Language Arts Residencies: One School |
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Connie Clark as Emily Dickinson |
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Performance audiences are to be grouped Emily Dickinson for grades 3-5 |
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Day 1:one or two 60 minute performances, followed by Clark's meeting with core classes for further Q/A on Emily Dickinson, poetry, and 19th century life; Day 2: compose group poems, first as a whole class, then in small groups; Day 3: present group poems to full class; students discuss response to these poems, and possible ways to strengthen them.
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Emily Dickinson for grades 6-12 |
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Day 1:one or two 60 minute performances, or one full play performance, followed by Clark's meeting with core classes for further Q/A on Dickinson, her poetry, and 19th century life; Day 2:focus on poetry in general , bringing in the works of many poets; Day 3:focus on speaking the poetic line, stressing the vital importance of speaking poetry with the emotions intended by the poet to bring the poem to life; students select poems they wish to work on; Day 4:students speak poems aloud after breaking into small groups, critiquing each otherĀ as Clark mingles and makes suggestions to them as they try again; Day 5:students speak their poems for the entire class; class discusses its response to these poems, and other possible interpretations.
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Teacher Workshop Included |
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One after school session with teachers on speaking the poetic line with the emotions intended by the poet, to enrich work on poetry in their classes. |
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