I’d love to present at your school, library, or conference.
Anna E. Jordan is a veteran educator with ten years of elementary and middle-school classroom experience. She also teaches adults and feels comfortable adapting programs to various audiences.
Class Visits
Class visits can be scheduled in 45-50 minute blocks (one or multiple) and are appropriate for 10-25 students. Programs can be designed to correspond to specific learning results/outcomes. I’m also open to new ideas and look forward to working with you to develop a writing or art program that meets your needs. Below are topics of past programs:
- Show Not Tell Revision
- Five Senses Detectives
- Writing Haiku Poetry
- Reading and Writing Concrete Poetry
- The Publication Process: from journaling to magazine publication.
- Figurative Language and Poetry
- How do you get your ideas? (Appropriate for writing & drawing.)
- Menorahs, and Dreidels, and Latkes, Oh my!
- Thumbnails, Storyboards, and Pacing Picturebooks
- Using Household Objects for Printmaking
Writer/Artist in Residence Programs
The Artist in Residence program is a chance for me to have an extended period of time with your students. These programs can last from five to ten days and are planned to run in 45-80 minutes blocks. In the past, I have been honored to work with classrooms creating picture books, making a magical creatures handbook, and publishing a class book of poems and prints.
A residency has many benefits:
- Because I visit often, I get to know student goals, challenges and personalities and can modify my teaching to meet their needs.
- Consistent time on task and one on one attention means that student work improves quickly.
- Students are able to produce high quality work.
- Students often end up with some class or personal product.
- Projects can be more complex and often include both text and images.
Recommendations and kind words about Anna’s programs:
“Thank you for working with Mrs. K’s class and inspiring the children– [my son’s] book was such a wonderful surprise!”
-Parent Comment
“I was proud that I was published.”
-Student Comment
“I enjoyed being a scientist and writing the poem.”
-Student Comment
“This was an incredible project to connect my children’s poetry with art. All of the poems connect with the personalities of my students. Now they all have a poem to keep in their pocket and a picture to put in their head.”
-Teacher Comment
Please contact me for references, program specifics, pricing, and scheduling information.
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