The Crystal Palace: Rescue of the Baby Fairy Prince
Next week, Monday through Wednesday, I will be conducting creative writing workshops for nine classrooms in Des Plaines, Illinois: third grade classrooms on Monday; fourth grade classrooms on Tuesdays; and fifth grade classrooms on Wednesday. Third and fourth grade students will work with the first book of the series, The Crystal Palace: Rescue of the Baby Fairy Prince, and the fifth grades will work with the second (not yet published book), The Crystal Palace II: Rebellion in Fairyland. Each workshop involves the students in a readers’ theater presentation of one chapter of the book, and also in illustrating one of the characters. The students will also be given a picture of another character from the book and asked to write about it, either a description or a short story. I really enjoy working with students again in this way…the joy of teaching without the headaches (papers to grade, report cards, discipline, etc. )
I have been spending all this week preparing materials. Actually, this is getting pretty expensive for me: cardstock, index cards, and especially ink cartridges. I go through ink like crazy!
Michele
For more details, excerpts, and links to the online bookstores or to contact me by email, please see my publisher author webpage for The Crystal Palace: http://www.outskirtspress.com/crystalpalace