TEACHING AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF THE FESTIVAL
The English Festival Committee strongly believes that in this course:
- Reading, writing and artistic expression are activities that in themselves provide
pleasure and satisfaction for young people.
- reading, writing, and the arts can help young people discover themselves and the world.
- reading, writing, and art are activities for everyone, and that all students – not
just the very best – should be encouraged to develop in creative ways.
- reading, writing, and the arts, while both intensely personal, are effectively learned
in social contexts, in the interaction of student with student and student with teacher.
- integrated curricular experiences in the humanities are critical to personal
development, expression, and identity formation, as well as, nurturing of Howard
Gardner’s multiple intelligences.
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Therefore, the Committee’s purpose in this course is to:
- provide an exciting and stimulating setting for enjoyable and worthwhile reading, writing,
and artistic activities.
- support teachers who emphasize integrated reading, writing, and the arts in the classroom.
- offer models for effective classroom activities.
- involve the whole community in fostering good reading, writing, and artistic skills.
- recognize and reward distinctive writing and artistic projects.
- introduce students to a wide variety of superior books and materials of broad interest.
- encourage parents to help their children obtain Festival books, read the books, discuss
them with the students, and provide materials for artistic expression.
- build through the Festival Booklists a common body of shared reading experiences.
- help students become lifelong learners.
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