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- 2. “The house was so mysterious, it was built between high trees that no one had planted. In the dusk the mountains looked like dark giants that everyone was afraid of. The wind was blowing so hard that the leaves of the trees were falling down, and as a consequence, the trees were stark-naked. This place really scares me…” Athena, ( individual work)
- 3. Motivating Students into Creative Writing through Art and Literature Maria Barberi International House John Haycraft Classroom Exploration Scholarship IATEFL 2016
- 4. How can the teacher motivate learners into Creative Writing by encouraging them to respond to selected works of Art and Literature?
- 5. GREEK STATE SECONDARY SCHOOL LENGTH OF PROJECT 10 weeks AGE 15 years old LEVEL OF COMPETENCE B1 – B2 in CEFR (The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages ) NUMBER OF STUDENTS 25
- 6. THE PHASES PHASE I Art as stimulus to literary narratives PHASE II Literature as stimulus to poems Abstract Art and Poetry
- 7. SELECTED MATERIALS AND ACTIVITIES MOTIVATION ATTITUDE NOVEL RESPONSES • Positive emotions • Enthusiasm • Effective group work • Concentration • Persistence • Sensitivity • Ingenuity • New insights • Authentic creative self expression
- 11. The Shipwrecked Day 30 It’s been a month since the ship sank. I wonder where the rest of the crew is. They might be dead. I’m on the west side of the Island. There is a statue here just like the one on the east side. These statues work like a compass. I think I can draw my own map and find my way back to Spain. (Group work, inspired by R. Magritte’s painting ‘The Sirens’ )
- 12. no 27% yes 65% no answer 8% Would you write a short story on your own in your free time? no yes no answer
- 13. PHASE II Literature as Stimulus to Poems – Abstract Art and Poetry “To give an Author to a text is to impose upon that text a stop clause, to furnish it with a final signification, to close the writing” ( Barthes,1967)
- 14. Poems out of Prose – New Year’s Day The poets’ view 2016 Haiku Here's your haiku Please give me your good wishes I am running short (Konstantinos, individual work)
- 15. Abstract Art and Poetry
- 17. “THE WRITING THREAD” – THE REVIEWERS’ GROUP
- 19. STUDENTS • Students were made aware of their Creative Thinking potential • Creative writing is a high form of Autonomy in its own right NEW PERSPECTIVE IN STUDENTS –TEACHER RELATIONSHIP • Tolerance towards Experimentation • Non judgmental attitude on the part of the teacher • The text as “ a location of an on going dialogue” (Dunlop, 2007) ) • Creativity , a sensitive process…
- 20. It has been an incredible journey of exploration…. Thank you Paintings by E. Papayiannis used after kind permission of the artist