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What else do you want to know about:
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Here's what a few schools have said about my assembly:
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"Outstanding! Very motivational! Mr. Van Patter's high-energy presentation captivated our students from the moment they walked into the assembly. He not only entertained, but inspired everyone to look at things with their imagination and to think 'outside the box'." Oley Valley Elementary
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"Bruce Van Patter was awesome!" Spring Ridge Elem., Frederick, MD
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| "I would highly recommend your program to other schools!" Four Mile Elem., Williamsport |
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"Let's Get Creative!" is designed to give your school a whole day of inspiration for creative writing and thinking. There are two parts to the day:
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The assembly program. Gets the creative juices flowing. You can read about that below.
The brainstorming workshops. We begin to get those ideas out. Go here to read about them.
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The Assembly
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Here's what I promise: I will get your students excited about their ideas. Through the use of slides, humor, music, and audience participation, this assembly will motivate your students to jump into writing and drawing for themselves. Here's what to expect:
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The Intro
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Here's where the students find out the amazing fun we're going to have through the day, and I begin to build in them confidence in their own ideas.
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The Slide Show
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Let the show begin! I present a colorful 30-minute digital slide show full of original drawings and paintings which explains the creative process. I'll get students thinking about how much fun it is to look at things from a different point of view. They'll see how creative people think. And they'll get practical advice for getting their ideas flowing.
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The Audience Gets Involved
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Finally, it's time to get active. I want the students to see that creativity is a blast, and that anybody can come up with amazing ideas. So, I do two audience-participation activities:
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Based upon a little exercise old Leonardo used to do, I get students from the audience create their own whimsical drawings. We'll draw to some cool, jazzy music. See actual doodles from one assembly.
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During this second audience-participation activity, kids will get introduced to the four basic parts of a story. A team of kids randomly give me those parts then I create a story out of them, drawing a large, black marker illustration of a scene from the tale. Call it "art improv." Kids love to see their story take shape before their eyes.
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time involved: 45 minute assembly for younger grades followed by a
1 hour assembly for older grades
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This assembly can be presented twice back to back. Then the rest of the day can be filled with grade-level workshops where I build on what we started in the assembly.
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