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DocuSign Envelope ID:883AB84D-78B1-4D41-BOEF-BE6A942205E0 <br /> book into its second phase of development. The third phase will occur when funding is <br /> achieved to turn the print-ready pages they produce into a book. <br /> During the writing phase of the project, Susie Wilde will work with a core group of <br /> underserved 3-5t graders who are diverse in age, gender and backgrounds. These <br /> same children will be the core group that illustrates and designs the book, but the other <br /> phases will also include younger children. The plan is to involve all the children of <br /> Rogers Road Community Center. <br /> Community Impact: <br /> In terms of the book's creation, this project's initial phases are focused not on how many <br /> people it reaches, but in the depth of the experience for the selected core group of <br /> students. This core group of underserved students often goes unheard and typically <br /> have difficult in expressing themselves in writing. In this project, they will work <br /> collaboratively to develop writing and art that first matters to them and will later matter to <br /> a wider readership. <br /> Having a small number of core students makes for ease in terms of collaboration and <br /> collaboration will free these students who often struggle with getting their words down <br /> on paper. Much of their routinized test-driven school writing is neither engaging, nor <br /> thoughtful and must be completed quickly. Being involved in a long-term project <br /> students' will be experiencing the deep thought and careful expression crucial to writing <br /> a book that matters. The students will be treated as professional writers and illustrators <br /> and the authenticity of each phase of the project will aid them in discovering and <br /> expressing their talents and feeling pride in a genuine creative endeavor. <br /> This project is focused on both process and product. Each student will have a copy of <br /> the completed book, but there will also be copies donated to every school where <br /> PORCH serves children and families. In addition, PORCH will be using this book to <br /> reach other communities that can benefit from the model they have developed. . <br /> PORCH's mission to connect diverse neighborhoods will encourage distribution and the <br /> writing and illustrating of the core group of children will affect many people than just the <br /> creators and their community. <br /> Artist Experience: <br /> Susie Wilde has been working in North Carolina classrooms for over 25 years and has <br /> composed hundreds of stories with children and families. Through those years she has <br /> honed a process composed of learning activities that take writers from a character idea <br /> to a completed story. <br /> Susie Wilde-Artist Project Narrative-2 <br />