GIVE ME A PLACE TO STAND ON., OR HOW THE TECHNOLOGY OPERATES

The details of the first stage of "Literature education innovative technology" are being reviewed using the example of workshop on elective course of Literature "Versification Workshop" in 5th grade, which helps to organize the process of cocreation by means of inventing their own text using the templates of collected cultural canons, genre models. Genre matrix, particularly rhythm model of elegiac distich, becomes specific individual support point for the fifth-grader to successfully create a text and to actively participate in world literature workshop. Given technology fulfills existing methodological gap in teaching literature. The result is that a student can perceive himself or herself as an active participant in creating literature and not only as an observer and analyst. The article describes the lesson process, resulting in the event of creating by children their own distiches that are similar to ancient Greek ones. The authors scientifically support the idea that during the opening phase of literature education such activity historically corresponds to the first stage of logical global change in art consciousness. The authors also validate that the reasonability of such education is psychologically based upon leading characteristics of junior teenagers' behaviors. Presented lesson development plan displays usage of named technology in the practice of elective literature courses by applying active and systematical approach.