For the last term, students at Secondary, 2nd grade will be working on "LITERATURE".The unit called "The plot, the play and the poem" has some interesting contents in order to make students improve their learning skills. They will be focusing on past tenses and some grammar rules for the grammar contents and to improve their writing, they will have to deal with narrative, poetry and drama.
In relation to the topic, they have been watching the famous play "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, which they have enjoyed quite a lot.
1.- GOING TO THE THEATRE - "FRANKENSTEIN"
The play is set in the 18th century. Victor Frankenstein is a young scientist who is doing an experiment to create a living creature using the body parts of corpses which he digs up in the cemetery. He is not sure that his experiment is going to work but, before he knows it, he has created a grotesque-looking creature. The Creature is so hideous that people are terrified when they see him! The Creature accidentally kills Victor’s brother while trying to befriend him and, as a result, he asks his creator,
Victor, to destroy him because his life is so lonely and he has no friends. However, the Creature then meets Victor’s lovely wife-to-be, Elizabeth, and decides that, instead of destroying him, Victor should create a wife for him too. This way, he believes he would be happy because he would have someone to share his life with. There is only one catch, the Creature doesn’t want just any wife, he wants Elizabeth! What will Victor do...?
2.- READING - THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER (Burlington books) The proposal is a LISTENING ACTIVITY- To listen to the story click on the following link,
This book, written by Mark Twain in 1876, is considered one of the greatest American novels. Most of the adventures recorded in this book were really true stories. They happened to the writer himself and also to his schoolmates as he wrote in the preface of his book. It is a funny and interesting book who everybody will enjoy.
3.- WRITING A POEM - POETRY-
Creative writing is amusing. Students wil be focusing on POETRY! Do you want to learn how to write poetry or how to improve as a poet? You will get some advice on how to get poetry ideas and how to turn them into poems?
You will be given some advice on how to write about and how to get started, with the right words using the appropriate rhyme and the right structure to write a poem.
. Example:
I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.