Title:
Creative Ways: Starting to Teach Creative Writing in The English Language Classroom
Author:
The British Council/ Franz Andres Morrissey
Publisher:
The British Council
Page:
102
Format:
PDF
Size:
379 Kb

This teaching pack is based on materials developed by the British Council in co-operation with the BBC World Service. Creative Ways, a series of six radio programmes, was inspired by the British Council’s 15th Oxford Conference on Teaching Literature Overseas held in 2000. The theme of the conference was ‘From Critical Reading to Creative Writing’ and some of the key ideas that emerged were developed by the programme series. Creative Ways also incorporated interviews with the academics and writers involved as well as many of the conference participants.

Although the main focus of the conference was on teaching literature in an EFL or ESL context, we believe the approaches can be used and adapted by all teachers. The six programmes were broadcast round the world in 2000 and 2001. Each one suggested a different approach to using creative writing in the classroom, as follows:
Programme 1
Weaving Texts
Programme 2
Images
Programme 3
Stories and Effects
Programme 4
Characters
Programme 5
(Re)Construction
Programme 6
Experience and Observation

Following on from the broadcasts the British Council and the BBC developed a website (at the time of going to press there was no permanent address for this site. If you cannot find it, please contact us for advice). On this site you can find tips and exercises on how to start writing creatively.

In this pack you will find a tape of the original programmes, and the teaching notes written by Franz Andres Morrissey, University of Berne, Switzerland. Franz is a writer and a teacher of creative writing. He was a participant at the 15th Oxford Conference. You can make further copies of any of the materials included so long as they are not sold for profit. Other packs in the series are: Novel Ways (on teaching contemporary fiction) and Classic Ways (on new approaches to canonical texts), based on the 14th and 16th Oxford Conference, respectively.

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