Books & Talks
Do you think reading is boring? It’s time to discover the fun part of it! Let’s dive into DLG (Dialogic Literary Gathering)!
Books, and discussing them, can connect our personal experience with the story we read.
It can help us to understand the world we live in and even ourselves and the others.
Warm up
Where can you get a book that might be worth reading?
Home, public library, bookshop, eBooks online, friends...
Choose a book from universal literature that will allow you to vibrate and touch significant topics for your life (friendship, bullying, falling in love, racism, migration, etc.). The list is long and very diverse.
Learn
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Now that you have a promising book, agree with your buddy and the other buddy-teams on the part you want to read.
In order to prepare the DLG you could read the book at home or with your buddy, take turns in slowly reading it out loud.
If there is a dialogue between two characters, each of you could do the voice of one of them.
Dive in 1
After reading, share with your buddy your thoughts, ideas, feelings or anything else related to the book.
Remember: you don't have to always agree, dialogue is about listening to each other's opinions and gaining new perspectives.
Now, after reading, let’s jump to your bigger group and you will experience a real dialogic literary gathering!
If you haven’t read the book, don’t worry, you can listen to the others but unfortunately, you won’t be able to contribute to the discussion. So motivate yourself to read the book before you meet, as you certainly will have a lot of interesting things to say.
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Dive in 2
Do you know the romance of Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare?
In Scene II, Paris, a powerful rich man, asks Capuleti, Juliet’s father, to let him marry her. She is still very young (14 years old). At Paris' insistence, Capuleti tells him to seduce her.
Only with Juliet's consent he will accept the marriage.
Reflect together and comment on this paragraph about arranged marriage.
What do you think about Paris’ request? And about Juliet’s dad’s response?
Do you think that consent is always important?
Are we always free to say what we think or feel?
If you are interested to read it yourself, here you have the original text in English.
Create
Now it's your turn!
Think about the issues that the discussion of the book has brought up in you.
Share with the others and create an artwork together (drawing, poem, collage… ) and when you are done: show it to others! What do they think when they see/hear it?
Don’t forget to have it uploaded into the work.it area!
Reflect
Step 1
Think about the things that helped you when reading (the place, the time, the book, the activities to do, the company, etc.) and share your thoughts with your buddy.
Step 2
Now share what you usually like and what you didn't like about reading.
Step 3
Imagine you are a teacher. According to your experience, what could help young people who have some difficulties in reading or understanding what they read? What would you tell them to make them feel better?
Write it down and make a postcard with your ideas!
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