We Are All Made of Star Stuff Exploring the Universe Through Writing and Performing

Debbi ArseneauxEducational Consultant &

Teaching ArtistThe Learning Alliance

Vero Beach, Florida

Workshop Objectives● Leave with strategies to generate

original writing inspired by a variety of sources

● Showcase examples of student work using these strategies

● Understand why and how the arts can support literacy

How can curiosity and wonder lead to discovery and creation?

Como la curiosidad y el asombro nos inspiran a descubrir y crear?

Building Community

STAR Stretch & Breathing

Building Community

The Actor’s Toolkit

StoryboardConnect self to text

Building Community/Entering Text

Strut your Star Stuff

We’re all born curious, creative, and imaginative.

- Tony Wagner, author

Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change The World.

See-Think-Wonder

A Thinking Routine

See-Think-Wonder

● What do you see?

● What do you think about what you see?

What makes you say that?

● What does it make you wonder?

See Think WonderConnect self to world

THE ARTS AS A TOOL FOR LEARNING

Music Activities

Visual Art

Drama & Theatre

Storytelling

Being Read Stories

“We explored

the pictures.”

Creating TextStories & Monologues

Write a monologue

Step Inside

&

See - Think - Wonder

Write a story

Story STAR

To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see ourselves as riders on the earth together.

— Archibald MacLeish, American poet, 1968

Moonwalk Andy Warhol

Wow, I came so far! When I walk, I see craters on the moon. Sometimes I wonder why I’m wearing a pink spacesuit. I wish that I would have brought a water bottle so I can see would it float or not. When I’m standing on the moon, I wonder how big it is. I wonder if I can see clouds from here. Next, I’m going to Mars!

Out of this world performances

Reflection

Wows & Wonders