domenica 17 maggio 2009

Chapter 2 “ The beginning of the love story”

At the sunrise Iseult woke up very fast and she ran in to the garden. She saw Tristam sitting in the grass. Iseult sat

near him, and she put her hand on Tristam’s shoulder. When he turned, he saw Iseult smiling with sweetness. Tristam took her hand and he said:

“ Oh Iseult, you are the most beautiful girl that I’ve ever seen. Your hair are so beautiful, your eyes are more precious

than diamonds and pearls, your lips are fresh rose and your smile reflects the kindness of your soul, and no women is like you. Oh Iseult I’m in love with you!”

Iseult replied:

“ Oh Tristam, so am I!”

In the end, Tristam said:

“ You are the woman that I want marry!”

Touched, Iseult held him and Tristam kissed her. When they got kissing, they felt a shiver crossing them. They were so in love.

So, their love story started…

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Romance: from middle age to our days


Ecco quet che le carte empton di sogni,
Lancliotto, Tristano e gil altri erranti,
Onde conven che il voigo errante agogni.
PETRARCA

our class

our class

Ist step Introduction

introduction:

activities:

· E mails

· PPt presentation about their country and local reality

· Chat session (after the first contacts)

2nd step web quest

Students investigate the web quest and make a web quest about middle age – website review

http://www.medieval-life.net/romance


www.medieval-life.net/

The desired outcome of this Quest upon the Web is that you, the student, will have gained knowledge of Middle age, been enriched by having read one of the classic romances of all time.

You will be part of a group of four who will work together in order to complete the tasks. Each group member will accept one role, do all the research needed for that role, and teach the others in your group the knowledge you have gained. The final project will be to creatively present to the class what you have learned. This may be done by combining your individual work into a display or presentation, or you may wish to be creative and do something entirely different. Whatever the case, working together is essential.

Enjoy your tasks and the role you choose

The Process

The Knight

This task, should you choose to accept, is to discover what it was like to be a knight in this period. Find out what his typical day was like, his hobbies . Show it in a 2 page paper or ppt

The everyday man

You will need to find out how someone lived in a village or in a town (choose two or three of the topics offered). Learn what type of food was served; what was the popular entertainment; what were the roles of men and women. After collecting your information, write a two page paper comparing your life as a student in the 21st century to what your life would have been like in that period.

The Historian

As an historian, if this is your choice of roles, you have a longing to find out as much as you can about the historical background of the country you have chosen ..

The Student

You task is to find out about the intellectuals of that

Period and their audience.

Then you have to prepare a set of 15 questions your friends and you are likely to answer.


3rd step romances investigation

Students investigate romances and describe/discuss what they are after having already investigated it with their Italian and history teachers.

http://www.moraga.k12.ca.us/jm/resources/arthurweb/Quest.htm

http://www.iwebquest.com/

4th step production


Students create their own modern day or traditional romance – exchange work between schools.(interaction)

The written romance could be sent to www.kidsonthenet.net - a website for young people to submit their written work and get it published online

5th step: being more and more creative

they create a story for children or a video

http://www.kerpoof.com/

http://www.tuxpaint.org/

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