Bookworms - Meeting 3.4.1. - Life on the Refrigerator Door

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What means of communication
do we have these days?

Which ones do you use most frequently?

Do you have people that you speak to almost everyday, or very regularly, without actually hearing their voice?

1. Yes
2. No

Today’s topic is about some important themes in life, as portrayed in “Life on the Refrigerator Door’.

Looking at the title, do you have an idea of what the book might be about?

Life on the
Refrigerator Door

Two of the themes are mother-daughter relationships and communication. Read the two reviews by opening the hotspots above and answer the following questions:

1. Give two reasing why Emily ‘really likes’ the book?

2. What does Emily think the most important message is? Quote her answers.

3. Who should read this book, and what should they expect? according to Emily.

4. Kristin thought the book was ‘ok’. Why did she feel depressed after reading the book?

5. ‘yet it was glaringly too little, too late.’ What might be too late? What could have happened?

6. ‘…perhaps I'm less angry than saddened that people might need to read a book like this to be reminded of what is important in life.’ – What do you think Kristin means?

7. After having read the reviews, what have you learnt about the book?

8. If reading was your biggest hobby: would you choose to read it, or not?

Emily's Review

Open

Kirsten's Review

Open

Time for some advice

What:       Give advice to the mother and daughter

Help:         WhatsApp, Instagram, or TikTok

How:         Apparently, based on the information that we are given, the mother and daughter don’t  

                   communicate well. What advice would you give them?

Choose one of the following activities:

1. Write a Whatsapp message in which you convey your ideas. The name of the daughter is Claire.
   
2. Create an Instagram story, with an accompanying picture, about the importance of communication between children and parents. This can be either visual or textual.
   
3. Make a Tiktok in which you do something similar as in option 2.
   

Time:       20 minutes

Done:      Compare your work with a classmate and discuss your similarities/differences/creativity

Result:    Respond to your classmate’s message/story/Tiktok. Include at least one question you still have. 

                  Some students will be asked to present their ideas to the group.

Describe what, you think, the book is about?

Would you like to read the book or not?

1. Yes
2. No

What did you (not) like
about this lesson? Was
it difficult or not?

Homework

Read: 

• Life on the Refrigerator Door
  

Do:

• Create a post-reading activity for the book
  
• Create a shortology drawing of the book (use link in course outline)