Each topic has a hand-out, as well as a specific exercise to clarify the concept and to help writers get started. The workshop can be as short as one hour or as long as two days, depending on the scope to be covered. Each participant in the short workshop will have a good beginning to a story, and those in a longer workshop will be close to a first draft by the end of the workshop.
Audience- Students 4th through 12th grades, or teachers.
"Future Writers Lunch Program" is one of my favorite programs. I meet at lunch with a select group of students who are serious writers. We sit together in a special place and talk writing over lunch. They ask whatever questions they have about any aspect of writing. Being taken seriously as writers is an important and encouraging event for the students. There is no charge if done during a day-long visit.
Audience- Students 3rd through 12th grades, usually done by age groups.
“Writers’ Melting Pot” is a new program, for teachers, based on an after school writing program I run here. I'll provide the handouts I use with the kids, the schedule we followed, and the goals of the group. My group ranges from 4th - 12th grade, and there are 11 in it of mixed races, incomes, schools and home teaching. I can suggest ways of getting funding for such a group. There may even be some supplies/materials for a group from the ASPCA for attending teachers and librarians. |
