miércoles, 20 de junio de 2012

LRRH: part 2

Hi girls!!
Here's what you have to do at home and present in class next Friday 29.

INDIVIDUAL WORK:
- Write a chant or a poem about the other fairy tale you chose to talk about in class (not LRRH). Publish it on the blog and be ready to read it in class.

GROUP WORK:

All groups: solve K) from your handouts: Intertextuality. Work hard and you take into account all aspects you can think of (language, tone, beginning and end, characters, plot, purpose, title...)

Gina, Laura, Rocío: 
- Be ready to dramatize the RAP (another group will read it for you in class).
- Choose one of the versions and write a newspaper article on the event. Use journalistic style.
- Design a WANTED poster for the wolf: include a drawing of the wolf, his description and the crime/s with which he’s charged.
- Rewrite the story changing the setting.

Josefina, Mavi:
- Be ready to read the RAP out loud. 
- Create and role play the conversation held by Red, Gran and the woodcutter when “they all sat down to the cake and wine”. 
- Rewrite the story changing one of the characters. 
- Interview the woodcutter and film it. To be shown in class!!

Vicky, Virgi:
- Be ready to read LRRH and the Wolf out loud. 
- Write the dialogue between Red and the narrator (Dahl’s poem) when they meet in the woods. Role play it in class.
- Interview LRRH and film it. To be shown in class!! 
- Conversation between LRRH from 2 different versions. Role play in class.

Luciana, Mailén:  
- Be ready to dramatize LRRH and the Wolf (another group will read it for you in class).
- Telephone conversation between Red’s mom and grandma, keeping in mind attitudes and tone of voice they may wish to adopt. Role-play it in class.
- Write and sing a song about the story. 
- Rewrite or retell the story from  the wolf's point of view.

I'm looking forward to our next EDI class!!I am sure we'll have lots of fun!!! By the time you finish, you will haver worked and practiced soooo much!!  
GOOD LUCK!!!

 

viernes, 8 de junio de 2012

As Good As It Gets: portraits.

Select a portrait you like and describe it. What do you feel it transmits to you?
Deadline: June 14

As Good As It Gets: Carol's date.

Tell a friend about Carol's date from the perspective of:
1- Carol
2- Her date
3- Her mother
We've distributed the roles in class already.
Looking forward to reading your comments about the last scene we watched!

jueves, 7 de junio de 2012

English as a Second Language

Hi class!!! Nice and cold today, ah!!!
Before you read the short story by Lucy Honig, please post an entry on the blog about how you feel when you speak the second language, or a special experience you remember in which you felt a certain way when you had to use English as a means of communication.
Deadline: before Tuesday 12 June.
Enjoy reading this touching story.