The title for our designed AICLE unit is Scott Fitzgerald and The Roaring 20's. The main information for its description is:
Subject: Literatura Universal
Level: Bachillerato (Hisg School)
Grade: 1st or 2nd (according to the school organization)
Considering that
North American Literature (with the American tale in late 19’s and early 20’s
narrators) is included in Literatura
Universal curriculum, we will combine both contents reading and working
with one tale of a representative north American writer in the 20th
century: F. Scott Fitzgerald. We will also learn about the Roaring 20’s and its
presence in Fitzgerald’s stories.
The contents will be:
-The Roaring 20’s: history, society, music and culture.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald and his tale Winter Dreams.
After developing the unit, the student will be able to:
Describe some of the main elements from “Roaring 1920’s”era in U.S. history (music, culture and societal values).
Identify the key facts/events from the biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life.
Explore the key idea of status.
Investigate and explain about the American Dream concept.
Think about his/her dreams in the future.
Predict story development.
Learn vocabulary by context.
Read a short story titled Winter Dreams.
Identify the protagonist, antagonist, minor characters in literary works.
Summarize his/her learning in a final project.
Compare and look for common traits between the tale Winter Dreams and the trailer of movie The Great Gatsby.
Language content
During the unit we will work language content related to literature concepts, context vocabulary and glossary from the tale.
Literature glossary: protagonist,
antagonist, minor character, biography, motivation,
trait, setting.
Context vocabulary: The
Roaring 20’s, the American Dream, Prohibition, Organized crime, speakeasy,
status.
Vocabulary (from
the tale): precipitate, patrimony,
surfeit, retinue, blatantly, petulance, camaraderie, mundane, flux, precarious
(Extra: ominous, plaintive, patronized, preposterous, fortuitous, and
incorrigible).
We will also use some expressions about priorities, opinion, and some as shown below:
Explaining
about priorities
·
The
most important thing for me is….
·
The
less important aspect in life for me is…
·
My
aspirations are…
·
First,
second, lastly…
Expressing
opinion
Asking
for Opinion
·
So, what
do you think, Laura?
·
What is
your opinion about this issue?
·
How do
you feel about this?
·
I believe that ...
·
I think that...
·
In my opinion / view...
·
As far as
I’m concerned...
·
To be
honest, I believe that....
·
If you ask me....
·
Generally speaking, I think..
·
To my mind...
·
I don't think ......
Agreeing and disagreeing
·
I agree that....
·
I totally
agree with you on that.....
·
I agree
with what you say......
·
I see
your point, but.....
·
I'm sorry
but I don't agree with you on....
·
I'm not
sure that..../if...
The tasks have been designed considering
reception and
production. These are those that student will develop during the unit.
Reception tasks
Interpreting images and music from the Roaring 20’s.
Elaborating a graphic organizer after reading an article and watching a video about the 20’s era (American Dream, included).
Elaborating a time line about Scott Fitzgerald.
Reading the summary about the story Winter Dreams.
Filling a chart and predicting vocabulary and story.
Watching a movie and comparing characters.
Production tasks
Filling a graph with priorities for his/her Dreaming Life.
Presenting his/her graph and discuss with the rest of the class, using opinion expressions.
After reading the tale, in groups of 4, the students will choose one of this projects:
Designing a poster including images and words that summarize The 20’s, Fitzgerald and the tale.
Create a comic based on the tale, using Pixton
You are one of the 2 main characters of the tale. Make a presentation using Powtoon.
Write your own version of the tale using Storybird.
Record yourself using Vocaroo with 15 questions that you will make to Mr. F. Scott Fitzgerald in an interview (ask about the tale, the characters, the 20’s, his life…).
Their own proposal that should be approved by the teacher.
Methodology and sessions
Methodology will be active and participatory,
combining individual work with activities in pairs, in groups and the whole
class.
Session 1: The Roaring 20’s and his/her dreams.
Session 2: Group discussion about his/her aspiration rating (dreams), F. Scott Fitzgerald (reading information and timeline)
Session 3: Summary and presentation of Winter Dreams, predicting story and vocabulary.
Session 4 and 5: Vocabulary work (worksheets) and reading the tale.
Session 6: Finishing the reading, vocabulary review (quizlett and Kahoot) and star working on his/her project.
Session 7: finishing the project.
Session 8: watching the movie “The Great Gatsby” and fill a chart with common traits between the tale and the movie.
A more detailed presentation for the activities is the following:
About The Roaring20’s
1. Listen music from the jazz era and write down words related
or inspired by the music.
2. Watch a video about “The Roaring 20’s” and check the word
list (adding, excluding…).
3. Watch a video and read an article
4. Use a graphic organizer in order to summarize
the information on the article (worksheet 1).
5. Thing about their dreaming life and fill a
chart. (worksheet num.2).
6. Discussion and presentation about his/her
dreams.
About F.Scott Fitzgerald
1.
Read the article about F. Scott Fitzgerald and elaborate a time
line with the most important facts in his life (including his literary
production).
About the vocabulary from the tale Winter Dreams
1.
Predicting
meaning from the words used in context, filling a chart.
2.
Matching
word and phrases with a close meaning (Educaplay activity 1, Educaplay activity 2).
3.
Filling
blanks in sentences using the words.
4.
Elaborating
a cloud with vocabulary and contents from the unit, using Wordle.
5.
Localizing
the words in the English version of the tale.
6.
Reading
the tale (choosing English printed version, English audio version or printed
Spanish version).
7.
Filling
the document about “Predict story development while reading”.
About the tale
1.
Answer
comprehension questions .
2.
Participate
in an interactive contest (in English) about the tale with their mobile phone
with Kahoot (if the School Discipline Code permit).
Final comparison
Watch the Great Gatsby trailer and make a prediction about similarities between the book and the tale.
The Roaring 20’s
Introductory music and video about “The Roaring 20’s”
Article and video about The 20’s Era.
F.Scott Fitzgerald
Vocabulary
Reading comprehension test about Winter
Dreams (kahoot)
Expressing opinion document (from Deustche Schule Montevideo website)
Creating a word cloud using wordle.
Final project and comparison
According to students’s choice, they will use one of these resources:
Evaluation criteria
In order to evaluate if the students have reach the objectives, we will consider the following criteria.
To be able to summarize and recognize some aspects of the 20’s.
To present and discuss about the American Dream concept.
To identify the main facts in F. Scot Fitzgerald.
To understand the main facts and the characters traits in the story in Winter Dreams.
To recognize the list of vocabulary.
To find similarities between 2 F. Scott Fitzgerald narrations.
Evaluation instruments
Continuous assessment of
each student with different oral and written activities.
Graphic organizer about The Roaring 20’s. (10%)
Timeline about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s biography. (10%)
American Dream discussion (10%)
Vocabulary worksheets. (15%)
Kahoot quizzes (about vocabulary -10%- and about reading comprehension -15%).
Final project. (30%)
