COD 2019 - PS205
Poetry for (Pre)Teens: Working your way to IGCSE poetry
Primary-(Junior) Secondary School-teachers, school librarians
2
sessions, start: 26-Mar
The course chosen does not allow any new enrolment
Course detail
Year: 2019
Level: Primary / Secondary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. Susana Fiordalizzi MA
ESSARP Schools
Free of charge
Free of charge
Exams Schools
ARS 1600.00
ARS 1600.00
Non affiliate
ARS 1600.00
ARS 1600.00
Sessions
| Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 March 2019 | 05:30 pm | 08:30 pm |
| 2 | 16 April 2019 | 05:30 pm | 08:30 pm |
Facilitator/s
Susana Fiordalizzi
Primary-(Junior) Secondary School-teachers, school librarians
- To introduce short texts (poems) which will generate language production, by discussing reading and textual intervention strategies and activities.
- To provide a variety of 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 a variety of 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 (Narrative, Lyrical, Dramatic poetry, Haikus, Contemporary poetry, 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.
The poems will be related to the topics set for 2019 -2020-2021 IGCSE exams
The poems will be related to the topics set for 2019 -2020-2021 IGCSE exams
The sessions will be organized in terms of workshops for participants to enrich their understanding of the texts with contributions from the group. They 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.
• Creative Ways: Teaching Materials from the Literature Department of the British Council. (Retrieved from https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/creative-ways, March 16th 2017)