COD 2007 - P060

Helping Children To Enjoy, Create and Write Stories

Intended for primary school teachers who coach students for KS4 English Cambridge International Primary Programme (CIPP) or who teach developing readers. Participants will be requested to read different types of stories from Storywriter Y4/P5 in advance of the course.

2 sessions, start: 09-May

Course detail

Year: 2007
Level: Primary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. María Cristina Thomson de Grondona White
Print course
ESSARP Schools
ARS
Exams Schools
ARS
Non affiliate
ARS 40.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 09 May 2007 05:30 pm 08:30 pm
2 23 May 2007 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Facilitator/s

María Cristina Thomson de Grondona White

María Cristina Thomson de Grondona White is Teacher of English (ISP Rosario), Drama teacher (Escuela Nacional de Arte Dramático), and holds the National Diploma of Children's Literature, Christchurch C.E. (New Zealand). She's taught the subject at Escuela Superior en Lenguas Vivas "Sofía B. de Spangenberg"; IES Lenguas Vivas "J. R. Fernández", and at Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Cristina contributed as co-author for Good Times Primary English and Stories, Richmond Santillana; "Literature in Language Teaching" for the Licenciatura Educación at Universidad Virtual de Quilmes, and "Storytelling" for the British Council. Her children stories published by Alfaguara Infantil were recommended by the Barahone Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Cal. State University, San Marcos, U.S.A.; her research on storytelling and EFL learning appeared in Talespinner Journal of Research. An expert oral storyteller, Cristina delights in sharing stories with audiences of all ages and the tools of the art with colleagues and students.
Intended for primary school teachers who coach students for KS4 English Cambridge International Primary Programme (CIPP) or who teach developing readers. Participants will be requested to read different types of stories from Storywriter Y4/P5 in advance of the course.
To enable teachers to: - Reflect on goals of literacy development today. - Understand the purposes of conventions in stories for children and young people. - Identify specific features and structure of different types of stories (fantasy, historical and realistic fiction). - Devise activities to support story making such as story boards, character maps, time lines, etc. - Devise activities to enhance children's writing skills such as expanding vocabulary, exploring different text formats, identifying cause-effect relationships, etc. - Become familiar with contemporary quality short stories to share with students.
1. The significance of conventions in children and young people's stories. 2. Elements that make stories appealing to children and young people: features, characterisation, setting, themes, style. 3. Helping students to detect key features in different types of stories. 4. Helping students to plan stories. 5. Helping students to process and improve their texts.
Group work, plenary discussions, conclusions and evaluation.
Chambers, A. (1991) The Reading Environment: How adults help children enjoy books. Woodchester Stroud: Thimble Press. Chambers, A. (1993) Tell me. Woodchester Stroud: Thimble Press. Neuman, Susan B, Clopple, C. & Bredekamp, S. (2000). Learning to Read and Write. Washington, D.C. : N.A.E.Y.C. Ruttle, Kate (2006) Storywriter Y4/P5. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Recommended resource for CIPP. Ruttle, Kate (2005) Quest Y4. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Recommended resourcefor CIPP.
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