By answering these questions, you will get some tips to read and understand the short story "The Traditions of Karzh".
Esta WebQuest es un elemento introductivo a los libros de Jack Vance. Mi intención con ella es de utilizarla para una propuesta de intervención didáctica que estoy haciendo en mi TFM (Trabajo Fin de Máster). En mi caso, la idea es que los chicos trabajen con una historia corta basada en los mundos de este autor (sacada de la antología Songs of the Dying Earth) y esta WebQuest es la introducción a la vida de Jack Vance, cómo es la Tierra Moribunda y cómo funciona el sistema de magia "vanciano". Estos elementos son muy importantes para que los alumnos tengan una buena introducción a la historia y no encuentren problemas al leerla.
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This first task is a part of a final task you are going to work in the following sessions. It will be evaluated as a part of the process of the final task.
Introducción:
Task 1: Preparing the Adventure!
An adventurer like you should know which the dangers he/she will find along the journey are. To do that, look into these websites and try to answer these questions. If necessary, support your answers with information from the text.
You must answer these questions about Jack Vance's life, work and magic system. The information to answer them is located in some website attached in "Recursos" session.
Activity 1: Meeting Jack Vance.
- Who was Jack Vance?
- Where did he live in his early childhood?
- Do you think that this place could have influenced him as a writer?
- When did he write his first science fiction story? What happened to him?
- When did he write the first Dying Earth’s short stories? Do you think that this period of his live could have influenced him on creating the Dying Earth?
- Jack Vance loved jazz music. Do you think that it could have influenced him too?
Activity 2: Welcome to the Dying Earth!
- Why do you think our planet is called the Dying Earth in Jack Vance’s stories?
- What characteristics define the Dying Earth?
- When is this world located?
- Is it a fantasy world or a science fiction world? Could it be both at the same time?
- Would you like to live there? Write a short paragraph explaining your reasons for it or against it.
Activity 3: Magic is coming.
- How does magic work on the Dying Earth?
- What is “Dungeons and Dragons”? What relationship exists between the Dying Earth and it?
- Do you think that there could be a magic student not able to learn magic spells? If your answer is “yes”, imagine what could happen to this person in this world and write a brief paragraph about it.