Writers Workshop: Building a Power Tower
A Creative Writing Workshop or Residency for Grades 2-5
Teaching Artist: Laura Langdon
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Build students’ writing skills as they construct a tower of literary devices that will prove the sky’s the limit with their imagination! Young writers’ creativity will be challenged as literary devices (personification, simile, onomatopoeia, alliteration, hyperbole, sensory imagery, symbolism) are addressed one session at a time. Students will create an original piece each week, then assemble blocks of the literary devices into a culminating colorful tower, using their writings as bases. Get ready to take plenty of photos of the successful literary engineers and their proud smiles!
Requirements: Notebook paper, pencils, crayons/markers, photocopies of instructor’s handouts, glue, strips of colorful card stock, grocery sacks for storing cubes. Student desktops, place for students to store handouts and card stock such as a folder, portfolio, cubby, paper grocery sack, etc. Teachers must be present at all times during workshops.
To schedule this program, use the scheduling button below or:
Phone: 816-531-4022
Email: booknow@kcya.org
Creative Discipline: Creative Writing
Maximum Audience Size: 30 students
Program Length: 45/50 minutes
Availability: Year-round
Location: At Your School
Fees: $135 single, $200 each for 2 or more on the same day | Materials Fee: $20 per workshop
The break between workshops must not exceed 90 minutes to receive the reduced rate
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Curriculum Connection: Language Arts, Character Development, Fine Arts
Photo Credit: Tracey Parish from Unsplash
