COD 2015 - PS145

Short Stories for Young Learners

Primary and Secondary School teachers

1 sessions, start: 20-Apr

Course detail

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

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 20 April 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 acquaint teachers with distinguished contemporary children’s writers of short stories whose work students will find both extremely appealing and easy reading.

- 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 short stories in preparation for future IGCSE ones.
NO PREVIOUS READING OF MATERIAL IS REQUIRED. MATERIAL WILL BE AVAILABLE AT
ESSARP ONE WEEK BEFORE THE COURSE TAKES PLACE.

Teachers can choose to either read the stories beforehand or attend the sessions in order to familiarize themselves with the authors via excerpts.

• J. K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard: a Wizarding classic, first came to Muggle readers’ attention in the book known as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Now, thanks to Hermione Granger’s new translation from the ancient runes, we present this stunning edition with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by J. K. Rowling, and extensive commentary by Albus Dumbledore.
• Neil Gaiman’s M is for Magic: Bestselling author and master storyteller Neil Gaiman here presents a breathtaking collection of tales that may chill or amuse readers - but always embrace the unexpected.
• Michael Morpurgo's Singing for Mrs. Pettigrew: A Storymaker's Journey: his collection by the 2003–2005 Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo, contains short stories, essays and commentaries to illuminate the craft of storytelling. Analyzing all aspects of writing – character, plot, sources and inspiration, retelling and biography – it is perfect for anyone, young or old, who loves great stories and wants to know more about the art of telling tales.
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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