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A visit to a writing workshop in Esslingen where an author and a German teacher are joining forces to get students excited about literary writing I m Going to Write Myself an Imaginary World Innenstadt in Esslingen near Stuttgart All eyes are fixed on Tobias Els盲脽er who dressed casually in jeans a black shirt and sneakers leans against the teacher s desk The students of Learning Group 7a have been eagerly awaiting their 45 year old instructor Hi there everybody my name is Tobias Els盲脽er I m a book author and I only started reading books when I was 14 years old A soft murmur goes through the room and one or two heads shake in disbelief My father didn t think much of reading I was supposed to take care of my house hold chores instead And I was pretty bad at spelling too Els盲脽er and H枚ss form one of fifteen teacher author tandems across Germany that are teaching literature to children and young adults as part of the Weltenschreiber Writers of Worlds program Today is the first day and afterwards he will continue to meet with the students and work with them over the entire school year As the first order of business Els盲脽er comes clean about his own academic history He speaks quickly with a strong clear voice it almost sounds like a rap The twelve to fifteen year old audience quietly and attentively listens to the author who strides through the classroom with long steps swinging his arms back and forth as he speaks turning and shifting about After school he and his band or maybe more accurately boy band played small venues throughout the country and they were fairly success ful says Els盲脽er describing what he calls a somewhat embarrassing phase At some point I had so much stuff so many experiences in my head They had to come out So I wrote my first book Daniel nods understandingly I ve written a lot from my own imagina tion too the boy says doodling a couple of fine lines on an empty note book page with his pencil So what comes to mind when you think of writers of worlds the author asks Notebook The children write thoughts and feel ings paste in special finds or draw in their books That can lead to some exciting stories says author Els盲脽er The children even did extra sweeping and cleaning up whispers German teacher Kathrin H枚ss to her guest as they walk down the bright school corridor Not a scrap of paper lies on the blue linoleum floor as they enter the classroom bags are stored neatly under the desks and everyone s name badges fished out once more just for their visitor stand at the ready It s the second Tuesday after summer vacation and the large clock over the classroom door reads 2 15 p m It s the beginning of the last two hours of class for the day at the Schule Report 29THE MAGAZINE 3 18 Te xt A le xa nd ra W ol te rs

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