2014-592-E Arts - The Expedition School for 2014 Arts Grant Agreement $500

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DocuSign Envelope ID:076BOC8E-DE31-4F65-8936-FC9B33A56289 on paper cut-outs of their bodies, a rain gauge as part of their introduction to meteorology and handmade cards to encourage donations to their food drive as they explore the concept of caring. In the third and fourth grade classrooms, students drew and painted their own family tree in a study of genealogy, while fifth and sixth graders built models of geographical formations, continents, and weather events using a variety of art materials. All TES students have the option of attending multiple arts-related Enrichment Clubs, including Fiber Arts, Art Investigations (which includes study in art history), and Inkslingers, a creative writing club. Proposed Use of Funds TES would like to invite Susie Wilde to lead a writing residency for the 5th and 6th grade classes in spring of 2015. Ms. Wilde has thirty years of experience leading writing residencies in elementary school classrooms, sharing literary experiences on college campuses, and presenting in libraries, bookstores and community centers. We propose a$500 matching grant from the Orange County Arts Council to pay Ms. Wilde's $1,000 writer-in-residency fee. During her residency, Ms. Wilde will work closely with 2 classrooms of our multi-age 51h/61h grade (totaling 43 students) in an interactive and collaborative project to develop their persuasive writing skills. Students will be guided through a process of book selective, examination and critique, review-writing and group editing. Each classroom will work on a unique book and the resulting review will be submitted to Storyworks. Susie Wilde's residency will coincide with the curriculum planned by Jena Kaizen,the 511/61h grade Language Arts teacher. Ms. Kaizen and Ms. Wilde share the vision of a collaborative partnership, wherein the residency strengthens the classroom concepts. By having our students embark on the process of critically reading and reviewing a book, their persuasive writing skills can be developed in the context of a real-life application. The students will share their selected book and present their review to their families and guests in a Book Reading event to be held at the school. This showcase will serve as a further expansion of their work with Ms. Wilde by allowing them to assume the speaker role of a professional reviewer, while developing their public speaking skills.