Short description

Students from Greece and Italy embark on a journey to the world of literature. Being teenagers in a world surrounded with advanced technology and intelligent gadgets, cuddling up with a good book is not among children’s first choices… or even the last ones! “To read or not to read?” is the question the students are asked to answer at the end of the project after working together to complete tasks, share ideas and discuss four books they will choose themselves. Using the “Six Thinking Hats” technique, students will be divided into international groups and analyze each book from different perspectives. In the meantime, students will write their own collaborative book inspired by the project’s tasks, their experiences and feelings.

Project languages

English, Italian, Greek

Pupils

Number of pupils: 33

Ages taught from 10to 12

Subjects related to the project

Art, Foreign Languages, Geography, History, Informatics / ICT, Language & Literature

Key competences

Citizenship, Digital, Multilingual, Personal, social and learning to learn

Aims

Students are expected to:

• learn about internet safety, netiquette, and copyright
• become familiar with teamwork
• recognize the factors that are important for a team to be effective and the importance of every team member’s contribution to a project
• develop their communication skills by sharing their thoughts and feelings about the books
• engage with the opinions expressed by the characters of the book or the author
• develop their sense of self and their understanding of the world
• investigating the book’s themes from a variety of perspectives
• improve their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in English
• develop 21st-century skills (4Cs), life skills, digital skills

Work process

Students will work in international teams to analyze four picture books and collaborate to write their own eBook. Groups will meet online twice a month.

December: Students will fill in a questionnaire about their reading habits. Internet safety & netiquette, copyright rules, ice-breaking and team-building activities will be completed. Students will be informed about the 17 sustainable development global goals, and they will meet online for the first time to choose the four global goals they find more interesting. They will be presented with four books related to the corresponding global goals based on their choices.

January: Students will work in international teams to analyze the first book using the “6 thinking hats” technique. They will work in both national and international teams to complete collaborative reading comprehension tasks. Students will also start writing and illustrating their own collaborative eBook integrating their experiences into their writing.

February: Students will work in international teams to analyze the second book using the “6 thinking hats” technique. They will work in both national and international teams to complete collaborative reading comprehension tasks. They will continue writing and illustrating their eBook.

March: Students will work in international teams to analyze the third book using the “6 thinking hats” technique. They will work in both national and international teams to complete collaborative reading comprehension tasks. They will continue writing and illustrating their eBook.

April: Students will work in international teams to analyze the fourth book using the “6 thinking hats” technique. They will work in both national and international teams to complete collaborative reading comprehension tasks. They will finish their eBook.

May:  Students will fill in the same questionnaire so we can see check the project’s impact on their reading habits. They meet online to share their experiences and celebrate their collaboration.

Project evaluation (students, parents, teachers)

Project dissemination

Expected results

The final product will be an eBook written by the students, which will integrate their experiences of the project and their thoughts and feelings about reading and group work.

Students will also be responsible for a Padlet where they will share book reviews of the books they read throughout the school year.