Next week, we'll branch out a bit and try our hands at collage...
New Leaves is open to 5th and 6th graders and is held Tuesday afternoons from 4:30-5:15pm. No registration necessary; just walk right in!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
New Leaves - Page Poems
Well, we had our first session of New Leaves, our altered books program at Tredyffrin Library. On the first day, we tried our hands at page poems, taking a single page from a book and isolating single words to create a poem. Here are two examples from Tuesday, thanks to Arshad and Hari, respectively:
Next week, we'll branch out a bit and try our hands at collage...
New Leaves is open to 5th and 6th graders and is held Tuesday afternoons from 4:30-5:15pm. No registration necessary; just walk right in!
Next week, we'll branch out a bit and try our hands at collage...
New Leaves is open to 5th and 6th graders and is held Tuesday afternoons from 4:30-5:15pm. No registration necessary; just walk right in!
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Bravo! This is the most creative poetry program for middle schoolers I think I've ever seen. That it is in TE makes me both proud & happy.
ReplyDeleteGreat lesson for students -gives them an alternative way of looking at text and art.
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