English Workshops & Webinars

Cogitation offers a variety of workshops and webinars for parents, teachers and children to promote creative thinking, develop the reading habit and hone writing skills. The workshops are facilitated by Aneesa Jamal in addition to guest lecturers.

FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN

Young Nature Authors

Facilitated by noted conservationist and nature educator, Ramath Chandrasekhar & Aneesa Jamal, this 8 week workshop mentors middle school students in authoring story books. Read more at Young Nature Authors

Creative Writing for Kids

Intensive 10 hour workshop for middle school children who want to hone their narrative writing skills. Students learn how to

Craft a plot,
Create engaging characters
Develop imaginative settings
Use dialogue, action & descriptions
Review & edit their work.

Be A Detective

Workshop on Visual Critical Thinking

The 5 hour workshop for middle school children teaches visual critical thinking in a fun, interactive way. Participants are presented with a image. They have to figure out the background story using clues, observations, and context. The workshop develops

Observation skills
Inference skills
Evidence based Argumentation
Claim testing

Strategies for Reading Comprehension

Reading comprehension is a burning issue as children, despite being fluent readers, often do not understand what they read. This online workshop for students of Grades 7,8 & 9 teaches important reading comprehension strategies for improved textual understanding. The students will apply their these strategies to short stories & articles, to consolidate their learning.

Short Story Appreciation

The 5 hour workshop introduces middle schoolers to the short story form through classic and best loved short stories. Students will be

Introduced to short stories by famous authors

Exposed to various genres that comprise the literary world
Encouraged to develop an interest in reading
Practise writing short stories in different genres

FOR TEACHERS & MOMS

Teaching Creative Writing

Intensive 8 hour workshop for middle school teachers on teaching creative writing. Topics include

Importance of creating stories
Elements of narrative writing
Sparking creativity
Involving parents
Classroom tips & techniques

Make Your Child a Reader

3 hour webinar for Moms on cultivating the reading habit in their children. Participants learn about

The importance of inculcating the reading habit,
Practical guidelines on creating a reading home,
How to Buddy read
Read aloud techniques
Overcome barriers to reading.

Teaching Reading Comprehension

Reading comprehension is a burning issue as students despite being fluent readers, often do not understand what they are reading. This 6 hour workshop for teachers introduces concepts, strategies and techniques on improvingreading comprehension in middle school students.

Critical Thinking & the Reading Habit

We all love our little bookworms, but wouldn't it be great if reading they do could help them develop critical thinking?

What can parents do to foster these vital 21st century skills using storybooks?

The webinar addresses the crucial importance of both the reading habit as well as critical thinking skills. Approaches and techniques for developing deeper thinking skills will be outlined in the context of reading.

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