Compass Courses:
Skrivekursene våre «The Compass Courses» benytter seg av «Write Your Self – traumetilpasset skrivemetode» som grunnlag for å utvikle dine engelskkunnskaper. «Write Your Self» tilbyr en 8-trinnsmodell for terapeutisk skriving som er en effektiv måte å finne din stemme på, uansett uttrykksform. Vi supplerer denne prosessen med læringsmateriale på engelsk for å støtte deg gjennom hvert trinn. Sammen med din engelsklærer som også er sertifesrt «Write Your Self» guide vil du utforske ditt indre jeg på engelsk. Du vil benytte deg av og utvikle ditt personlige engelske språk gjennom kreativ skriving og historiefortelling.
De åtte trinnene i «Write Your Self» sin skrivemetode er:
1. A Room of One’s Own
2. Begin Writing
3. Self-care
4. The Writing Body
5. Genres
6. Topics
7. Creating Wholeness
8. Expressing the Wordless
NORTH – POETRY
We will go through steps 1 and 2 over the course of ten weeks.
Step 1: A Room of One’s Own
- Video: The hidden beauty of pollination -Louie Schwartzberg
- Vocabulary Packet:
- Adjectives for Imagery
- Nouns and Naming Objects
- Grammar Packet:
- Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
- Use of Articles (a/an/the)
- Writing Exercises:
- A healing writing retreat
- A safe place to write
- Medicine bag
Step 2: Begin Writing
- Video: If I should have a daughter… -Sarah Kay
- Vocabulary Packet:
- Action Verbs
- Adverbs for Movement
- Grammar Packet:
- Past Simple vs. Past Continuous
- Subjective Pronouns, Objective Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
- Writing Exercises:
- Finish my sentences
- Stream of consciousness- A picture
- Ten things I know to be true
SOUTH – PROSE
We will go through steps 3 and 4 over the course of ten weeks.
Step 3: Self Care
- Video: There’s no shame in taking care of your mental health -Sangu Delle
- Vocabulary Packet:
- 20 Affirmations
- Metaphor vs. Simile
- Grammar Packet:
- Present Perfect vs. Future Simple
- Past Perfect vs. Past Simple
- Writing Exercises:
- Writing Journal: Routine and Plan
- Chart: Fear and Mantra
Step 4: The Writing Body
- Video: Your body language may shape who you are -Amy Cuddy
- Vocabulary Packet:
- Anatomy: Internal
- Anatomy: External
- Grammar Packet:
- Active Voice vs. Passive Voice
- Indirect Speech
- Writing Exercises:
- Dialogue with a part of the body
- The story of your hand
- Take care of the body: A new habit
EAST – CHARACTERS
We will go through steps 5 and 6 over the course of ten weeks.
Step 5: Genres
- Video: The elusive creative genius – Elizabeth Gilbert
- Vocabulary Packet:
- Autobiography Features
- Autofiction Features
- Fiction Features
- Grammar Packet:
- 1st person vs. 3rd person
- Conditional Tenses
- Subjunctive Moods
- Writing Exercises:
- Your name on a tree
- Requests for a genius
Step 6: Topics
- Video: How your “working memory” makes sense of the world -Peter Doolittle
- Vocabulary Packet:
- Symbols
- Motifs
- Themes
- Grammar Packet:
- Past Simple vs. Past Continuous
- Past Simple vs. Present Perfect
- Present Perfect vs. Past Perfect
- Writing Exercises:
- Memory Archive: The house I lived in
WEST – SHORT STORIES
We will go through steps 7 and 8 over the course of ten weeks.
Step 7: Creating Wholeness
- Video: The psychology of your future self -Dan Gilbert
- Vocabulary Packet:
- Descriptions of People
- Descriptions of Environments
- Grammar Packet:
- Future Simple
- Present Simple
- Past Simple
- Writing Exercises:
- Write a new ending
- Zoom in to a scene
- Zoom out of a scene
Step 8: Expressing the Wordless
- Video: What reading slowly taught me about writing -Jaqueline Woodsen
- Vocabulary Packet:
- A Giant
- A Garden
- Grammar Packet:
- Transitional Words and Phrases
- Outlining with Flashbacks and Foreshadowing
- Writing Exercises:
- Negative space
- The Red Thread