virginia woolf, writer · • in 1923, virginia woolf begins writing mrs. dalloway. • in 1951,...
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THISPACKBELONGSTO__________________________________________________LEVEL,GROUP&COURSEYEAR:____________________________________________
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ThisprojectwasdesignedbyMF(me)inMarch12018.
Thispackincludesalistening&areadingcomprehensionexercise,plusalistening-readingexercisetohelpstudentsdothewritingexerciseandthespeakingexercise,too!
IearnalivingasanEnglishteacherinstate-runlanguageeducationforadultsinAndalucía,Spain,whereI’malsothecoordinatorofthecrosscurricularsubjectofEducationforEquality(“Coeducación”inSpanish).
IdesigntheseexercisesformyElementarystudents.Studentsaregreatinspiration!Ihateexams,buttochangethesystemmorepeopleneedtounderstandwhytherearemorepositivewaysofevaluatingandself-assessing.SowhenIdesignexamsItrytoelicitcuriosityandameaningfullearningexperience,tohelpstudentsstopbeingafraidandfocus.
Inmypersonallife,IamasocialactivistwhobelievesweneedtobuildaSocietyofKnowledgetoreplacewarandhatred.IamthecreatorandwebmistressofTalkingPeople,awebsiteofferingfreequalityresourcestonon-sexist-mindedEnglish!TPispartofthebroaderMujerPalabraonlineprojectatmujerpalabra.net,anindependentsitewhereartists,thinkersandactivistscansharetheirworkandwherewecanspreadthewordabouttheirexistence,asmostpeoplepublishingherearepartofthepopulationwhonevermakesittopatriarchalhistory.
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Becareful!TheAnswerKeyisthelastpage!Don’thavealooktillyou’redone!JVirginiaWoolf,writer
LISTENING
Virginia&Vanessaplayingcricket
VirginiaWoolfDocumentary:watchhefirst6’40”
https://youtu.be/2Hnlsh8WyPEInstructions
¨ Readthequestionsandunderlinekeywordstohelpyouspotthequestionsfast!
¨ Watchthefirst6minutes40secondsofthedocumentary.¨ Thenlisten2or3timeswhileyouanswerthequestions.
Inall,howmanytimesdidyouwatchthedocumentary?_______1. Whatdatewassheborn?OnJanuary____________2. Whatyear?_________________3. Wheredidsheliveduringherchildhood?Shelivedin________________________4. WhatdidhersisterVanessado?
¨ Shewasawriter¨ Shewasaphotographer(butshewasalsoaverygoodpainter!!)
5. Whatwashermother’sname?Hermother’snamewas__________________6. Whatdidherfatherdo?Hewasa__________________________7. HowmanysiblingsdidVirginiahave?Shehad__________________siblings8. WheredidsheusuallyplayinLondon?
¨ Sheplayedinthestreet¨ Sheplayedinabigpark
9. Wheredidshespendherhappysummers?¨ InKensingtonGardens¨ InCornwallbythesea
10. Whatwereherparentslike?¨ Thefatherwasdominantandthemotherwaskind¨ Thefatherwasinsecureandthemotherwasdominant
11. WasVirginiagoodatcricket?¨ Yes,shewas¨ No,shewasn’t¨ Idon’tknow
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READINGTheHours(movie)TextselectedandrewrittenbyMFforElementarystudentsfromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia(retrievedinFeb2018)–USAmericanEnglish.About450wordsMethodologyQuestions1. Howlongdidittakeyoutoskimthetext?____________________minutes2. Howlongdidittakeyoutoscanthetext?____________________minutes3. Didyoudoasecondscanningtoanswerthedifficultquestions?
________________________________TheHoursisa2002British-AmericandramafilmdirectedbyStephenDaldry,andstarringMerylStreep,JulianneMooreandNicoleKidman.ThescreenplaybyDavidHareisbasedonMichaelCunningham's1998novelofthesametitle.
Thestoryisaboutthreewomenofdifferentgenerations.TheirlivesareinterconnectedbyWoolf’snovelMrs.Dalloway.VirginiaWoolf(Kidman)livesinEnglandinthe1920s.Shesuffersdepressionandmentalillness.Sheistryingtowriteanovel.LauraBrown(Moore)ispregnant.Sheishappilymarriedbutshefeelsveryunhappy.Shedoesn’tknowwhattodobecauseshehasaboy,too,Richard.ClarissaVaughan(Streep)isaNewYorkerwaitingforherAIDS-strickenfriend,Richard.Theactiontakesplaceinonedayinthreedifferentyears.• In1923,VirginiaWoolfbeginswritingMrs.Dalloway.• In1951,LauraBrown,ahousewifewhofeelsveryunhappy,escapesfromher
conventionallifebyreadingMrs.Dalloway.• In2001,ClarissaVaughanspendsthedaypreparingforapartyinhonorofher
formerloverandfriendRichard,apoetwithAIDS.Virginiahasnervousbreakdownsandbipolardisorder.Sometimesshefeelstrappedbecausementalillnessesareterribleandtherewasnogoodmedicationthen!Herhusband,Leonard,createsapublishinghouse,theHogarthPress,toworkathomeandstayclosetoher.OnedayVirginiarushestotherailwaystation.Shewantstoescape.LeonardgetstothestationtobringVirginiahome.
Lauraisathomewithheryoungson,Richie.Sheispregnant.Butsheisveryunhappy.SheandRichiemakeacakeforDan'sbirthday,butitisadisaster.Theymakeanothercakeandcleanup,andshetakesRichieaMrs.Latch’shouse.LaurachecksintoahotelandshebeginstoreadMrs.Dalloway.Shegoestosleepanddreamsthehotelroomisfullofwater!Whenshewakesup,shefeelstendernessforherbabyandRichie.ShegoestopickhimupandtheyreturnhometocelebrateDan'sbirthday.
ClarissaisworriedaboutRichard'sdepressionandthepartysheisplanningforhim.ClarissaisbisexualandhasarelationshipwithSally.ButinthepastshelovedRichard.Attheparty,Richardwantstokillhimself.Richard'smother,Laura,arrives.Sheexplainswhysheabandonedhim:shedecidedtostartanewlifebecauseherlifewaskillingherandshedidn’twanttocommitsuicide.
ThefilmendswithVirginiasayingthankyoutoLeonardforlovingher.(VirginiadecidedtokillherselfbecauseshewassufferingverymuchandbecauseshewasmakingLeonardsuffer,too.)Asagoodbye,shetellshim,"Alwaystheyearsbetweenus.Alwaystheyears.Alwaysthelove.Alwaysthehours."
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VirginiaWoolf,writerREADINGCOMPREHENSIONQUESTIONSTheHours(movie)Please,answerinfullsentences!Inreallife…
1. WhoisVirginiaWoolf?She_____________________________________________________________
2. WhendidshestartwritinghernovelMrs.Dalloway?She_____________________________________________________________
3. WhowasLeonardWoolf?He_____________________________________________________________
4. WhatwaswrongwithVirginiaWoolf’shealth?She_____________________________________________________________
5. WhydidLeonardcreatetheHogarthPress?Becausehewanted_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
InthemovieTheHours…
6. WhydoesVirginiarushtotherailwaystation?____________________________________________________________________________________________
7. WhatdoesLauradreaminthehotel?___________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. WhyisClarissaworried?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. IsRichard’shealthOK?_____________________________________________
10. WhydoesVirginiasaythankyoutoLeonard?____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Listening/ReadingWhatcanwelearnfromVirginiaWoolf?ListentomyreadingofthefollowingtextattheTalkingPeoplePodcastandthenlistenandrepeat,untilyoucanreaditwell!http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/2018/03/01/people-what-can-we-learn-from-virginia-woolf/From1989to1992IreadVirginiaWoolf&discoveredalotofworldsIdidn’tknow.IwrotethistextI’mgoingtoreadmyself,foryouElementarystudents,butIhaveincludedideas&informationfromTheSchoolofThought(linkbelow).VirginiaWoolfisoneofthemostimportantwritersinthetwentiethcentury.Heranalysesofferimportantideastounderstandthehumanworld.ShealsoexplorednewwaysofwritingbecomingthemostinfluentialModernistwriterintheWesternworld.
VirginiaWoolfcapturedinwordsalltheexcitement,pain,beautyandhorrorofthe20th(twentieth)century:urbanism,technology,war,shoppingandconsumerism,money,menandwomen,artandartists,andthehumanmind,withallthedramaandcomedyinlife.
VirginiaWoolfobserved.Shenoticedeverythingandthoughtandwroteaboutit.Shewroteaboutgoodthingsandaboutpain,aboutthepowerofwords,ofliterature,andhowmuchwecanlearnfromallthattouseinourlives.Shewantedtounderstandlife.
Shedevelopedherintelligenceandhelpedpeopledeveloptheirintelligence!Shelearnedfromherownlife.Shejustlived55yearsbutwithherlifeandworkshehelpedusunderstandthehumanmindbetter!Woolf’sparentsdiedwhenshewasyoung.Afterhermother’sdeath,shehadherfirstnervousbreakdown.Shealsosufferedsexualabuseatthehandsofahalfbrother.Butatthattime,youcouldnottell–womenwerealwaysconsidered“guilty”oftheabusetheysuffered.Societywasmoresexistthantoday!
Tomakemattersworse,womencouldnotbethinkersorartistsbecause–accordingtotradition–womendidnothaveenoughintelligence.Forthesamereason,womencouldnotstudyatschoolsoruniversities.Virginiawantedtolearn,butshecouldn’tborrowbooksattheuniversitylibrary!Thismadeherverysadandangry.Luckily,herfamilyhadalargelibraryathomeandVirginiareadandread!Shewasself-educated.
In1912shemarriedLeonardWoolf.In1914theFirstWorldWarstarted.In1917VirginiaandLeonardstartedtheirownpublishinghouse,calledthe
HogarthPress.VirginiaandLeonard,andtheHogarthPress,werepartofthe
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BloomsburyGroup,agroupofartistsandthinkerswholivedintheneighbourhoodofBloomsburyinLondon.VirginiaandLeonardpublishedT.S.Eliot’sTheWasteland,averyimportantauthorinpoetry.TheyalsopublishedSigmundFreud’scompleteworks-whenFreudwasnotfamous!
Atthistimeshewaswritingarticlesfornewspapers,too,becausefirstsheworkedasajournalist.Thenshewroteherownstories,novelsandessays.BetweenWWI(1914–18)andWWII(1939–45),inonlyfouryears,shewrotefourofhermostfamousworks:thenovelsMrs.Dalloway,TotheLighthouse,andOrlandoandtheessayARoomofOne’sOwn.
Shewroteabouthowgenderrolescan’tmakeushappybecausewearehuman,wearemore!Shedenouncedthatwomenwerealwayspoorandthattheyneededmoney,independence,freedombecausetheywerehuman.Sheanalysedthegraveinjusticeofthesituationofwomen–insocietyandinhistory,wherewomenwereignored.Shesaid,
Twoofheressays,ARoomofOne’sOwnandThreeGuineasareveryimportant
infeministthinkingandwomen’sherstory.InARoomofOne’sOwnsheimaginesthelifeofShakespeare’ssister.Womenhavealwaysbeenpoor!Theyneedmoneyandtheirownroom!ThreeGuineasisananti-waressay.Shewroteagainstwarbecausesheexperiencedtwoworldwars.Shedidn’tbelievewarcouldsolveproblems.
In1941,aftertwoyearsoftheSecondWorldWar,aworldwaragain!,andbeforehavinganothermentalcrisis,Virginiadecidedtocommitsuicide.Shewantedtostopallthesuffering,insideandoutside,forherandforherbelovedhusbandandcompanion.
Emerson,oneofherfavoritewriters,said:“Intheworkofawriterofgeniuswerediscoverourownneglectedthoughts”andshewasawriterofgenius,neverafraidtothinkandexplore!
¨ Areyoucurious?ListentoVirginiaWoolf’svoiceathttps://youtu.be/zcbY04JrMaU
¨ WatchthedocumentaryofTheSchoolofThoughtwhenyou’rereadyorgettoAvanzado(B2)!https://youtu.be/d1W7wqXD_b0
SPEAKINGFILE.Nowusethisaudiotopreparea3-minutetalkonVirginiaWoolf!Remembertouseanoutline,notanarrative!YoucanincludeyourowninformationifyouaresurethatyourEnglishisOK!Writingthenarrativeisthelasttestofall,thewritingtest(nextpage).Youcanbaseyourwritingonyouroralbutadaptingittothekindofwrittentextyouarerequiredtowrite.Rememberanoralpresentationisnotanarticle!
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WRITINGWriteanarticlein100-125wordsaboutVirginiaWoolf.Becareful:moviestories(plots)aretoldinthepresent,butbiographiesaretoldinthepastwhenthepersonisdead.
Rememberto…1. Think/brainstorm2. Workoutanoutline3. Writefollowingyouroutline(usethebackofthispage)4. Thinkofagoodoraninformativetitle!5. Proofreadyourworkatleasttwice!
Biography–anarticle
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Becareful!TheAnswerKeyisturningthispage!!VirginiaWoolf,writer
AnswerKeyLISTENINGp.3:Documentary
1. OnJanuary25.2.1882.3.ShelivedinLondon.4.Shewasaphotographer(butshewasalsoaverygoodpainter!!).5.Hermother’snamewasJulia.6.Hewasawriter.7.Shehad7siblings.8.Sheplayedinabigpark.9.InCornwallbythesea.10.Thefatherwasdominantandthemotherwaskind.11.Yes,shewas.
READINGp.4:MovieReview
1.Sheisa(British/English)writer.2.ShestartedwritingMrs.Dallowayin19233.LeonardWolf/HewasVirginia’shusband.4.Shehadnervousbreakdownsandbipolardisorder/Shehaddepressionandamentalillness.5.BecausehewantedtoworkathomeandstayclosetoVirginia.6.Becauseshefeelstrapped/shewantstoescape.7.Lauradreamsthehotelisfullofwater!8.Becauseherfriendisill/hasAIDs/SheisworriedaboutRichard’sdepressionandforthepartyforhim.9.No,itisn’t.HehasAIDs(anddepression).10.Forlovingher/Becausehelovedherverymuch/Forhislove.
WRITINGp.8:Anarticle(abio).100-125wordsEXAMPLE
VIRGINIAWOOLFVirginiaWoolfisaBritishwriter.Shewasbornin1882.ShelivedinBloomsbury,London,whereshehadagroup,theBloomsburyGroup!Theywereartistsandthinkers.
Herparentsdiedandshehaddepressionandhadbipolarproblems.Butshelovedlife.Shelovedwriting,learning.Shelovedlanguage.Shediscoveredanewwaytowrite.
ShemarriedLeonardWoolf.TheycreatedtheHogarthPress.Theyworkedtogether.
VirginiaWoolfworkedasajournalist.Thenshebecameawriter,too.Shewroteinterestingbooks.Shewasverybraveandintelligent.
Shedidn’tlikewar.Shelivedduringthefirstandthesecondworldwars.In1941,duringthesecondwar,shecommittedsuicide.Shedidn’twantto
suffermore.(123words)