COD 2017 - S577

Mindful Reading in the IGCSE English Lit Classroom: Improving Reading Practice in Short Fiction and Poetry to Maximize Exam Performance

Teachers of exam-based English Literature modules

1 sesiones, inicia: 23-Feb

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Ciclo: 2017
Nivel: Secundaria
Idioma: Inglés
Estado: Terminado
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Capacitador/es: Dr. Mariana Casale PhD
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Sesiones

Sesiones Fechas Inicia Termina
1 23 Febrero 2017 09:30 am 12:30 pm

Capacitador/es

Mariana Casale

Teacher of English (IES en Lenguas Vivas “Juan Ramón Fernandez”), MA in English, Literature, Culture & Modernity (QMW, London), PhD in Latin America Cultural Studies (Manchester). Manchester based reader-centred literary facilitator (English and Spanish) specialised in short and experimental fiction, trainer and consultant with a special research interest in Bibliotherapy/Literature and mental health. Manchester Literature Festival host. Author of The Making of Jorge Luis Borges as an Argentine Cultural Icon (MHRA, 2014)
Teachers of exam-based English Literature modules
To experience mindful reading, observing and assessing first reactions; to put ourselves in our students’ shoes and reflect on the initial encounter with an unfamiliar, challenging literary text; to reflect on and articulate individual reactions to text and, by doing so, shifting the focus from imparting literary knowledge to embracing the uniqueness of the way each individual engages with text.
-Mindful shared reading session
-Practical advice on specific set texts
First part: Mindful shared reading session and literary workshop. A small selection of ‘challenging’ texts – very short fiction and poetry - will be read aloud and discussed. Participants will be encouraged to read ‘mindfully’, i.e. deeply and reflectively, trying to observe, capture and embrace the feelings and thought-processes involved in the reading experience. The discussion will be stimulated by questions posed by myself although my role is to embrace the group’s reactions and follow the path that emerges from the situation itself, taking care to keep the conversation to engagement with the text, subtly guiding it to an in-depth analysis and providing expert literary advice where necessary. The atmosphere should be informal and conducive to open discussion. The purpose of this session is to enable teachers to put themselves in their students’ shoes when confronted with unfamiliar texts, while, at the same time, experiencing the power of motivation that lies in the joy of mindful reading.
Second part: Practical advice on specific set texts. Working on a small selection of set texts (a short story and two poems, for example, as requested by the school), this session will focus on tackling the practicalities of a reading session in the classroom:
• Transforming indifference, lack of engagement and negative reactions to text into positive, creative reader-response
• Reading group management and integrating different reading styles: how to guide and support whilst respecting personal response
• Types of graduated questions for discussion
• Helping students articulate personal response to text
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Stories of Ourselves. University of Cambridge International Examinations (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
Songs of Ourselves. The University of Cambridge International Examinations Anthology of Poetry in English. University of Cambridge International Examinations (Cambridge University Press, 2012)
Stories of Ourselves. Cambridge International Examinations. Vol. 2 (Cambridge University Press, 2014)
Samuel Beckett, The Complete Short Prose. 1929-1989 (Grove Press, 1995)
Lucia Berlin, A Manual for Cleaning Women (Picador, 2015)
Raymond Carver, Where I’m Calling From. The Selected Stories (The Harvill Press, 1995)
Amy Hempel, The Dog of the Marriage. The Collected Short Stories (Quercus, 2008)
Lorrie Moore, The Collected Stories (Faber & Faber, 2008)
Grace Paley, The Collected Stories (Virago, 2013)
Ali Smith, Public Library and Other Stories (Penguin, 2015)
Philip Stevick (ed.), Anti-Story: An Anthology of Experimental Fiction (The Free Press, 1971)
J. Thomas & R. Shapard, Flash Fiction Forward. 80 Very Short Stories
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