Teachers will learn a variety of strategies and activities that target early literacy. Attendees will walk away with tangible activities that they can use with their young learners that will empower students to analyze character, create character, and find text evidence to support their analysis. Attendees will also walk away with lessons that will build a setting.
- We will establish norms that are helpful in a primary classroom.
- We will then explore character, focusing on using drama-based strategies inspired by the Globe Education Academy (via the Globe Theatre in London). Strategies include Archetypes (using 4 archetypes and combinations of archetypes to help learners physicalize characters) and 7 essential questions (simple questions that can help direct learners to understand point of view and perspective of a character).
- We will establish and explore a setting using the 5 senses with a strategy called Magic Canvas.
- We will conclude with a debrief about how to apply these strategies to a wide variety of texts, ensuring we elevate BIPOC authors.
