COD 2025 - D1110
Webinar - Weird creature(s)?: using Shaun Tan's work in lower secondary Language and Literature classes
This workshop is designed for lower secondary Language and Literature teachers, educators, and librarians interested in using Shaun Tan's work to explore and develop skills in visual storytelling, meaning creation through juxtaposition of visual and written texts, speculative fiction, and themes of identity, belonging, and otherness in the classroom
2
sessions, start: 10-Sep
The course chosen does not allow any new enrolment
Course detail
Year: 2025
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Postponed
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Mr. Luciano Camio
ESSARP Schools
Free of charge
Free of charge
Exams Schools
ARS 30000.00
ARS 30000.00
Non affiliate
ARS 30000.00
ARS 30000.00
Sessions
| Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 September 2025 | 06:00 pm | 07:30 pm |
| 2 | 24 September 2025 | 06:00 pm | 07:30 pm |
Facilitator/s
Luciano Camio
This workshop is designed for lower secondary Language and Literature teachers, educators, and librarians interested in using Shaun Tan's work to explore and develop skills in visual storytelling, meaning creation through juxtaposition of visual and written texts, speculative fiction, and themes of identity, belonging, and otherness in the classroom
Examine how Shaun Tan uses "weird creatures" to explore themes of alienation, migration, and identity.
Analyze the relationship between text and image in Tan's storytelling.
Develop strategies for integrating Tan’s work into lower secondary Language and Literature curricula.
Encourage creative and critical responses to multimodal narratives.
Analyze the relationship between text and image in Tan's storytelling.
Develop strategies for integrating Tan’s work into lower secondary Language and Literature curricula.
Encourage creative and critical responses to multimodal narratives.
Introduction to Shaun Tan’s artistic and narrative style.
Exploring The Arrival and Tales from the Inner City: themes of displacement and belonging.
The function of "weird creatures" as metaphors for personal and social transformation.
Understanding how Tan's visual style shapes meaning.
Analyzing narrative techniques in wordless and hybrid texts.
Discussion on how visual storytelling can engage reluctant readers.
Strategies for using Tan's books in Language and Literature lessons.
Designing activities that encourage students to analyze and create their own hybrid texts through textual intervention(s).
Exploring The Arrival and Tales from the Inner City: themes of displacement and belonging.
The function of "weird creatures" as metaphors for personal and social transformation.
Understanding how Tan's visual style shapes meaning.
Analyzing narrative techniques in wordless and hybrid texts.
Discussion on how visual storytelling can engage reluctant readers.
Strategies for using Tan's books in Language and Literature lessons.
Designing activities that encourage students to analyze and create their own hybrid texts through textual intervention(s).
Close reading of selected visual and written texts.
Group discussions on visual and textual storytelling.
Hands-on creative exercises incorporating writing and visual storytelling.
Practical strategies for lesson planning and classroom application.
Group discussions on visual and textual storytelling.
Hands-on creative exercises incorporating writing and visual storytelling.
Practical strategies for lesson planning and classroom application.