COD 2025 - S728

ESSARP goes to St. Andrew's Scots School - IGCSE Literature. Songs of Ourselves: tools and resources for poetry analysis transferable to Paper 4 - Unseen. To Kill a Mockingbird: reading and writing strategies

IGCSE Literature teachers, secondary school teachers interested in helping students improve their reading and writing skills

1 sessions, start: 29-Apr

Course detail

Year: 2025
Level: Secondary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: AR304 - St. Andrew's Scots School
Facilitator/s: Cecilia Lasa PhD
Print course
ESSARP Schools
Free of charge
Exams Schools
ARS 35000.00
Non affiliate
ARS 35000.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 29 April 2025 11:30 am 01:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Cecilia Lasa

Cecilia Lasa holds a Ph. D. in Literature and a Master's Degree in Literatures in Foreign Languages and in Comparative Literatures (FFyL, UBA). She is a Teacher of English (IESLV "Juan R. Fernández") and a Teacher of Literature (FFyL, UBA). She has a Higher Diploma in Research in Humanities (UBA) and has done a Specialisation in Reading, Writing and Education (FLACSO) and in Writing and Literature (Ministerio de Educación, Argentina). She has worked as a teacher of Literature and of academic reading and writing in Teacher Training Colleges in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires and national universities as well. She is currently working as a teacher and researcher in English Literature and American Literature (FFyL, UBA). She is the author of Academic Writing and has edited and co-authored Literatura y formación docente. Proyectos de lectura y de escritura.
IGCSE Literature teachers, secondary school teachers interested in helping students improve their reading and writing skills
- To offer teachers a repertoire of reading and writing activities to tackle poems in Songs of Ourselves.
- To equip teachers with strategies and tools for poetry analysis that can be transferred to Paper 4 Unseen.
- To provide teachers with ideas and resources to analyse To Kill a Mockingbird.
- A toolkit for the analysis of poetry
- Reading and writing activities for poetry analysis
- Analytical skills transferable from Paper 1 to paper 4
- A toolkit for the analysis of prose
- Beyond the questionnaire and group discussions: other instruments and activities to guide student’s analysis
- Quotation analysis
1) Discussion of frequent problems students face when dealing with poetry, prose and Paper 4 Unseen 2) Exploration of specific features of each genre and possible activities to teach them 3) Guided group reflection on the literary texts mentioned above.
Cambridge International Examinations. Learner Guide IGCSE® Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Russell, Carey. Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Whitthome, Elizabeth. AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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