Wednesday, April 05, 2017

St. Jordi 2017 _ Presentation about an English writer

Hello everyone,

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEND ME THE PRESENTATION, it's a compulsory task. Send it to me before Easter.

In your classroom, you have a list of the people who haven't done it yet.

Here you have again the instructions and a guideline to follow if it is really difficult for you.
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INSTRUCTIONS
Sant Jordi’17 

4th ESO                        
English department

Choose a writer who writes in English and make up a Power Point (or Prezzi / Glogster, ...) presentation where you must include:

-         A short biography of the writer
-         His / Her work (so far)
-         Comment on his/her major literary work (or the one you know/ get the most information  about):
●Plot (what is it about)
●Characters (names, appearance, personality….)
●Film adaptations- include your criticism

      - You may also include:

●Quotations, paragraphs you enjoy(ed) most from the book...
● Pictures, drawings, a collage……

You may choose from this list (or chose another one and check with your teacher):

-         Tolkien (author of The Lord of the Rings)
-         Stephenie Meyer (author of the Twilight books)
-         J.K. Rowling (author of the Harry Potter books)
-         C.S. Lewis (author of the Narnia books)
-         R. Riordan (author of the Percy Jackson books)
-         Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and others)
-         Lewis Carroll (author of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Galss)
-         Susan Collins (author of The Hunger Games books)
-         George R.R. Martin (author of the  Game of Thrones books)
-         Stephen King (author of It, Misery, etc.)



“Original” presentation will be appreciated.

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GUIDELINE

Sant Jordi Task 2017, English Writer presentation
Think about a book you like or know about which was written originally in English. Search for information and complete:
BOOK (or SAGA) __________________________________________________

Who was the author?
Name of the autor:______________________________
Place of birth: __________________________________
Date of birth: __________________________________
Any curious/relevant fact about his/her family: _____________________________________________________________________________
Childhood/studies: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Jobs done, when did s/he start writing?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Family life  (Is s/he married? Does s/he have children?
_____________________________________________________________________________
Literary work / Career development
_____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Achievements / Awards
____________________________________________________________________________

The Book (or Saga)

Name of the book (or saga) ______________________________________________________
Year of publishing ______________________________________________________________
Plot Summary ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Choose two characters (at least) and describe them.
1.       _________________
Appearance __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Personality
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Are there any films adaptations?  Have you seen them? What’s your opinion of it?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 Your feelings about the author/ book, why did you choose him/her?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

You can include quotes or pictures.

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