LITERATURE ALIVE:
Connecting Reading and Writing with Theater and Visual Art
Focus: K-3 teachers, general instruction
Instructor: Jan Louise Kusske | Capacity: 20 | Course Fee: $80*
Create stunning visual art with your students while integrating lessons in reading and writing. Course participants will explore the works of Tomie dePaola and Leo Lionni and learn how to write text and make visual art in the same techniques as the author/illustrators. Other activities appropriate for primary students, such as story murals, story panels with text, and puppetry, will also be explored. The course will culminate with participants designing a unit integrating visual and theater arts into Iowa Core Literacy standards. Participating teachers will have the opportunity to have their students’ resulting work publicly displayed at the Civic Center during the presentations of Tomie dePaola’s Strega Nona: The Musical or Leo Lionni’s Swimmy, Frederick & Inch by Inch, respectively.
Dates, Times & Locations:
Session 1: Saturday, November 13, 2010 | 8:30 AM to 4 PM
Des Moines, location to be announced
Session 2: Saturday, December 4, 2010 | 8:30 AM to 1 PM
Des Moines, location to be announced
Session 3: Saturday, January 29, 2011 | 8:30 AM to 1 PM
Des Moines, location to be announced
Renewal (Heartland AEA) and graduate (Drake University) credit options available. Additional fees apply.
For information about registration procedures, payment, and credit options, click here.
*Des Moines Public Schools: Course fee waived for teachers employed by Des Moines Public Schools. To learn how to take advantage of this partnership benefit, click here. Course fee also waived for teachers who are attending the Applause Series presentations of Tomie dePaola’s Strega Nona: The Musical or Leo Lionni’s Swimmy, Frederick & Inch by Inch with their students at the Civic Center. Call 515-246-2355 for details.
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Story mural created by students at Perkins Elementary during a residency
with Jan Louise Kusske. The mural is inspired by the art and writing of Eric Carle.
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