Creating+Reader's-Writer's+Theater+for+Elementary+Students

Saturday, November 12th Concurrent Session (2:15pm-3:15pm)

Authors • K-5 //Room 103//
 * Creating Reader’s/Writer’s Theater For Elementary Students**

Session Summary:
For a picture book audience, reading a book can be multi-sensory experience. Reader’s theater can substantially enhance the experience by making the reader an actor in the story. Writer's theater can take the experience further by becoming a springboard for creativity while still providing a "safety net" for students unsure of their writing abilities. This workshop discusses effective ways to create writer's theater scripts, how to select appropriate books for writer's theater, and techniques to involve the students on several different levels.

Program Objectives:
1. Techniques to encourage elementary students to create writer’s theater scripts 2. Techniques to use “fan fiction” in creating original scripts and narrative stories 3. How to layer different levels of complexity to the writer’s theater based on grade and ability level

Presenter bio:
//Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen // is the author of many, many books for children, ranging from fourteen picture books to over a dozen nonfiction books for young readers. Her picture book //Quackenstein Hatches a Family// was selected for the California Readers 2011 Book Collections for School Libraries. //Ballots for Belva// was named to the 2009 Amelia Bloomer List and received an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award in 2008 and //Tightrope Poppy, the High-Wire Pig// was named one of the Best Children’s Books of the Year in 2007 by the Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street. //Flying Eagle// was a National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Book selection for Students K–12 in 2010 and was named one of the Bank Street’s Best Children’s Books of the Year in 2010. Her science book, //Nature Science Experiments,// was named a finalist for the 2011 AAAS/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Excellence in Science Books. And her books //Chicks Run Wild// and //Hampire!// are her personal favorites, and just fabulous.

====Sudipta speaks at conferences, educator events, and schools across the country, teaching the craft of writing to children and adults. She lives outside Philadelphia with her three children and an imaginary pony named Penny. Learn more about her and her books at [|www.sudipta.com]. ====



Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen www.sudipta.com