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Women writers in the Victorian times

Dario Cigliola

Created on February 22, 2025

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Women writers in the Victorian times

prof. Dario Cigliola 18/03/'25

Start

Overwiew

6. Materials

1. Context

2. Class

7. Teaching strategies and activities

3. Global Aims

8. Inclusion strategies

9. Lesson steges

4. Specific Aims

10. Assessment

5. Pre-requisites

Context

School: It is scientific high school with recognised musical studies, where students are very diligent and attentive to their studies, but also very involved in the afternoon musical rehearsals. Area: North of Italy, Parma Cultural background: The majority of them are into music and reading. The cultural level is good and the families are very involved with the school and the subjects covered.

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Class

  • 18 Students: 10 girls and 8 boys
  • Mixed ability class: from B1 to B2+ (CEFR level)
  • SEN students: 1 student with Auditory Processing Disorder
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  • Time of the year: First term

TIMING: 5 hours

ENVIRONMENTS: Classroom

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Global Aims - Lifelong Skills

Key Competences for Longlife learning 2018 (involved 6 out of 8)

Literacy

Digital Competences

Citizenship

Multilingual Competences

Learning to learn

Cultural awareness

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)

  • Reading comprehension: can scan quickly through long and complex texts, locating relevant details.
  • Oral production: Can explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
Can formulate follow-up questions to a member of a group to clarify an issue that is implicit or poorly articulated.
  • Written production: Can produce an essay or report which develops an argument systematically with appropriate highlighting of significant points and relevant supporting detail.
Can give clear, detailed descriptions on a variety of subjects related to their field of interest.
  • Can give a review of a film, book or play.

Specific Aims

Knowledge

Competences

By the end of the lesson students will know: The plot of Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and Goblin Market. Life condition of women in the Victorian times

Students can apply knoledge and skills in a project based plan

Skills

By the end of the lesson students will know: How to analyze a poem Speak and debate about the topic Practice listening and writing skills

Pre-requisites

Being capable of analyzing a poem Being capable of recognise the main figures of speech Being capable of using the digital tools involved in the lessons

Being familiar with the historical context of the Victorian Age

Being familiar with the genre of Victorian novel and poetry

Being familiar with the concept of first-person narrator

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Tools and materials

  • IWB
  • Sudent Digital Devices (BYOD)
  • Wordcloud
  • Padlet
  • Kahoot
  • Youtube videos
  • Dictinary.com
  • Newspaper and magazines
  • Paper and scissors

Methodologies and approaches

The ability to identify connections between fields, ideas, and concepts.

ESA

Engage, Study, Activate

Social costructivism

Learner centred

Jigsaw

Think Pair

Connectivism

Inductive Learning

Learner as active social agent

Debate

Cooperative work

Inclusion Strategies

For the student with auditory processing disorder, the teacher will:

  • Read carefully the PEI
  • Collaborate with the support teacher
  • Use visual aids
  • Use strategic seating in order to stay close to the student
  • Providing subtitles for the video
  • Use a microphone if needed

Lesson stages - Day 1 (1 hour E.S.A.) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Review of pre-requisite(10 MIN)

Engage 5 MIN

Study/Activate 35 MIN

Wrap Up 5 MIN

Warm-up 5 MIN

Reflection on the role of women in the Victorian times -Brainstorming on Wordcloud/Padlet

Jigsaw: Reconstructing the story of Jane Eyre

Video of British Library: Jane Eyre and the role of women

Students' feedback

Kahoot for a quick review of pre-requisite

T: Guide/ Facilitator

T: Resumer

T: Presenter

T: Facilitator

T: Facilitator

Jigsaw: "Reconstructing the Story of Jane Eyre"

Objective: Understand the plot of Jane Eyre through collaborative reading and synthesis. 1) The class is divided into 5 groups by the teacher who provides each group with a handout containing a section of the novel's plot (5 MIN) 2) Reading and Synthesis (10 MIN)

  • Group members read their assigned section together and discuss its key points.
  • They create a brief summary (5-6 sentences) and identify 3 key words along with one question to ask the other groups about their part of the story.
3) Sharing and Reconstruction (10 MIN) 4) Final discussion (10MIN):
  • Which part of the story impacted you the most?
  • What challenges did Jane face and how did she overcome them?
  • In what ways does this story reflect the condition of women in the Victorian era?

End of day 1: Homework

"Conduct a research on the first-person narrative technique in Jane Eyre." Then answer the following qustions:

  • Why does the author choose the first-person narrator?
  • What's the difference between Jane narrator and Jane caracter?
  • What is the effect of the adult narrator's voice on the narration?
  • How does the perception of Rochester change through Jane’s eyes?
  • "Are there moments when the narration seems less reliable? Why?

Lesson stages - Day 2 (1 hour E.S.A.) Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Engage 10 MIN

Warm-up 5 MIN

Wrap Up 5 MIN

Study/Activate 40 MIN

Students' feedback

Homework check and explanation of SRM

Station Rotation Model and list of words related

Video of British Library: Bronte sisters childhood

T: Guide/ Facilitator

T: Presenter

T: Guide

T: Resumer

Day 2 - Station Rotation Model

Station 1

Station 2

Station 3

Station 4

At this station a group of student watch a video about the use of violence and the characters in Wuthering Heights

At this station students make a list of words they think are related to this novel on Wordcould/Padlet

At this station a group of student read the plot of the novel

At this station a group of student watch a video about the use of fantasy and realism in Wuthering Heights

Lesson stages - Day 3 (1 hour E.S.A.) Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti

Engage/Study 15 MIN

Warm-up 5 MIN

Wrap Up 5 MIN

Activate 35 MIN

Analysis of an excerpt from the text and of the plot

Students' feedback

Exagonal Thinking

Buy a wish

T: Guide/ Facilitator

T: Presenter

T: Facilitator

T: Resumer

Day 3: Exagonal Thinking

After a first brainstorming on the metaphores and symbols of the poem, the students collect their ideas on WORDCLOU/PADLET. In group of 3/4 students and using the words and ideas collected in the 3 lessons they create an exagonal thinking.

Homework

The students will develop one of the following themes:

  • Education and Work → Jane Eyre and Women's Opportunities Today.
  • Marriage and Independence → Catherine in Wuthering Heights and the Freedom of Choice Today.
  • Sexuality and Reputation → Goblin Market and the Concepts of Purity and Transgression.

Material: books, handouts, internet, newspaper and magazine.

Lesson stages - Day 4 (1 hour E.S.A.) Final assignment

Project launch 55 MIN

KWL chart

Teacher introduces the project objective and expectations, including the final goal "debate comparing the Victorian women's condition with today's

Students' feedback

T: Resumer

T: Guide

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Assessment

Summative assessment

Teacher self assessment

Formative assessment

Oral and written production will be valuated by the teacher with the grid included in the PTOF

Continuous observation

on Inclusion on motivation By Google form

Immediate feedback, for both teacher and students

KWL chart

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Wrap Up

The teacher provides the students with a form to share their thoughts or suggestions

Wrap Up

The teacher provides the students with a form to share their thoughts or suggestions

Wrap Up

The teacher provides the students with a form to share their thoughts or suggestions

If you could buy a wish in a magical market, what would it be?

Formative assessment

The teacher provides the students with a KWL chart as a final assessment