| Program Type | Workshop | Residency |
| Art Form | Literary Arts & Storytelling |
| Curriculum Connections | Social Studies | Social and Emotional Learning | Language Arts / Literacy |
| Target Grades | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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Testimonial
"The online program was fantastic. Your videos were very professional. The kids loved all the sessions and are still coming to our Google Meets with their Oni masks and Samurai hats! Thank you again Motoko! You are always such a class act and thoroughly enjoyable!"
-3rd Grade Team, Charlton Heights Elementary School, Ballston Lake NY
-3rd Grade Team, Charlton Heights Elementary School, Ballston Lake NY
Description
Develop your students’ literacy, narrative writing skills, and social-emotional awareness
through a creative writing project guided by nationally acclaimed storyteller Motoko. Each student writes an original fiction, using multicultural myths and folktales as models.
Multi-day residencies and PD workshops are also available.
through a creative writing project guided by nationally acclaimed storyteller Motoko. Each student writes an original fiction, using multicultural myths and folktales as models.
Multi-day residencies and PD workshops are also available.
Objectives
-Students gain knowledge of the narrative structure of folktales, and apply it to their own writing of imagined experiences by using well-defined characters, clear event sequences, meaningful dialogue, and descriptive details.
-Students demonstrate understanding of the cultural role of folktales as a vehicle for teaching morals and lessons.
-By writing original folktale-type stories students express their own feelings and thoughts safely through fictional characters, and explore ideas and values that help them become responsible citizens of their community.
-Students demonstrate understanding of the cultural role of folktales as a vehicle for teaching morals and lessons.
-By writing original folktale-type stories students express their own feelings and thoughts safely through fictional characters, and explore ideas and values that help them become responsible citizens of their community.
Pricing Information
In person:
$880 one program
$1,175 two programs
$1,470 three programs
Virtual:
$590 one grade
$880 multiple grades
$880 one program
$1,175 two programs
$1,470 three programs
Virtual:
$590 one grade
$880 multiple grades
Video
Program Length
In Person--45-60 min per session.
Virtual--30-45 minutes per session
Residency: 3-10 days
Virtual--30-45 minutes per session
Residency: 3-10 days
Participants
In Person--one classroom at a time
Virtual--flexible
Virtual--flexible
Technical Specifications
• Set Up: 10 mins
• Break: 5-15 mins
• Strike: 5 mins
• Program Space: A classroom or library
• Audiovisual/Tech: SmartBoard or projector and screen
• Tables/Chairs: Desks and chairs in the classroom
• Outside Possible: No
• Venue-Provided Supplies: Students need line paper and pencils. The artist needs use of a copy machine.
• Break: 5-15 mins
• Strike: 5 mins
• Program Space: A classroom or library
• Audiovisual/Tech: SmartBoard or projector and screen
• Tables/Chairs: Desks and chairs in the classroom
• Outside Possible: No
• Venue-Provided Supplies: Students need line paper and pencils. The artist needs use of a copy machine.