Sunday, December 7, 2014

Teens and juniors working together



We are very lucky to have three teens - Carmen, Yusoff and Joanna - assisting with our Junior Drama and Art classes at the moment.  In Drama, I'm introducing story writing along with the usual activities, and with three 'scribes' who also act as a sympathetic audience, the stories are coming along nicely.  Our younger students don't have too many problems with illustrating their stories but sadly get bogged down by the technicalities of putting pen to paper - a huge blow to creativity, in my opinion. So the answer?  Storytelling collaborations between my creative writing/arty teens and the younger drama students. Look out for our first efforts on the studio walls and in their story journals.