Academic Entertainment – The Sonnet Man
Rap, Hip Hop, Shakespeare, Sonnets, Sonnet Writing, Poetry, Workshops and Residencies
Willie Deane (Professional Basketball Player/ Published Author) – Cultural Writing Workshop
Program is designed to enrich young minds while sharing with them the cultural life lessons learned during my 15 years of traveling and living in many different countries around the globe as a Professional basketball player.
Elizabeth Macy — Lucky’s Adventures/Author Visit
Engaging author visit and q & a
Ellen Senisi – Ecosystem Connections with All in a Rainforest Day Book
How is a book created? How can kids get motivated and organized for writing? These questions are answered with the help of a spunky special needs child, an iguana, and lots of photographs.
Ellen Senisi, author and photographer of 18 books for young readers and former teacher, walks students through how a book is created and steps of the writing process. She shows the book creation and production history for her title All Kinds of Friends, Even Green while using a graphic organizer of steps to good writing. The book’s development is followed from the first scratch paper draft through writing, editing, and production to final printed copy. Along the way she emphasizes the importance of the creative process and editing. Her sub-themes are drawn from the featured book (which children can have free access to ahead of time) and include special needs awareness and pets as friends and inspiration.
The theme of the book aligns with the theme of the presentation as Moses, a boy with spina bifida, struggles with how to write about a friend for a school assignment.
Alexandra Siy — Author and Photographer
STEAM! Science, technology, engineering, art, and math explored through the award-winning books by Alexandra Siy.
Academic Entertainment – Adventures in Reading
Reading, Language Arts, Writing, Literature, Spelling, Book Genres, Story Parts, and more!
Academic Entertainment – The Sonnet Man
Rap, Hip Hop, Shakespeare, Sonnets, Sonnet Writing, Poetry, Workshops and Residencies
Peter Marino — Everyone Is A Writer
Creative Writing and Creative Reading
Donna Gephart – Wild About Words!
Author Visit
KEYSTONE NextGen Immersions
Opening pathways to academic achievement and enabling possibilities for the future! Keystone’s unique programming brings students out of their classroom and into an environment where they work collaboratively with students from different school districts.
Red Canna Trio
TBD
Ellen Senisi – Writing Steps and How a Book is Created
How is a book created? How can kids get motivated and organized for writing? These questions are answered with the help of a spunky special needs child, an iguana, and lots of photographs.
Ellen Senisi, author and photographer of 18 books for young readers and former teacher, walks students through how a book is created and steps of the writing process. She shows the book creation and production history for her title All Kinds of Friends, Even Green while using a graphic organizer of steps to good writing. The book’s development is followed from the first scratch paper draft through writing, editing, and production to final printed copy. Along the way she emphasizes the importance of the creative process and editing. Her sub-themes are drawn from the featured book (which children can have free access to ahead of time) and include special needs awareness and pets as friends and inspiration.
The theme of the book aligns with the theme of the presentation as Moses, a boy with spina bifida, struggles with how to write about a friend for a school assignment.