Introduction
Good morning students, this English course is about literature basics. In this course, students will be able to explore basic concepts in literature, terms and the student will read some classic literature works. Students will see some English lauthors such as Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Lord Byron and others.
In this course, students will read some poems from classical English literature, write summaries from short stories. Most of the authors discussed in class will be from Renaissance , and other important periods such as Romantic, Neo Classical, Victorian.
Task
In our first task, student will read a poem from Lord Byron Kubla Khan where the student will read the poem and write a summary about the poem, and the student try to descipher the main idea about the topic and the themes that the author wrote in the literary work.
Next part of the tast, the student will choose a short story from the list of authors from Romantic period. The student can talk about authors from this period of time and the student will write a brief summary and the student will provide the themes, main ideas and messages that the author tried to tell in the short story.
Process
Watch youtube video about introduction to literature
Activity 1: Student will read poem Kubla Khan and will write brief summary about the poem https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43991/kubla-khan. Student will provide themes and main ideas about the poem.
Activity 2: Choose a short story (American or Englis short story) and write a brief summary about it. Provide main ideas, themes, and other literary figure you can find in the short sotry. Student can access to many links to look for short stories. You can access in this link to many short stories. https://americanliterature.com/100-great-short-stories/
Evaluation
The assignments will be scored in the following way:
Content:75 %
Oral presentation: 25 %
Total Score: 100%
Conclusion
This webquest has been an excellent tool to talk about literature and great way to show the importance of literature in our language.
Credits
kcascio@poetryfoundation.org. (s. f.). Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43991/kubla-khan
Macat. (2016, 14 abril). An introduction to the discipline of Literature [Vídeo]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz9rfDm1Wr4
Clark, T. (2011). The Cambridge Introduction to Literature and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511976261
100 great short stories. (s. f.). https://americanliterature.com/100-great-short-stories/
Teacher Page
Ricardo Alberto Juarez Meluk
Date of Birth:
November 3, 1984
Mobile phone: 62750627
Email: Ricardoameluk@gmail.com
Panama, Ph Calas de Mallorca, apartment 308 B, Belisario Porras
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Practica: Universidad Del Istmo. From 2003 to 2004
“Instituto Bilingue Internacional” English teacher from 2010 to 2011
EGS from April 9th, 2011 to February, 20th 2015
CAREER
Since 2003 I began my studies in the University of Panama. I worked as an English teacher in 2010 after graduating from the University of Panama.
After that, I worked in EGS and SITEL, a call center as a Customer Service Representative from 2011 to 2016. I have been working as an English teacher in MEDUCA since 2017.
EDUCATION
Elementary School: “Escuela Santa Marta” 1990-1996
Middle School: “Instituto Jose Dolores Moscote” 1997-2001
High School: “Instituto Futurama” 2001-2003. Bachelor’s degree in commerce.
University of Panama: Bachelor’s degree in liberal arts with emphasis in English 2005-2012.
“Diversificada en profesorado con especialización en ingles” 2018
Master’s degree in linguistic with emphasis in English and TESOL, 2021-2022
Spanish: Native Language