Following the work already started last year with short stories, students from our school as well as partner schools have been challenged to engage in collaborative readings, taking advantage of the internet and their mobile devices. The outlined goals are simple: prepare the expressive reading of the selected text, use the available technology to promote contact between partners, keep the project and students active and record them reading the debated stories. Regardless of geographic locations, all the potential interested parties will have access to the audio recordings, particularly students who are partially sighted or visually impaired.
Here are some illustrative examples of our growing collection:
– The Last Command, by Arthur C. Clark – recorded during the COVID-19 confinement period, with two 9th graders:
– The same story, this time read by a Spanish and a Turkish student:
– The Gift of The Magi, by O.Henry – recorded at school, with 9th graders:
– Eveline, by James Joyce – recorded while in quarantine, with 9th grade students:
– Tuesday Siesta, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, recorded while in quarantine, with 7th and 9th grade students, a Polish and a Turkish student.
Though it is not a collaborative reading, here is an excellent read-aloud of House Taken Over, by Julio Cortazar, recorded and submitted by a 9th grader:
