OPTIONAL LITERATURE COURSE- VIIth GRADE

Title: Literature Club;

Grade: 7th;
Duration: 1 year;
Number of hours/ week: 1 h;
Teacher:
School year:
 Introduction
Generally speaking, when teaching a foreign language in gymnasium, literature is
not seen as one of the most productive ways of developing integrated skills with students.
Somehow, it comes on a third place, after grammar and vocabulary. Literature is actually a
very effective method of combining grammar and vocabulary and a domain which
challenges the students creativity. Children are captured by the diversity of stories, they
are happy to share their ideas in groups and play games or role-plays. They are
familiarized with some universal stories and are curious how they sound in English.

Language competences:
- students will enrich their vocabulary;
- students will recognize the grammatical structures they have already learnt and will
familiarize with new one in certain contexts;
- students will improve their pronunciation;
- students will be able to practice listening activities and understand sounds differences;
- students will practice reading using different intonations;
- students will be able to solve text- understanding tasks;
- students will draw some literary works;
- students will write some scenarios as follow-up activities to the read texts;

Learning activities:
- oral and written presentations;
- listening activities (texts, music)
- writing activities;
- fill- ins;
- multiple choices;
- reading activities;
- drawing/ painting activites;
- virtual activites ( eTwinning project).

Resources:
 - Literary and activity Worksheets;
- Audio/ video materials;
- Dictionnaires;

Evaluation:
- written evaluation- questionnaires, stories;
- oral evaluation- every session;
- virtual evaluation- feedback from other students.

Bibliography: selected stories and worksheets from Macmillan Readers

Contents:
1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
2. The Happy Prince Oscar Wilde
3. The Nightinghale and the Rose Oscar Wilde
4. Robin Hood
5. Blue Fins- Sarah Axten
6. The Little Match-Seller- Hans Christian Anderson
7. The man in the Iron Mask- Alexander Dumas;
8. White Fang- Jack London
9. Around the World in 80 Days (chapter III)- Jules Verne
10. Treasure Island- Robert Lewis Stevenson
11. The Hound of the Baskerville (chapter VIII)- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
12. Far from the Madding Crowd (the fire) - Thomas Hardy
13. The Three Musketeers - Alexander Dumas
14. Tess DUbervilles (chapter I)- Thomas Hardy
15. The Mayor of Casterbridge (chapter I)- Thomas Hardy
 PLANIFICARE CALENDARISTIC 2017-2018
SEMESTRUL I

Nr. Contents Linguistic No. of hours Week

Crt. Competences
1. Introduction and presentation 1 S1
2. The Adventures of Tom 1.1;1.3 2 S2-S3
Sawyer Mark Twain 2.2; 18.09-29.09
- pre-reading activities; 3.3;
- reading activities;
- listening activities,
- fill-ins

3. The Happy Prince Oscar 1.1;1.3 2 S4-S5

Wilde 2.4; 02.10-13.10
- pre-reading activities; 3.1; 3.2
- reading activities; 4.3
- listening activities;
- fill-ins;
- vocabulary worksheet.

4. The Nightinghale and the Rose 1.1;1.3 2 S6-S8

Oscar Wilde 2.2; 16.10 -03.11
- fill-ins- vocabulary 3.3;
worksheet;
- giving a personal
response;
- write a dialogue.
S7 - COALA ALTFEL - S TII MAI MULTE, S FII MAI
BUN 22. 10- 27.
ACTIVITI EXTRACURRICULARE
10
5. Robin Hood Howard Pyle 1.1;1.3 2 S9-S10
- pre-reading activities; 2.4;
- after reading activities; 3.1; 3.2
- listening; 4.3
- grammar worksheet;
- short characterization
of Robin Hood.
6. Peter Pan J.M. Barrie 1.1;1.3 2 S11-S12
- fill-ins vocabulary
worksheet;
- draw the literary work.
7. Test paper My favourite story 1 S13
04. -08. 12
8. A Christmas Carol Charles 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 2 S14-S15
3.1; 3.2
Dickens 11. -22. 12
- fill-ins vocabulary
worksheet;
- reading activities;

WINTER HOLIDAY December, 23rd January 14th,

2018

9. The White Fang -Jack London 2 S16-S17

- reading activities;
- post-reading activities;
- vocabulary worksheet;
- fill-ins.

10. Final Revision 1 S18