19 December 2013
1 December 2013
Second Creative Writing Contest in Balikesir
And the winners are...
Congratulations to Lilou Boddaert (1-03) whose short story won the award of the best style! Read it HERE!
Other results coming soon...
To read the whole selection of short stories in competion in Balikesir, click HERE.
To kwow more about the photos that have inspired them, click HERE.
Congratulations to Lilou Boddaert (1-03) whose short story won the award of the best style! Read it HERE!
To read the whole selection of short stories in competion in Balikesir, click HERE.
To kwow more about the photos that have inspired them, click HERE.
Meeting in Balikesir, Turkey
We spent wonderful days in Balikesir and Instanbul! Thank you to all the students and all the teachers who took part in this meeting.
And very special thanks to Yunus Emre Avcu, Mümin Eleren, Dudu Isik and Nilüfer Kuru Akın for their great professionalism and benevolent kindness :)
Enjoy all the photos on Facebook: YEWS for Students
16 November 2013
Selected Short-Stories for Creative Writing Competition in Turkey
Here are the two short stories selected by the 1 345 students last Tuesday:
The End by Lilou Boddaert
Cyber Fighters by Claire Mathon
These two short stories will compete in the second creative writing competition that will take place in Balikesir next week.
Enjoy!
The End by Lilou Boddaert
Cyber Fighters by Claire Mathon
These two short stories will compete in the second creative writing competition that will take place in Balikesir next week.
Enjoy!
13 October 2013
Students going to Turkey + Profile Form
Here are the names of the eight students who are going to Turkey from the 19th to the 24th of November:
ALCARAS Joan
AULAGNER Pauline
CHEBALLAH Ilyès
LOMBARDI Loélïa
MARTIN Lucas
MATHON Claire
MOUSSIERE Luce
SZYMZAK Alban
Now it is time for the Turkish team to match foreign students and Turkish hosts! That's why you have to fill in a profile form.
Please, upload THIS DOCUMENT (student profile), complete it and send it to yunus1099@hotmail.com (Yunus Emre Avcu, Turkish coordinator) as soon as possible.
ALCARAS Joan
AULAGNER Pauline
CHEBALLAH Ilyès
LOMBARDI Loélïa
MARTIN Lucas
MATHON Claire
MOUSSIERE Luce
SZYMZAK Alban
Now it is time for the Turkish team to match foreign students and Turkish hosts! That's why you have to fill in a profile form.
Please, upload THIS DOCUMENT (student profile), complete it and send it to yunus1099@hotmail.com (Yunus Emre Avcu, Turkish coordinator) as soon as possible.
21 September 2013
Inspirational photos for second writing session
In a few days, students will have to write the second series of short stories for the second competition that will take place in Turkey from the 20th to the 25th of November 2013.
TASKS
1) 1 456 have to select three photos by famous French photographers.
It is important to choose inspirational photos in which there are characters.
Click on the links below to discover famous French photographers:
- French photographers (Encyclopaedia Universalis)
- Robert Doisneau
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Théo Gosselin
- Léo Caillard
- JR
- Julien Ermine
2) 1 456 students have to publish their photos in The Book of Knowledge. Each photo must be published with the name of its photographer and a short biography as well as the year of publication of the photo).
3) 1 123 are have to write the short stories. Futher instructions will be given soon.
This time, the writers will find inspiration in photos chosen by students involved in our project.
TASKS
1) 1 456 have to select three photos by famous French photographers.
It is important to choose inspirational photos in which there are characters.
Click on the links below to discover famous French photographers:
- French photographers (Encyclopaedia Universalis)
- Robert Doisneau
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Théo Gosselin
- Léo Caillard
- JR
- Julien Ermine
2) 1 456 students have to publish their photos in The Book of Knowledge. Each photo must be published with the name of its photographer and a short biography as well as the year of publication of the photo).
3) 1 123 are have to write the short stories. Futher instructions will be given soon.
11 June 2013
Illustrations for the final e-book
At the end of the project, the best short stories will be incorporated into an e-book illustrated by the students.
Here are some of the illustrations created by the French students this week !
Here are some of the illustrations created by the French students this week !
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| 910 by Emilie and Julia |
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| The Liar by Marius |
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| The Eyes of Death by Rachel |
29 May 2013
Photos of Award Ceremony in Marcel Gimond
This ceremony took place on Tuesday, May 21st.
Thank you to Mr Denjean, the headmaster, for being with us!
Thank you to Mr Denjean, the headmaster, for being with us!
To see all the photos, please click HERE.
28 April 2013
First Creative Writing Contest in Lecce
And the winners are...
For best plot: 910 by France
For most original short story: The Bet by Bulgaria
For best ending: Mater Morbi by Italy
For best style: Unwept Tears by Turkey
Congratulations to all the winners and the readers!
In France, an award ceremony will be organized soon to congratulate and reward the two writers of 910, in the presence of Mr Denjean, our headmaster.
Photos coming soon :-)
Meeting in Lecce, Italy.
Find the programme of the meeting HERE.
Thank you to all the organizers and participants for this great meeting!
Special thanks to Lina Bonatesta, the Italian coordinator, for her great professionalism and kindness!
Click HERE to watch wonderful photos of the meeting on Gianny Carluccio's website.
7 April 2013
Short Story Collection n°1
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Here are the two French short stories selected for the writing contest in Lecce: 910 by Rachel and Samuel
The Eyes of Death by Iliès
Here are other short stories written by the students involved in YEWS:
The Liar by JuliaA Single Ticket by Luana and Yasmina
A Trip of Hope by Louis and Quentin
Congratulations to the winners and the other students for their very good work!
Learn more about the paintings which inspired these short stories HERE.
Learn more about the other short stories in competition HERE.
13 March 2013
Evaluating short fiction
In a few days, you will have to select the two best short stories that will be in competition in Lecce.
It is time to think about the evaluation criteria.
What
makes a good short story? What destroys a short story? What makes a
good reader?
Here is food for thought!
12 March 2013
Next Meeting in Italy, April 10-15 2013
Here are the names of the students who have been selected to participate in the next meeting, in Lecce:
- Raphaël Bracque
- Théo Baylon
- Maxime Enjolras
- Luana Terrasse
- Kenza Khennouche
- Louis Isse
- Mélody Chareyre
- John Weir
Congratulations to all of them!
They will be accompanied by teacher Marie-Laure Simon and teacher Gladys Dousson.
Together, they will meet some of the students and teachers that take part in the project in Bulgaria, Turkey and Italy.
Among the different tasks they will have to perform, they will have to select the best short stories of the first contest and reward them!
19 February 2013
3 Videos of the Working Meeting in Bulgaria
Thanks to all of the Bulgarian students who created them! Great Job!
To see the two other videos click HERE.
To see the two other videos click HERE.
11 February 2013
First Creative Writing Contest: April 2013
It is time to start writing your short stories for the first contest in Italy!
You have just studied documents about New York City and immigration into the United States.
The final task* of this unit consists in writing an immigration short story inspired by one of the paintings selected by your Comenius classmates.
Creative Writing Process
1. In pairs, choose one of the paintings selected by your European classmates and use it to imagine a story.
Find the paintings here: http://yewsbookofknowledge.blogspot.fr
==> Think about the scenery, the people in the painting (who are they, what are they doing, why? How did they get there, where are they going? Describe them. Why do they wear those clothes (that shirt, that necklace, that glasses, or what else…)? Do those dirty shoes (or new shoes, new hat, etc.) mean something special to them? What are their names? What are they frowning/smiling at?
==> Use all that you have learnt about New York City immigration into the USA to find inspiration and enrich you story.
2. You might need some examples to find inspiration.
==> Read the short stories given by your teacher. Which one do you prefer? Why? What about the opening / the ending? What about the characters? The tone?
3. You might need some tools to help you write a more interesting short story.
==> Read and use the different documents given by your teacher: Elements of Short Stories – How to Make Interesting Characters – Story Opening – Plot Twists
Find some of these documents here: http://yewscreativewritingworkshop.blogspot.fr
Editing Your Short Story
Once your short story is ready and the mistakes are corrected, you have to word process your text.
==> PLEASE, respect the following rules:
Font: Arial
Size: 12
Text format: justified
Margin: 2.5
Line space: 1.5
Lines per page: 30
Maximum page number: 4
Page numbering: bottom center
Evaluation
==> The quality of the story and the quality of the language will be both evaluated. They will be published on this blog.
==> The two best short stories – chosen by your classmates and / or your teacher(s) – will be selected for the first creative writing contest in Italy where the four best ones will be awarded.
Good luck and work hard!
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* Objectifs pédagogiques
- Solliciter la créativité et l'imagination
- Eduquer le goût d'écrire pour accroître le plaisir de lire
- Ecrire dans le but d'être lu, apprécié ou critiqué
- Compléter l'approche rationnelle et analytique de la littérature par la pratique intuitive et sensible de la création littéraire
- Reconnaître et comprendre les caractéristiques et les contraintes formelles d'un genre littéraire par la pratique sensible de la création littéraire imitative de ce genre
- Placer la pratique institutionnelle de l'écriture en langue vivante dans une situation stimulante (participer à un concours littéraire, en connaître et en accepter les contraintes formelles et les critères de sélection)
- Acquérir des savoirs formels (stylistiques, lexicaux, grammaticaux, rédactionnels, bureautiques, etc.) motivés par les besoins que dicte l'acte individuel d'écriture
- Renforcer le sentiment de fierté devant l'oeuvre accompli
You have just studied documents about New York City and immigration into the United States.
The final task* of this unit consists in writing an immigration short story inspired by one of the paintings selected by your Comenius classmates.
Creative Writing Process
1. In pairs, choose one of the paintings selected by your European classmates and use it to imagine a story.
Find the paintings here: http://yewsbookofknowledge.blogspot.fr
==> Think about the scenery, the people in the painting (who are they, what are they doing, why? How did they get there, where are they going? Describe them. Why do they wear those clothes (that shirt, that necklace, that glasses, or what else…)? Do those dirty shoes (or new shoes, new hat, etc.) mean something special to them? What are their names? What are they frowning/smiling at?
==> Use all that you have learnt about New York City immigration into the USA to find inspiration and enrich you story.
2. You might need some examples to find inspiration.
==> Read the short stories given by your teacher. Which one do you prefer? Why? What about the opening / the ending? What about the characters? The tone?
3. You might need some tools to help you write a more interesting short story.
==> Read and use the different documents given by your teacher: Elements of Short Stories – How to Make Interesting Characters – Story Opening – Plot Twists
Find some of these documents here: http://yewscreativewritingworkshop.blogspot.fr
Editing Your Short Story
Once your short story is ready and the mistakes are corrected, you have to word process your text.
==> PLEASE, respect the following rules:
Font: Arial
Size: 12
Text format: justified
Margin: 2.5
Line space: 1.5
Lines per page: 30
Maximum page number: 4
Page numbering: bottom center
Evaluation
==> The quality of the story and the quality of the language will be both evaluated. They will be published on this blog.
==> The two best short stories – chosen by your classmates and / or your teacher(s) – will be selected for the first creative writing contest in Italy where the four best ones will be awarded.
Good luck and work hard!
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* Objectifs pédagogiques
- Solliciter la créativité et l'imagination
- Eduquer le goût d'écrire pour accroître le plaisir de lire
- Ecrire dans le but d'être lu, apprécié ou critiqué
- Compléter l'approche rationnelle et analytique de la littérature par la pratique intuitive et sensible de la création littéraire
- Reconnaître et comprendre les caractéristiques et les contraintes formelles d'un genre littéraire par la pratique sensible de la création littéraire imitative de ce genre
- Placer la pratique institutionnelle de l'écriture en langue vivante dans une situation stimulante (participer à un concours littéraire, en connaître et en accepter les contraintes formelles et les critères de sélection)
- Acquérir des savoirs formels (stylistiques, lexicaux, grammaticaux, rédactionnels, bureautiques, etc.) motivés par les besoins que dicte l'acte individuel d'écriture
- Renforcer le sentiment de fierté devant l'oeuvre accompli
1 February 2013
French Paintings
Today, the 2-05 students have chosen three French paintings and published them in the Book of Knowledge, a blog where students can find cultural information about the four countries involved in the project.
The Bulgarian, Italian and Turkish students must do the same.
Students sill have to choose one of these paintings and use them as the starting point of the short story they have to write before the end of March.
Enjoy!
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| Les Joueurs de Carte by Paul Cézanne 1890-1892 |
2 January 2013
Evaluation Questionnaire for Students n° 1
Click HERE to read your answers to the first evaluation questionnaire for students. Thank to all of those who answered this questionnaire!
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