Let’s study literature with IT!

LPM Webinar
September 5, 2016.
Presenter: M.-Hélène Fasquel –
American OIB Language and Literature
instructor. Lycée Nelson Mandela, Nantes.
Guest author: Cyane
Host: Amélie Silvert
Organizer: Jurgen Wagner.

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Welcome to this webinar!!!
Let’s focus on you to begin with!
Where do you live and which language do
you teach?
Is it your first webinar?
Please answer in the chat box 

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 OIB Language and Literature
Internationaloption
L/L syllabus:13 works
6 hours and a half per week
Includes:
◦ Traditional study of literature (close reading, essay writing,
commentary practice, debates, discussions, group/pair work,
project-based pedagogy, oral practice, presentations,…)
◦ Guest speakers, webinars, online creative competitions,
projects involving American and French-speaking authors,…)
◦ But also flipped learning (when most appropriate),
◦ And IT-enhanced classes.
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 Objective:
Combining 4 essential motivation factors
ICT:
 collaboration,
 content creation,
 online publishing,
Fun and engaging activities,
Authentic communication,
Learning with one’s peers AND experts.

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My definition of the flipped classroom

Concept which allows teachers to share resources with

their pupils and to collaborate easily with teachers from
umpteen countries,
which gives the students an opportunity to study at
their pace, to study differently depending on their
learning styles (different types of resources are offered),
which permits them to work in groups and help each
other, build their own learning and go further than they
would have in a traditional class.
For instance…
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 What’s the flipped classroom?
Studying drama and prose
Drama Padlet The Great Gatsby
A Streetcar Named Shakespeare
Desire Hamlet
Flipped classroom Death of a Salesman

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HOMEWORK SCHOOLWORK

Studying 5 texts/videos in Sharing information on a topic

groups of 4 students maximum
(reading and listening skills)
while making notes.
Different documents  leads to
information gap in class.
(each group gives a short talk),
the peers ask questions/interact.
Alternately, each group can
write a short article on
Fodey (speaking, writing
skills).

Studying a video (Ted Ed video Discussing the answers and

for instance) with varied tasks to debating about the video.
complete before class. Explaining what was not
understood.
Going further.

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 Any questions?
You can add your questions on this
Padlet:
https://padlet.com/mhfasquel/lit_webinar

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A Streetcar Named Desire -- Characterization --
Let’s recap!
Make a mind map/visual/poster or revision card of
Stanley's and Blanche’s worlds.
 Use quotes and images from the play that reflect
them.
Share it here!
Heroes?
Anti-heroes?
Any foils? • Tips about making posters.
Round/flat characters? • More tips
 Explain & provide evidence. • Poster maker (Canva)

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The Great Gatsby -- Let’s recap!
Homework time: Study this Ted Ed lesson
and answer the questions. Jot down notes.
Debate time: Let’s discuss your findings and
answers!
◦ Do you think characters should be likeable?
◦ Does Gatsby really love Daisy?
◦ To what extent do you think his quest is heroic?

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The Great Gatsby -- Homework.
Let’s play a game! https://
quizlet.com/20155811/scatter
You can revise the main facts on
this webpage:
https://quizlet.com/20155811/gre
at-gatsby-chapter-4-flash-cards
/
In class:
Let’s list the main facts together!

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The Great Gatsby -- Your TED-style talks
Choose among the following topics!
Pair work or group work (maximum of 4 students)
◦ The American dream in The Great Gatsby
◦ Symbolism and imagery
◦ Quotes (in-depth analysis)
◦ Main themes and topics
◦ Literary context (review) – 4 presentations
 Romanticism
 Realism
 Naturalism
 Modernism
◦ Compare and contrast The Great Gatsby with Death of a
Salesman. 12
 Your TED-style talks
Deliver a TED-style talk!!!
One example to study (about poetry)
One more example to study (about the danger of
a single story)
Your rubric

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Hamlet -- Homework -- Active reading
Read Act 1I and write a free response journal entry on
the reading. Rubric. (Some entries will be collected and
graded).
Two columns per page:
◦ in the "Passage" column, record the lines from the text
that you wish to write about,
◦ and in the "Response" column, write your observations,
thoughts,
reactions,
questions,
about those
lines.

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And now for something (not so)
completely different…
Projects past, present and upcoming…

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Let’s share!
You can add your ideas and projects on this Padlet:
https://padlet.com/mhfasquel/lit_ideas_projects

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Projects
Creative writing competition
Paper Planes Creative Writing Competition (Animal
Circus by Alix et Mathieu and Devour the pages by
Charlotte)
Learning more about the media
Vocable competition

Video challenge
EF Challenge for High Schools

American author
Last but not least: Partnership with Eric Price
, American award-winning fantasy author.
 Eric Price project (Since 2014)
◦ Reading the first 2 chapters of Unveiling the Wizard’s
Shroud;
◦ Analyzing Eric’s style, the characters’ psychology,
personalities, in order to be able to write the next chapter,
◦ 2 Skype interviews;
◦ Reading the various documents shared on Padlet,
◦ Reading their friends’ chapters;
◦ Publishing the new chapters on Eric’s author’s website in
order to start a competition ;
◦ Webinar with Eric, Katie Carroll, and Kai Strand (discussion
of the creative process);
◦ Webinar with 3 French-speaking authors: Nathalie Bagadey,
Cyane and Sophie G. Winner who discussed the creative
process.
 Cyane – upcoming project
◦ Reading Cyane’s novel, Les
Enfants de Calliope, about
the environment,
◦ Writing a summary of one
chapter (group work),
◦ Sharing it with a researcher,
James McKay, University
of Leeds, in order to help
him work with Cyane
(English version). Excerpts.
◦ In short, being part of a
research project at
university level!
Upcoming eTwinning project
eTwinning project involving 4 schools (British and American
International Sections) with Chris Segond, Debra and Heather
Bainbridge.
Building Bridges: From 3e Inter to 2nde OIB
In this project, four international sections will come together
to build links. This project focuses on the difficult steps of
transitioning from a 3e International Section (British, in
our case) to a 2nde OIB section (one American, one British in
this project). We will ask our students to talk about their fears
and expectations, to give each other good advice for preparing
for the 'next step', and discussing reading and the reading
process, an essential part of the work we do in the section.
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Upcoming project: Literature in the making
Author partnership (7 so far)
Skype interviews and analysis of today’s
literature!
All the links and slides 

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 Any questions?
You can add your questions on this
Padlet:
https://padlet.com/mhfasquel/lit_webinar

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 Contact information

mhfasquel@gmail.com
On Twitter: @mariehel2
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Thank you very much for your attention and participation!

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