What winter holidays do your students celebrate? Here’s a great chance to explore the different religious and
cultural celebrations throughout the winter months over interactive videoconference!
Award winning author and storyteller Patricia McKissack shares with students over a three part videoconference series her expertise when in comes to writing, and tells participants about her holiday book, Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters. This illustrated book, for children ages nine and up, compares the preparations between the plantation mansion and the slave quarters leading up to Christmas celebrations.
During the first videoconference, Pat will talk with the participating teachers about what they are doing in class and how this videoconference relates to their curriculum. In the second and third videoconferences, Pat interacts directly with the students. In the final connection, students will have an opportunity to share their work with their peers and Pat. Pat offers her praise and critique of the work, though often encouraging students to revise and rewrite! The theme of their writing for this videoconference is the winter holiday their family celebrates- Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwaanza, Chinese New Year, etc.
The cost for this three-part series is $650 for New Links to New Learning members and $750 for non-members.
Sign up with Rebecca Morrison at rmorrison@csd.org by November 1, 2010. Bridging will be through MOREnet.
Dates/Times (CT) for 2010:
4 p.m. on 11/10- Pat meets with teachers
11 a.m. on 11/17- Pat meets with students
11 a.m. on 12/8- Pat meets with students
To see other videoconferences offered by author Patricia McKissack through Cooperating School Districts,
visit both www.cilc.org and http://authorvisit.wordpress.com. To hear Pat read some of her work, visit:
http://www.authorvisit.podbean.com.
