Program Model | In Class |
Artistic Discipline | Theatre |
Grades | K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Min. residency sessions/classroom | 3 |
Program Requirements | None. |
Instruction Language(s) | |
Availability Notes | Ready to schedule for the 2021-22 school year! |
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About the Artist
Writes, performs and records dynamic stories for multi-age audiences. Specialties: trickster and adventure tales, NW folklore. Anne’s storytelling sparks minds and imaginations with smart, genuine fun!
Teaching Philosophy
Live storytelling engages students with a model to structure and communicate their own ideas. Flexible and collaborative, Anne demonstrates lively kinesthetic learning tools for ongoing classroom use.
Testimonial
"Anne opened my eyes to new thinking about writing. My students loved her stories & how she involved them." -4th Grade Teacher, Evergreen School District
Program Description
Master storyteller Anne Rutherford uses kinesthetic and aural learning strategies to bolster students’ skill and desire to write. With a kit of writing templates developed by Anne, students create and draft an original story, including pre-writing organization and revision strategies. Anne leads students in using their bodies and voices to energize their writing, demonstrating strategies teachers can adapt for their continued use. Story content is adaptable to curriculum focus: imaginative, historical or memoir.
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Keywords
communication, creative writing, narrative, literacy, movement, storytelling, English, writing
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