COD 2012 - PS94

Exploiting Picture Books to the Full

Primary school teachers.

1 sessions, start: 26-Sep

Course detail

Year: 2012
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
ARS
Non affiliate
ARS 100.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 26 September 2012 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 school teachers.
Teachers will learn:

- To explore the wide range of creative activities that can be carried out with picture books in addition to reading comprehension activities.

- To differentiate picture books from other illustrated texts in order to highlight their uniqueness.

- To identify the different parts of a picture book and how each part contributes to the visual and verbal richness of the texts.

- To analyze how borders, colours, lines, two-dimensional and three-dimensional effects affect the plot of the picture book.

- To identify postmodernist features in contemporary picture books and how they break away from tradition.
By means of a deep analysis of the art of illustration, teachers will learn to discover and interpret both how writer and artist stir the young people’s imaginations. Besides, teachers will explore the wide range of creative activities that can be carried out with picture books in addition to reading comprehension activities.
This course will be delivered in a workshop mode for participants to enrich their understanding of the texts with contributions from the group. As the aim of this course is that participants have a hands-on experience, picture books of different illustration artistic styles, typographies, designs and age groups will be introduced for teachers to use in their classes. Teachers are invited to bring the picture books they use at school to this workshop.
- Ansley, M. (2002) "It's not all black and white": Postmodern picture books and new literacy. Journal of Adolescent & Adult literacy, p. 444-457.
- Gibson, M. (2010) "Picturebooks, Comics and Graphic Novels" in David Rudd (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Children’s Literature, London: Routledge.
- Lewis, D. (2001) Reading Contemporary Picturebooks: Picturing Text. London. Routledge Palmer.
- Lewis, D. (2006) "Postmodernism and the Picturebook" in Sharon Goodman and Kieran O'Halloran (eds.), The Art of English: Literary Creativity, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Mccannon, Desdemona, Sue Thorton and Yazdia Williams (2008) The Bloomsbury Guide to Creating Illustrated Children's Books. London: Quarto Book.
- Pantaleo, S. and Sipe, L. (2007) "Exploring Peritextual Elements in Picturebooks" International Reading Association Conference.
- Reynolds, K. (2007) Radical Children's Literature: Future Visions and Aesthetic transformations in Juvenile Fiction. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Reynolds, K. (ed.) (2005) Modern Children's Literature: an Introduction. Houndmills: Palgrave.
- Salisbury, M. (2010) Illustrating Children’s Books: Creating Pictures for Publication. London: Quarto Book.
- Stafford, T. (2011) Teaching Visual Literacy in the Primary Classroom: Comic books, film, television and picture narratives. Oxon: Routledge.
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