COD 2022 - D681

Webinar - Poetry through Drama

This workshop is directed to language, literature and drama teachers (Primary and Secondary) interested in using drama as a creative resource for poetry

1 sessions, start: 03-May

Course detail

Year: 2022
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Ms. Susan Cocimano
Print course
ESSARP Schools
Free of charge
Exams Schools
ARS 2200.00
Non affiliate
ARS 2200.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 03 May 2022 05:30 pm 07:00 pm

Facilitator/s

Susan Cocimano

Drama Teacher/Trainer, Susan specialises in drama and creativity; tools that enable a novel insight for teaching and learning creatively across the curriculum. She holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Shakespeare from the University of Warwick. Her aim is to encourage both teachers and students to experience Shakespeare in a more dynamic and challenging manner, introducing new techniques and skills. Susan was Coordinator of the Arts Department in secondary at Cardinal Newman (2009-2016) and taught Drama in Education at St. Trinnean Teacher's College (2001-2017). She is a Cambridge Speaking Examiner and co-founder of Full Circle English.
This workshop is directed to language, literature and drama teachers
(Primary and Secondary) interested in using drama as a creative resource for poetry
Using drama activities as a tool to introduce poetry and to:
1. Improve sentence structure and focus on vocabulary
2. Work on rhythm, stress, metaphor and simile
3. Learn to use language in fresh and exciting ways
4. Write a poem
There are many reasons why studying and writing poetry will benefit students and challenge them no matter how difficult the poem is.
At the beginning our students might be afraid to be adventurous when expressing themselves and yet, as they interact, they will come to understand the meaning of a poem and start owning the text.
Choosing poems that work is not easy, but once you have found one you will be gratified by the students’ enjoyment and discovery of poetry.
During this workshop, teachers will go through a wide range of activities, techniques and strategies that can be done online and/or in class.
These activities will foster student involvement and allow them not only to take action but become part of the action.
Wessels, Charlyn. Drama. Oxford University Press, 1987, UK
Whiteson, Valery. New Ways of Using Drama and Literature in Language Teaching. TESOL, Series II, 1997. Illinois, USA
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