14. A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, AN AUTHOR

14.

A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, AN AUTHOR

Literature Teacher: Silvia Popovici School: Asociatia Demetrius Iași Country: Romania

Age of children: 14-15 years old Size of group: 25-30 students Duration of activity: 1 hour and 50 minutes

CONTENT OF ACTIVITY:

Museum guide will present the exhibitions and details about the writers and their works exposed (25 minutes). Teacher adds any relevant information, if needed (5 minutes).

Students are divided in 5 groups and asked to choose a writer/ author and to imagine that they are journalists of that time. Their task is to outline or to write the main ideas of a newspaper article about the author they have chosen. They can focus on anything that inspires them from that exhibition (25 minutes).

Each group has 5 minutes to present their articles to the others (25 minutes in total). Then, the teacher can emphasize different aspects and invite the students to discussions, asking each group the following questions (30 minutes in total):

Why did they choose this author?

Did they read any of that author's writing? Did they like it or not?

Why?

What caught their attention the most about that author?

What would you like to know more about that author?

What did they like about the exhibition about this author?

How did they feel as "journalists" in this activity? How hard or easy was it for them?

Children’s feedbacks: The students testified that they liked this role of journalists very much and that they were able to enter the atmosphere of the time, thanks to the visit to the museum. They also said that after this activity they are curious to read more of the works of Romanian writers.

MUZEUL LITERATURII ROMÂNE

( The Museum of Romanian Literature), Iaşi, Romania https://www.muzeulliteraturiiiasi.ro/muzeul-literaturiiromane/