Imagery and Language II: Connecting Reading Methods with Illustration (1738)
Two classes, Friday, October 24, 4:30–8:30 p.m., Saturday, October 25, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., Cost: $115 (includes $15 materials fee)
Instructor: Peg Gignoux
Audience: Teachers who want to learn more about illustration and teachers who love to create
Registration Deadline: Friday, October 17
Maximum: 20 students
Bring: Bag meal

In our visual world, the illustrated page serves as an essential and creative link toward achieving excellent reading comprehension for all students. In this workshop, textile artist Peg Gignoux models the natural connections between the visual arts and language arts by guiding participants through the creation of an accordion pop-up book. After analyzing the work of today’s finest illustrators and considering how style and graphic intention evokes meaning in children’s stories, participants explore the expressive role of story illustrator. Using the visual tools of collage, participants create a multi page accordion book—each participant interpreting an original story created previously in one of Susie Wilde’s collaborative story writing workshops. Designed to promote meaningful connections for reading, skills in observation, visual literacy and reflection via an integrated arts project.

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Reading Methods for Analyzing Current Children’s Books (1739)
Two classes, Friday, October 3, 4:30–8:30 p.m., Saturday, October 4, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., Cost: $100
Instructor: Susie Wilde
Audience: Teachers who want to learn more about books and writing, who love children’s books, and who have had this class recommended by past students
Registration Deadline: Friday, September 26
Bring: Bag meal

Book reviewer Susie Wilde will spend the pre-class month collecting envelopes and boxes of books that come daily to her home. She will bring these to class with a list of activities that will lead participants to examine a host of new children’s books and to evaluate the possibilities of these new books in motivating, understanding and creating activities for reading.

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Reading Methods for Writing Responses and Reflections (1740)
Two classes, Friday, October 17, 4:30–8:30 p.m., Saturday, October 18, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., Cost: $100
Instructor: Susie Wilde
Audience: Teachers who want to learn more about books and writing, who love children’s books, and who have had this class recommended by past students
Registration Deadline: Friday, October 10
Bring: Bag meal

Writing to a prompt can be meaningless, but read aloud a strong picture book and you will provoke writing that comes from deep inside. Experience the power of writing, generated by emotive picture books that reach heart and mind. Return to classrooms armed with titles to excite students and your own listening and writing experiences that will encourage you to bring reflective writing to your students.

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Reading Methods Reach Across Curriculum (1734)
Two classes, Friday, November 7, 4:30–8:30 p.m., Saturday, November 8, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., Cost: $100
Instructor: Susie Wilde
Audience: Teachers who want to learn more about books and writing for early childhood (K-3), who love children’s books, teachers who have had this class recommended by past students, who have taken Wilde’s classes and asked for a new course, and who want to learn how to use trade books in a variety of subjects
Registration Deadline: Friday, October 31
Bring: Bag meal

Susie Wilde leads K–8 teachers to develop methods to analyze reading structures and explore various uses for picture books across the curriculum. Wilde will model methods. Then, working in teams, teachers will develop a reading methods resource that reaches across the curriculum.

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Reading Methods to Study Story Style and Structure in Novels (1737)
Two classes, Friday, November 21, 4:30–8:30 p.m., Saturday, November 22, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., Cost: $100
Instructor: Susie Wilde
Audience: Teachers who want to learn more about books and writing, who love children’s books, and who have had this class recommended by past students
Registration Deadline: Friday, November 14
Bring: Bag meal

A new course for participants who want to focus on understanding reading in middle grade novels. This class offers hands-on experiences as the participants collaborate to analyze books in terms of both their styles and structures. Work collaboratively to talk about chapters of a book focusing first on structure elements (character, character traits, motivation, conflict and resolution) and then examine the author’s use of style elements (vivid verbs, description using
the senses, dialogue, similes).

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