20.000 Leagues under the sea. Reading task - Lesson plan – Adapted due to the lockdown period.

Teacher: Ana Suárez  -  Adapted - lockdown period -  Date: April - June 2020
Subject:  English - Task:  1st Reading 20.000 thousand leagues under the sea.
Sudents will work individially.

Objective: improve reading abilities, vocabulary and oral communication. Study the genre, the autor and literary elements of the novel.
Standars: learning word meaning by identification strategies, , applying knowledge of language structure, and geography, science and art.
Indicators: understand the literary elements of setting, characters, plot, symbols, themes, and point of view.

Materials/Resources: book shared from the Internet. Teacher’s notes, students own notes, and audios from the Internet.

Procedures: 1st: each student will have to write the answers to the questions given by the teacher on a document, this will outline what the students will write about. Each group of students will focus on a topic assigned and write a composition or create presentation, comics, maps, etc.

First topic: Verne’s biography
Who wrote the book? When and where did the author write this story?, other novels, studies, ...

Second topic: Setting
Where is the story set and where does the story take place? This activity would consist of summarizing the topics analysed in your other subjects: Spanish language, Geography and History, etc.

Third topic: Plot
What is the story about? (Present the plot of the story, giving enough details) Do you like the end of the story? Why/why not? What other end would you like?

Fourth topic:  Characters
Who are the main characters? / Which character do you like the most? Why?
Do you consider Aronnax an arrogant person?
Why wasn’t Ned happy on the Nautilus?
Describe Counseil’ personality.

Fifth topic: Theme and symbol analysis.
Man vs nature, liberty, revenge, ending,...

General questions for all the students of free choice.
Write a composition of 120 word of ONE of the topics.

What is your opinion about the book?
What did you learn from the reading?
Would you like to take a trip in a submarine? Why/Why not?
Would you like to go for a walk on the ocean floor? Why/Why not?


How to work with vocabulary.
Try to discover the meaning through the context.
Think of possible synonyms and antonyms
If an unknown word is repeated, look up the meaning in the dictionary. You can use http://www.wordreference.com/
Write your own glossary

How to present it.
Write the draft and hand in it. After the teacher’s correction you will write it on a Word, Genially, … document and send it to the teacher, inserting images an creating nice presentations.

Evaluation:
Writing fluency: good use of grammar and vocabulary, easy projection of ideas and as well as the ability to summarize and cover the essentials and prompts required for the task. Also, digital skills will be evaluated.

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