COD 2015 - PS144

The Giver by Lois Lowry (New Classics Revisited)

Primary and Secondary School teachers

1 sessions, start: 12-May

Course detail

Year: 2015
Level: Primary / Secondary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. María Cecilia Pena Koessler MA
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ESSARP Schools
ARS
Exams Schools
ARS
Non affiliate
ARS 200.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 12 May 2015 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Facilitator/s

María Cecilia Pena Koessler

Graduate Teacher of English at Primary level and at Secondary level from I.E.S en Lenguas Vivas "J. R. Fernández." Postgraduate course in Medieval and Renaissance Literature at I.E.S en Lenguas Vivas "J.R. Fernández." MA in Literary Linguistics (University of Nottingham) and Medieval Studies Master's degree student (UBA). She teaches English Literature I and Children and YA 's Literature at I.S.P. J.V.González and I.E.S. en Lenguas Vivas "J.R. Fernández" Teacher Training Colleges and IGCSE and IB literature at secondary schools. She has participated in research projects on Intercultural Awareness and Border Thery. She has co-authored "Little Stars" pre-primary series and "Our Stories" primary series for Pearson and designed creative writing and literature materials for other series (Pearson and Macmillan).
Primary and Secondary School teachers
-To provide a fresh look on texts which have become a milestone in the Language classroom, by discussing new text-intervention strategies and activities.

-To propose authentic material, rather than graded readers, for an age group who is often difficult to please.

-To provide teachers with innovative teaching strategies that will allow them to make the most of the novels in preparation for future IGCSE ones.
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the Community. When Jonas turns twelve, he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back. (Goodreads)

Each new Classics Revisited session will be self-contained. Thus, teachers can decide on how many they wish to attend.
NO PREVIOUS READING OF MATERIAL IS REQUIRED
They can choose to either read the novels beforehand (copies are available at Kel’s and other bookstores) or attend the sessions in order to familiarize themselves with the authors via excerpts.
The sessions will be organized in terms of workshops for participants to enrich their understanding of the texts with contributions from the group. The latter 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.
Pope, Rob (1995). Textual Intervention: Critical and Creative Strategies for Literary Studies. London: Routledge
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