Elaine Forrestal

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Junior Primary Workshops 

with

Elaine Forrestal 
 

These will be run in half hour blocks. 

First I will tell one of my own stories for young children to the group. 
Then (depending which story I use) the kids will be involved in: 
    bubble blowing 
    playing percussion instruments 
    dramatisation 
    puppet play 

For the beginning writers, a range of story ideas will be presented and the kids invited to begin their own story. 
Once they have something down on their page, I will move around the group supporting and helping them with any concepts that they have trouble with. 

For P/P - Year 1s, I will read one of my picture book texts to them. 
We will discuss what sort of pictures they think will suit this text, eg. 
    What will each character look like? 
    What will each character wear? 
    How big will each character be, in relation to the others? 
    Where is the action taking place? 
    What is the weather like in this story? 

Then I will divide them into groups, giving each group a different 'chunk' of text to illustrate. 
In this way they will produce a class picture book to take back to school and add to their library. 

The students will need to bring: * textas 
                     * a supply of plain paper 
NB. The quality and size of the finished book will be influenced by the paper provided. 

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