Intro to Sing Lit Day 2024 by Sing Lit Station
Event Details
07 Sep 2024
10AM - 4PM
The Arts House, Blue Room
Free Admission
This September holidays, Sing Lit Station presents another edition of Intro to Sing Lit Day, an initiative to introduce educators to Singapore Literature, and designed for teachers and educators-to-be who are looking for ways to bring Sing Lit alive in their classrooms. Explore the history of Sing Lit from its earliest instances to contemporary experimentations with poet Joshua Ip. Understand how Sing Lit is interwoven into the history of our country, and how it has evolved under the influence of various driving forces - spoken word, confessionals, and engagement with the internet - into the modern day.
Discover the Book A Writer programme run by Sing Lit Station, which brings literary talks and workshops by contemporary Sing Lit authors into your classroom, and learn about other initiatives in technology, documentation, and community-building that could supplement your teaching.
Join poet and educator Loh Guan Liang as he explores why teachers should introduce students to Sing Lit and shares online and offline Sing Lit resources that can be used in their lessons. And finally, experience a workshop on poetic form with Daryl Qilin Yam, one of the myriad of literary programmes we offer to schools through Book A Writer.
This event is organised free for all educators as a gift from Sing Lit Station, is supported by Arts House Limited, and will be held at The Arts House.
Programme
10.00am - 11.00am: Intro to Sing Lit with Joshua Ip
Explore the history of Sing Lit from its earliest instances to contemporary experimentations with poet Joshua Ip. Understand how Sing Lit is interwoven into the history of our country, and how it has evolved under the influence of various driving forces - spoken word, confessionals, and engagement with the internet - into the modern day.
11.00am - 11.30am: Intro to Sing Lit Station and Book A Writer with Zaris Azira and Hifzhul Matin
Discover the Book A Writer programme run by Sing Lit Station, which brings literary talks and workshops by contemporary Sing Lit authors into your classroom, and learn about other initiatives in technology, documentation, and community-building that could supplement your teaching.
11.30am - 12.15pm: Sing Lit Resources in the Classroom with Loh Guan Liang
Join poet and educator Loh Guan Liang as he explores why teachers should introduce students to Sing Lit and shares online and offline Sing Lit resources that can be used in their lessons.
12.15pm - 12.30pm: Sharing about Singapore Writers Festival by Arts House Limited
12.30pm - 1.30pm: Break*
1.30pm - 3.30pm: Poetry 101: Assembling Poetic Form with Daryl Qilin Yam [Book A Writer Workshop Experience]
Experience one of the myriad of literary workshops we offer to schools in our Book A Writer Programme.
Ever struggled with the demands and rigours of poetic form? Educator and poetry editor Daryl Qilin Yam has all the tools your students need in order to identify, analyse and appreciate the functions of meter, rhyme and form within a poetic work. Through a combination of in-class reading materials and generative creative writing exercises, participants will also be able to think about the musicality of language and why it matters.
*Please note that only light refreshments will be provided.
For more information:
https://www.singlitstation.com
