1 As a warm up do a sight and sound exercise (i.e. play a scene - try 2 mins54 secs to 3mins 54secs - without image to half the class and then show the same scene without sound to the other half without sound. then ask both groups to figure out what's happening )with the Name of the Rose in order to give them a sense of period and place.
2 Explain to students that they they are medieval detectives who have been asked to solve a series of terrible murder at a monastery.However, in order to find out more about the identity of the killer they have to know more about what is inside the Aefidicium (library).
3 Divide the students into groups (it would be a good idea to make sure that each group is mixed
abilities).
4 Explain to them that they have to draw the plan of the library using the extract from the book.
5 Go through any difficult vocabulary.
6 If you wish to turn this into a competition then remind students that they can't speak Greek and that any "offending team" will be rquired to down pens and be quiet for one minute.
7 When you have a winner then hand out the photocopy of the plan and ask the winning team to explain to the others how they got the answers.
Be warned, this is an intellectually taxing exercise. To make things easier you could draw a partial outline of the library, say the outer walls on the board to get them started. Also show them the tower from the movie to help them visualise the problem. -
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