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Giulia, Nico e Sara closed the series of lessons my 5scB students gave to the rest of the class after reading a 19th century novel of their choice during summer. This morning it was the turn of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. The three students in the group used pictures and Power Point slides to visually support their very informative speech about the author, the characters, the story and the themes in the novel.
Since we are not working on the Victorian Age yet, they didn't try to contextualize Oscar Wilde's work. They instead made very interesting points analysing the themes .
While listening, their mates took notes. I sadly noticed that some of them were rather "surprised" at discovering Oscar Wilde's troubles and tragic end due to his homosexuality. The mentioned some were rather judgemental and, I'm afraid, I can't bear that. Unfortunately, in my experience, young people are sometimes much less tolerant and less understanding than adults. I must work on that. Promise.
Since we are not working on the Victorian Age yet, they didn't try to contextualize Oscar Wilde's work. They instead made very interesting points analysing the themes .
While listening, their mates took notes. I sadly noticed that some of them were rather "surprised" at discovering Oscar Wilde's troubles and tragic end due to his homosexuality. The mentioned some were rather judgemental and, I'm afraid, I can't bear that. Unfortunately, in my experience, young people are sometimes much less tolerant and less understanding than adults. I must work on that. Promise.
(The power point presentation used in this lesson is in the widget_box on the right - Dorian Gray 2012)
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