Literature and WritingTrainer: Mary W. Karatal

Pearson Education

May 6, 2006

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Literature is....

Diamond Brainstorming PoemRetherford (1998)

Literature...

has universality exposes students to the fundamental

issues of the human condition can be motivating offers variety and pleasure can teach culture raise self-awareness

Maley and Duff, 1989

“Literature allows students to practice the same elements of

second languge reading encountered elsewhere in the curriculum. They bring to the

classroom an aesthetic pleasure often unattainable through other

reading.”

Silberstein, 1994

“In contemporary approaches to reading,

meaning is created through the interaction

of reader and text” Silberstein, 1994

Schemata Theory

Formal schemata

Content schemata

“Learning to write can not be seperated from reading”

(Eisterhold 1990)

Reading provides...

Content

Ideas

Guidlines

Models

“Creative Writing gives students a chance to really play with the language. One of the things that you want is to have students learn to love language – creative writing can help achieve this goal.”

» Nancy Sommers – Director of the Harvard University Freshman Writing Program

What are the benefits?

Highly motivating

Help to overcome writing anxiety

Develops imagination

Allows the opportunity to play with language

Writing activities combined with Literature can help to... Build schemata

Aid in learning the literary elements

Build confidence in future academic writing.

What are the literary elements?

PlotSettingCharacter

analysisNarrative voice Imagery

ToneSpeechSymbolismForeshadowingThemes

Activites: Background clouds

Dear Diary

Character posters

Another voice

Onion Discussion

Games and Puzzles in ELTSession Outline

Crumpled Paper Game Lateral Thinking Puzzle(s) – Running

Dictation Kill the Word Build a crossword puzzle To do/To make Preposition Card Game