Two-part webinar: - partnership with Eric Price (American author) - interview of three American authors

1. Flipped lit project.
Engaging literature students!
September 10, 2015. LPM webinar
Presenter: Marie-Hélène Fasquel
Guest Writers: Eric Price
Katie Carroll
And Kai Strand
Host: Amélie Silvert
Organiser: Jurgen Wagner

2.  Partnership between an American
author, Eric Price, and a 10th-grade
American International Section,
 Discussion about
 the Creative Process with three writers
(Eric Price, Katie Carroll and Kai Strand.)
 Editing (with Katie Caroll)
Two-part webinar
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3.  American International Section students
 Language and literature (over 50% of syllabus =
American works)
 Lycée International Nelson Mandela, Nantes
 13 works (to be studied in the 11th and 12th grade)
 New school/New section/
New teacher
 New partnerships, projects…
Birth & context of the project

4. 2017 OIB Exam
Oral Exam (30 minutes, coef. 4) Commentary
on a passage from 1 of the in-depth works
In-depth works:
1. Hamlet
2. The Great
Gatsby
3. Core
poetry
Candidate
leads (15
minutes)
Introduction:
-Situation +
Thesis (2
min)
-Commentary
(8 min)
-Links (5 min)
Examiner
leads (15
minutes)
Questions
on the
theme and
style on 4
to 6 works.
Written Exam (4 hours, coef. 5 ES & S, 6 L)
(One among the 3 following)
-2 essays (each
essay contrasts at
least 2 different
works)
--> You need to
know 6 works in
great detail (aim
of the author,
major topics,
ideas, structure,
recurring motifs,
stylistic devices,
quotes...).
-1 essay +
-1 commentary
(Mention at least
2 works in the
essay)
-1 essay (Mention
at least 2 works) +
-creative writing
task

5. Hamlet* (CORE)
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (CORE)
The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald (in depth)
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (CORE)
Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw
Core Poetry: A selection of 8 poems by Langston Hughes,
Rita Dove, Nikki Giovanni and Martin Espada (CORE) (in
depth)
A selection of 8 poems
……………………(CORE) (selection in October 2015)
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Disgrace by Coetzee
Stranger in the Village by James Baldwin (CORE)
Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King.
2017 Syllabus

6.  In the 10th grade:
 Learning how to write essays, how to
comment upon texts,
 Learning about close reading,
 Learning about literature, literary
movements, genres,
 Studying varied texts (novels, plays, poems)
Birth & context of the project

7.  Varied ways of teaching literature
 Flipped learning (resources to be studied at
home/tasks in class)
 e.g.: http://padlet.com/mhfasquel/earnest
 http://padlet.com/mhfasquel/much
 http://padlet.com/mhfasquel/hamlet
 Collaboration and sharing (working as a team:
for instance when the students summed up
their textbook)
 Taking part in competitions and projects
(creative writing, press, …)
Birth & context of the project

8.  Paper Planes Creative Writing Competition
(Animal Circus d’Alix DUPAS et Mathieu
GASOWSKI)
 Vocable competition
 EF Challenge for High Schools
 And Last but not least: Partnership with
Eric Price, American award-winning
author.
2014-2015 Projects

9.  Starting point of the project: Twitter
 Eric accepted to do Skype interviews with my
students straight away
 Eric is a fantasy writer
 All the better as our syllabus does not include any
fantasy
 Allowing American section students
 to work with an American writer,
 To learn about the creative process,
 To learn about the real day-to-day life of a writer,
Eric Price

10.  To experience creative writing with a
published and award-winning author,
 To read a book and be able to discuss it with
its author.
 To develop a taste for close reading,
analysis, literature in the making (as they
discovered the sequel to Unveiling the
Wizard’s Shroud.)
Eric Price

11. Reading the first 2 chapters of Unveiling the
Wizard’s Shroud
 Re-writing chapter 3 in groups (mostly in
pairs)
 Preparing questions to ask Eric during the
Skype interviews
 2 Skype interviews (with half
the class each time.)
The various steps

12.  Analyzing Eric’s style in order to be able to write
the next chapter,
 Analyzing the characters’ psychology, personalities,
 Reading the various documents shared on Padlet,
 Re-writing chapter 3 (paying attention to the
genre, the style, the characters’ personalities…),
 Reading their friends’ chapters
 Publishing the new chapters on Eric’s author’s
website in order to start a competition
 Discussion with Eric about the new versions
(upcoming)
The various steps

13.  Last but not least, writing with Eric Price:
rewriting one of his unpublished short
stories (on a volunteer basis).
Eric Price

14. Top 3 Inspirations
• Stephen King—Characters
• J. K. Rowling—Plot
• Chuck Palahniuk—Style
Eric Price

15.  Learning to Write
• Stephen King’s On Writing
• Institute of Children’s Literature
oWriting for Children and Teenagers
oWriting and Selling Books
oRevising to Publish
• Editors
• Last but not Least: Reading
Eric Price

16.  My Writing Process
• Characters First
• First Draft = General Story
oHighly Detailed Outline?
oPlot when needed
• Second Draft =Detailed Story
oResearch
• Rewrite
• Editors
Eric Price

17. Katie Carroll
Author and Editor of Books for Teens and Kids
www.KatieLCarroll.com
KatieLCarroll@yahoo.com

18. Katie Carroll
Author and Editor of Books for Teens and Kids
www.KatieLCarroll.com
KatieLCarroll@yahoo.com
 My Writing Process
• Give story idea time to develop in my head
• Begin drafting
• Stay on (self-imposed) deadline with my critique
group
• Keep lots of notes while drafting
• Reread and revise
• Send to beta readers for feedback
• Reread and revise

19. Katie Carroll
Author and Editor of Books for Teens and Kids
www.KatieLCarroll.com
KatieLCarroll@yahoo.com
 My Editing Process
• Read through manuscript
• Pre-edits
o Include editorial letter for author to make changes on
entire manuscript
o Mark first few chapters with specific notes for author to
get a sense of my editorial style and process
• Edits
o Review author’s changes from pre-edits
o Mark up entire manuscript with suggested changes
o Return to author to continue editing
o Repeat these steps as many times as necessary until
manuscript is ready for line edits

20.  Award winning and best selling author of fiction for
kids and teens.
 Also publishes for new adults & adults under the
name LA Dragoni
 Organizer of Lightning Quick Reads – multi author,
short story blog
 Along with author websites, social media accounts, &
blogs, manages or contributes to publishers’ social
media presence.
 Classroom and writers group presentations
Kai Strand

21. Creative Process
 First Draft
 Revision
 Critique
 Revision
 Read aloud
 Revision
 Submission
Kai Strand

22. Young Adult
Middle Grade
www.kaistrand.com kaistrand@yahoo.com
Kai Strand

23.  Eric’s website
 Flipped learning Scoop It
 Literature Scoop It
 Literature Facebook Group
 Project Padlet
 My website
References

24. Contact – References
Eric
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authorericprice.com
authorericprice@gmail.com
Twitter: @AuthorEricPrice
Facebook: Author Eric Price

25. Feel free to contact me!
mhfasquel@gmail.com
On Twitter: @mariehel2
Slideshare
My files on Slideshare.
blog
On Facebook, LinkedIn &
Google+, eTwinning: Marie-Hélène Fasquel
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Contact – References
Marie-Hélène

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Thank you very much for your
attention and participation!