As an example, prior to your scheduled event, we will provide lesson plans that teachers may use during the half or full day with Mr. Twain visiting individual classrooms and involving the classes in math projects with origami jumping frogs the pupils create, he might help with a word search, or students may choose to become newspaper reporters for a newspaper, the "Twain Tribune" as they write articles and publish a classroom newspaper after researching the life of Mark Twain and interviewing him in their classroom. They will develop listening skills as they hear him tell short stories for their class and will dig deeper into questions that cause them to think..."why did he write this story?"
There is also a great opportunity, if you choose, to insert aspects of Character Education into the classroom as Mr. Twain uses his stories to help pupils identify ethical dilemmas and look for key character traits, or the lack thereof -Trustworthiness, Caring, Respect, Fairness, Responsibility and Citizenship. Mark Twain will lead the pupils through questions about the stories and determine if there are choices to be made, who was impacted by the choices, what they might do if they were the character.

Another option available for a full day visit is the opportunity to have Stephen do a workshop - "Using Storytelling in the Classroom" for your teachers after school. This is an interactive workshop that will introduce teachers to various methods and uses of storytelling as a teaching tool. This option is only available after the full day of programming and is at no additional cost.
Call Stephen Hollen today at 937-371-4071
to schedule for your school or district.
There are Fall and Spring Tour Dates available.
There are discounts if a district schedules
for several individual schools.
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