COD 2017 - P212
Poetry for kids: Creative ideas for the Language classroom
Primary School teachers, librarians
2
sessions, start: 09-Mar
The course chosen does not allow any new enrolment
Course detail
Year: 2017
Level: Primary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. Susana Fiordalizzi MA
ESSARP Schools
ARS
ARS
Exams Schools
ARS
ARS
Non affiliate
ARS 800.00
ARS 800.00
Sessions
| Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 09 March 2017 | 05:30 pm | 08:30 pm |
| 2 | 20 April 2017 | 05:30 pm | 08:30 pm |
Facilitator/s
Susana Fiordalizzi
Primary School teachers, librarians
- To introduce short texts which will generate language production, by discussing reading and text-intervention strategies and activities.
- To provide new ways and strategies to use poetry in the class as a triggering element for Literary/Language analysis and enjoyment.
- To provide Language/Literature teachers and librarians with background information about authors and texts being used and read nowadays in schools in English-speaking countries.
- To provide teachers with reading strategies that will allow them to work with their students on the poems, in preparation for the analysis of future IGCSE poetry sets.
- To provide new ways and strategies to use poetry in the class as a triggering element for Literary/Language analysis and enjoyment.
- To provide Language/Literature teachers and librarians with background information about authors and texts being used and read nowadays in schools in English-speaking countries.
- To provide teachers with reading strategies that will allow them to work with their students on the poems, in preparation for the analysis of future IGCSE poetry sets.
Variety of poems (concrete poetry, Haikus, traditional poetry, Nursery Rhymes, Nonsense poetry, Limericks, Ballads, etc.) to be analysed. The participants will use these texts to design classroom materials.
NO PREVIOUS READING OF MATERIAL IS REQUIRED
The Participants will be provided with the material in the course. Due to the length of the texts used (short texts) the reading and analysis will be done during the course.
NO PREVIOUS READING OF MATERIAL IS REQUIRED
The Participants will be provided with the material in the course. Due to the length of the texts used (short texts) the reading and analysis will be done during the course.
The sessions will be organized as workshops for participants to enrich their understanding of the texts with contributions from the group. The Participants will discuss the target audience for each text, points of entry, textual interventions and intertextual links which can be established with other verbal or visual texts.
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• Hall, Geoff. Literature in Language Education. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
• Barone, Diane. Children’s Literature in the Classroom: Engaging Lifelong Readers. New York: The Guilford Press, 2011.
• McRae, John. Literature with a small ‘l’. Hong Kong: Macmillan, 1991.
• Made to Measure: A selection of works by British writers with activities for young learners, 2007. British Council Argentina.
• Morgan, Michaela. How to Teach Poetry Writing: Workshops for Ages 5-9. Oxon: Routledge,2011.
• Hall, Geoff. Literature in Language Education. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
• Barone, Diane. Children’s Literature in the Classroom: Engaging Lifelong Readers. New York: The Guilford Press, 2011.
• McRae, John. Literature with a small ‘l’. Hong Kong: Macmillan, 1991.
• Made to Measure: A selection of works by British writers with activities for young learners, 2007. British Council Argentina.
• Morgan, Michaela. How to Teach Poetry Writing: Workshops for Ages 5-9. Oxon: Routledge,2011.