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Santa Coloma de Gramenet: A town split between Catalonia and Spain

Àrea: Llengua Anglesa Autoria: Montserrat Pla Hernández

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SANTA COLOMA DE GRAMENET: A TOWN SPLIT BETWEEN CATALONIA AND SPAIN

Material elaborat durant la realització de la formació adreçada als docents que implementen el pilotatge del GEP (Grup d’Experimentació per al Plurilingüisme) durant el curs 2014-2015, realitzada amb el formador David Enright de l’OUP. SG de Llengua i Plurilingüisme Servei de Llengües Estrangeres Abril de 2015

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Ten tips for learning success

Read an article from the BBC in order to learn through English about how people feel about the Catalan Independence to gain perspective on opinions around you.

Learn autonomously by extracting information from an article so you can see you understand native texts.

Do some research using reliable sources of information.

Use appropriate language to describe graphs that show statistics about immigration in Santa Coloma.

Work individually and collaboratively in pairs and in groups.

Use different kinds of materials such as authentic texts and multimedia.

Play a game to know a bit more of Catalan culture.

Build a Poster for an Electoral Campaign to convince hypothetical voters that your choice is the best one.

Share your Poster and look at the Posters created by your classmates so you can demonstrate your creativity and see theirs.

Assess and evaluate your progress, participation, recalling, and understanding of the concepts of Catalonian Nationalism.

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Santa Coloma: A town Split between Catalonia and Spain

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29948865

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GRUP D’EXPERIMENTACIÓ PER AL PLURILINGÜISME Activities Recalling 1. What is the difference between past and present in Santa Coloma de Gramenet?

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GRUP D’EXPERIMENTACIÓ PER AL PLURILINGÜISME 2. How many people have not got a job in Santa Coloma?

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3. Why does Nuria Parlon, the mayor, say that she can’t state her position in public?

4. Why did Galdric use to be lonely?

Understanding 1. Are the sentences true or false? Find evidence in the text. a. In the 1980’s living in Santa Coloma was very cool b. The Fondo neighbourhood is full of Spaniards. c. Nuria Parlon, the mayor, supports independence. d. Galdric Arus is against Nationalism. e. Most of Santa Coloma residents are born in Catalonia. f. Nowadays most people’s concern is to have a job, not the independence.

2. Read the text and answer these questions. a. Why has become Santa Coloma one of the poorest areas? b. Nuria Parlon, the mayor, says she can’t state her position in public. Do you think that is a bad thing? Why? c. Why does the author say: “During my day in Santa Coloma, would-be

voters are more a trickle than a stream.”?

3. What reasons were there, for rich people to leave Santa Coloma and move to another town?

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GRUP D’EXPERIMENTACIÓ PER AL PLURILINGÜISME Applying 1. What difficulties do you think you might face, as a Separatist in Santa Coloma?

2. Did you enjoy reading this article? Why / why not?

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GRUP D’EXPERIMENTACIÓ PER AL PLURILINGÜISME Revision 1. Which opinions can you find in the text for and against Catalonian Nationalism?

Opinions for Catalonian Nationalism

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Opinions against Catalonian Nationalism

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2. Can you think of a “for” argument and an “against” argument for Catalonian Nationalism?

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GRUP D’EXPERIMENTACIÓ PER AL PLURILINGÜISME Extension 1. Play the Independence game.

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There are two players: one who wants independence and the other who doesn’t. They start the game in picture number one. They have to throw the dice and the first who arrives at the end of the game is the winner.

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GRUP D’EXPERIMENTACIÓ PER AL PLURILINGÜISME 2. Look at the photos. Match Column A to Column B.

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Column A Yes/Yes Yes/No Yes/blank No Blank Others

Column B People who want Catalonia to become a State/Catalunya as a State to be independent People who don’t want Catalonia to become a State/Catalunya as a State not to be independent No answer/No answer.

Spoiled Ballots People who want Catalonia to become a State/Catalunya as a State not to be independent People who want Catalonia to become a State/No answer.

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GRUP D’EXPERIMENTACIÓ PER AL PLURILINGÜISME Project: collaborative problem solving 1. Create a Poster for a political campaign for or against Catalonian Nationalism.

“Encouraging people to vote for or agaist Catalonian Nationalism”

PROCEDURE:  Work in groups of 4 people.  Choose three or four of the following WebPages to get some information about advantages and disadvantages of Catalonian Independence in order to create a poster for an electoral campaign to encourage people to vote for or against it in a hypothetical election.

1. http://www.debatingeurope.eu/focus/independencecatalonia/#.VS0sztysUqM 2. http://www.econweekly.com/2012/11/the-case-for-and-againstcatalonias.html 3. http://www.jhubc.it/bcjournal/articles/desquens.cfm 4. http://www.businessinsider.com/qa-on-catalan-independence2014-9 5. http://www.goldmercury.org/wpcontent/uploads/2014/02/Scotland-and-CataloniaIndependence-Report-Gold-Mercury-International-2014.pdf 6. http://www.euractiv.com/future-eu/catalans-marchindependence-news-514743 7. http://www.euractiv.com/sections/elections/spanish-statemobilises-against-catalonias-pseudo-vote-309655 8. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/95 37181/1.5-million-take-to-streets-of-Barcelona-in-supportof-independence.html 9. https://9novembre2014.wordpress.com/2014/11/11/whatcatalonias-independence-vote-means-wsj/ 10. http://www.marxist.com/23-million-catalans-vote-despitespains-ban.htm

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GRUP D’EXPERIMENTACIÓ PER AL PLURILINGÜISME  Choose one of the following Webpages to create a Poster for an electoral campaign to encourage people to vote for or against Catalonian Independence in a hypothetical election and sign up for an account (make sure all members of the group know the name and password to access your account.

1. www.postermywall.com 2. http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/02/the-best-10-tools-to-createposters-for.html 3. https://www.canva.com/create/posters/ 4. http://www.jukeboxprint.com/editor/poster_creator.php 5. http://www.brother.com/creativecenter/en_us/business/poster/index.htm 6. https://www.lucidpress.com 7. http://www.blockposters.com/ 8. http://www.fatpaint.com/en/custom/poster/design-your-own-poster 9. http://blog.cometdocs.com/best-free-tools-for-creating-posters 10.http://www.designcrowd.com/t/online-poster-creator 

You will create a Poster that will contain at least these components: Synthesize information from your previous exploration of the topic of Catalonian Independence sharing your point of view to the information you have learnt.

Share information with imaginary voters in order to convince them to vote for or against Catalonian Nationalism.

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Build your Poster based on the following requirements: It must be one-page Poster.

It mustn’t be the original template. You must change the colours, fonts and design from the standard model in order to give the Poster your group’s own personal style.

You must include information found by each member of the group.

You will include a link to a website showing information about Catalonian Nationalism.

You must include images.

 When you finish, share your Poster with your classmates and look at theirs.

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GRUP D’EXPERIMENTACIÓ PER AL PLURILINGÜISME Assessment Santa Coloma: A town split between Catalonia and Spain 4 

Recalling information

You can easily remember and discuss the information in the videos and the concepts about the topic.

You can remember and discuss most of the information in the videos and the concepts about the topic.

You can

You can fairly well understand different opinions about Catalonian Nationalism in Santa Coloma.

Understanding understand very information well different opinions about Catalonian Nationalism in Santa Coloma.

Applying information

Group work

Create a Poster Project

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You can easily use and apply the information to talk about the topic.

You participated in all the aspects of the unit with your group. You have worked extremely well and solved issues with group members.

You participated in all the aspects of the creation of the website

2 You can remember and talk about some of the information in the videos and the concepts about the topic.

You can understand somewhat different opinions about Catalonian Nationalism in Santa Coloma.

You can use most You can use of the some of the information to information to talk about the talk about the topic. topic.

You participated You participated in most of the in some of the aspects of the aspects of the unit with your unit with your group. You have group. You have worked very well worked well and and solved most solved some of the issues with issues with group group members. members.

You participated You participated in most of the in some of the aspects of the aspects of the creation of the creation of the website website

1  You can remember and talk very little about the information in the videos and the concepts about Ancient Rome You find it difficult to understand different opinions about Catalonian Nationalism in Santa Coloma.

You can use little of the information to talk about the topic.

You barely participated in the unit with your group. You have worked little and solved none of the issues with group members.

You barely participated in the aspects of the creation of the website

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GRUP D’EXPERIMENTACIÓ PER AL PLURILINGÜISME Checklist In this unit you have…

I have read an article from the BBC in order to learn through English about how people feel about the Catalan Independence to gain perspective on opinions around me.

I can learn autonomously by extracting information from an article so I can see I understand native texts.

I can do some research using reliable sources of information.

I can use appropriate language to describe graphs that show statistics about immigration in Santa Coloma.

I can work individually and collaboratively in pairs and in groups.

I can play a game to know a bit more of Catalan culture.

I can build a Poster for an Electoral Campaign to convince hypothetical voters that my choice is the best one.

I can express own ideas and talk about similarities and differences between people in favour and people against Independence.

I can share my Poster and look at the Posters created by my classmates so I can demonstrate my creativity and see theirs.

I can assess and evaluate my progress, participation, recalling, and understanding of the concepts of Catalonian Nationalism.

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