Creation Calligrams
First students deep on their knowledge of the calligram genre, after studying with their teacher French romantic, symbolist and surrealist poems on the theme of Europe (history and definition of the calligram)
Then, they identify the formal production criteria for this kind of poeme
-poetic criteria : from words to verse, work on poetic images and sounds
-visual / aesthetic criteria
-type variety : shape, size and colours of the letters
-thematic criteria : references to the country of their penpal, feelings about the meeting with their penpal, penpal’s family, school and country
-linguistic criteria : writing in french, English and the penpal’s language
Each student produces a calligram adapted to his or her personal mobility experience