Tasks

II. The Lake District

A project in connection with a school trip

Topic 1 - Meet ‘Miss Potter’ (watch scenes from the movie - everybody )

1. Analyse selected scenes of the movie ( everybody )
2. Write a film review for a young people’s magazine
3. Research facts about Beatrix Potter’s life – write an entry for a children’s encyclopedia
4. Peter WHO? Write a book review – would you recommend her stories for today’s kids?
5. You have found an ‘old’ newspaper containing an interview with Miss Potter conducted shortly before her death – write that interview and present it to the class
6. Write an informative text for a young people’s magazine about the life of women in Miss Potter’s time

Topic 2 – ‘I wandered lonely …’  William Wordsworth and his poem (dealing with poems – with a difference; everybody )

1. Transfer ‘The Daffodils’ into another kind of text
2. Be creative - illustrate the poem
3. Write your own poem
4. Facts about the poet’s life – for kids’ encyclopedia

Topic 3 – Tourism

1. The homes of W. Wordsworth and B. Potter – prepare a page for a brochure
2. Information about the National Trust (its aims and tasks; the jobs it offers to young people)
3. Statistics – how important is the Lake District for British tourism?
4. The landscape, what to do, where to stay – prepare information for a brochure (pictures can be added after the trip) and design at least one page
5. Write a review of the youth hostel in Derwent Water and put it on the hostels website (after the trip)
6. Write an article for a young people’s magazine: ‘The Lake District – a place for you?’
7. Write a questionnaire and conduct a survey among the students at Withington School (e-mail?), analyse the data

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