Learning with eTwinning - European Commission - Europa

3.3 Detective StoriesLevelAdvancedSubjectLanguagesAge Group 16-19DurationHalf a school year or moreProposed ICT Tools email, presentation tools, videoconferencing tools, shared filearchive, poll toolURL to full kit http://www.etwinning.net/kits/detectiveSummaryEach class focuses on one fictitious detective of their choice. The two detectivesrepresent different kinds of characters working in their own social, historical andcultural background.The aim is to find their similarities as well as their differences. Many activities suchas polls and questionnaires on each other’s work enhance a close collaborationbetween the partner schools.One example is a comparison of Miss Marple by Agatha Christie and InspectorWallander by Henning Mankell. This analysis includes regarding different countriesand time periods as well as male and female role models.ObjectivesPupils learn: • how to analyse and compare literary works;• about the genre and its historical development and specialliterary devices;• about authors and their contemporary background;• about regional, cultural and historical differences in theattitudes towards:- crime,- characters of detectives, criminals and victims,- solving a crime and fighting for the ‘greater good’,- male/female role models,- social classes,- ethics, i.e., attitudes towards crime and the differencebetween right and wrong;• how to prepare a short presentation on a literary text;• how to create their own crime story.Pupils must have good language skills to be able to read and understand literarytexts as well as to write texts on their own.20