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Saturday, February 11, 2012

A NEW APPROACH TO PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

DEAR FRIENDS,
      HOW TO TEACH PRIDE AND PREJUDICE WAS A HOT TOPIC OF DISCUSSION
      IN OUR  CLUSTER LAST MONTH.
      WELL ,I HAVE FOUND SOME USEFUL VIDEOS WHICH TELL US ALMOST
      EVERYTHING  ABOUT THE NOVEL.

THE TRANSACTION OF THE NOVEL MAY BE DONE LIKE THIS.
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1.   FIRST A SUMMARY MAY BE GIVEN WITH THE HELP OF THE PREFACE IN THE TEXT.
     THEN THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ( MAKE SURE THAT THE LAST SLIDE IS REMOVED)  CAN BE  SHOWN TO HAVE A BROAD VIEW OF THE NOVEL,ITS STORY AND CHARACTERS.( THERE ARE MANY SUCH PPTS AVAILABLE FROM THE NET)
for pride and prejudice.ppt click this link and download
http://www.worldofteaching.com/powerpoints/english/pride%20and%20prejudice.ppt/ 


if not available, search and download pride and prejudice.ppt from the bottom part of the list in the link

http://www.worldofteaching.com/powerpoints/english/

2.   THEN THE STUDENTS MAY BE ASKED TO READ THE TWO CHAPTERS GIVEN
      IN THE  TEXT.
      THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES MAY BE ATTEMPTED / INITIATED

      1.A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CHARACTERS.
      2.A COMPARISON OF THE CHARACTERS.
      3. A SUMMARY OF THE STORY GIVEN IN EACH CHAPTER.

3.   SOME SELECTED VIDEOS CAN BE USED  IN CLASSROOMS TO COMPLETE THE
      DISCUSSIONS ,  THE CHARACTER STUDY AND A REVIEW.
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I HAVE ATTEMPTED THIS METHOD THIS YEAR ( FOR A CHANGE ! ) IN MY SCIENCE BATCH AND THE RESULT WAS NOT BAD INDEED !.

FOR THE VIDEOS YOU MAY START BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW ( DOWNLOADING IS EASY, IF DONE WITH FIREFOX WEB BROWSER IN UBUNTU 10 OR HIGHER VERSIONS )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVChdOFevEo 
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx0wJM9zOjA

(THE 1995 VERSION OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE DRAMATISED BY BBC IS AVAILABLE PART BY PART .WATCH AND ENJOY.THESE ARE REALLY MARVELLOUS )

FOR DETAILS OF THE WORK YOU MAY CLICK THIS LINK.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/prideandprejudice/characters/

PLS DO COMMENT (ON YOUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS!!!)

-CKR 9447739033