The ELA Dictation
In each edition, a renowned author writes an original text dedicated to the fight against the disease. This text is then used in a dictation to launch ELA week. Read by a teacher or a personality, this dictation is a support for exchanges on solidarity, citizenship, respect, disability…
The highlight of the Dictée d’ELA will take place on Monday, October 14, 2024, but you can set it up with your students right up to the end of the school year.
Jean-Baptiste Andrea, new writer for ELA
Jean-Baptiste Andrea is a French director, screenwriter and writer. He grew up in Cannes, where he attended the Institut Stanislas and gained his first experience of acting, writing and directing. He then graduated from the Institut d’études politiques de Paris and the ESCP business school.
His first venture was into film. He wrote his first films in English, including the award-winning “Dead End” in 2003, “Big Nothing” in 2006, starring David Schwimmer, and “Hellphone” in 2007. He also wrote in French the screenplay for “La confrérie des larmes” in 2013, which he also directed and which starred Jérémie Renier and Audrey Fleurot, and more recently that of the feature film “King” in 2022.
His first novel published in 2017, entitled “Ma Reine”, won several awards including the Prix Femina des lycéens 2017, the Prix du premier roman de La Forêt des livres 2017, the Prix “Envoyé par La Poste” 2017 and the Prix Alain-Fournier 2018.
In 2019, he publishes his second book, “Cent millions d’années et un jour”, followed by his third, “Des diables et des saints” in 2021. The latter received the Grand Prix RTL-Lire in March 2021 and the Prix Ouest-France/Étonnants Voyageurs in May 2021.
In 2023, Jean-Baptiste Andrea publishes his fourth novel, “Veiller sur elle”. It was awarded the Prix du roman FNAC 2023 and the Prix Goncourt 2023.
The mobilisation continues!
It is not necessary to have participated in the ELA Dictation beforehand to take part in the “Wear your trainers and beat disease” campaign.
Some answers to your questions..
Is this an ordinary dictation?
No, this dictation is first and foremost a message of solidarity whose aim is to unite the school community around the cause of ELA. It is neither an evaluation exercise nor a spelling bee. This will allow students to self-correct, which is a way of absorbing the text and making the message their own.
Who can participate?
The ELA Dictation is open to all students, from primary school to higher education. Depending on the class level, you can adapt it:
• noting difficult words on the board,
• by copying the beginning of the text on the board and dictating only the end,
• by filling in a gap in the text.
How to organise the dictation?
You are free to organise this event as you wish. However, here are some tips:
• distribute a photocopy of the original text to each person who will read the dictation, which we enclose. Read the text before the day of the dictation;
• On the day, when the pupils are settled in the classroom, the head teacher or the teacher presents the ELA association, the event, the author of the text, the personality who may have accepted your invitation to read the dictation;
• Before doing the dictation, we advise you to play the ELA video (about 15 minutes). It will allow you to raise awareness of the association’s fight;
• Once the dictation is over, we encourage you to create a moment of exchange between the students and the personalities present around the notions of disability and solidarity….
• For primary schools, feel free to invite parents to join the pupils in doing the dictation.
Be original: invite a reader!
You can invite a reader to come and read the dictation. This makes the event even more attractive to both students and the media. You can, for example, ask an elected municipal official, a member of the departmental or regional council, a local sportsman or woman, a company director, etc. The presence of a reader is of course optional.