Rob Kimbro, a theatre director and educator, is co-teaching with WITS writer Kiki Przewlocki a class of entering 3rd graders at the Creative Writing Camp this summer and shared this about his first day:
Writer John Looking for Inspiration
The 3rd grade class at Travis Elementary got off to a great start with a game of Everybody Who… This game is similar to Musical Chairs. The person without a chair has to share something true about themselves, and everybody else for whom that thing is true has to get up a find a new chair. When the chaos dies down, a new person is left in the middle. That person shares a true thing about themselves, and we’re off again. After learning a lot about each other, we wrote poems based on what we’d shared. Here’s a collage poem made of lines from each of the young writers.
Collage Poem
I am poetic
I am an illustrator
I like sushi
I know how to write in cursive
I am really, really strong
I have been on a plane
I hate sushi
I like to read and write
I want to be awesome
I like chocolate marshmallows
I am a great artist
I love sports
I have an ear for everything
I can ride a bike
I have good parents
I have a good sense of humor
I like math
I have a bunk bed
I love the computer
I ate chocolate ice cream last week
My dance style is snazzy