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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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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.
Ten tips for learning success
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29948865
Santa Coloma: A town Split between Catalonia and Spain
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Recalling
1. What is the difference between past and present in Santa Coloma de Gramenet?
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Activities
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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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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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1. Which opinions can you find in the text for and against Catalonian Nationalism?
Opinions for Catalonian Nationalism
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Revision
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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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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.
Extension
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2. Look at the photos. Match Column A to Column B.
Picture: http://www.participa2014.cat/resultats/dades/ca/escr-mun-08245.html
Column A Column B Yes/Yes People who want Catalonia to become a State/Catalunya as a State to be
independent
Yes/No People who don’t want Catalonia to become a State/Catalunya as a State not
to be independent Yes/blank No answer/No answer.
No Spoiled Ballots Blank People who want Catalonia to become a State/Catalunya as a State not to be
independent Others People who want Catalonia to become a State/No answer.
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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/independence-
catalonia/#.VS0sztysUqM 2. http://www.econweekly.com/2012/11/the-case-for-and-against-
catalonias.html 3. http://www.jhubc.it/bcjournal/articles/desquens.cfm 4. http://www.businessinsider.com/qa-on-catalan-independence-
2014-9 5. http://www.goldmercury.org/wp-
content/uploads/2014/02/Scotland-and-Catalonia-Independence-Report-Gold-Mercury-International-2014.pdf
6. http://www.euractiv.com/future-eu/catalans-march-independence-news-514743
7. http://www.euractiv.com/sections/elections/spanish-state-mobilises-against-catalonias-pseudo-vote-309655
8. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/9537181/1.5-million-take-to-streets-of-Barcelona-in-support-of-independence.html
9. https://9novembre2014.wordpress.com/2014/11/11/what-catalonias-independence-vote-means-wsj/
10. http://www.marxist.com/23-million-catalans-vote-despite-spains-ban.htm
Project: collaborative problem solving
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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-create-
posters-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.
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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Santa Coloma: A town split between Catalonia and Spain
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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
remember and
talk about some
of the
information in
the videos and
the concepts
about the topic.
You can
remember and
talk very little
about the
information in
the videos and
the concepts
about Ancient
Rome
Understanding
information
You can
understand very
well different
opinions about
Catalonian
Nationalism in
Santa Coloma.
You can fairly
well understand
different
opinions about
Catalonian
Nationalism in
Santa Coloma.
You can
understand
somewhat
different
opinions about
Catalonian
Nationalism in
Santa Coloma.
You find it
difficult to
understand
different
opinions about
Catalonian
Nationalism in
Santa Coloma.
Applying
information
You can easily
use and apply
the information
to talk about the
topic.
You can use most
of the
information to
talk about the
topic.
You can use
some of the
information to
talk about the
topic.
You can use little
of the
information to
talk about the
topic.
Group work
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 most of the
aspects of the
unit with your
group. You have
worked very well
and solved most
of the issues with
group members.
You participated
in some of the
aspects of the
unit with your
group. You have
worked well and
solved some
issues with group
members.
You barely
participated in
the unit with
your group. You
have worked
little and solved
none of the
issues with
group members.
Create a
Poster Project
You participated
in all the aspects
of the creation of
the website
You participated
in most of the
aspects of the
creation of the
website
You participated
in some of the
aspects of the
creation of the
website
You barely
participated in
the aspects of
the creation of
the website
Assessment
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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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