Visibility of eTwinning Projects Groups July 2019 Newsletter Newsletter 9 | Page 10

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2019 Newsletter
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on “The Lord of the Flies”, by William Golding, the
first title they chose.
http://bit.ly/2YQHH3r; a bilingual book review can
be accessed at http://bit.ly/2JxZPu0; a synopsis,
in Portuguese, is available at http://bit.ly/2SikuF8
and a PowerPoint Presentation, in English, is
available at http://bit.ly/2G9jvlC. 7 th graders loved
my kahoot at http://bit.ly/2LPwA7i as you can see
in this short video: http://bit.ly/2Z0weyF.
However, the best example of this student
empowerment was the forum debate around “The
Boy At The Top of The Mountain”: for the 16 topics
/ threads, there were 102 messages! I was
particularly proud of my eTwinners’ commitment
and involvement due to the quantity and quality of
their contributions, answering relevant questions
about the characters, the historical period,
expressing their points of view, interacting and
collaborating with their peers.
During the 2nd trimester there was a 3rd chat
session, this time around “The Boy At The Top Of
The Mountain”, by Irish novelist John Boyne, the
second title selected by students. This time the chat
was essentially around WWII and the main
character’s surprising metamorphosis.
Besides these lively and engaging activities, as well
as real and virtual tertulias, ingenious bookmarks
were also created, exhibited and sent to partner
schools.
During the 2 nd Trimester, other initiatives included
marking relevant dates related to books and
reading:
Besides these really productive chats, following the
class literary debates (no tasks assigned or
assessment attached), parents were invited to step
in and participate and so they did!
This 2 nd book really hooked my students – so much
that, again without holding them accountable, they
made wonderful and diverse contributions with
presentations and reviews (mono and bilingual),
book talks, readings (and in different languages) as
highlighted with these examples:
http://bit.ly/2JFnCqr, an excerpt read in Russian;
another student reads in Spanish
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