• Former students' contribution:

Isfd 41 lee3-main features in gothic literature from stellams

• Visit the site on "Characteristics of GOTHIC LITERATURE", Click HERE. 

PORTFOLIO: Draw a MIND MAP. Highlight specific vocabulary.

• Prof. David Punter is a University Professor at University of Bristol. Watch a complete lecture on Gothic Literature (pay special attention to his "perfect" RP!!). 

PORTFOLIO: take down study notes.

• PORTFOLIO: Turn the following video into a chart. Include the categories highlighted and complete the columns with the audiotext>>>> CHARACTERISTICS | THE CASTLE | RUINED BUILDINGS...

• Visit the site: "35 Classic Horror Stories" available HERE.

PORTFOLIO: Choose one or two short stories and analyse them in the light of the theory you have been dealing with so far.

**THIS MATERIAL WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL EXAM. IT'S A MUST FOR THE MAKE UP TEST!!**

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WRITING ASSIGNMENT.

Bonus: TALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Reading time:

• AFRICAN TALES
• LATINAMERICAN TALES
• ASIAN TALES
• AUSTRALIAN TALES
• TALES, MYTHS, FABLES  from DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT: Write a short analysis (2 or 3-paragraph article) that inlcudes different children's short stories, nationalities, analyises, elements, etc. You may choose two or more items and compare or contrast them. Remember to study specific short stories, avoid overgeneralizations.

DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 19

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ANALYSIS (sing noun) vs ANALYSES (plural noun)

How did all these people contribute to the analysis of Literature for children?

1. Vladimir Propp
2. Bruno Bettelheim

Write at least one paragraph for each name.



DEADLINE:

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Study notes: ELEMENTS OF A STORY

Create your STUDY NOTES

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. Elements of a Story (click HERE)
 Make a brief summary to explain.:

• SETTING
• CHARACTERS
• SEQUENCE
• EXPOSITION
• CONFLICT
• CLIMAX
• RESOLUTION

Deadline:

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Torres, C. (2003): Traditional Tales: History and Genre. Puerto Rico: Univ. of Puerto Ricoat Humacao CCC.

Read the whole book, Create a CONCEPT/MIND MAP that includes ALL the information from the text. 

Tools: 

• CMAP TOOLS: in your netbooks, it can be used off-line
• Bubbl.us: available at https://bubbl.us/ (on line, you need to sign in)
• other ?

DEADLINE:

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What is "literature for children"?
Click here for an introduction.
In this site you'll find more useful information.
Feel free to visit other sites to complete your introduction.


As you may have seen in literature for children there are many important names:

• Charles Perrault. Visit this site for more information
• Grimm brothers. If you want to read more, click here
• Hans Christian Andersen

Browse these sites and write an account of these writers. Don't forget to mention their nationalities, chronology, general characteristics, etc

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A grammar book.

Here you have an excellent grammar book, a classic!

Thompson, A. & Martinet, A (1986). A Practical English Grammar. UK: OUP

(click on the PICTURE to go to the book)










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Read the text below (see LINK) and write a short FORMAL article (200 WORDS).

WWII Posters from the National Museum of American History

 "This text is provided courtesy of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. World War II posters helped to mobilize a nation. Inexpensive, accessible, and ever-present, the poster was an ideal agent for making war aims the personal mission of every citizen. Government agencies, businesses, and private organizations issued an array of poster images linking the military front with the home front – calling upon every American to boost production at work and at home. – William L. Bird, Jr. and Harry R. Rubenstein, Curators...

 CONTINUE READING HERE: http://www.readworks.org/passages/wwii-posters-national-museum-american-history"

   
ADAPTED FROM: ReadWorks.org
YOU NEED TO LOG IN to read the text/to access the READING material.


Start looking up MORE INFO about:

• commercials
• advertisment
• propaganda
• posters WW2

ARTICLE WRITING: Click on the titles below and learn how to improve your assignment.

• Five Things You Need to Know about Writing Articles.
• Writing an Article.
• Write a How-to Article in 6 Easy Steps
• How to write Articles for FCE:

 In a nutshell:Take down STUDY NOTES to summarize: HOW TO WRITE ARTICLES. Include EVERY single source.

In a nutshell your PORTFOLIO should inlcude

• The ARTICLE to HAND IN 
• Your STUDY NOTES
• Extra material (i.e. sources)

DEADLINE: May 23

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***EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE WORKING OK NOW***

Writing assignment

Write an informative text based on POSTERS IN THE WW2
Read this source to become acquainted with the topic. ReadWorks - WWII Posters from the National Museum ofAmerican History

Include

• pictures
• sources

PAIR WORK

write an informative text in pairs

include the names of BOTH students

Commercials & Propaganda.

Commercials, advertisment, propaganda...

• go to the photocopying place & pick up the notes on Commercials (taken from the book TEXT - incomplete bibliography- I'm completing the bibliogr ASAP)
• take down notes
• make a summary = GRAPHIC ORGANIZER.
• bring the summary to class & get ready to DISCUSS it in class.
• BONUS: (although it's a book to understand Economy sources, it´s pretty interesting).Use of Graphic Organizers to enhance Learning Skills in the Learning of Economics
• WRITING TASK COMING SOON!!!

DEALINE: MAY 4

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Written assignment

REVISION TIME:

• Revise your notes on "Writing Narrative Clock"
• You can find some interesting infotmation in Wikipedia
• Feel free to look up more info.

Write a NARRATIVE following the Narrative Clock. Susan Boyle can be the protagonist, one more character; this show (above) can be the "conflict", part of the narrative chain of events, etc. Bring your written piece to class.

DEADLINE: APRIL 26

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Writing, writing...

Writing is not an easy task. We know that there are different genres, oral and written ones. Among the written genres we can find fictional and non fictional texts, efferent or aesthetic (Carell, 2001), etc.

 NARRATIVE PLOT CLOCK

PART 1 describes the elements in a narrative

  

In PART 2 you can see more details concerning PLOT

 

PART 3 refers to CONFLICT



SETTING is a key element in any narrative. Go to PART 4 analyze key issues.



In  PART 5 you can analyze CHARACTERS

Are DIALOGUES to be used in a good narrative text? Watch PART 6 for the answer. Be careful! Dialogues sometimes make action slower. They're always a purpose for the inclusion of dialogues.

That's enough theory for now. 

See you next class.

PORTFOLIO: Take down notes, make summaries, draw charts or graphic organizers... .You choose your own learning strategy. DRAW A COMPLETE SUMMARY ON THE THEORY ABOVE.

DUE DATE: APRIL 18

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Let's create a portfolio.

Writing means many things: planning, creating, using good language, being original, rewriting, editing, among many others.

 Let's begin by creating our PORTFOLIO. It'll be the physical (or virtual) place where you are going to add your drafts, written productions, extra material, etc. Start by adding a COVER,  introducing yourself, objectives (personal or group) for the subject,  etc.

Welcome to our virtual space.

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