Literary Arts Program Artistic Discipline

“The Circus King” (Reading & Language Arts) A young boy is lost at sea and found by a baboon on a far away island. He is raised by a circus of misfits. The audience and cast of characters help the boy overcome personal challenges and discover his destiny. With a little magic, characters come right out of the screen as puppets! There is Ella the elephant with bad allergies. There’s a lazy lion with curlers in his hair and crossed eyed acrobats swinging through the air. The show combines hilarious puppets, beautiful animation, spellbinding magic, wonderful music with tremendous audience interaction. The set has big screen animation, lots of magical props and musical instruments. There is a digital companion book that the teachers can download and read to the students before the show. The students test out on grammar, reading comprehension and spelling. For ages: Pre-K – 5th Grade Duration: 50 Minutes (Shorter versions of the show are available.) Setup: 30 minutes to 1 and 1/2 hours depending upon site. Tech Requirements: Two Chairs, One Table 6’X2′ and one Electrical Outlet (We bring the rest!)

The Power of Positive Murals (Grades 5-12)

Professional Development ; Residency

Let’s make a mural to enhance your school! As a class, students will develop a concept for a mural that integrates a positive quote and unique symbols. Once a design is selected, students will work collaboratively to bring it to life! This project can also be completed with school staff as a professional development and team building experience.

Third Grade Reading with Applied Improv

Assembly/Performance ; Day Trip ; Out-of-School-Time ; Professional Development ; Residency ; Workshop

The adaptability and critical thinking practiced with Applied Improvisation can assist in increasing these and other 3rd grade reading skills: *Decoding *Reading with expression *Self-correcting *Grouping related information *Characters, events and sequencing *Following rules for discussion Students will participate in a multitude of warm-ups, short form improvisational games, long form improv formats in addition to feedback and safe, trusting role-playing sessions.

Wall Quotes & Poems (All Levels)

Residency ; Workshop

Students will come up a quote or poem that describes their public art message they want to display on campus. Letters can be created and mounted in a variety of ways to make a professional display that highlights each student’s creative contribution. This project can be completed as a class or in small groups. It is a great way to get students excited about reading and writing. Each letter will be enhanced using mixed media art and/or painting techniques. ASC Community Goals: Professional Development, Middle School Transition, High School Graduation

Welcome to Zakland! (Performances/Workshops/Residencies)

Out-of-School-Time

Concerts are focused on students PreK-5th grade. Educational concerts offer two study guides with activities for both music education and arts integration with other subjects. In addition, teachers can access thirteen interactie lessons for classroom use at a variety of grade levels. Creative writing workshops and residency (story and song) are offered for grades PreK-5th. They involve students in examining the elements of a good story, delving into rhyme schemes and literary devices and exploring the power of the imagination using music and storytelling. The creative writing residency uses music and storytelling to exercise the imagination and encourage reading with the students. Over the course of the sessions, students learn the basic elements of a good story, create their own story and turn their story into a joint classroom song. Zak will record the students’ songs and make them available to the school and students via a link, so they can be posted on the school website/Facebook page and so each student will have access to them at home to share with their families. The residendy week usually concludes with an all-school Zak Morgan performance and an evening performance for families, where the each class performs their own song onstage.

Wit, Whimsy & Word Play with Musician Roger Day (Performances/Workshops/Residencies)

Out-of-School-Time

Educational concerts of Roger’s original children’s music for PreK-6th grade students feature original songs from Roger’s CDs. Students learn new languages from songs that tour the world & join in the concert with body motions & supporting vocals while touring through Tibet, the Congo, the Tropics, & even their own backyard. INVINCIBLE! encourages and empowers young super heroes everywhere to solve the problem and save the day by using the greatest super powers of all – reading and imagination! DREAM BIG! encourages students to set goals, us their creativity and imagination and strive toward BIG dreams. In Roger’s concert SHAKE UP YOUR BRAIN!, Roger’s songs encourage students that they have all the answers they need – right now – inside their brains. They’ll learn which side of the brain loves to “do the math” to what foods make us smarter. Roger Day’s songs are rich in facts, new language, locales, and experiences for families and preschool and elementary children. In his concert MARSH MUD MADNESS Roger takes the audience on an original, highly interactive musical journey up and down the amazing seacoast of the southeastern U.S. With Roger’s assistance, the audience will step knee deep in oozy marsh mud; marvel at the mysterious journey of the loggerhead turtle; learn the secretive ways of the ghost crab; and be on the watch for vulture vomit! Roger will introduce some very colorful characters who live in and around the barrier islands, and in the process the audience will learn about the important role each of them play in maintaining a healthy coastal ecosystem. Roger’s concerts are action-filled adventures that exercise both mind AND muscle; both body AND brain. Roger Day keeps his young audiences involved and captivated. His infectiously-fun concerts inspire each child to discover his and her own talents, give flight to the imagination, to DREAM BIG! and SHAKE UP YOUR BRAIN!

Writing Across the Curriculum-Workshops & Residencies

Professional Development ; Residency ; Workshop

Workshops and residencies are available for students and teachers, and can range from 2 hours to 5 days, depending on the needs of the school. Coming to America: Arrive in America in 1901 with only your dreams and a steamer trunk, and learn how how to live in a new country without losing your own culture. As we immigrate, we’ll integrate, bringing history to life through poetry and drama. Condensing the Water Cycle: If you were a body of water, what would you notice? How does the water cycle really work? Explore the mysteries of water through poetry, dance, science, social studies and visual art. The Poetry of Ecosystems: Create poetry and visual art to understand ecosystems from the inside out and the outside in, discovering how animal, plants and climates work together. The Geography of Your Life: Your students will fall in love with social studies by designing three-dimensional maps of their own lives, the lives of historical figures, or characters from literature. Reading & Writing Art: Visual Literacy & Poetry: Can you read a painting? Transform pictures into words? Your students will become detectives when they explore art—reading, analyzing and recreating it—to discover its secrets, and translate those secrets into poetry. …or work with Mimi to custom-design a residency for your curriculum. All workshops and residencies are available as professional development workshops. Additional workshops for teachers include: Adventures in Arts Integration Hands-on Multiple Intelligences Writing Across the Curriculum Find more workshops and residencies at www.mimiherman.com

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