We started reading the masterpiece Great Expectations

Ioana Ciripoiu/ Podenii Noi Secondary School

In March, my students read Great Expectations. The loved the novel and were very enthusiastic about the plot and characters. 

SALİH BİRKÖSE / MALTEPE GIRLS' RELIGIOUS HIGH SCHOOL

March was the reading and writing time of our project. My Students have read the book ' Great Expectations' and write their own endings . Their work was excellent. 

Cover Designs for E-book

Alev Çalımbay Atakul / 50. Yıl Chrysler Secondary School

As April activity we formed an e-book which includes our students' own endings for Great Expectations. We also asked the volunteer students to design a book cover. 

You can see my volunteer designer students Elifnur, Minel, Seher and their cover designs below:

Our e-book, "What if I were Charles Dickens" is published

In March our students read the worldwide classic Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. After they finished the novel at the end of the March, they started to think about the ending of the book. Because one of their most important task is to write their own ending for the book in April.

 The aim of this activity is to motivate students to improve their use of English language through reading a worldwide classic.

 And also we aim at encouraging the students to write in English, developing their imagination and creativity.

All of our students were responsible for the same task: creating an end of their own for Great Expectations. After they sent us their endings, we gathered them in one place and created an e-book as a collaborative product.

Some volunteer students designed covers for the e-book by using web 2.0 tool Canva. We took a poll to choose the best cover with Google Forms. Finally we formed the e-book on Flipsnack.

Now, the main activity of April, our e-book is ready for everybody to read what came out of the fresh and limitless minds of our students:

                         

     What if I were Charles Dickens e-book

 TUĞBA  KİRACI/ 50. YIL CHRYSLER SECONDARY SCHOOL

     You can reach my volunteer students' book covers below. Thanks a lot  for your efforts my dear students:)

TUĞBA KİRACI7 50. YIL CHRYSLER SECONDARY SCHOOL

For April , one of the things our students supposed to do is designing book covers for our e book which will include alternative endings written by our students  for Great Expectations by Charles Dickens .

Our students designed cover using canva web 02 tool and we had a contest via google forms and gave our votes to the cover we like.

The winner cover is by Christian I from Podenii Noi

Congratulations... And thank you all for your efforts.

Summary of March

 Alev Çalımbay Atakul/50. Yıl Chrysler Secondary School

March is the reading month for us. We read and finished "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. My students loved it a lot. Before we started reading I was anxious about their probablity of disliking the story. But they internalized the story so deeply that, they even discussed about the most beloved character of the novel, the most exciting chapter etc. They all had many ideas about the development of the characters and our protagnist Pip's bumpy life.

They felt sorry about Miss Havisham but also they felt angry at her behaviours to Pip and Estella's relationship. Most of my students' favourite character was Joe, because of his endless kindness to Pip.

After we finished reading, we watched the movie adaptation of the novel as well. It was a very successful adaptation. Students liked it a lot and watched it carefully in order not to miss any scenes.

You can see the summary of our March activities in the video below:

Finally, We Read Great Expectations

Alev Çalımbay Atakul/50. Yıl Chrysler Secondary School

March is the month that we finally started reading the marvellous novel "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens as we mentioned before.

My students were really excited to read an English novel in its native language as they have little chance to do it because of their level. But throughout this project, they improved themselves a lot. Now, they have the confidence to understand a novel that simlified to their level. And this enthusiasm makes me really happy.

In this month we came together from time to time in order to analyze the story. Students helped each other to discuss the main topic and character development in the novel. They all had a favourite character and a favourite chapter in the novel. Listening to their thoughts was a great joy for me.

 Tuğba Kiracı/ 50. Yıl Chrysler Secondary School

 For March , our students were supposed to read our project book " Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens . It was a really important  duty for our students as they had to read , understand a book in detail for the first time. I am so happy that they all enjoyed reading and they are happy to be a part of the book , to witness Estella and Pip's story .As they will rewrite the ending of the book in April , they tried to understand the feelings of each character . Fortunalety we had a chance to meet twice and talk about the book together . We came together , read our book , act it out and had lots of fun . Here is our video about the works we have done for this month. I hope you enjoy it.

 

As ŞEHİT SERKAN ŞAHİN SECONDARY SCHOOL ,we read ,analyzed ''GREAT EXPECTATIONS'' by CHARLES DICKENS and watched its movie with my students in this month.We tried to understand characters' inner world and got lots of information about them thanks to this activity.