Our English students have been reading the novel “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” over the past few weeks, and tonight they handed in their final projects on the book, which was a group photo essay assignment. Each group was tasked with capturing photos that represented the major themes and events of various chapters of the novel, and the result was a stunning group of photographs presented to our teaching staff. The book itself is a memoir of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a journalist from France. The story describes his life after suffering a stroke which resulted in locked-in syndrome, and left him with only the ability to communicate through blinking his left eye. Writing the story took ten months (four hours a day) and eventually resulted in a number one bestselling novel across Europe. Attached is a link to a PowerPoint presentation which compiles one photo for each chapter of the novel that the teacher best feels captures the theme and/or storyline. The paragraphs that students wrote to accompany their photographs have not been included, but according to the teachers were done extremely well! Access should be public through this link (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Zg9rI7WZ0-ZFBBbURkdTBRMEE/edit?usp=sharing) but please let me know if you have any issues reaching the document!
Ciao from Roma!
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