Category Archives: Past Workshops

English is all around us, and sometimes, the “unseen comprehension texts” that we teachers look for may be right in front of our eyes. Students enjoy looking at everyday objects in a different light in the Reading and Reflection Workshop. In this session, we learn to comprehend and process chunks of factual information using differentContinue reading “RSW: Graphic Organisers”

This week, students of the ongoing CWW batch tried their hand at creating poems with interesting silhouettes. Shape poems create a shape thematically connected with the subject of the poem. One of the many strategies where structural constraints result in lexical innovation! That is to say, restrictions don’t limit you, but rather, enable you toContinue reading “CWW: Silhouette Poetry”

The first batch of the online Creative Writing Workshop ended last week. Creative Writing is practised quite extensively by teachers in schools, and yet, we generally follow a format-based approach to writing. Letters, essays, limericks and stories. In CWW, kids will explore any writer’s essential toolkit: writing strategies that they can apply across different formsContinue reading “CWW: Student Write-Ups”

The Glottal Stop Workshop helps students re-imagine language as a science and explore English pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar through this unique perspective. In the two-day workshop conducted in Bangalore in February 2020, participants explored how language may be acquired and stored in their minds and how our brains process this information. Through activities and many,Continue reading “GSW: Language as a Science”