Vicky Town is a storyteller who offers writing and storytelling workshops for grades K-8. Her workshops are hands-on and help students develop skills like plot development, characterization, and using geography and art to inspire stories. She also offers residencies where she works in a school or library for an extended period to help produce a storytelling festival or other projects. Some other workshop topics include comedy improvisation, crime scene investigation, and creating a silent film. Professional development for educators is also available.
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Vicky Town is a storyteller who offers writing and storytelling workshops for grades K-8. Her workshops are hands-on and help students develop skills like plot development, characterization, and using geography and art to inspire stories. She also offers residencies where she works in a school or library for an extended period to help produce a storytelling festival or other projects. Some other workshop topics include comedy improvisation, crime scene investigation, and creating a silent film. Professional development for educators is also available.
Vickys Writing and Storytelling workshops are innovative, hands- on, educational and fun! Each session meets common core standards. Workshops Include: The Plot that Thickened a concrete, visual tool to develop plot Grades 2-8 Playing with Verbs-using tableaus to create stories Grades K-5 Playing with Characterization-using ordinary items to create stories K-8 Our Town-Using geography and social studies to create stories Grades 2-8 Me and My Shadow-using science and social studies to create stories Grades K-8 A Thousand Words- using fine art to create stories Grades K-8 Producing a Storytelling Festival in Your School or Library (minimum 8 days) Make Em Laugh! Actors learn the elements of comedy improvisation. Final project may include a family night of comedy. Some schools and libraries book two or more sessions, but many libraries host a 2 1/2 hour workshop, followed by pizza for the kids, and then a 30 minute Open House to strut our new skills. Flexible scheduling on this workshop. Whodunnit? A CSI workshop This workshop was developed specifically for Boonville Library but has been produced in other venues since then. Basically tweens and teens learn basic crime solving techniques-----codes, fingerprinting and analysis, creative problem solving, and observation and eye witness skills. They solve a mystery that I have set up using their new skills. Then they work in teams to design and stage their own crime scene and story for the others to solve. Hosting an Open House for the public is another culminating activity choice. Flickers: Creating A Silent Film Students create their own melodrama silent film using a strobe light. They will learn the elements of storytelling, physical comedy, a brief history of silent films, and cooperation skills. Professional Development seminars are available in half and full day sessions.