Focus: Creative writing & the power of brainstorming with additional artistic elements
Designed for 4th & 5th grade 4-5 days
Option for a PTO student performance with a 5 day program
Requires mini-homework assignments each night
Your students will write a class poem and add one or more creative elements to compose a complete work of art. Music, Drama, Movement, or Visual Art- what is added is completely determined by what your students write. Every class begins the first day of the residency exploring rhythm and meter, but because the poems are written by your students, the final products are unique to your class and NEVER the same. Lessons will review onomatopoeia, simile, hyperbole, refrain and a host of other literary terms/concepts. Students are actively engaged in creative writing and take ownership of their final product. Sometimes, the poem lends itself to illustrations only. Sometimes, it can be put to song or a musical setting. More often than not, classes end up doing a full scale “production” with props and costumes. A unique poetry residency where your students don't just recite . . . they WRITE!