Enrica Carbini
Unit 1
Let's meet Picasso
The aim of this unit is a 5th class of Liceo Classico, and covers one topic of the module "The 20th Century: from Spain to the World".
Rationale
The starting material is an introducion to Picasso, and it can be found at:
http://www.abcgallery.com/P/picasso/picassobio.html
The original text has undergone three different stages of elaboration, in order to offer visual, auditory and language support to the students.
Stage 1 – Text formatting
Paragraphs or sentences carrying secondary information have been removed. Paragraphs have been shortened and keywords formatted in bold.
Stage 2 – Transcoding
Visuals were added to give examples, paragraphs have been transcoded into visuals, in order to simplify the communication of concepts.
Stage 3 – Language support
More visuals have been added and language has been checked in order to avoid difficult language. (This stage has been divided in two parts.)
In order to support learning some interactive test have been created. Their purpose is to have students do something with the new concepts taught to them.
The test have been gathered into a Tests Table of Contents, and it is possible to navigate from one to the other.
In order to support
students a listening and choosing activities have been created, using
an Audio Editor and Hot Potatoes.
The final assessment test is based on some previous activities and on a chart to be completed using passive sentences.