Task 1:

My dear student:

I invite you to read the documents posted in Cintia/WhatsApp Group

• 1820-1865: Washinton Irving: The Specter Bridegroom

First, find out information about Washington Irving and write your own version of
his biography. Then, read the text “The Specter Bridegroom” and write a reading
report. Please follow the indications given by the documents of these links:

https://www.teachervision.com/writing/writing-book-report

https://celee.uao.edu.co/relatoria-caracteristicas-principales-diferencias-otros-
textos-academicos/

Second, be ready to answer questions in class about the characters and other
important aspects of this story.

Remember to take into account the following aspects to do this task:

The following aspect will be taken into account:

SKILLS TO BE EVALUATED SCORES

1. Creativity and ideas to present the 1 point.
topic.

2. Your reading report should have no 2 points (According to your writing,

less than 3 pages: (spelling, grammar structures, and
ideas to present your task).
• Authors biography.
• Reading report.
• Your production, something done
as a result to be inspired by the
story.

(No more than three pages). (Remind to

use the APA form at the time of citing
authors:
 https://normas-apa.org/wp-
content/uploads/Guia-Normas-APA-
7ma-edicion.pdf

The whole document should be written

in Arial 12 letters. A reference list or
bibliography is required as well.
Your participation in the synchronous 2. points
class to talk about this product and
submit it on time will be scored. Total: 5

Note: Only those who are requested will upload their tasks to the following drive:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XQx3cGVpG52ele7htnsBuWnnz24dWhQ9

I send you a big hug and thousands of blessings!

Best regards!

Task 2:

My dear student:

I invite you to read the story Buck Fanshaw’s funeral by Mark Twain:

First, find out information about Mark Twain and write your own versión of his
biography. Then, read the text “Buck Fanshaw’s funeral” and write a reading
report. Please check the following links:

https://www.teachervision.com/writing/writing-book-report

https://celee.uao.edu.co/relatoria-caracteristicas-principales-diferencias-otros-
textos-academicos/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaYPQqOknA0 (English).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6h8CjHIOR0&t=17s (Spanish).

Second, be ready to answer questions in class about the characters and other
important aspects of this story.
The following aspect will be taken into account:

SKILLS TO BE EVALUATED SCORES

1. Creativity and ideas to present the 1 point.
topic.

2. Your reading report should have no 2 points (According to your writing,

less than 3 pages: (spelling, grammar structures, and
ideas to present your task).
• Authors biography.
• Reading report.
• Your production, something done
as a result to be inspired by the
story.

(No more than three pages). (Remind to

use the APA form at the time of citing
authors:

https://normas-apa.org/wp-
content/uploads/Guia-Normas-APA-
7ma-edicion.pdf

The whole document should be written

in Arial 12 letters. A reference list or
bibliography is required as well.
Your participation in the synchronous 2. points
class to talk about this product and
submit it on time will be scored. Total: 5

Note: Only those who are requested will upload their tasks to the following drive:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XQx3cGVpG52ele7htnsBuWnnz24dWhQ9

I send you a big hug and thousands of blessings!

Best regards!
Task 3:

My dear student:

• I invite you to read the story Love of life by Jack London.

First, find out information about Jack London and write your own versión of his
biography. Then, read the text “Love of life” and write a reading report. Please
follow the indications given by the documents of these links:

https://www.teachervision.com/writing/writing-book-report

https://celee.uao.edu.co/relatoria-caracteristicas-principales-diferencias-otros-
textos-academicos/

Second, be ready to answer questions in class about the characters and other
important aspects of this story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPbzcj7JZ78 (Audio Book).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHvD4gO0pIk (Audio Libro)

The following aspect will be taken into account:

SKILLS TO BE EVALUATED SCORES

1. Creativity and ideas to present the 1 point.
topic.

2. Your reading report should have no 2 points (According to your writing,

less than 3 pages: (spelling, grammar structures, and
ideas to present your task).
• Authors biography.
• Reading report.
• Your production, something done
as a result to be inspired by the
story.

(No more than three pages). (Remind to

use the APA form at the time of citing
authors:
 https://normas-apa.org/wp-
content/uploads/Guia-Normas-APA-
7ma-edicion.pdf

The whole document should be written

in Arial 12 letters. A reference list or
bibliography is required as well.
Your participation in the synchronous 2. points
class to talk about this product and
submit it on time will be scored. Total: 5

Note: Only those who are requested will upload their tasks to the following drive:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XQx3cGVpG52ele7htnsBuWnnz24dWhQ9

I send you a big hug and thousands of blessings!

Best regards!

Final instructions for the whole tasks:

The following outline guides the tasks and helps us understand how to develop
critical thinking in literature classes, which is one of the main purposes of the
course.

Development of critical thinking in literature classes.

Step 1 Step 2

Selection and free reading. Discussion.

(Understanding the text)

Students will: Students will:

• speak freely about the text.
• have the opportunity to select Taking into account, the author,
stories of their interest, according to genre, literary movement,
each period of literature. narrator, characters,
• find information about the characteristics, plot and themes,
author and the literary genre the structure of the text, and
associated with the story. literary resources, (Literary
figures, narrative times.
environment, style). Finally, as a
conclusion, their position about
the text.

Step 3: Comparing realities. Step 4: Time for art (Applying)

Students will: Students will:

• compare the realities of the
text with their own, the
society or the population,
characters, and topic which is
described in the text with the
one which is live now.
• write their own stories.
• explore their abilities to
represent their beliefs, their
constructions, their emotions, and all
the fact as a result of reading the story
taking into account the different styles
of art, painting, sculptures, etc.

Step 5: Collaborative work, peer evaluation.

Students will

• work in groups to check their tasks, give feedback to each other, and share ideas to improve them.
before presenting the final product to the whole audience.

Step 6

Students will

• socialize their products (Stories, pictures, sculptures, etc.) and explain or give details about them