Breaking the Code™
Students read and discuss poetry written by established and student poets. Poetry reading/jam at culmination
of workshop or residency.
Blowouts!™ Using Journals for Poetry, Creative Writing, Living,
Reflections & How to Edit Your Life (in various forms)
Originally designed to show participants how to 'dump' their thoughts onto paper,
eventually being able to cull whole paragraphs and effective character
development, themes and ideas for poetry, the workshop has grown to
show participants how to revise and reshape their lives. This simple
vehicle demonstrates how journal writing (using formats and exercises
from Ira Progoff's Intensive Journal, Tristine Rainer's The New Diary
and, John Gardener's On Becoming a Novelist) can assist participants
to articulate ideas in their everyday lives. This workshop was also
used to show how journal keeping can be used as an assessment tool for
work-study students.
Having the Time of Our Lives/Social Dancing in the 40's & 50's
and The Tuckahoe Two Step
Intergenerational program between Tuckahoe Senior Citizen Center and Tuckahoe High School (New York).
Learning to See™ (in various forms)
Specifically designed to show students how to 'see' the environment in which they lived with
new eyes. Utilized photographs, paintings, newspaper headlines and other
props to elicit poetry, monologues and stories. Use of guided imagery,
scents and sounds makes this workshop especially appealing for all age
groups.
Learning to See™ - A Writing Workshop
A four-session professional development workshop. (Also see Learning
to See).
Learning to See/Speaking in Two Worlds™
A writing program developed for inner-city middle/high school students. Program utilizes visual
art, photography and language to elicit personal poetry and prose.
Teaching Biography as Writing
Utilizing material gathered for writing about the life of Madame C.J. Walker, this six-part
teacher workshop explores various ways in which to teach biography to
students. Through the use of period music, costumes, photographs and
historical references, teacher participants are able to develop lesson
plans, assessment tools and build a reference library. Monologues, poetry
and short-short fiction produced by participating teachers.
Through Another Window
Successful seven-year creative
writing program at BOCES Regional Alternative High School. Poetry and
short stories produced. Anthologies produced at the end of each school
year.
Transformations-A Writer's Workshop
Designed and developed for middle school students to show that change
occurs throughout life and how to deal with those changes. Works written
by established and emerging writers are shared with students. Poetry
written, anthology produced and students design a poetry jam.
Brenda Connor-Bey and Karen and Sevell-Greenbaum Professional Development Workshops
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