Programs for Secondary Schools [email protected]
All Year Levels 60 minutes
Secondary School Sessions will be tailored to year levels and focus required by teachers.
Greek myths
Atlanta, Demeter, Medusa, Orpheus, Ulysses, King Midas. (link to info about Alexandria)
Embracing difference
Traditional tales to show how relationships can be forged between pigs and wolves, jugglers and priests, between young men and ugly women.
Safe Schools
Stories that address the issue of bullying plus a folder of follow up activities for years 7-10.
Creative Writing
Stories and exercises to enrich experience, to embroider memories, to put a soul into the words on the page. Choose from:
1. Go to the ends of the earth: stories of journey and discovery
2. Finding a mate: some people know what they want and how to get it
3. Personal stories
Gael relates some of her experiences and leads a discussion analysing the structure and method she has used to create the told story. Students work with a set of “facts” to create their own stories.
Workshops
How can a quilt be the universe?
Stories and exercises to give students an understanding of metaphor by moving from the concrete to the abstract.
This workshop is designed to assist students with both the development of their creative writing and with their ability to understand and respond to text.
How does each student learn?
Explore three methods of learning (reading, listening and visualization) to discover which is the preferred learning style of each student – and by the end of the session each one will have a story to tell!
Stories for girls
These sessions are designed to give girls a safe place in which to explore some of the issues of growing up. The insights obtained in these sessions will also enrich personal writing styles by exploring some of the ways metaphors work in the stories we listen to and tell. Follow up work will allow an understanding of the role the “point of view” in the shaping of metaphor and the meaning we take from these stories and allow participants to begin the work of re-shaping the stories they write and hear.
Get in touch with your inner fury…but I never get angry, do I?
Stories to stimulate discussion.
Get in touch with your inner princess: How do I become the person I want to be?
Stories of princesses to touch your heart, to recall your childhood, to give you pause, to think, to listen, for fun...
Secondary School Sessions will be tailored to year levels and focus required by teachers.
Greek myths
Atlanta, Demeter, Medusa, Orpheus, Ulysses, King Midas. (link to info about Alexandria)
Embracing difference
Traditional tales to show how relationships can be forged between pigs and wolves, jugglers and priests, between young men and ugly women.
Safe Schools
Stories that address the issue of bullying plus a folder of follow up activities for years 7-10.
Creative Writing
Stories and exercises to enrich experience, to embroider memories, to put a soul into the words on the page. Choose from:
1. Go to the ends of the earth: stories of journey and discovery
2. Finding a mate: some people know what they want and how to get it
3. Personal stories
Gael relates some of her experiences and leads a discussion analysing the structure and method she has used to create the told story. Students work with a set of “facts” to create their own stories.
Workshops
How can a quilt be the universe?
Stories and exercises to give students an understanding of metaphor by moving from the concrete to the abstract.
This workshop is designed to assist students with both the development of their creative writing and with their ability to understand and respond to text.
How does each student learn?
Explore three methods of learning (reading, listening and visualization) to discover which is the preferred learning style of each student – and by the end of the session each one will have a story to tell!
Stories for girls
These sessions are designed to give girls a safe place in which to explore some of the issues of growing up. The insights obtained in these sessions will also enrich personal writing styles by exploring some of the ways metaphors work in the stories we listen to and tell. Follow up work will allow an understanding of the role the “point of view” in the shaping of metaphor and the meaning we take from these stories and allow participants to begin the work of re-shaping the stories they write and hear.
Get in touch with your inner fury…but I never get angry, do I?
Stories to stimulate discussion.
Get in touch with your inner princess: How do I become the person I want to be?
Stories of princesses to touch your heart, to recall your childhood, to give you pause, to think, to listen, for fun...
